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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Thursday; not much change In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday 87 lowest this morning 54 A Prospect Art 70a looking for ft prospect? Then do It the c attest way. Um the Classified page of this newspaper. Results are sura to follow and the cost will be small compared to results. MEDFORD Tribune Full Associated Press oited Press Tbirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, .JULY 6, 1938. No. 90. M Ml NOT WW j Ml! BABES 1 ' I ' A OF The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1937,' by The North American News paper Alliance. Inc. WHITE HOUSE CIRCLE MAPS LIBERAL-RADICAL PROGRAM OLD-FASHIONED TRUST BUSTING CORK OF PLAN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF MONOPOLIES IS FAVORED GOVERNMENT BY EXPERTS, NOT POLITICIANS' VISIONED WASHINGTON. July 6. The think ing of the new' deal Is done by the president and his circle of private advisers. Together they constitute a remarkable group mind, in which policies are originated, plans are prepared, and the future charted. And unless appearances deceive, the most Important development of the last year Is that this group mind has, so to speak, made itself up. In the first, football game period of the new deal, there was no defln- Iteneas of direction. The president openly hankered for a ."planned economy," but the government dash ed first this way and then that, as one expedient or another appealed to the president, until It retembled a well-intentioned but headless chicken. Now It may be said that tne presl dent nd his Intimate circle have agreed on broad principles of policy, forming a pretty coherent, thorough ly native, American liberal -radical program. It Is this program that the" president In "his fireside-chafT asked all 'liberals" to support, and all "conservatives" to oppose. It Is with this program that he and his advisers hope to produce the broad political realignment which is now their first ambition. Naturally, the program can be de scribed only In the rough test terms, since It exists In men's minds, not on paper. Moreover, two things must be remembered. In certain fields,, such as agriculture and for eign affairs, where the president's private advisers are without Influ ence, the program does not apply. And, second, the agreement on it was recent. It reached the maturity cf general consent only when the need to blame someone else for the new depression drove the president to an anti-monopoly cnisade. So much for exceptions. The heart of the program Is old-fashioned trust busting, brought up to date by new and more radical methods. Enforcing free competition on business Is the central objective. Louis Dembltz Brandels has always been an admired and consulted hero of the members of the present . Inner circle at the White House. His writings on the (Continued on Page Six ) AIR SEARCH OFFERED FOR COLORADO PARTY EL PASO. Tex., July 6. (AP) Lt. P. S. Lyons. U. 8. coast guard filer stationed at Biggs Field, today of fered to fly over the Colorado river to search for two women and four men who failed to arrive JXiiy 4 at Lee's Perry, Ariz., as scheduled. The party of six left Oreen River. Utah, June 20 for a boat trip down the Colorado. Lieutenant Lyons said his plane has a cruising radius of 500 miles. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Banker Paul Meyers proudly di. playing two briar pipes, awards for a birdie and an eagle on the golf links. Recorder Mose Alford scouring his office for documents Mayor Charlie Pumas had already taken to council chambers. Haberdashery Clerk Bill Porter hurrahing because he sold a handker chief. Mary Lee Maents being carefully non-committal In the presence of a news reporter, she receiving forgive ness for being so gracious about It. Adra Walker meeting mate Jack at an early morning train still slightly under the Influence of Morpheus. AI Randies unable to jeer at How ard Hamilton's soft ball errors be cause nil mouth was crammed full of peanuts and pop. CUff Garnett finding home town etlTlty Just too-too strenuous after life In Sao Francisco, 01H Wffl E WITH HEAVY TOLL Hundreds Killed and Many Buildings Smashed Hills Slide Upon City Deluge Starts . With Cloudburst TOKYO, July 7. (Thursday) P) Scores of American residents were Imperilled early today by a flood roaring out of its surrounding hills into Kobe, principal port of western Japan, where the dead were estimat ed at between 400 and 480. Frederick Taylor, native of Sacra mento. Cel.. at midnight gave the Associated Press a vivid telephone picture of the flood, which had cut a tragic path through the heart of the city of 938,000. "It's still raining and