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llli Begin Thinging The Weather Forecast: Cloudy with show- Medford Tribune Hera It la nidi? again. Jutt to remind you that It la tlma to begin thinking about that era tonight: slightly warmer Saturday. Classified Adv. for the Sunday inaaj u nday I Temperature morning edition. A 8u Hlgheat yesterday ? Lowest this morning 67 Adr. costs no more than week Jay Advs. Full Associated Press Full United Pre Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1938. No. 87. . a ylU.fciWf- -whi I immt mm .i . i I The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. ANTI-MONOPOLY PROW! MOTIVE CHANGES POLITICAL NKEI) FOB IT NO LONGER DOMINANT FACT-FINDING INDICATED AS ITS PURPOSE FIRST SPECIAL INQUIRER NO WITCH-HUNTER WASHINGTON, July 1. The gene ral prediction 1 that the anti-monopoly Investigation will be dedi cated to frying capitalists In their own tat. In the opinion of many, this la the favorite parlor game of the New Deal. Aa the beginning of the Inquiry Is virtually at hand, however,' It Is well to lay aside preconceptions, and try to make a guess at what It really will be like. The guessing Is worth it. for the least the Inquiry can do ia to make a vast number of headlines In the next year or so. and the not Impossible moat la to remake the whole American economic system. That the origin of tho Inquiry was In part political Is admitted even by its inventors. It waa. In fact, devised aa an alternative, when the president listened to Donald Rlchber?. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., and other moderates, and turned a deaf ear to the advisers who would have had him begin the new year by making a pulp of the "sixty families." And the crusade against the "sixty fami lies" and monoply In general was first devised a a way to lay the blame for the depression anywhere but the New Deal's doorstep. But the White House advisers who devised the Inquiry are also sincere believers In Justice Brandels' theory of the curse of bigness. And. being Intellectuals, they have a deep re spect for facts. The political need for the anti-monopoly inquiry has grown less acute. Consequently the leading New Dealers' willingness to make It an Impartial and fact-finding Investigation has increased. Even In private, when they forget the necessary hypocrlslea of politics, the (Continued on Page Nine.) Week's Retail Sales Over Previous Week NEW YORK, July 1. (!pl Retail buying In leading centers this week averaged 4 to 8 percent over last week and 10 to 18 percent under 'a year ago for the country as a whole. Dun is Bradstreet reported today. Wholesale trade experienced a sud den uplift In volume, which came tn within 8 to 18 percent of the 1937 mark for the week. "Start of the summer tourist trade already was noticeable In enlarged receipts of some retailer," the credit a gency aa Id . "In many 1 nst an ces, sale of this type of merchandise exceeded 193T totals for the compar able period.' Ty rohh at Orfell KLAMATH FAl.1. July 1. (AP) Ty Cobb, famed oldtime baseball player, Is spending the holiday week end on a fishing expedition to Ode!, lake, according to the Chamber of Commerce here. Cobb Is accompanied by his son. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bychard Sleight Identllylng an abandoned hat In a downtown res taurant as Jack Barra, Rych averring only Jack would wear such a style. Bob Keeney trying to get together with a reporter on an Important news story, the effort thus far being a colossal flop. Dorothy Prultt becoming concerned over the reported need of greater Shakespearean Festival publicity. Cappy Hank Phelan writing elo quently of July 4th attractions, at Lake o' the Woods, he even assert ing the mosquitoes have permanently deserted the place. City Supe Fred Scheffcl swamped by requests for parasltUed earwigs, one local resident pleading for Just two .of the creatures to be turned loose In said resident's dog house, where the un-parasitlzed variety was reported especially rampant. Tim Fallln locking haie and hesrty upon h: rt-T:i to the oid heme town from Portland. s AFTER M HUNT MountaiAleers Say Entire Day Will Be Required to Bring Body Out of Re mote Spot On Mountain . ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 1. flp) The broken body of Med 111 Mccor mick lay guarded today on an almost Inaccessible ledge of rock In New Mex ico's Jagged Sandia mountains. Parties of sturdy Indians and JS. forest service workers began at day break the long, hazardous Journey to bring the 31-year-old publishing heir back In death to the Albuquerque home he left June 22 on an 111-fatcd climbing expedition. The body, crumpled on the side of a towering granite cliff, on the north east face of Sandla peak, was discov ered shortly after noon yesterday by a group of Sandla and Isleta Pueblo Indians, ending a gruelling, eight-day search. Out Late Today Veteran mountaineers said It would be late today before the shattered form could be brought out. So re mote was the spot on which it ly that word of the find did not reach Albuquerque until after nightfall. Although a guarded offlcal state ment of the discovery said that iden tification was not absolute, members of the family clearly Indicated their conviction the tragic hunt was at an end. A wallet found near the body, re liable sources connected with the searching party said, established It was that of young McCormlck. A hat and a leather Jacket, also believed certainly those of the youth, were found nearby. The body was discovered almost precisely on the opposite aide" of the knlfe-Uke peak from the ledge on which the lifeless form of Richard Whttmrr. 20-year-old Albuquerque youth, the young man's climbing companion, was found late Friday. On Narrow Shelf It hod come to rest on a narrow shelf, about 250 feet from the top and 400 from the bottom of the peaks sheer rock face. Experienced woodsmen of the forest service expressed belief a lightning flash might have tumbled both youths to their deaths from the knife-edged crest of the mountain. Discovery of the second body end ed a bitter, eight-day vigil for Mrs. Ruth Hanna, McCormlck Slmms. young Mccormick's mother. Even after Whitmer's body was found, she clung grimly to hope her son might be found alive. Dally she went at dawn to the Juan Tabo base camp of searchers and personally di rected the hunt. Forest service officials said the plan would be to send experienced climb ers with ropes and a canvas sting to the mountain crest, others to place where the body lies and the re mainder to the foot of the cliff. An attempt will be made to lower the body by that means to the base. FURY OF BATTLE HENDAYE. Franc (at the Spanish Frontier) July 1 ( AP) The fury of a week-long battle on Spain's eastern war front appeared to be diminishing today with neither in surgent nor government troops able to advance. Both weary armies, weakened by heavy losses continued to attack and counter-attack, but official dis patches said all assaults were being repulsed. The battle for the approaches to Valencia, involving 250.000 men along a 50-mile front, undoubtedly has been one of the most deadly of the 23-month-old war. Against the gov ernment's superior manpower the in surgents have had more cannon and warplans. Although the government, at least temporarily, has blocked Insurgent drives on Valencia both from the north and west. Its success has been at enormous cost in manpower. New State Capitol To Open Saturday SALEM. July 1. More than 5000 persons, many from Portland, were expected to attend tomorrow's formal opening of Oregon's 2 500.000 state capltol building. The ceremon ies will be undr the direction of the Salem Cherrlans. Mayor V. E. Kuhn will give the address of welcome, followed by a descriptive talk by Frank Branch R:ley, Portland, and introduction of distinguished guests. Other speakers will include Gov. CharlA H Martin ind Dt Brur natter, president of Willamette university. Five Are Arrested Here I -- - - Mountain Yields Secret of Boy's Fate Q z-w fat IS DALLAS, Ore.. July 1. That arrangements were made with Al E. Rosser for the burning of the Weat Salem box factory-was the assertion of Al N. Banks, on the witness stand today In the Rosser arson trial. Banks, who Is under sentence In the state penitentiary as one of the admitted ar.sonUts who burned the factory, also said that Rosser later told Dave Beck of Seattte that he wanted Banks to replace one Rey nolds as secretary of the teamsters' union In Salem and that he did re place Reynolds. Robser. former secretary of the A.F.L. Teamsters union council .In Portland. Is on trial for alleged Im plication in the burning of the fac tory. CLERKS AND SAFEWAY E. AGREEMENT