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The Weather Forecast: Partly cloud? to night and Friday. little change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday .WMMHM. M Lowest this morning , 55 Try Again Most people find WANT API la this newspaper a good tn veatment. If an Adv. faita to produce It la likely due to not llTlng proper thought to prep aration of your copy. Why not trj again? MEDFORD Tribune Full Associated Press Tull T Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1938. No. 86. JM MM W STIH& MIMES The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright l'J37, by The North American News paper Alliance.. Inc. ANDREW JACKSON GHOSTS NEW DEAL'S BUSINESS WAR HI8 1832 FIGHT AGAINST BIG INDUSTRY IS MODEL BIS BIOGRAPHY CALLED "BIBLE OF WHITE HOUSE" "OLD HICKORY" HAD DUPLICATE OF CORCORAN WASHINGTON. June 30. The ghost of Andrew Jackson a tough. Irritable old wraith If ever there was one can hardly feel at homo in modern Washington. The White House portico and the spoils system are about the only remaining mon uments of the Jacksonlan era. Yet It la an odd fact that Old Hickory's ghost la an occasional White Houf visitor In this year of rather doubt ful grace. 1938. To be sure. Old Hickory walks In a special aspect not as the hero of New Orleans, or the deadly deter mined foe of government debt, but as the conquerer of the distinguished Mr. Nicholas Blddle and his Bank of the United States. As the general of a successful campaign against the big business of 1832. he Is consulted on the tactics of his present suc cessor's war with the business men. The president, who sees In Jackson another people's politician, has al wnys held him In high esteem. It's really significant that in .these last months of most violent conflict with business, the White House circle's Interest In Jackson has Increased im mensely. It has even had tangible results, among others the anti-monopoly investigation, for which Jack son's crusade against the bank and Justice Brandeis' quarrel with big ness were the twin inspirations.' Jackson's message vetoing the bank's recharter was the actual model for the famous "sixty families" speeches and subsequent orations, as well as for the president's message on mon opoly. Still more important Is the con stant recollection that Jackson fought his fight without giving an Inch. Whenever the cry of "compromise" or "recovery before reform" has been raised, the president and his ad vise m have drawn confidence from Jack son's example. "Marquis James' bi ography of Jackson Is the Bible of the White House." as one presi dential crony put It. And Jackson's triumphs were often mentioned in the preliminary discussions or the president's recent fireside chat, in which he so firmly announced h'.s (Continued on Page Twelve) 44- ILLEGAL. SAYS COURT PHILADELPHIA, June 30. (p) Pennsylvania's new law limiting male workers to a maximum work week of 44 hours was declared unconstitu tional today by the state supreme court. The court affirmed t he decision of the Dauphin county (Harrlsburg) court which some months ago held Invalid the act, passed by the 1937 legislature, and granted a permanent Injunction staying Its enforcement. The law never-went Into effect. As soon as the act was signed by Gov ernor George R. Earle. who said 44 hours waa "long enough for any one to work." more than 700 firms Join ed in attacking It. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Frank Rogers attempting to explain the Intricate mechanism of the new traffic system's timing device, his technical discourse falling on in com prehending ears. Jack Bierma proudly displaying to another baseball fun i-.ls gnarled and oft-broken flners. happy reminders of his youthful activity In the na tional pastime. Roy Lee being Joshtvi by Jim Col lins on his creamy attire. Orchard 1st Ward Spate declaring he'd be better off in the newspaper business after being told by a news man how to run an orchard. TVe CofC gal w;ndTln? h left two limb loaded with cherries for shea T T Will ADDED IE 100 Dead, 297,379 Houses " Destroyed Heaviest Downpour in 60 Years Hits Tokyo; City Isolated TOKYO. June 30.