I am heading for higher ground before morning," said Taylor, long a resident of Kobe. "I will try to get out by launch to morrow. Buildings Smashed "The best Information shows be tween 400 and 480 are dead, but so many ' buildings have been smashed flat that nobody can say for certain. "We know five foreigners are dead: They are a Frenchman, a-, Russian, a German woman and two Portuguese children. I do not believe any Amer icans have been killed or Injured. "It has been ralntng for three days and the hills on all sides of Kobe have been slipping. "The slides seemed to advance like moving mountains right up to the residential districts. They came with in a few feet of my place. "You can hear low rumbling and then trees crashing.. Starts With cloudburst "There' reservoir in the hills back of the city and some say it broke. I do not know about that. Anyway millions of tons of water must have been dammed in the hills by slides. , "Yesterday (Wednesday) morafng about 9:30 a cloudburst hit us. About an tour later a regular. Nlag aga came out of the hills We heard an awful roar, but It was not much warn!ig. "A solid wall of water about five or six feet high came down so fast very few in its path had time to es. cape. It smashed both foreign and Japanese houses like matchboxes. The sound of wood splintering and crash ing could be heard easily nmld the thunder of the..1 waters. Like Giant Roller "The flood drove like a giant steamroller through the middle of the residential district and was still go ing full rorce when It hit the busi ness section. "Where houses and buildings stood a day ago there Is now a corridor with a river going through. "The Nunoblkl district over toward Osaka was hardest' hit. The business district was split right through the middle. "Everybody Is awake, tonight but there. Is no panic. Troops have not been called out., but units of the Young Men's association (a militar ized youth organization) and police are doing everything possible. "The worst problem Is drinking water. The police are bringing water around In casks. "They are doing a wonderful Job in rescue work and maintaining or der, treating foreigners with the same consideration as Japanese." Surrounded By Hill Kobe, Japan's premier port for trade with Asia and Europe, lies at the eastern end of the Inland sea. It occupies a narrow shorefront ana is almost a mile high. Rokko-San. the highest. Is 3.050 feet. On the lower slopes are most of the residences of Americans and other foreigners. The Kobe Inundation came on the heels of serious floods which swept widespread areas of Japan, Including Tokyo, last week, the result of ex tremely heavy rains. The home ministry announced that 861 persons were killed Injured or missing in last week's floods and In western Japan up to yesterday. OKEH RATE BOOST OM WASHINGTON, July (J. ( AP ) The Interstate commerce commis sion authorized eastern railroads to day to Increase passenger coach fares frcm 3 to 33 cents a mile. The commission said the new fares could go Into effect upon ten days' notice. Two months ago the commission denied the railroads' first request to make the half cent increase, but granted a rehearing. In today's ruling the commission said the carriers had Justified the 2 8-cent fare for a trial period of 18 months. Admits Slaying Seattle police announced Charles F. Butte (above), 58, once wealthy engi neer and contractor, confessed he killed' his second wife, Mrs, Emily Zlgler Butte, 38, by beating her with' a woodsn rod used to support coat- hangers. Just as she died, he said he knelt down and kissed her good-bye. LONDON, July 6. -p) Countess Barbara Haugwltz-Reventlow's mari tal dispute with her Danish husband shifted today from police court talk of ' duels and huge money settle ments to society speculation whether the American-born hefresswae plan ning another marriage. . The case against ! Count ' Court Haugwltz - Eeventlow for alleged threats against his blonde wife stood adjourned In Bow street court until a week from today. But hints of a new romance at his hearing yesterday when her lawyers alleged he demanded $5,000,000 from her for a divorce and threatened her with "three years of hell with head lines" caused many "I told you so's" among gossips In London's fashion able west end. i They had linked her name with that of another titled personage mentioned guardedly at the hearing as a "London society gentleman" whom the count allegedly talked of shooting from th hip or challenging to a duel. The count's attorneys indicated his defense would be complete denials of allegations he had threatened her. The police court sensations, how ever, pointed to an early termination of their Reno marriage of May 14. 