PORTLANTJ, July 1. (API The re tail grocery clerks union and the Safeway Stores, Inc., agreed to a truce today in a dispute over the status of store managers until a personnel representative arrived Tuesday from the company's office at Oakland. Cal. The union had set the walkout for today. The controversy affected approxi mately 200 clerks. Six hundred ware house workera threatened a sympathy strike. The clerks' organization opposed the exclusion of manager from the work ing agreement. Store spokesmen said the. managers had signed a petition stating they did not wish union affl- lotion. The union asserted the managers had been influenced. SEVEN KILLED WHEN ROCK FALLS IN MINE BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. July 1. (API Seven men were killed and several others injured today in a rock fall 3000 feet underground In the Praco i coal mine of the Alabama By-pro duct company. Dr. C. E. Elgin, company physic ian, called company offices here to announce the p n rteMhs an ask for nddlUonal doctors and Pfme worker Eight days seiirch or the sheer sides of North Sandla peak, near Albuquerque, N. M., resulted In the finding yesterday of the broken body of Medlll McCormlck (below), 21-yenr-old publishing heir. Mc Cormlck had been missing since attempting to ttcale the niounlnlit with a companion, Richard Whltmer. The hitter's body was found previously. In photo above, three Spanish-American mountain climbers nre shown on he face of the peak during the search. (A. P. Photos.) $161,225 IN BUILDING IN FIRST SIX MONTHS Building permits having total value of 9161,225 were Issued during the first six months of 1038. It was revealed today In records released from the city building Inspector's office. The figure is slightly below that of the first six months of 1937, when permits Issued totaled 1171, 569. There were 139 permits Issued the first half of this year; 124 issued the first six months in 1937 .During June of this year, 31 per mits were Issued showing a valuation of 922.740, a sharp drop under the same period last year when the value was 934,764. Permits valued at 935. 365 were issued In May of this year. Most of the permits Issued last month were for remodeling and repairing, only one new residence being built. So far this year, 29 permits have been Issued for the construction of new residences having a total valua tion of 970,750, Largest single per mit Issued during the first six months was for the remodeling and repairing of the United States Nat ional bank of Portland. Medford branch, at a cost of 930.000. The 1937 total was 9209,686. JAPAN DIGS OUT OF TOKYO. July 1. ( AP) Japan slowly resumed normal activity to day amid the debris of a two-day storm, accompanied by earthquakes, which left 107 persons dead or miss ing and nearly 300.000 homes de stroyed or damaged. A typhoon which had threatened the country's east coast veered off to the northwest, sparing further damage. Southern Vets Lay Defeat OFTTYSBURO. Pa.. July I. T) i Two aed confederate aoldlen. stand-' lng upon the famous battlefield where they fought three-quarters of century ago, blamed General James E. Longstreet today for the defeat of the southern force in the battle that turned the tide of the confed eracy. "Longstreet betrayed us." declared (Kneral O. R. Gillette. 93, of Shreve port. La., one of 2.000 Civil war vrterans here for the final reunion of the blue and gray. "He should have ordered Plcktt to charge at H a. m., but he didn't. He waited until 1:00 o clock, and let Meade bring In 22, 000 frefh union troops. Pickett's charge, faltering in the very muzzles of northern cannon at bloody angle In the third day'! fight ing, sent Lee retreating Into south -trn territory to defend Richmond and marked the turning point of the i;epM war between the north and uth. I Said 95-year old Charles 1. fUggln, FOURTH OF JULY i . Despito a trace of raiir this morn "llig and on official forecast 'of showers tonight, available meteorological data today Indicated fair weather through out southern Oregon over the Fourth of July week-end. The weather bu reau, howevor, would not venture au official prediction beyond tomorrow Official forecast was for cloudy weather with showers tonight, slight ly warmer tomorrow. This morning's trace of rain waa the first precipitation since June 18 when a trace also fell. The dry spell