(AP) A ty phoon howled toward Japan's Islands today In the wake of two days of horror In which at least 100 persons were killed and 200 others were missing. Tokyo was virtually Isolated by the heaviest deluge of rain In Japan's recorded history and by an earthquake which leveled homes and disrupted rail and wire communi cations. The central meteorological Insti tute warned all cities In southern Japan to be prepared for the tropi cal hurricane blowing northward across the China sea. It said the winds would strike late this afternoon unless they were deflected. Most liners and larger freighters remained tied at their docks In Yokohama. May Pass IMiind. Meteorologists reported the ty phoon was approaching the eastern coast of Japan, but said they be lieved it would pass the Islands. A polico survey showed a total of 297,379 houses destroyed or dam aged throughout the nation and 104 bridges down. Belated reports from the north indicated there had been a second earthquake and a nation-wide total of at least 177 landslides. Most of the deaths were In Tokyo and Yokohama. In both cities land slides crumpled homes. A railroad tunnel collapsed near Tokyo and a main line road bed was washed away. Many rivers burst their banks, imperilling other homes beneath undermined cliffs. More than 12 Inches of rain fell, flooding lfiO.OOO homes In Tokyo alone. The rain, greatest In 60 years, had slackened early this afternoon, but roaring winds were growing steadily. Rivers still were high and police forcibly removed families from low land homes and areas endangered by further landslides, the causo of most of the casualties. Earth, already soaked by the torrential rains, slip ped In many places after the quakes. (Continued on Page Sixteen) SPANISH WAR VETS E WASHINGTON, June 30. (AP) About 10.000 veterans of the Spanish American war, the Philippine insur rection and the China relief expedi tion have applied for the pension Increases provided by the la.rt session of congress. The veterans administration expects about 16,000 more applications. The agency now is reviewing the cases submitted, and payments will begin as soon as they are npproved. - Officials estimated today that the old soldiers will receive 65.738.200 ad ditional Income from these new rato-i, which. In general, provide $60 a month to 65-year old veterans who formerly received only $30. PORTLAND, June 30. ( AP) The Rev. Edward P. Murphy. 73, first president of the University of Port land, died here today. The priest, a native of Ireland, had been chap lain of the Jeanne D'Arc home. Veterans in Last Bivouac Hobble Gettysburg Paths By PALL MARTIN OETTYSBURO. Pa., June 80. (AP) Two thousand aged Civil war veterans, tenting for the last time on the old camp ground, turned back the pages of the nation's his tory 75 years today to the stirring events of the (treat conflict between lhe north and the south. Across the same dusty Pennsyl vania road that once divided the union, the remnants of two mighty armies faced each other again as they did four pcore years ago In the battle that marked the turning point of the war In which many of them fought. But It was not as the boys In blue and the strlplinas In gray that the old soldiers met on this 75th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg but as comrades, with out regard for blue or gray, without heed for stars and stripes, or stars and bars. They hobbled together over the hattlefie.d which once hd been dampened by the blood of 43.0O0 fallen comrade, and they pointed Montague in Another Debut , fj f &r vv . x j JL ! . ; : jd John Montague, the ex-mystery man of golf who has been Idle since he tried to perform before an unruly New York mob several months ago, made another debut as an exhibition golfer In Reno, Nev., pairing with George Yon Elm and shooting the worst score of a foursome, a 77. E T FILE E WASHINGTON. June 80. vp) The genera land office warned small min ing claim holders In the public land states and Alaska today they had only until tomorrow noon, to claim exemption from the annual assess ment work requirement of federal mining laws. A bill signed yesterday by Pres ident Roosevelt permits them to claim the exemption for the current fiscal year. Commissioner Fred W. Johnson said he had sent Instructions to registers of all local land offices to Inform prospectors seeking the relief they must file their notices with the coun ty recorder In whose office their claims were recorded. "Piling of such notices with the general land office will render them of no effect," Johnson said. Requirements for the performance or $100 worth of labor on mining claims as "annual assessment work" were