1935 the day after her divorce from the late Prince AlexlB Mdlvanl. . Publisher Marries Syndicate Editor NEW YORK, July 6. (P) J. M. Patterson, president of the New York News, and Miss Mary King, women's editor of the Chicago Tribune-New York News syndicate, were married here today. Until he became president of the News In 1919. Patterson was co-publisher with Coi. R. R. Mccormick of the Chicago Tribune. Patterson was divorced by Mrs. Alice Hlgginbotham Patterson on June 10, in Waukegan, III., on grounds of desertion. Evil Results Migration EVIAN-LES-BAINES. Prance, July 6 (AP) Myron C. Taylor, head of the United States delegation, gave a blunt warning to the 33 -nation conference on refugees today that forced migration of political and racial groups can bring "catastro phic suffering" upon the world. Addressing the opening session of the meeting, result of President Roosevelt's Invitation to other na tions to discuss the refugee prob lem. Taylor said "general unrest and international strain" were unavoid able results of this migration. He named only one country Oer many. "I need not emphasize that dis crimination and pressure against minority groups and disregard of elementary human life are contrary to the principles of what we have come to regard as accepted stand ards of civilization," the former head of the United States Steel corpora tion declared. Henry Berenger, chairman of the French senate's committee on for eign affairs, opening the conference, said the whole world oww thanks to President' Roosevelt for "bis gen- STATE CONCLUDES EVIDENCE AGAINST EX-UNION LEADER Portland Detective and Dep uty District Attorney Deny Confessed Arsonist Was Beaten ' by Officers. DALLAS, Ore., July 6. P The state rested at 10;10 o'olock this morning In Its presentation of evi dence against Al Rosser, former Port land 'A.F.L. teamster union official, on trial for arson. Two final witnesses were called this morning, Paul Mumpower, Portland detective, and Deputy District Attor ney Clarence Potts, Multnomp.h coun ty, both of whom denied a previous claim by Cecil Moore, who has con fessed to his share In tho destruction of the West Salem box factory last November 30, that he had been beaten In Portland and unable to walk for three weeks. Dismissal Moved. Vanderveer moved to' dismiss the case and discharge Rosser on grounds that no testimony to prove the crim inal setting had been offered except the testimony of" accomplices whose testimony ws not corroborated. The only testimony tending to Im plicate Rosser, he said, was that of Banks, Newlands, Carson and Moore. Also he said there was no testimony, except that of the accomplices, to show that the fire was incendiary. Vanderveer said It might have start ed by spontaneous combustion. Vanderveer began another argu ment to get possession of the Banks confession, but was overruled by the court, and was overruled in several other defensive efforts. He attempt' ed to call Special prosecutor- Ralph Moody to the witness stand nnd was overruled. He wanted to call Banks again, but Judge Walker refused be cause the state had rested. ' ' Refuse Reopening, Vanderveer then attempted to get the. court to reopen the state's case, but was again refused. Another rul ing was made against him when he moved to strike the testimony of Moore that Rosser had glveu him a check for $50, no statement 'ever having been made as to what the money was for. Several other mo tions for the striking of testimony were overruled. When he asked that the Moore confession be withdrawn because lt had never been otfered In evidence, the state agreed. Vanderveer was still arguing at the noon adjournment. The Jury has not been in the court room since the state rested. GO-AHEAD SIGNAL FOR REDMOND, July 6. UP t The fed eral government has given the "go- ahead" signal on a project tp irrigate 60,000 acres In Jefferson county with the waters of rivers and crecrca In the Deschutes basin. In the next few years, snme i CCC enrolees are expected to make their headquarters at Camp Redmond while they construct 60 miles of canals and perform work on the Wlklup dam site. The project, known as the north unit, -Involves an expenditure of about $8,000,000. of which the gov ernment will put up $2,000,000 In the form of CCC work. The balance will be paid by the owners of th lands to be Irrigated. of Forced Told Nations erous Initiatives and notably for that which has brought ut here." "We hope that something really can be done for political refugees due to the practical collaboration of the United States,? he declared. Taylor outlined the scope of the conference as to take In all problems dealing with the "great bodies of re luctant migrants who must be ab sorbed In abnormal circumstances with a disregard of economic