prior to that went back to June 11 when .01 of an Inch fell. The precipitation on June 11 was the total measurable amount for the month, June rain fall being .72 of an Inch below the Average of .75. In June last year 1.71 Inchos of rain fell. ! m BASIS T BOSTON. July 1. (AP) Counsel for a Boston . insurance broker today charged the national Shawmut bank has "wongfully', deprived him of commissions on an 9800,000 Insurance policy because it wanted the business to go to James Roosevelt, son of the president. The charge was made before F.' De lano Putman, assigned as auditor to hear a civil suit brought by the broker, Arthur D. Cronln. against the bank, for 931,750 plus Interest, the amount he would hare received In commission. Counsel for the bank contended the Institution had never entered Into a contract with Cronln to obtain the insurance, and compared the trans action to a request to a real estate dealer to find or sell a house. at Reunion to Longstreet of Vaughan. N.' C.,- private In the Rhodes' division: "If LongMreet had given us needed support In time, we would have won the bsttle. He let the Yanks right in on us." But today, on this 76th anniver sary of the great bsttle and with all animosity forgotten. Olllette Mid he telleved It all "happened for the best." "Certainly It was the bet thing lor the routh." he declared. I The , st ate menu of the two old eoldier. who are among 15 hre who fought In the battle, brought from General Longstreet'a widow a vehe ment defense of her husband as the "bulldog of the southern army." She Is attending the reunion as a special guest of the anniversary commission. "His (Longstreet's) Judgment saved them from even worse defeat." she asertd. "Oeneral Lee relied on his advice, r.iid took th v.hol i Hfrni' for dfat at Gettysburg, after the battle.' on Liquor Sale Charges APPLEGATE CHILD Strange Mishap Takes Life of David Lee Crenshaw, 6 Huge Alder Crashes On Three Boys 2 Escape Death went fishing with little David Lee Crenshaw, 6, yesterday afternoon in the Applegnte river. In one of the strangest accidents on record in Jackson county, the son of Mrs. Walter Bryan Crenshaw of Applegate was Instantly killed when he was pinned beneath a huge, falling alder tree while sitting on the bank of the river with his step brother. Wallace J. Crenshaw. 1 1, and John Stanton Per noli, Jr.. 14. His head was horribly crushed against a rocky ledge, and Deputy Coroner Herb Brown said hU back was probably broken where the tree had smashed . down upon him aa, with the two other youths, he sat angling in their favorite pool. There was no doubt but that death waa Instantaneous, the deputy coroner stated. Others Slightly Hurt. The Pernoll youth sustained a slight cut on his right arm where a branch of the tree struck him and Wallace Crenshaw suffered a bump on the head. The tragedy occurred at 3:40 o'clock on the west bank of the Applegate river. Just above the mouth of Thompson creok, about a half mile from the Applegate atore and post office. With - his step -brother and his chum, John Pernoll, he had left home at 9 p.m. The three boys had hardly settled down to an afternoon of fishing when the tree fell. The two young boya told state police And the deputy coroner that the tree, 50 feet high and 90 Inches in diameter at the base, crashed down toward them without warn Inf, It was growing about 25 feet from the river, and near the top of the bank. When it fell. John and Wallace were able to scramble to safety, but little David waa trapped on a projecting rock at the river edge, from which he had been cast ing his fishing line. The falling tree crushed him to the ragged rock, lengthwise, pin ning his body and head to the rock. So heavy was the tree that it had to be sawed off the boy's body. From the position of David after the tree struck, he had apparently tried to escape by clambering straight ahead, state police said. He was fac ing the water In a squatting posi tion, with the tree squarely on top of him. Caused by Erosion. It was evident that erosion caused the growing tree to uproot and top ple toward the river, state police and the deputy coroner explained. There was high water In the Apple gate river this winter, it was pointed out, and with the tree growing In sandy loam, which has been slowly drying out since the water receded, the ground was unable to sustain