written into the mining laws in 1872 as a means of establishing the good faith of prospectors and pro moting mineral development. Congress, however, has waived the requirement in every year since 1932 because of the dpresslon. Similar re lief was extended in 1893-04. In 1898 and during the World war period. KLAMATH FARMER GIVEN SIX MONTHS ON ROADS PORTLAND, June 30. ( AP) A Klamath county potato farmer who was convicted in federal court of spending a $400 farm credit loan for purposes other than specified, today was sentenced to alt months in a federal road camp. The man was Charles J. Hess, Jr.. 24. Federal Judge James Alger Fee Imposed sentence after scrutinizing a report by the federal probation officer. out OeJc mil. the Bloody Angle and Seminary Ridge, where much of the righting took place. Once again they hailed one an other as "Johnny Reb" and "Damned Yankee." but Uiere was no rancor In their quavering words. Together they sat on the tented verandas of their tented city, swapping yarns abcut Early and Sheridan and Lee, or Joking with the thousands of visitors. Except for a few late comers, the last bivouac of the Ornnd Army of the Republic and of the men of Robert E. Lee wss completed today. Most of them checked In to ramp yesterday, where 2000 tent have been pitched In semblance of a small city a city of reunion and memories. Yesterday and today were set aside for the veterans to renew old friend ships. Carefully attended by travel ing companions, aided by National Guardsmen and Bay Scouts, they will be fefd for the next four days with parades, band concerts, mili tary displays and tours of the bat tlefield and It national cemetery. PROPOSAL OF SNELL FOR SAFETY HONORS VETOED AS HAZARD :ve -i PORTLAND. June 30. (API The state highway commission rejected Secretary of State Earl Snell's re quest today for roadside placards for the winning cities In a traffic safety contest. E. B. AJdrlch of Pendleton, presid ing In the absence of Chairman Henry F. Cabell, said the signs would tend to defeat safety alms and would be Inconsistent with a policy of prohibiting other types of signs along the rights-of-way. The commis sion recommended placing the plaques In various city halls. The capltol reconstruction com mittee announced the Oregon Con tracting company offered a low bid of $17,738 for paving Summer street, near the new state house. The low bids on highway projects Included: Klamath county: 10.17 miles sur facing and oiling Bly Mountaln Boatty section of the Klamath Falls Lakevlew highway. McNutt Bros.. Eu. gene. $105,440. Other action included acceptance, of PWA grants for the erection of maintenance headquarters at Klam ath Falls. NYE NOMINATION FAROO, N. D,. June 30. P) Oov. William Langer today conceded the Republican nomination for the sen ate In North Dakota'a primary elec tion to U. 8 Senator Op raid p. Nye. The governor took this action when with only 114 of the atate'a 3.280 pre. clncta mlialng the count atood: Nye, 87.TO4; Langer. 81.488. At the aame time Nye aald he had Informed Chairman Sheppard I D. Tex.) of the senate campaign funda committee that It would be necess ary to Investigate absentee ballots In only a few North Dakota countlea. Sheppard had planned. In response to Nye's request yesterday to question all county auditors. Nye also told Sheppard he had Information of "several repeat votera" In one com munity. ICKES DOUBTS LEGALITY POWER LINE EXPENSE WASHINGTON. June 30. fp) Ad ministrator Ickes said today he was uncertain whether PWA could leg ally provide $21,357,725 for power line construction at Bonneville dam on the Columbia river. J. D. Ross, Bonneville power ad ministrator, had asked that amount In the hope of speeding up distribu tion of the power soon to be genera ted at the Bonneville plant. nefiiftes PWA Job WASHINGTON, June 30. (AP) The public works administration said today R. A. Hart of Salt Lake City had refused an offer to be Its chief engineer In region 6, comprising the far western states. Hart, formerly PWA administrator for Uta'.i. wss of fered the position under the PWA- new regional setup. THREE NATIONS IN BATTLESHIP SIZE U. S. Britain and France Set Limit at 4-5,000 Tons With 16-Inch Guns; Limit Is Higher Than Wished LONDON, June 30. fP) An agree ment among the United States, Brit ain and France setting the limits on battleships at 45,000 tons with 10 Inch guns was announced in the house