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To Recover It Sorry If ycra oar teat so ma th luff. The quick eat, surest and beat way to recover It la In the LOST column of this newspaper. The Mall Tribune to aa widely read resutta are almost sure to follow. The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Wednesday; little chan( In temperature. Highest yesterday SI Medford Triune Lowest this morning Full Associated Press United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1936. No. 72. f ll HAM sea" imi n jsf is ill 11,111 CBESE 1 i f t M StfL The Capital Parade By Joseph Alaop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1U37, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. ECCLES WOULP "FREE BANKS FROM STOCK MART" MOVE STARTS WAR AMONG FEDERAL FISCAL AOBSCIES UNIFIED CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL FIRMS URGED WOULD CHANGE LIQUIDITY RULES IN BOOM OR SLUMP Washington. June 14. Not lone ago, two members of the aecurlttea and exchange commission dropped In at the chaste marble temple of thhe 1 federal reserve board, to pass the time of day with Chairman Marrlner 3. Eccles. It's fortunate the conversa tion waa behind closed doors, for, held In a. more public forum. It would have caused an epidemic of apoplexy In bank president' offlcea. The subject, aa usual In auch talks In these days, was the depression and lta cauaes. One of the first sub-top-ice mentioned waa the failure of the banks to make loans to business, and especially to small business. Eccles suggested that the fault was not the banks', but the bank examination system's. He argued that the system waa rigid, clumsy, Bnd calculated to emphasize business slumps by Its In sistence on liquidity. He pointed out that. If a bank lends to the Standard Oil Oo. of New Jersey, the value of the note la determined by the worth of the company. . Yet, If a bank should aocept standard Oil of New Jersey debentures o coum eral, the book value of the loan Is determined by the market quotation of the debentures. Why not cut the banks loose from the stock-market? Eccles asked. The SEO offlclala argued, for they and the reserve board members have been equally pestered by Industrial ist complaining of money tightness The Eccles suggestion Itself was only a. modification of a plan put before the board by Howard Bonbrlght, vice president of the Brlggs Body Co. Specifically, Ohalrman Eccles wants to use the bank examining system as a sort of governor of the bualnesa cy- (Continued on Page Six.) ON PLEA OF GUILTY MIAMI, Fla.. June 14. (AP) Franklin Pierce McCall pleBded guilty upon arraignment today to a charge of kidnaping James Bailey Cash, Jr., for ransom, a capital of fense, and Innocent to a charge of killing the five-year old Princeton lad. A special grand Jury returned a true blU against the 31-year old truck driver charging him with the kidnaping and slaying less than two houra after State Attorney George A. Worley, leaving a sick bed, started presentation of the evidence. Wltnessea Included Cash senior, the victim's father, and federal egenta who said McCall had algned a confession admitting he abducted the boy May 38 for $10,000 ransom. Orey-halred Circuit Judge H. F. Atkinson, who received the Indict ment and ordered McCalra Immed iate arraignment, said he would ap point counsel to defend the prisoner and a date would be Bet for the trtsl. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Prof. F. C. Relmer m&Xlug ants walk through flour so that he could trace their destructive Journeys Into fruit trees. Murray Bell computing that a cross-eyed spectator sitting In mid field could see femr sft-ball games for 3'i cents a game. Juanlta Yorton complaining about her painful knees, pounded black and blue by Florence Scherrer In her excitement at the rasslln riots. Bud Deuel ecstatically contem plating ft cruise to Honolulu, land of soft moonlight and other things. Marion Rlckert burning up the telephone wires in an attempt to lo cate H'ibby Wslly. ra. Just having ft each of several places shft called. I WIDE NIDATION HALTS JAP DRIVE Fate of Nippon Forces In Area Unknown Dikes Broken at Main Points Fear Major Catastrophe SHANGHAI, June 14. (AP) Jap anese mltltary authorities said to night they believed 150,000 Chinese civilians had been drowned by flood waters of the Yellow river now spreading over a wide area In north ern Honan province. Flood conditions were said to be worst In the Chungmow area, about 25 mtles east of Chengchow, the railway junction which has been ob jective of Japan's recent offensive, now stalled by -the Yellow .river's overflow. Japanese officers here said they had no Information concerning the fate of large Japanese forces scat tered through the flooded area. Most of the victims, they said, were Chinese farmers and their families. Reports from the war zone along the Lunghal railway, course of Ja pan's westward push, said dikes of the YellcJw river, known for gener ations as "China's aorrow," had been broken badly at three main points. Chungmow City itself was under three feet of water end scores of villages were Inundated. The Japanese asserted their own army engineers were working ' day and