condi tions and at a time of stress." This wave of migration, he said caustically. Is forced upon the world at large and "artificially stimulated by governmental practices in rome countries." Calling forced migration of mi norities "chaotic dumping of unfor tunate peoples,' he declared this It a more disturbing practice even than dumping merchandise, the disrup tive consequences of which are gen erally known. It renders racial and religious problems more acute In all parts of the world, he said, and encourages retaliation against the responsible countries. Six Big Problems Bother Youth Of . Oregon' s Farms CORVALUS, July 0. ( AP) Oregon's rural youth has six para mount problems, Judging from the answers made by hundreds of boys and girls between the ages of 18 and 35 who were recently surveyed by experts of Oregon State college. Here is what Is bothering the youngsters: Earning additional money; get ting started in a chosen voca tion; getting more education; de veloping better personalities; choosing a vocation; knowing more people. An Interesting slant on the Ideas of the country youths to ward tho cities was obtained in question of where they would rather live. Eighty-four per cent preferred the country. ' BARTLETT PICKING T Harvesting of the Bartlett pear crop of. the upper and central Rogue River valley will start about August 10, County Horticulturist C. B. Cordy predicted today. Present conditions continuing, the Bartlett crop will be in excess of . last year, Cordy states. . Picking of the Mayflower and Vic tor varieties of peaches is now under way. Both have small acreages. What apricots escaped frost and miscellaneous troubles last spring, are now being picked. Cordy esti mates the apricot crop about one tenth of last year. , - This week will see the end of the cherry harvest In the Ashland area. It has been practically completed In the Medford section. BECAUSE SINGLE PALO ALTO, Calif., July 6. (API Cases of emotional Instability among women school teachers may be blamed in many Instances on the ban against their marriage, Dr. Winifred V. Richmond, government psycholo gist, believes. . , Dr, Richmond, addressing 1,500 teachers at Stanford, university yes terday In connection with the two day conference on child education, explained that "marriage In itself Is not a cure for' personality problems, but It Is Insurance of emotional security." She asserted that the percentage of emotional cases among women teach ers Is higher than the adult average. Minor emotional unbalance might be attributed, she said, to their over bearing authority In school matters and their anxiety over financial prob lems." ' t PETITION FILED PORTLAND, July (p) RufUB C. Holman, state treasurer and pres ident of the Oregon stream purifica tion, lettf-llft. m1rt tnriav that. OA iru signatures had been obtained for an Initiative petition calling for stream pumicaiion ana prevention or pollu tion. If the petition, which carries about 4,000 more signatures than Is necces sary, Is certified by the secretary of state, It will be voted upon at tho November election. The measure provides for creation of a state authority within the state board of health, appointment of $ sanitary engineer and gives the au thority power to make regulations for the control of pollution, enforce com pliance and conduct research, At Heavy Cost TOKYO. July 6. P) Marking tho end of the first year of the "China Incident," the war office announced today that Japanese had occupied 775.000 square miles of territory and caused 1300,000 casualties The war office said this was es timated on the basis of' 610,100 bodies left on battlefields. The announcement said 83.000 bodies were found In Nanking and the vicinity during December, or 3.000 more than lt claimed were found around Shanghai during fighting there the previous three months Japanese losses were listed at 36.839. (Chinese at various times have reported casualties among Japanese far in excess of that number. There has, however been no neutral survey of wide scope for either Hide ) ANTI-POLLUTION TO U. S. Principal Changes Relate to ' Container Transfers and Pasteurizing Method --, Two City Lots Are Sold ?.:idford'i milk ordinance was amended by the city council last night to bring lt In conformity with the latest provisions of the model United States public health service ordinance. The amended ordinance is to become effective September 1. Principal changes provide that (1) all milk and milk products shall be placed in their final delivery con tainers at the point of production, or pasteurization; (3) pasteurizing equipment shall be capable of keep ing the temperature above the milk at least 5 degrees higher than that of the milk during the heating and cooling periods. On