of commons today. The agreement, announced by Alfred Dtiff Cooper, first lord of thi admiralty, was a sequel to the de cision of the three powers to aban don the 35.000-ton limit of the Lon don naval treaty of 1936, This was made public March 31 In accordance with the escalator clause of the treaty. Invoked by the signatories because of reports that Japan was building mammoth men-of-war. Cooper Indicated that the 45.000 ton limit was higher than Britain wanted to build up to, "but that la the lowest figure on which agree ment could be reached," he said. Cooper announced that Britain s two new battleships to be laid down In the 1038 program would not ex ceed 40,000 tone and would carry 16-lnch guns. Britain, he said, has asked other European powers to keep their cap ital ships under 40,000 tons. France, In the March 31 announce ment of the decision to "escalate," said she would not go above 35,00u tons unless another continental Eur opean nation did so. The 16-inch limit for guns Is the same as that of the London treaty. An effort to- keep -It to 14 Inch's failed because Japan would not agree. The United States Is considered the protagonist of the 45.000-ton battle ship, but It was believed here that Washington would not build vessels that large Immediately. Y OVER POST STORY ROCHESTER. Minn.. June 30. iP) James Roosevelt's physician today said the president's son was indig nant about a. Saturday Evening Post article concerning his Insurance busi ness. A statement Issued from the office of A. J. Lobb, associate In the sec tion of general administration of the Mayo clinic, where Roosevelt la. un dergoing treatment for a stomach ail ment, said: "Mr. Roosevelt has read the article He naturally Is Indignant over cer tain outright misrepresentations. It Is impossible to ascertain from the hospital and during the treatment exactly what further steps, If any, can be taken, btit he has requested his attorney to consider the matter for future con ferences. Until that time there will be no further com ment." The article, written by Alva John a ton, said Roosevelt, who serves u the president's secretary, la making between $250,000 and two million dollars a year selling Insurance. ROSSER LOSES MOTION FOR CASE DISMISSAL DALLAS, Ore., ' June 30. (;p) George Va rider veer, Seattle attorney aiding In the defense of At E. Rosser, charged with arson In conectlon with the burning of the Salem Box Man ufacturing company plant In West Salem, moved dismissal of the case today a he began his opening state ment, but the motion wa denied by Judge Arllo O. Walker. Vanderveer's motion wa on grounds that the In dictment charged arson, while Dis trict Attorney Bruce spauldlng, In hi opening statement, had charged complicity. BEND PUBLISHER ENTERS PLEA ON FEDERAL COUNT PORTLAND. June 80. (AP) 6yd D. Pierce, Bend newspaper pub lisher, pleaded Innocent In federal court today to a charge of sending obscene literature through the mall. Hie charge was based on attacks Pierce waa accused of leveling at another publisher. Pierce publishes the Bend Free Press, DE VALERA RE ELECTED IRISH PRIME MINISTER DUBLIN, June 30. JP New York born Ramon Do Valera, backed by a newly won majority, today was re elected prime minister of Ireland by the Dall EIreann. The vote mas 73 to 45. Labor mem bers and some independent did not TOt ROOSEVELT SEES FUTURE ACCLAIM FOR HISOUTLAYS President Predicts History Will Say His 'Long-Range Budget' Balanced De fines Only Real Capital NEW YORK, June 30. (AP) President Roosevelt, gazing into the future today, predicted that history would say his "long-range budget" had been balanced. This calculation, the president de clared, would be based on "survival values for our population and for our democrat lo way of living, balanced against what we have paid for them." In addition to the usual Items on government Income and outgo. Cites Other Countries Addressing the teachers who com prise the National Education associa tion, Mr. Roosevelt also: v(l) Spoke of countries where li braries have been burned, learned people exiled, universities dispersed and news, art and literature censored as having turned back "the clock of civ 111 rat Ion." He did so without naming any country. (2) Admonished this country to keep bright the fires of freedom and civil liberties, to redouble efforts to maintain a free press and to provide a safe place for eternal truths. (3) Declared