night to fill breaks In the dikes, assisted by hundreds of Chinese farmers, but the work waa hampered by Chinese troops firing on the re pair gangs. At one point there was said to be a break 600 feet wide In the dikes, through which the flood was racing Mnto the low plains. - Even before the Japanese military reports were received engineers fa miliar with the Yellow river express ed fears one of the greatest catas trophles of the century was Immin ent. 4 WASHINGTON. June 14. (AP) Three Pacific northwest senators ak ed President Roosevelt today for "fm medlate allocation" of public works funds for construction of the 23, 700.000 Umatilla dam on the upper Columbia river. The senators Pope of Idaho. Mc Nary of Oregon and Schwellenbach of Washington wrote the president In vestigation would "demonstrate the technical, fundamental and financial soundness" of developing the uppr Columbia and lower Snake rivers for water transportation as far Inland as Lew Is ton. Idaho. The Umatilla dam Is the major unit in a comprehensive river devel opment program recently recommend ed to congress by the board of army engineers. ELECT GITY SCHOOL Annual school board election for district 49, Medford. will be held in the senior high school on South Oak dale avenue neit Monday, with polls open from 2 until 7 p. m. Two directors of the board are up for re-election, their terms having expired this year. They are Dr. R. E. Oreen and Marc B. Jarmln. They are unopposed for re-election. All registered voters in Medford are eligible to cast ballots. COTTAGE GROVE MAN DROWNED IN UMPQUA ROSEBURO, June 14. (A Lou Parmer, resident of Cottage Grove. was reported drowned In the Umpqua river about four miles east of Elkton this morning. Coroner H. C. Stearns was called to Investigate the acci dent. Parmer, It was reported, was a visit or at the Sharon Collie home and be ctme exhausted and waa drowned while trying to swim to ft boat which had broken away from lta mooring. PORTLAND DRY SPELL BROKEN BY BRIEF RAIN PORTLAND. June 14. (AP) Oentle rains and cool temperatures broke a dry tpel here last nleht which had existed since Mar 11. The weather bureau predicted fair skies tonight and tomorrow. The relief was expected tc be too brief to aid the dsmaeed strawberry rrop or dampen pastures in the northwest section. Wage-Hour Rescuer Not G. PASS RESIDENT LI GRANTS PASS. June 14. (AP) Edward N. Sen tee, charged with polygamy, was found guilty today by a Jury of 12 men after the had con sidered the charges 30 minutes. Trial began yesterday. The state contended that the real estate dealer had married Izina Spencer Johnson January 30, 1937, while still married to Christens M. Santee. now of Kelso. Wash. San tee "a plea that he had obtained a Mex ican divorce In 1035 was thrown out when Circuit Judge H. D. Norton re fused to recognize the authority of the Mexican decree. Only a handful of people heard the decision despite the general pub lic Interest In the trial created by tha deaths of two of Santees wives here In the past two years. Ulne. died here February 18, short ly after her marriage to Santee. Luvllla S. Santee was killed by gunshot almost exactly two years ago and 8ft n tee himself was wounded In ft case which officials say has never been satisfactorily explained. Second Child Born To Former It Girl SANTA MONICA. Cal.. June 14 Clare Bow. former "It" girl of tha screen and the wife of Cowboy Rex Bell, became the mother of tx pounds, eleven ounces son at tht Santa Monica hospital today The child was born through ft Caesarian operation. Dr. Harry Blodgett, who performed the aurgery. said tht mother and j child are doing nicely. ; it is KiK uowi s-'cona cniia. in1 ifim, Max Lax bow Bell, la ti years joia. c ..-m'M.-flj. 'iera-arW,W Bill Given Needed by This Cantonese 0 lillliTilil IWI' tnm 1 f POLICE IDENTIFY E ROSEBURO, Ore., June 14. (AP) A fugitive who chose death rather then capture by the state police and fired a. bullet through his head Sun day while traveling at high speed In an automobile stolen from Eugene, was Identified today by the Salem bureau, as Jaul Joseph Pierce, Pa trolman I. M. Wells, in charge of the local state police office, announced here today. Identification, Wells said, was made from fingerprints which corresponded with Seattle record on file at Salem. Efforts are being made to deter mine Pierce's psst record, and to lo cate relatives. CITY STREET TO Oiling of unpaved Medford streets Is expected to strt tomorrow by county employes, and all property owners In the city desiring work done on roads In front of their homee are aked to apply st the city superintendent's office. The oiling Is done only once a year and takea about four days. Cost of the work to residents la five centa foot for a 10-foot atrip It waa pointed out that many per sona living on opposite stdea of the street split the expense, thus reduc ing the cost to each. The Income wnlch fnrmera In the United Bta'.ea receive from meat an imals reprwnts about aa percent of tbelr entire caab Income. It fK J 4 o This man doesn't need any help as he lies dead In the wreckage of stricken Canton, bo in tied from the skies by Japanese airmen who (hen machine-gunned survivors. This