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US MEDF0RPkTB7BUNE Your Own Proof If you desire to put Tour I way good buys advertised on roof ofer your head there are the Classified pace. Why not check them today. You can save money by watching the For Sale Ad vs. fiui A8Qciatd Preai - ' j. United Press 1 . " Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1938 No. 82. , I . . The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. LEFT WING ALLIES 4.RK NEW YORK DEMOCRATS UPSET SMOOTH FRAMING OF NEW LOCAL SLATE O' THEIR VIEs ik iy SEEK COMMITMENT TO FARLEY OPPOSES WIELDING CONTROL OF DELEGATES WASHINGTON. June 26. In New York, as elsewhere these days, the organization Democrats are paying rather dearly for the left-wing politi cal alliances contracted by the presi dent. The organization men are rather In the position of an estab lished favorite of the harem, who finds that the sultan's eye has sud denly been caught by a fair Circas sian slave. It Is a trifle brutal to say so. but the death of Senator Royal S. Cope land caused ill-concealed Joy among the Democratic leaders. With the extra senate seat to play with, it seemed that every problem plaguing the party might be simply solved. Governor Herbert H. Lehman could be bought off with the new senate place, leaving the field clear for Sen ator Robert P. Wagner to be drafted, at an appropriate time, for the guber natorial race. If Senator Wagner refused to be drafted, the new deal coat tail rider. Representative James M. Mead, could be run for . governor, or, if Wagner gave in, Mead could be sent to the senate. Thus the presi dent and bis White House coterie would be pleased; the boys in the club houses would be happy, and the balance of party power would not be disturbed. everything worked according to schedule until the leaders of the American labor party and their pow erful friend, Mayor Florello H. La Guard I a, suddenly asserted them selves. A day or so ago they spoke up, loudly demanding a choice of Democratic affairs, threatening to desert their Democratic allleB, and In general hurling their weight about In a very enthusiastic manner. On the face of the situation, the outbursts on the left seem unreason able. A Wagner-Lehman-Mead ticket should be pleasing to the labor party and La Guardla. for all three men have excellent labor records, and two of them, Wagner and Mead, have al ways expounded the same political theories adhered to by the mayor and Sidney Hlllman. But there Is more to It than that. Word comes from New York that what the mayor. Hlllman and other labor party loaders want now Is a definite commitment that their views shall prevail in charting the future course of the democracy. The price of their support is submission by the Democratic organization to the left wing in matters of policy. Concretely, the laborltes-LaGuardla group desires two things. First, they would like a major place on the ticket for someone from their own .ranks. If they cannot get the gover norship or either senate place, they Insist they must have the lieutenant govern orsh l p. E ve n so, tliis first desire of theirs is not especially Im portant. Appeasing It should not cause too much pain. But second and here is where the Democratic kibes are galled they would like a promise that the New York delegates to the Democratic convention in 1940 will be men of their own sort. La Guardla is an ex-Republican; Sidney Hlllman and David Dubinsky are labor leaders of socialist background, and yet " they hope to tell the Democratic bosses what position to take In the great 1940 bargaining match. To demand promises for 1940 Lb the present .determined Intention of the mayor and his friends. They may abandon it. But if they carry It out, they could not cause pain to Post master General James A. Farley and his cronies, Flynn of the Bronx and Kelly of Brooklyn, by knocking them flat and dancing the big apple on their prostrate forms. Farley's one desire Is to preserve the unity of the Democratic party, which Is dearer to his heart than anything but v hla country and his church. To keep the party united, a middle-of-the-road Democrat must be chosen in 1940. and to choose a middle-of-the-road Democrat, the all Important New York delegation must be composed of mlddle-of-the-road-era. If left to themselves, the post master general and his New York cronies ivlll undoubtedly send just such a flcr.itio:i to tv ronvemion i; Continued DO 3U. BOMB REPRISALS STOCK MART RISE