Its weight. Immediately following the tragedy, the two other youngsters screamed and ran to the Pernoll store, where John Pernoll telephoned the coro ner's office Little David's mother. from tthnlr home near Pernoll's store, heard the boys scream and hurried down the river on the eait bank and opposite the scene of the acci dent. By that time, E. I. Brown, a nearby rancher, had arrived, along with several other people, and Mrs. Crenshaw was taken back to her home without seeing her son. When the deputy coroner and state police arrived, the tree was sawed In two near the boy's toody, and he was re moved. Funeral Monday. David Is survived by his mother, his step-father, who Is employed In Klamath Falls and who has been notified of the accident, one sister. Jesnne Crenshaw, and five brothers, Marvin, Jack, Wallace, Duane and Lor en, all living at home. Also, hti grandparents. Mr. and Mrs, J. H Frakes of Bend, Mrs. Tina Calvert of Sacramento, Cal. and Mrs. Meta Crenshaw of Corvallis David was born in Bend, Septem ber 36, 1931, and had attended the Applegate ichool his first year. With his family, he moved to Applegate about five months ago from Bend Funeral services will be conducted at the graveside In Missouri Fats cemetery, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Perl funeral home la in charge. Truck KNU ( hlld SWEETHOME. July 1. (p Patrl cla Gessler, 12, lost her life latt night when she was struck by a logging truck operated by Lester A. Williams, State police Sergeant Ernest La rose said he child rodr a bicycle from side street onto the Santtam high way in front of the truck. I baseball 1 3 WAIT SENTENCE National (First Qame) Philadelphia .4 T I-- Boston t I S Passeau and Atwood; Lannlng. Re is and Mueller. (Second Gams) Philadelphia 5 8 0 Boston 0 5 0 Lamaster, K. Smith and Atwood; Brickson and Riddle. St. Louis at Pittsburgh postponed, wet grounds. New York ......-......3 8 1 Brooklyn 1 8 1 Gumbert and Dunning; Hamlin, Pressnell and Phelps, Shea, American Washington 0 A 0 New York 8 10 0 Kelley, Hogsett and R. Ferrell; Chandler and Dickey. Cleveland at Chicago wet grounds. Boston 12 10 3 Philadelphia 7 10 7 Grove and Desautets; Thomas, Pot ter and Bruoker, NOT TO MOLEST WIFE; DENIES CARRYING GUN LONDON. Eng., July 1. (AP) A spruce but unhappy appearing Count Court Haugwltz-Reventtow arrived from France today and won his free dom on 2000-pound (910,000) ball when hustled before a Bow street magistrate on the charge he threat ened hla wife, the American -born, twlce-marrlrd Barbara Hutton. with "bodily harm." In hla brief appearance In court tie promised not to Interfere with or communicate with her and told the magistrate through his attorney that he was not carrying a pistol. The gun. he said, was locked up In the Georgian style mansion In Re gent's Park, wiiere the countess has fortified herself and two-year-old son, Lance, behind a guard. The proceeding was part of the quarrel over the future of the boy. who yesterday was made a ward In chancery beyond the control of both the count and countess. Returning to England after a three weeks' absence to face the countess' charges, the Danish nobleman was met upon his arrival on the Paris boat train by police and tils lawyers and was sped to the big dingy Bow street police court In a big green oar. The countess Wh pot In court. ROGUE RIVER TO VOTE GRANTS PASS. July 1 (P Rogue River school district will bond Itself for 928,000 to construct nnd equip a new high school budding If an election called today for July 18 car ries. The official notices are signed by O. H. LaCrosse, chairman, and J. M. Whipple, clerk of district No. 35. Jackson county. The polls will be open from 3 to 7. MOTHER OF WHITMER RESIDED IN MEDFORD Richard Whltmer, 30-year-old Albu querque. N. M. boy who met death with Medlll McCormlck on a moun tain climbing expedition, was the son of a former Medford girl. It was revealed here today by long-time residents. Whitmer's mother, who married Triad E. Whltmen of Goshen, Ind., In 1918. waa formerly Miss Mayme True blood and lived with her parents here on North Orange street, It was anid. RETURN TO NORMAL IS SEEN BY 'CHANGE HEAD ST. LOUIS. July 1. p William McChMii.jr . Martin, Jr., newly ap pointed preindent of th New York atoek exchange, aald today ha be lieved tha current rise In the atock market preaagea a return to "normal tlmea." The Sl-year old native St. Loulaan defined "normal tlmea" aa economic condition, tlmllar to thoae which prevailed In 1939 before the "new era" daya and the aharp decline or October, 1929. Droutlit tills Co itt PORT ORFORD, . July l.