the recommendation bf George T. Frey for the land appraisal com mittee, the council approved the sale of a lot on West 2nd street between Summit and Columbus avenues to G. B. Bowman and a lot at the northwest corner of Palm street and Summit avenue to Harold Frye. 217 Planes LTse Airport. The municipal airport In June was utilized by 317 planes, lt was shown In a report submitted by Thomas A. Culbertson. Jr., airport superintendent, and read by J. F. Erlckson. The planes were claFslfled as follows: 11 national guard, 74 United States army, 89 United Air Lldes, 3 United States navy, 3 bu reau of air commerce and 37 pri vate. Fred W. ficheffel, city superin tendent, reported that a new list of defective or hazardous sidewalks had been, prepared and he asked adoption of a resolution authorizing him to serve notice on the property owners to have repairs made. In the new list 344 property owners are named. Mr. Scheffel Informing the council that In most Instances only minor repairs are needed. City At torney Frank P. Farrell was In structed by Mayor C. O. Furnas to prepare the necessary resolution. . Councllmen Larry 8 c h a d and Charles H. Herman were absent, COMEDIAN'S WIFE GIVEN JAIL JOLT HOLLYWOOD, July 8 yp) Mr. Illlana Laurel, the blonde Russian dancer who film comlo Stan Laurel ha married three tlmea Just for em phasis, last night was sentenced to spend five days In Jail after she pleaded guilty to driving recklessly and without a license. Actually she waa sentenced to 30 days, but Judge Charles Griffin of Beverly Hills police court suspended 15 days on condition Mrs. Laurel pay a fine of 100, atop driving for six months, remain, aloof from traffic of-, tenses during a two-year probation period, and serve In person the re maining five days of the original sentence. . SALEM RADIO GIVEN INCREASE IN POWER WASHINGTON. July fP The communications commission granted today an application by Oregon Ra dio, Inc. license of station KSLM at Salem, Ore., for permission to op erate on a frequency of 1,360 kilo cycles, with power of 500 wattts, un limited time. The station now op erates on 1,370 kilocycles, with power of 100 watts, unlimited time. Japanese Urged to Rise Against Mad Militarists HANKOW. July . JPf Oeneral iMlmo Chiang Kai-Shek, China's su preme leader, today' appealed to. the Japanese people "to rise and halt the madness of, their militarists." "What benefit are you receiving from thia war?" he asked the Jap anese In ft statement marking the end of the first year of the Chinese Japanese conflict. He declared Japan's losses In man power during the year's fighting had exceeded half a million and that the costs to Ji pan In Uvea and money already "vastly exceeded the losses of the Russo-Japanese war." Referring to the "barbarity and cruelty" of the Japanese army, the Chinese leaders declared that "today there la nothing left of the 'spirit of bushldo (chivalry)' or which Jap anese used to boast. Be urged the Japanese people, be Bandit Captured I i i Ills brother (lend, wounded him self and In a cell of stone and steel, Orelle J, Ronton. 23. contemplates a bloody pant and an uncertain fu ture. He was charged with robberies, holdups, automobile thefts, shoot ings, abductions and a slaying during the short crime career in which ho engaged with his brother. FIRE IN SAMS VALLEY OF WILLIAM STRAUS SAMS VALLEY, July . (Spt.)- Fire late yesterday afternoon com pletely destroyed the home, barn and other outbuildings of Mr. and Mrs. William Straus. Only by the greatest effort was the adjacent Sams Valley garage saved. , Mr. and Mrs. Straus lost nil their personal belongings and household goods In the fire. There waa no In surance on the porsonal property. They were buylnjj the real property from the Odd Fellow Home on con tract. Whether there waa any in surance on the buildings could not be ascertained nere. Cause of the fire remained a mys tery today. Mr. and Mrs. Straus had been home from shopping trip to Medford only 1ft minutes when they discovered a shed adjoining the house was aflame. The fire spread so swift ly that only a few trinket could be saved from the home. Fifteen tons of hay and some chickens wore con sumed with the barn. The state forest department sent a fire fighting crew from Medford but the buildings were destroyed before the men arrived. - . Favored with a pressure water sys tem, volunteers kept streams on the Sams Valley garage from the top of the building. One aide was seared. Sawmill Signs To Dicker With A.F.L. PORTLAND, July 6. (P) The management of tho West Oregon Lumber mill, beset with labor diffi culties forjnany months, signed an agreement today with the A.F.L. Lum ber and Sawmill Workers union, des ignating It as the exclusive oargaln lng