Wall Of Water Inundates Oregon Town LAST CALL COMES KNOX CLAIMS FDR ON FOREIGN FOES BEST SINCE 1933, I : l u n ... -, TO OWEN J. PATTON DISTORTS INCOME OF SPAIN, THREAT PUZZLES EXPERTS n j?iL-3r BELOVED CITIZEN FIGURES IN TALK France, England Act To Avert Peace Menace Loyalists Plan Drastic Step Fear General . Conflict. (By the Associated Press) PARIS Spanish government threats of bomb reprisals against Italy and Rome's warning Italy would destroy Spanish government cities In return scared Europe and kept diplomats feverishly busy, LONDON Britain supported French pleas to Barcelona not to start reprisals against Spanish insurgents and foreign allies Italy and Ger many. HENDAYE Tanks, warplanes, arm ored cars and 250.000 men battled furiously In 110-degreo heat along 45-mile front as Spanish insurgents tried vainly to pierce government de fenses In eastern Spain. SHANGHAI Chinese and Japanese were locked in battle for domination of Yangtze river valley 200 miles be low Hankow, provisional capital, with bloody battles reported near Mato wchen. PARIS. June 25. (AP) Europe was plunged Into a new war scare to night by Spanish government threats of bombing reprisals against Italy and a quick warning from Rome that Italy would meet such reprisals by wiping Spanish government cities off the map. The scare started by disclosure the Spanish government at Barcelona had threatened to bomb "Italian-dominated" towns in the Balearic Islands, Just off Spain's east coast. It was heightened by reports from sources close to the French foreign office that the Barcelona government also was threatened to bomb cities of "those foreign countries" sharing responsibility of bombing of Spanish civilian centers. II Duce Warns Then tonight, creating fear among French and British diplomats that a general European conflict might break out, Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy notified France that his r planes would destroy government Spain If Spanish planes should bomb Italian cities. II Duce's declaration came after the Spanish ambassadors In London and Paris had said their government was planning reprisals against foreign nations whose planes Xhey accused ot "massacres" among civilians in gov ernment Spain. Barcelona authorities have Insisted that both Italian end German filers have taken part in bombing of civil ians behind their lines. Premier Mussolini's warning was given to the French foreign office by the Italian charge d'afalres. Renato Prunes, 'who said the first Spanish government bombs dropped on Italy would open war. He said the Italian army and navy quickly would follow the fascist air planes and utterly destroy govern ment Spain. Diplomatic Crisis The crisis brought French and Brit ish diplomats into feverish action. Their respective fore lgnof flees were In permanent telephone communica tion. Althouah French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet told both the Span ish ambassador and the Italian charge d'affaires that France dis approved of the Barcelona cabinet's threats, diplomats expressed fear open warfare between government Spain and the Totalitarian states would bring a" general European conflict. Some diplomats said they believed the Spanish threat was an "act of desperation." They said the action of France In closing the frontier to Spain to transshipment of war sup piles to the Spanish government mode the war materials situation cri tical for Barcelona. They pointed out f:at 17 merchant ships, mostly British, had been sunk In the government's Mediterranean ports In the last few weeks by in surgent aviators without a protest (Continued bo page Nine.) Weather forecast for Sunday, June 26: Northern California: Fair Sundsy but fog on the coast: cooler in In terior Sunday; moderate northwest wind oft coast. Oregon: Fair Sunday, except fog on coast and cooler In extreme east portton; moderate northwest wind off coast: Outlrtrtk fur western Rtatrs nertrwl June 27-Julv 2. inclusive: Fair j sfV.irr with f:n venture n'-ar nor-. mal but fogs on the coast. Rising Prices Past Week p- KrV , M - ' : I Former Diamond star Astonishes-New Deal , 1 L V? IV ! . i ' jj Passes After Short III- And Industry Wage jrrrr-yl r ness Final Rites Tues- Scales Differ And ! i II 11 " day Morning Known To Stressed. . ; II 1 I Scores. NEW YORK. June (AP) Pos sibility of a wage readjustment in steel was Injected Into the business recovery picture today as the stock market surged upward tor the sixth successive day, completing a week of rising prices unparalleled In recent Wall street history. The fresh upward thrust given the stock market caused many to rub their eyes in astonishment as they viewed the extent of the week's climb. Some price averages showed it was a bigger percentage gain than experienced in any week in the spec tacular climb In the spring of 1933, when prices ballooned after the banking holiday. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks 30 Industrial, 15 rails and 15 utilities advanced 41 today to $45.60. the highest since March 1, and with in $2.40 of the 1938 high. It rose this week $6.60, or more than 17 per cent. Statisticians estimated that close to $5,000,000,000 had been added since last Saturday to the total quot ed value of all shares listed in the stock exchange. Can fllct of opinion between the New Deal and important sectors of business management over the prop, er wage policy to spur recovery, was high-lighted by the developments of the past 24 hours. 1. United States Steel Corp. Issued a terse statement this morning that none of its officials "has given any assurance" the jweeplng price reduc tions in Its products announced yes terday would not be followed by wage cuts, 2. In his "fireside chat' last night President Roosevelt called for a Untt ted States by capital and labor to re. slat wage slashing, approved U. S. Steel's price reduction, and added he was "gratified to know" It involved no wage cut. A White House secre. tary explained today the president was guided by news reports in his assumption wage adjustments would not follow. Stock market traders began bidding up steel and other Industrial shares right after Wall street financial news tickers carried the corporation state ment which left the wage matter open. EX- HELD FOR: SOUTH PARIS, Me., June 38 (AP) Francis M. Carroll. 43-year-old form er deputy sheriff, today oxpressed willingness to have citizens of his own Oxford county try him on a charge he murdered Dr. James O. Llttlefleld, for whose slaying Paul N. Dwyer. 18, Is serving a life sentence. He changed previously announced plans to seek a change of venue. Dwyer, slim South Paris schoolboy, meanwhile, appeared In "higher spirits." 6ald state prison Warden John H. Welch. Official silence, however, greeted the immediate question of this small Matne community what was to be the- future status of the boy con victed of the 67-year-old physician's slaying October 18. Dwyer, erst while Intimate friend of Carroll's daughter, Barbara. 18. also signed a confession he slew the doctor's wife, Lydta, in adjacent Cumberland coun ty. Oxford county authorities said the Carroll trail would be disposed of be fore further action was taken In Mrs. Llttlefleld's death. They were re checking Dwyer's original story re garding the location he pointed out as the place where the 63-year-old woman was strangled. The Indictment against Carroll added further complications to an al ready sensational case which had shocked South Parts when the bodies of the victims were found Oct. 16 in Dr. Llttlefleld's own automobile In North Arlington. NJ., with Dwyer asleep at the wheel. BULLETIN 'lght Game R. H E. .1 10 0 .861 San Diego Seattle Hbe rt and Hogan. Farquaha-ton: .nd Epir.dH. Fikcrel, ScrvenU, Beck aod Sp.adeL MURDER TERRORIST CASE Flood waters left scenes such a village of 275 In the eastern part fled (o safety. A barefooted family which were badly damaged. PRESIDENT PLANS 10 VISIT STATE ' WASHINGTON', June 23. (AP) President Roosevelt will visit Oregon next spring for the purpose of in specting the Willamette valley pro ject he told Willis Mahoney, Klam ath Falls. Democratle senatorial nominee, today. Mahoney also quoted the chief executive as having said that Ore gon is destined to reach a popula tion of 3.000.000 or more people and that projects of this sort will help the state enable to care for the Increase. The president also opined that one of the great needs of the day is decentralization of population; a distribution of activities rather than concentration of people and activi -ties In targe cities. He said he favored the Oregon project because It would tend to bring about this result. TO JURY MONDAY HILLSBORO. Ore., June 2S. (AP) O r e g o n's latest "goon" trial reached the closing stage today when the defense rested In the trial of Jack Estrabrook. Portland Warehousemen's union secretary, In dicted on a charge of participating In the Rock Crock atore bombing of 103S. F 