for state and local control of schools and their curricula, with the federal government supple menting only the resources of the poorer communities. (4) Predicted that "the ultimate victory of tomorrow Is with democ racy,and through democracy with education, for no people can be kept eternally igporant or entemally en slaved," Second Talk of Day . The president's speech to the teachers was hi second at the New York world's fair ground thl after noon. His first address was at the laying of the cornerstone of the fair's federal building. After that he drove across the fair grounds to the education building, where his wife, a one-time teacher, Introduced him. The budget balancing remark was prefaced with a declaration that "the only real capital of a nation I Its natural resource and It human be ings." "If we skimp on that capital, If we exhaust our natural resources and weaken the capacity of our human beings, then we shall go the way of all weak nations." sold the president, adding that Judged by history's test "I venture to say that the long range budget of the present adminis tration of our government ha been In the black and not In the red." Home Subsidy Needed Discussing federal education aid, Mr. Roosevelt asserted that "no one wants the 'federal government to (Continued on Page Sixteen) PORTLAND FIRM IS LOW ON EUGENE POSTOFFICE WASHINGTON. June 30. (AP) The George Isackson company of Portland submitted the low bid to the treasury department for con struction of a pos toffies- building In Eugene. The bid was $194,460. A. F. Mowatt Construction com pany of Seattle bid $196,986, Ross B. Hammond, Portland, $197,097. WEISER, Idaho, June 30. (AP) The body of Mrs. Ella Jamison, 60. of Ontario, Ore., who drowned In the snake river May 14 near Ontario, was found today on the Idaho side of the river near Huntington, Ore., Wash ington County Sheriff Frank Ken nedy said. Good Neighbor" Policy Urged on World by F. R. NEW YORK, June 80. (AP) President Roosevelt declared today on the world' fair grounda that American Republlca believe the good neighbor policy could succeed on the reat of the globe "If the spirit which Ilea behind It were better understood and more actively atrlven for." The president chose the laying of tho cornerstone for the fair's federal building to make a new declaration against war and to atresa the Importance of good netgh borllneea. "All of ua realize, of course." he aald. "that the affalra of many parts of the world are. to put It po litely, somewhat distraught. Such a condition necessarily accompanies wsrs and rumors of wars." The chief executive noted that "we In this hemisphere are happily removed. In large measure, from fear and from the controversies which bretd It." "In a larger acsie. howivtr," he added, "ws cannot remain uncon Called r - ii -i'.fWtH. "! - " J l tm The 2fi0-nare aurvev of the Amer Iran Legion, written by Prof. William Gellerman (above) of Northwestern university, which termed the veter cnV organization "fascist" and "un patriotic." was today termed by the IKlnn'a leader. Daniel Pohertr. as "the puny product of a imail mind. (A. P. Photo). TO OKLAHOMA CITY. June 80. Dr. Francis S. Town send, gray-haired proponent of the old-age pension movement, arrived here today to aid Senator Elmer Thomas in his cam paign for renomtnatlon. In a statewide radio address to night, Townsend will urge support for Thomas, who Is opposed for the Democratic nomination by Governor E. W. Marland and Rap. Gomer Smith. Smith was at one time na tional Townsend vice-president but broke with Townsend. Townsend predicted victory for hla organisation In Oregon, Washington, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New England state In the forth-coming elections, not to mention his own state of Cal ifornia. Count Off To Face Barbara's Summons PARIS, France, June 30. (API Count Court llaugwltt - Keventlow left Pari tonight by train for Lon don, where It la understood ha would appear In court to answer the aurr. mona of Hla wife, the former Barbara Hutton. The count traveled alone. He ap peared at the railroad atatlon with hla attorney, the only person to bid him goodbye. Both refused to make a statement about the case. PACIFIC T. AND T. SHOWS INCOME DROP SAN FRANCISCO, June 80 (ZD Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company reporta a6.ofi8,54d net In come for the five month ended May 31, a sharp decrease from the $8,533.