pic ture, one of the first to arrive In the United .states, was taken when the series of sir raids started. The toll of dead and Injured was more than 8I00 In less than two weeks of In reason t bombings. Below Is tha bomh-rulned M hr nan hotel, one of many large structures ruined. Work men are shown ruklng up debris after the first bombings started. MNS START MOVE TO DRAFT GARNER FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACE AU8TTN. Tex.. June 14. (AP) A move to draft John N. Oarner as the Democratic nominee for the presidency In 1040 was under way today In Texas. The executive committee of the women's division of the party In this state yesterday adopted a resolution lauding Garner as the "hope of the nation" and pledging the organiza tion to "an aggressive support of his candidacy." The resolution asserted Garner: Had always "submerged his own identity In the Interest of hi party and his country:" Had achieved "the distinction of being America's greatest authority on the law-making processes;" Would meet the "country's needs at this particular time." Vann M. Kennedy of Austin, sec retary of the state Democratic exec utive committee, In addressing the meeting of women said Garner "Is one hope of the Democratlcs who wish to return the party to ft sound liberalism and time-tried policies, He announced an organlmtlon was being formed to draft Gsrner for the presidency. 4 New Stamp Pink. WASHINGTON. June 14. (API- Postal officials said today that the forthcoming James Madison stamp will be pink and similar In size and Death Car -"5?..-w. . An automobile Molen In r.ugrne and John ieorr Mond.r, after the driver died at a hospital later. (A. l t&(2?; y . n '.;y - v. (: vv S : J v " I e . a asw V 4' ... , .! '' 111 "" II Approval of Congress E F OF K E RRREP0RT All Members for Idea of Bet tering Oregon's Market ing Procedures, But Dif fer On Proper Method PORTLAND, June 14. ( AP) De cision to accept Dr. W. J. Kerra general recommendation for estab lishment or a now division of agri cultural and Industrial marketing was reached by the state board of higher education today after a bril liant debate that ended In the adop tion of a minority committee report favoring the plan by a vote of five to three, with one member absent. With all members declaring adher ence to tho Idea of botterlng Ore gon'a marketing procedurea, but dif fering on methods by which it is to be accomplished, the vote of five to three found President Wlllard L. Marks, E. C. Bammons, TC. O. Pease. Herman Oliver, and Walter E. Pear son favoring the plan proposed by Dr. Kerr, while Robert Ruhl, C. A. Brand and Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett opposed It. Hour of Debate More than, an hour was devoted to debate on this Issue, forcing a recess till afternoon to finish the dookqt of tho meeting. Senator Pear son, chairman of the special commit tee that has been Investigating the report for several months, announced that he would' propose a detailed recommendation this afternoon Jo put tno'pian into erioai. In brief, Dr. Kerr's recommends. tlons for bettering Oregon's msrket- Ing position, are for the state board of hlRher education to devote ap proximately Its preaent budgeted funds In this field to tho creation of a division of agricultural and In dustrial marketing, at Oregon state college to be manned at the start by only a director and offlee help. This director Is to take the Initia tive In co-ordlnattng the present activities of the state In production and marketing with a view to bet- (Continued on Page Two.) -4 E S OFF RAILS SAN FRANCISCO. June 14. (P) The Cascade Limited, en route from Portland to San Francisco, waa de railed early today near Dunsmulr In northern California, but passengers escaped Injury. Southern Pacific officials here said one englno and three cars were da railed but remnlncd upright. They said an Investigation would be made In an attempt to learn the cause of the derailment. ' The train was traveling about 15 miles an hour up a grade at the tlmo, near Gantara, five miles south of Dunsmulr. t Wrecking equipment was sent from Dunsmulr and the train was replaced on tho rails. Officials here said thro would be only a' abort delay before service waa resumed. design to other stamps In the presi dential aertea. It will be o f four- cent denomination and will be sold for the first time July 1, hers. Injured Trio in -. rra.hed Into a Roelnirg bulldlne. Injuring Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keed driver falally wounded hlinwtf during a pollrk chase. Tht unidentified t. rhoto). BASEBALL Ainerlean ruirinn .Tun 14. (APlThO New York Yankeea did all their scor ing In ono big Inning, the sixth, to day to beat the wnite box. i to . .in nnriion sot two similes aa 11 men went to bat In the alxth. R. H. E. New York i 7 7 1 Chicago 4 8 1 Chandler, Murphy, and uicaoy; Leo, Ooblor, and Sewell. R. H 8 la Philadelphia rirtfrntt 3 8 Nolson and Hoyes; Konnedy, Aukor, and York. R. H. X. .80 .J 7 1 Chicago Boston 'Carlcton, and Odea: Pette, Krrlck- son, and. Mueller. R. H. X. 4 13 1 8 7 1 Philadelphia C. Davis, and Owen: Mulcahy, Clajk. manter and Atwood, Plttsbrugh New York Bauera and Todd; Schumacher