1 n 1 arguments are scheduled Monday. Estabrook testified today, denying any participation In the bombing. He said hla car. alleged by the state to have been used to transport dyn amite for the bombing, was In The Dalles at the time. Other defense witnesses said Esta brook was at home st the time of the bombing and that Mrs. Esta brook had driven the car to The Dalles. T UAKd HAMILTON. Mont,. June 25. ( AP) A bolt of lightning ripped the clothes and shoes from Carl Corwtn. Hamilton farm worker; left him In what was believed a dying condition and Injured three others today. Corwtn. with Mr. and Mrs. Prank Wohlman and Alex Ixnnoff. was leaving a truck farm f!Md In a rainstorm a mile east of here when the bolt struck. Corwln'a body was badly burned and at the hospital here hie chance of recovery was held poor by attendants. Mr. and Mrs. Wohlman were burn ed but their condition was not con sirtefd parlous Ivanoff rvovered hi sight aftrr bclrt? L.lnci:d by the flash for more than an bour. this after a five-foot wall of water swept through Pilot Rook, Ore., of the slate. All Inhabitants, wurnrd of the approach of the flood, lg shown Investigating the ruins of a furniture store, contents of FINAL RITES 'FOR DR.JJ. T2P.NL Last OK Jackson County Pioneer Physicians Passes Thursday Use ful Career At End. Funeral services for Dr. James W. Robinson will be held in the Perl chapel at 2 p:m. Monday, the Rev. S. H. Jones of Jacksonville officiating. Interment will take place In the Jack sonville cemetery. Pallbearers will bo Emll Brltt. T. J. Kenney, Gus Newbury, H, K. Hnn na, John Orth and F. H, Luy. Dr. Robinson died In a Medford hospital Thursday night after a year's Illness. He is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Ina Wenner and Mrs. P. A. Snow, both of Portland. Dr. Robinson was a pioneer country physician of Jackson county and many a family for miles around de pended upon his sympathetic minis trations. His parents. Nathan and Mary Dor land Robinson, and two elder sisters crossed the plains In 1847 and set tled near what is now Portland after a long, weary and hazardous drive of six months. Ills father located 640 acres and erected a two-story homo that was considered the finest resi dence of the time. In that home James Robinson was born on No vember 12, 1850. The settlement la ter adopted the name of Reedvllle. After about ten years at Reedvllle. the family moved to Portland, a com munity then of 2000 Inhabitants, so (Continued on Pajte rhrea.) DARKNESS HALTS T ALBUQUERQUE. N.M., June 35. (AP) Darkness called a halt tonight to the search of Sandla Peek's rug ged slopes for Medlll Mccormick, 31-year-old heir to the Mccormick pub lishing fortune, who has been miss ing since Wednesday on a mountain climbing expedition. Only a handful of forest service rangers remained In the mountains over night, and.Oov. Clyde -Ingley ordered the .hunt resumed tomorrow at daylight. Supplies were trucked Into the base camp tonight In readi ness for tomorrow's activities. As the second day of Intensive search came to a close, none was able to hazard ft guess at to the fate of the young McCormlck. Most, however, held to the belief hla body v. caught In a high crevice of the 6000-foot peak. Pegey l.andon Walls NEW YORK, June 36. (API Peggy Anne Landon. daughter of Alt M. I-tndon, 1939 Republican prriftdentitl nominee, sailed aboard the Northern Prince for ft vacation In Buenos Aires. "It was a gradua tion gift from dad," Prggy said of tht trip. OUST MULTNOMAH LEFT WING AIDE STATE JOB PORTLAND. June 28. (AP) Chairman John J. Beckman of the Multnomah county Democratic cen tral committee hat been dismissed as advisory attorney for the state public utilities commissioner, it was learned today. He was recently re-elected county chalriyan, receiving the support of the left-wing Oregon Commonwealth Federation, and had announced he would support the entire Democratic ticket. Including Henry Hess, victor over Gov, Charles H. Martin for the nomination. - Asked whether he felt hts tleup with these factions had any bearing on his dismissal Beckman said he felt sure the dismissal was due to the fact the work had run out. Meanwhile Nadlne 8 1 raver, acting Democratic state chairman, an nounced the state central commit tee would meet hero July 9 to elect officers. Several names mentioned frequntly for state chairmen are Robert Bradford, La Grande; U. S. Burt. Corvallls; Bill Conrad. Marsh field: Walter Gleoson. Portland: B. S. Martin, Salem: John J. Beckman, Portland: Matt Corrlgan, McMlnn vllle, and Nadlne Strayer, Bnker. OF CHIEF ON RELIEF NEW YORK. June 25 (AP) Mrs. Samuel Gompers, widow of the foun der and long.timo president of the American Federation of Labor, said today she Is working for the WPA as a field supervisor In the adult ed ucation division. For years I kept In seclusion, saw almost no one," she said. "Then I decided It was essential for me to get out more and besides, I have got to support myself. So. Indirectly through tho American Federation of Labor, I started my present work three years ago." Gompers died In 1924. WAVERLT, June 28. fAP Har vest wage scales approximately 25 rents a day lower than last year's offerings were established here today by approximately 100 Spokane coun ty grain growers, thresher and com bine operators. Henry Treede, of Falrchlld, chair man of a committee previously ap pointed to work out a tentative wage scale, was also chairman of the meeting. Th scale finally adopted. Treede Mid, wa midway between 1936 and 1937 wages. Owen Joseph Patton. a beloved and widely known resident of Medford. for more than 30 yenrs, passed away at Sacred Heart hospital, Friday af ternoon, after a brief Illness, He died as he lived bravely and with a smile. The news of his death came as a distinct shock, to hundreds who remember him best, for hts unfailing friendliness and geniality. He was about 80 years old. Ailing for the post ten days, the last Illness took a aeiioud turn last Wednesday, when he was removed to Sacred Heart hospital. He failed fast. The end camo Friday afternoon at 3:10 o'clock, from a heart ailment j and other complications. Funeral services will be held at the 1 Sacred Heart On t hollo church, Tues day morning at nine o'clock, the Rev. Fr. Francis W. Black, officiat ing. Interment will be n the Jack sonville cemetery. Recitation of the Rosary will be held Sunday evening and Monday evening at the Perl Funeral Home at 7:30 p.m. The Medford Lodge 1168 B.P.O.E. Elks will conduct graveside service. Honorary pallbearers will be E. W. Wlnklo, Lee Watson, Clarence Pankey, Thomas Waterman, Cole Holmes, and Elmer Chllders, all members of the Elk lodge. Owen Joseph Patton, generally Known as Owney, was born In County of Nago.Ireland. on Aug. 10, 1869. He came to America, when a boy of five years, and his parents moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In his youth, he worked In the steel mills of Ohio and Pennsylvania, where he gained the sturdy physique, that won him re nown on the diamond, when baseball was in Its infancy. One of his whim sical boasts was: "I played when the players wore mustaches." (Continued on Page rhree.) T PACK FOE. INDIANAPOLIS, June 38. (AP) Indiana's 1938 political tumult, marked by the perplexing prospect of ft triangular race for the United Statea senate with Senator Frederick Van Nuya, democrat, cast In n In dependent role In hla bid for re election, moved tonight toward se lection of the republlcsn senatorial nominee. Hopeful of picking their first sen atorial oandldlate In a decade. 1782 delegates will meet In the republi can state convention here Wednes day to make the choice and name the party's ticket for 13 state ornces; In dian does not elect a governor this year. Several republican newspapers have proposed that the convention nom inate Van Nuys. who Has been tagged for the discard by the democratic state administration because he fought president Roosevelt's court reorgsnlzstlon bill. But Van Nuys reiterated: "I am ft democrat.' I will ran a an Independent." Five men, Including the veteran James Ell Watson, for many years a formidable figure In the halls of con gress, have been maneuvering since early spring for tni republican nom Inatlon. Watson and Walter F. Bossert of Liberty snd former Ku Klui Klan regional officer, havo been the most active In a quiet but steady drive to line up delegate strength. Votes of 883 delegates are necessary for tho nomination, which will carry with It leadership ot the party dominant In the Pw Paw belt for nearly two de cades prior to 1333. might Krror WILMINGTON, Del., June 38. (AP) Workment who erected steel review Ing stands at the municipal building for the Swedish tercentenary celebra tion, opening Monday, were called back for some "unfinished business- They forgot to provide ft spesker's stand. Honeymoon Krror- CLEARFIELD, Pa.. June 38. (AP) When Mr. ftnd Mrs. Robert Rlshel selected can of food