agency. A. K, Mcintosh, manager of the mill, said that "no other course was open except to accept and comply with their (the union) demands. They have given me Incontrovertible proof that they now have a sub stantial majority of our employes as members In good standing." fore it Is too late, to compel their militarists to answer these funda mental questions: "What is the meaning of this ag gression? What could be its objec tives? How much has Japan gained, how must lost? Can Japan banish the whlto man from Asia and become mistress of the Pacific?" "The duty of atopplng this blood shed rests exclusively on the shoul ders of the Japanese people," Chiang ooncludtd. In another appeal, addressed to the peoples of friendly nations, Chiang expressed the gratitude of the Chinese for aaslstance and expressions of sym pathy, such as repeated denounce ments of Japan, boycotts against Japanese goods, refusals to transport or handle Japanese products. He asked whether Japan's "brutal ities and crimes against civilisation should go unpunished." E FILED FOR REGULATION Associated Farmers of Ore gon Obtain 28,200 Signa tures to Force Vote On Limitations of Picketing SALEM. July C.(JP An initiative petition for the regulation of picket ing and labor boycotts, sponsored by the Associated Farmers of Oregon, was on file today In the secretary of slate's office, with 38,200 signature affixed, or 6,000 more than the re quired minimum. The petition was filed by H. I. Shoemaker, Hood River, president of the farmers group. Shoemaker said the signatures had been checked and certified by tha county clerks. Upon certification of the clerks' statements by the secre tary of state, the petition will be for mally prepared for Inclusion on tho November ballot. Bitter Problem. Thus will be brought to the for a bitter problem which the group of sponsors once sought to settle by getting legislative action. Labor groups, however, succeeded In bury ing the Issue at the 1937 legislative session and the farmer faction turn ed to the Initiative to force a state wide vote on Its desires. The Initiative seeks to define labor dispute and limits lt to a con troversy between the employer and a majority of his employes. When such a majority expresses satisfaction with Its conditions, picketing, boycott! or other coercive practices are declared unlawful. Limits Picketing. The Initiative also would prohibit ploketlnjr In Jurisdictional dlamtte between unions In their fight for control of employers' workers. Any Interference with the business of agricultural products also would b outlawed and any molestation of person seeking employment would ta Illegal. Circulation of the petition, which promises to provoke a heated battl between the farmer group and labor leaders, grew out pf the efforts of unionists to organize the agricul tural workers of the Hood River or- ohards and berry fields, Oregon tur key growers' employes and labelling of wool clips. , V PICKETS ENFORCE E NEWTON, Iowa, July 6. (AP) K picket line was thrown around the Maytag washing machine faotory , here today by OIO union members aa the plant remained eloeed de spite a request by Governor Nelson C. Kraschel that It resume opera tions. The office workers of the com- Danv attempted to enter the plant,' but were turned back by pickets. Witnesses reported one of them waa struck by a picket's fist ftnd the other had his. shirt torn. A short while later four men from the back-to-work movement went Into a conference with Wllbert AM-, son. CIO union president, and WU- . Ham Sentner. regional OIO director.' Both union and back - to - work roups held mass meetings hers last night to discuss the results of the second conference with the gov ernor at Oea Moines yesterday. After the conference the governor made a recommendation that work-, ers accept a 10 per cent wage cut. and go back to work at once. Donald P. Cook, taxlcab driver, and Howsrd P. Doran, bellhop, charged, with unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, were each sentenced to fO days In the county Jail and fined, 50 and costs. The pair entered pleas of guilty in Justice court Tuesday. Cook paid his tins and cents, and the Jail sentence was suspended. Doran was given until July 30 for a 2i payment, and until August 30 for the balance. The pair were arrested as the re sult of a net spread last Thursday' by state liquor control board In vestlgstors and the sheriff's fries In which five persons. Including on woman, were apprehended. All wsro given similar sentences last Friday. Cook and Doran were sot found until later. In the cases, ft liquor control board Investigator testified, he purchased pints of whiskey from the defend- snts for 180. that cost 80 oenta St the stats liquor store.