(API Drying June wind., coupled with rant ralntall In May, have damaged Carry county oropa and created a foreet fire menace. The drought haa deatroyed a number of truck gar den.. Little (rain will be harveated. ."prina In the northern ecetlon have either nm dry or ar. lower than In many yeara. AFTER HEARINGS E JUSTICE State Liquor Control En forcement Agents and Sheriff's Officers Stage Surprise Night Roundup State liquor control law tnSotQ ment agents, aided by the sheriffs office, arrested four men and one woman last night on warrants al leging unlawful sale of liquor. Four of the defendants were taxi cst company employees, and one a hotel elevator operator. Warrants for two other men, eharged with the same offense, have not been served. Sheriff Syd I. Brown said they had appar ently fled. It was the largest liquor raid In this city In several years. Arraigned In Justice court this morning, Donald Payne, elevator operator, entered a plea of guilty: Charles William Lamb entered a plea of not guilty, and was given until this afternoon to procure a lawyer. Edward Everett Bobbins waa granted until this afternoon plead. Two Found Guilty. ' Robert Bruce Smith, and hit wife, Grace Evelyn Smith, plead not guilty and at the conclusion of a brief hearing were found guilty by Jus tlce of the Peace William R. Cole man. Passing of sentence upon aha Smiths and Payne were deferred, until after the hoarlnga of all de fend ants were finished. W. H. McQueen. Inspector, and N. R. Anehews, special officer of the, state liquor board, testified for the state. Anchews testified that on June 36 he purchased a pint of whiskey from Mrs. Smith In a taxi office on East Eighth street, and later the same day purchased a pint of whis key from her husband. The two bottles were Introduced aa evldenoe, Anchews testified he paid 91 80 per bottle. It was brought out the state liquor store price Is 80 cents per pint. . Anchews testified Mrs. Smith, ft taxi office dispatcher, went Into the back room, and returned with the pint. Her husband, the witness said, went to a taxi at the curb and procured the second bottle. Inspector McQueen testified he witnessed the sale from across the street. Deny Seeing Agent - In defense, tho Smith's declined to take the stand, but each Inform ed the court they had never seen Anchews before and had no recollec tion of making a sale. Anchews then explained that at the time, he waa dressed In different clothes and had a growth of whiskers on hie faee that might make Identification dif ficult. In a statement to the court, Mrs. Smith told a heartbreaking story of a struggle, "because I was too proud to ask for relief." She said she waa the main support of her husband, crippled by arthritis, and her ' 74-year-old mother. The husband, a former box factory sawyer, has been unsble to work for several months. She declared "I am not telling you this for sympathy., but I have had a terrible time keeping body and soul together the past few years. Many a time I was hungry." aha ssld. "It would have been much better If you had gone on relief," the court remarked. All of the defendants were re manded to the custody of the sher iff. In lieu of 9500 bonds. FBI Spy Chaser Fired For, Yarns WASHINGTON, July I(AP) The dlamleaal of Leon Turrou, whs resigned aa a O-man after partlcl patlng In the New York apy lnveat Igatlon, waa dlacloeed today by Jus tice department officials. They aald Turrou had violated as oath not to divulge confidential In formation, by preparing a aerie of artlclea giving the "Inside story" of the Investigation. Dog Pavea Master PORTLAND, July 1. (AP) W. . Sanders aald he owed hla life today to a pet bulldog, who awakened him when hla home caught on fire. The residence was destroyed and the dog, In saving hla master, waa burned about the head. An Inre.ttgntor blamed the fire on smoking. No Monday lasne tn accordance with a long estab lished custom, there will be no Is sue of the Hall Tribune Monday, July 4. The Mall Tribune office will be closed all day so that em ployees may enjoy a complete holiday. Publication will be resumed Tuewlav.