from their pantry for breakfast, they dont know whether It will turn out to be grapefruit or spaghetti. Friends gave the couple, recently, the canned goods at a ehower, but first removed the wrapper. President Wagers Personal Prestige In Primaries Claim Farley Comes To Rescue. WASHINGTON, June 38. (API- Frank Knox, Republican candidate for vice-president in 1036, accused ' President Roosevelt tonight of "dis torting" national Income figures In his fireside chat last night. In ft statement Issued by tht Republican national committee, tht Chicago publisher said the address waa "as weak ft demonstration of . statesmanship as this country has ever seen." Knox disputed the president's as-: sertlon that the Income of all persons in the United States was 838,000,000.- 000 In 1033. Department of com merce records. Knox said, showed tht total to be 848.363.000,000. "What Is Important." Knox added, 'Is that the national Income eatt mated by the president for this year. 1 of 160.000.000.000 ft figure regarded as much too high by some experts Is less than 813.000.000,000 more than ' the national , Income actually paid out In 1033 after three years et world-wide depression. Of greater sig nificance Is the fact that this year will mark the first time in the coun try's history that the national Income has receded before passing the pre vious high record. In other words, . despite all the ballyhoo and gliding of the lily, the New Deal at no time has restored this country to the level of prosperity previously enjoyed and now we are again scraping bottom." Representative Fish commented that ' Tie president's "political harangue" last night virtually read out of tht. Democratic party "the ablest ftnd . most courageous members of con gress." WASHINGTON, June 38 (P) Pres ident Roosevelt's declaration of right to Indicate hts "preference" la Democratlo primaries virtually wa gered his personal prestige todfty upon the outcome of 103S voting. The president marked for political extinction. If his personal opposition might schleve It, Democratle primary candidates adjudged foes of tht 1086 Roosevelt platform. Less definitely, he Indicated party lines would b orosscd In behalf of "liberal" triumph on election day. Unanswered for the present was the extent to which Mr. Roosevelt might go In applying to spectflo can didacies his standard for personal Intervention: "A elesr-cut Issue be tween candidates for Democrstle nomination Involving these princi ples (1036 platform) or Involving a clear misuse of my name." . Presumably referring to his unsuc cessful effort to reorganise tht vu- . preme court, the president said he would not Indicate a "preference" in a state primary "merely because ft candidate, otherwise liberal In out look1, had conscientiously . differed with me on any single Issue." Many politicians previously bad said tht court Issue apparently determined administration favor. BOSTON. June 34. (ffv Asserting that "political opponents" had cir culated "stories concerning tht presi dent's Interference In congressional' primaries." National Democratic Chair man James A. Farley said today, "It has not occurred to them that there Is no personal animosity or thought of revenge Involved." "To keep these matters In proper, perspective," be said In an address prepared for n rally of young Demo-' crata of northeastern states, "one must not lost sight of tht tact that' we art In tht midst ot titanic struggls between reactionary forces and progressive! or liberal forces. "The former re fighting with every resource to retsln dominating In fluence In tht government, ftnd tht latter are fighting to fret tht gov ernment and country from domina tion by reactionary Interests." He said tht president was "bound to advocate" plan he thought wort , for the country's best Interests and, added that It was "obvious" any., president would prefer In tht law-' making body those who shared hit views. He described as "something new" . tht Idea that the president Is tht "ont person In tht world unprivileged to Indicate his preference" for party candidates. Irish Leader In Seat DUBLIN. June 38 (AP) Dr.. Douglas Hyde, 78-year-old former col lege professor unanimously elected first president of Ireland, took over hit 876.000 year post today. Nazi Envoy Recalled . HANKOW, June 38. (AP) Tht German ambassador to Chins. Dr. Oskar Trautmann, told dlplomatls collecues today that he hod bten called back to Germany, and would leavt Hankow by air tomorrow. ' r