and Dannlng. G0RVALL1S, EUGENE ISSUE INVITES FOR KLAMATH FALLS, June 14. (P)- Corvallls and Xugena today entered bids for the 1039 Oregon state Grange convention. Grange delegates. In 06th annual session hero, will ballot on next year's convention city tonight. - LaGrande Invited tha state Orange to meet In Union county In 1040. Grangers will also vote tonight to fill the third position or the three- member state executive committee. The only major offlee not filled In pre -convention balloting, It was thrown open to ft second election when none of the tlx candidates re ceived a majority under the prefer ential system. v Candidates are Albert Slaughter of Portland, Incumbent: W. A. Johnson. Grants Pass; Minnie McFarland. mas ter of the Moro Grange: O. P. Adame. Grass Valley: Howard Mayflelrt. Terre bonne, and John Crow, Pendleton. The convention's political undercur rent carried rumora that antt-Grangn administration delegates were work ing to unite their voting strength be hind one candidate, probably Mrs. McFarland, In an effort to unsoat Slaughter. Similar rumors, prevalent last night, that an attempt would be made to nominate Ralph Perry of Hood River for state master from the floor were exploded today when ex amination of 9 Grange election laws disclosed that such a procedure was Illegal. Perry was defeated by Gill In the pre -convention election. Dawes Recovered. NEW YORK, June 14. ( AP) Oen. Charles O. Dawes, former vice-president of the United States, was ex pected to leave Roosevelt hospital sometime today for his home In Chicago, 111. He was stricken with an attack of acute appendicitis on April 34. Roseburg L; BILL WAITS PEN Higher Chamber's Action Comes After Senator Bai ley Threatens to Hold Up Measure for Discussion WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP) Congress finally approved the compromise wage-hour bill to day. The seimte. adopting a confer ence report shortly after the house had acted, sent the legis lation to the president for hit signature. Action came after Senator Bailey had won the light to dis cuss the bill as long aa he chose. The senate adopted the confer-. ence report by a voice vote after two and one-half hours, of dls-. cusslon. The report twice had appeared near adoption when It was called vp by Senator Thomas (D.-Utah), chairman of the conferees. After desultory discussion of some of the exemption clause of the com promise bill. Senator Hill (D.-La.), presiding, called for a vote on tha measure. This was delayed by mora discussion and then Bailey announced he Intended to take the floor to apeak upon the bill. Spoaker Bankhead announced the roll call vote as 200 to 80. The blU would establish minimum wages for Interstate Industry starting at 39 cents an hour and gradually Increasing to 40 cents In seven years. . Graduations and exceptions would be worked out by Industry committees. Different wage standards would be permitted between the north and. south but their establishment solely. for geographical reasons would not be allowed. WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP) Tfte house rules oommlttea got ft . heavy grip on legislation favored by John L. Lewis today and declared emphatically It would not ba en acted this session. , The development promised to glv this session a dash of drama In lta closing hours It CIO Leader Lewis attempta' to revive tha leglalattoa with the force ba Implied yesterday he waa ready to use. Appearing per sonally at the capttol ha Informed leadera he wanted the measure "with a vengeance." Since tha rules committee dsolded otherwise, ft two-thirds vote of tha house membership would ba neces- sary to get the bill to the floor. The bill, which also had APL In dorsement, provides penalties for gov ernment contractor, who fall to abide by labor board declalona or disregard federal wage-hour stand ards. IS VOTED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON, June 14 Ah Tha house approved today a compromise 3.763,000,000 relief and "pump-prtm-Ing" bill tha laat major ltam on lta legislative alate. The senate must adopt tha com promise before It can be tent to the White Houaa. Shortly before the final Tote, tha bouse agreed 3S1 to 128 to retain ft senate amendment to provide nig,. 000.000 for parity price payment to farmer.. The bill oarrtee ei,35,O00.0O0 for WPA In the eight months starting July 1, g9M.000.000 for a revival of PWA work grant. 1400.000,000 for PWA loans. Other major provlalona Include 179.000.000 for rehabilitation of needy farmers, 70.000.000 tor federal building, and 3 00,000.000 for expans ion of the low-coat housing and alum clearance program. DEATH TAKES SISTER OF REV- L. F. BELKNAP The Rev. L. P. Belknap of Medford received word today of the sudden death In San Francisco of hla slater, Mrs. Angelina Anderson, 84, who was living with ft daughter. The body will be ahlpped to her old home In Monroe, Ore, for burial. The Rev. Mr. Belknap will leave here Fri day to attend tha funeral there. No Inquest. NAMPA. Idaho, June 14, (API Ray I. Pleenor, . 40, Nam pa farmer. killed today when a ahotgun he was clesnlng accidentally discharged. Coroner William D. Talley said then would be no Inquest,