- 857 of the like five month last year Net per share earned for common stock wa S3.80, compared with 13.50 last year, after preferred dividends CRATER NORTH GATE OPENED TO TRAFFIC BEND, June 80v (AP) Highway crews freed the north entrance of Crater lake park of snow today and opened It for traffic. cerned, especially because It la our fortune to enjoy friendship and good relatione with all nations." With that In view. Mr. Roosevelt urged extension of the western hem isphere spirit to the rest of the world. "The policy of the good neigh bor." he declared, "la, as we know It not limited to those problems of International relation which may result In war. "We are against war and have agreed among ourselves quietly to discing difficulties In such a way that the possibility of war has be come remote. But the policy Involves also matters of trade and matters affecting the Interchange of cul ture." The prealdent aald the New York world'a fair and the San Francisco fair were "well-timed" for 1938. adding: "They' will encourage that Inter change of thought, of culture, and of trade which are so vital today. , . . It has been well aald that you cannot hat a man you know." I CRITIC OF LEGION iS ANSWERED BY VETERANS' CHIEF Abortive Attempt to Sabot age Legion,' Is Termed 'Puny Product of Small Mind' at NEA Meet NEW YORK, June 30, P Daniel Doherty, national commander of th American Legion, today described criticism of the Legion by Prof. WU-' Ham Gellermann as "the puny pro-, duct of a small mind' The Legion head, permitted to speak at the closing representative assembly of the National Education association convention, denied he had been "gagged" at last night' meet ing of the teacher in Madison Square Garden, and aald the Legion wished to continue It harmonious relations with the N.E.A. . "When this abortive attempt to sabotage the American Legion became public," he said. "I asked the Legion national headquarter to arrange with your convention that X might be allowed to address the convention on the subject. No Time Suggested "At no time did I or the Legion suggest any time or place, and when It wa thought better that I be beard here this morning Instead of last night at Madison Square Garden, X was In thorough accord with that decision." A resolution on cooperation with the Legion wa unanimously adopted later, providing for appointment of a committee of five "to confer with the American Legion and other aerr lce organisation having constructive educational program with the flaw of enlisting their support toward the enactment-of law providing for fed eral aid to public education." . In presenting the commander, Wll lard 17. Glvens, NJS.A. executive seo retary, said the association had no connection with the Gellerman atatev ment, which was Issued by Teacher college, Columbia university, and charged that the Legion attempted to dominate N.E.A. activities, was "fas cists" and was manipulated by small group serving special Interest. Aide's Record Given Doherty said the preface of Geller man' book, "The American Legion a an educator," gave credit for "as sistance, criticism nd practically sponsorship" to Prof. George Counts. "I have here a copy of tha Con necticut Teacher, a publication dated (Continued on Page Sixteen) SEATTLE SISTER HEADS PHI BETA DEL MONTE, CaU. June 30. (V Mr. William Dehn of Seattle waa re-elected president of Gamma Pht Beta today at the closing session of the sorority's International con vention. Mr. G. M. Slmonson, Berk eley, was named vice president. The next convention of the organ ization was tentatively set for 1940 In Atlanta, Oa. A questionnaire of delegate dis closed that a successful marrln.ee still ranks as the ultimate goal of most college coeds. 8WAMPSCOTT. Mass, Tun SO. (P Mr. T. Dayton Davis of Seattle, Wash., today wa elected president at the 60tb anniversary convention of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. R. H. . Washington . 1 ( I Boston It 18 9 Deahong and R. Ferrell, Olullanl; Bagby and Desautel. R. H. I. 1 4 0 T T Philadelphia New York Ross, William. Potter and Rays,' Ruffing and Dickey, National R. H. . Cincinnati Ill Pittsburgh S 1 1 Walters and Lombardl; Blanton and Todd. R. H. f. Boston Brooklyn Oil I 10 t Turner and Mueller; Ifuraro and Phelps. R. H. t. New York 14 l 0 1 T t PhlladelDhla Castleman and Dannlna: Passeau. Smith, Hallaoao and Atwood, CtotV BASEBALL y
