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All The Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy and tooler tonight t Saturday fair. Temperature Highest yesterday 98 Lowest this morning 61 Precipitation To A p. m. yesterday 00 To S a. m. today ...Trace Spend More Time I thought for Friday Prepare that Claiwirlrfl Adv. for the Sunday morning edition. Most everyone tpends more time reading on Sunday than any other day. You pay the same rate for Sunday Adra. Medford BUNE Full Associated Press ited Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1938. No. 92. mum ml 0) a vV w w tt)s r mr mm v wlLI)IAI)(Q) I . . The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner s - Copyright 1937. by The North American News paper Alliance. Inc. LEFT-WINGERS PRESS HUNT FOR F. R. SUCCESSOR SUITABLE CANDIDATE VITAL TO PERPETUATE NEW DEAL REJECT WALLACE. JACKSON: NO ONE ELSE IN SIGHT . SITUATION PUTS PRESSURE ON F. R. TO KI N AGAIN Washington. Julv 8 This spring the New Deal has passed Into a new phase. The time Is aver when the whole energlea of tho president and his advisers were concentrated on meeting pressing national problems. Now the New Dealers live no longer In the present, but In the future. They are bent on perpetuating the New Deal. For this purpose they need a long term program. It has been contrived. They need to reshape the Democratic party Into a united liberal front. As the president's fireside chat clear ly Indicated, the reshaping effort has started In the primary purges. And they need a candidate to Inherit the president's mantle. The frantic search for a man of 1040 began as early as last January, with the fruit less attempt to run Bollcltor General Robert H. Jackson for the New York governorship. For all the president's unwlther ing popularity and great powers, he and his advisers must fight to gain their end. The prize Is Huge, and many are prepared to risk their for tunes for It. The weaknesses In the situation of the president and the men around htm are pretty obvious. He and his circle ' are Isolated. He . alono. has either political Influence or politi cal experience. Among the Hopklnes and Corcorans. Cohens and Jacksons. only one or two have ever, held ef fective office; only two or three are fitted even to serve as precinct captains, and not one of them could swing a state delegation In 1040. And In theee last years, the president himself has lost touch with his party's state organizations, pre ferring to leave the details of politi cal management to Postmaster Gen eral James A. Farley. Unfortunately, the president and his politically Inexperienced advisers are the real New Dealers, while Big Jim and the others like him are not. It may seem startling, but it la true that even In the cabinet no one but Harold Ickes cares a rap for the perpetuation of what Tom Corco ran means by the New Deal. And. both In the cabinet and out. there are leaders of the Democracy who (Continued od Page rhree.) Seadlund Execution Scheduled July 14 CHICAGO, JUly 8. (AP) Federal Judge John P. Barnes today set July 14 as the day on which John Henry Seadlund must die In the electric chair for kidnaping Charles S. Ross, retired Chicago greeting card manu facturer, last Sept. 25. Seadlund. 37, formerly of Ironton. Minn., was led Into the crowded courtroom handcuffed to two deputy United States marshals to hear the date set a second time. The original date. April 10. was nullified when the case was appealed. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bert Mohr entertaining an unex pec ted caller In a most hospitable manner, the unexpected caller decid ing to call unexpectedly more fre quently. Harriett Watson caught In the rain while swimming In the Rogue at Shady cove, she ducking out Imme diately to avoid getting wet. Dean (Moose) Pleper magnanl mously giving a scribe a bit of newsy I news and then walking off with all the pencils In sight on the scribe's desk. Clarence Eads telling about hall stones aa large as walnuts on Little Butte creek Thursday afternoon. t Webb Clark back In town from sunny southern California, sporting a set of newly-acquired aun-klst chin whiskers. Forest Fire Controller 81m Jsrrt reporting for work In spiff whit shoe, and with 12 grimy forett fires on bis hands, too SCIENTISTS GIVE ALL'S ILL SIGN Six Voyageurs Expected to Reach Lee's Ferry, Ariz., Today Most Dangerous Water Now Behind Them LEE'S FBRRY, Ariz.. July 8. (JP) The N'evllls expedition arrived here today after a thrilling 18-da ride down the Colorado river. The four men and two women, their food supplied low, brought their three tiny boats to shore for their first ion tact with civilization since leaving Green Itlver. Utah. June 20. They reported two narrow brushes with death' during the more than H00 ml leu of cataract and treach erous rorks. By VEBN I.ALl.LAM LEE'S FERRY. Ariz.. July 8. (AP Out of dangerous water, the over due Nevills expedition was reported 20 miles up the Colorado river from here today ready to surge Into Lee's Perry and their first contact with civilization In 18 dramatic days. Fears for the six-member scien tific expedition ended last night when two coast guard filers reported sighting the group, apparently mak ing camp along the flood-tide stream The filers, R. W. Fendlay and J. L. Rlggs. reporting to their command ing officer In El Paso. Tex., said they dropped notes to the party and that the six adventurers signaled that they needed no help. Dropped Notes. : The filers said they dropped three notes. The first read! "If- you are the scientific expedition from the Uni versity of Michigan, all persons lie down. ; The four men and two women lay prone. The second: "If everybody okay.' raise your arms to a horizontal position." .Tho six persons raised their arms. The last: "If you need food, every body sit down." All members of the party remained standing. Two government employes who have kept 24-hour vigil for the party since Sunday, made preparations for the party's arrival, expected during the day. Because of the rugged nature of surrounding country and the fast flow of the stream, no attempts were maae to reach the expedition after reports reached here that the group, unreported since It left Green River. Utah. June ..20, were safe. 1 Dangers Behind. The government men A. J. Han son and F. S. Anderson said the party was now In practically calm water and that they should have no trouble reaching Lee's Ferry. At tnis nair-way point in their 668 mile voyage to Lake Mead, behind Boulder Dam. Nev., they will re stock food supplies and rest before continuing their trip. 1 Behind the scientists, studvlnz botanical specimens, lies the most dangerous stretch of the treacherous river rapid-riffled Cataract canyon. graveyara or the Colorado." The expedition Includes two Mich igan women attempting to be the first of their sex to triumph over the Colorado Elzad a Clover, 40. Uni versity of Michigan botanist, and her assistant. Lots Jotter, 25, Other members are expedition leader Norman Nevills. Utah river man: Eugene Atkinson. University of Michigan geologist; Don Harris of the U. S. Oeologlcal survey, and W. C. Gibson. San Francisco artist photographer. HENTMYE. France, at the Spanish Frontier, July 6. (fP) Spanish in surgents reported tonight their army driving down the Mediterranean coast had occupied the northern outskirts of Nules, an Important bulwark in government defeases of Valencia. Nules straddle the highway down the seaboard plain about 34 miles north of Valencia and only 14 miles north of Sagunto. While the main body of General Miguel Aranda'a Ga ltd ana was at tempting to surround the city, the left flank of his army waa said to have reached the outskirts or Moco far, a village five miles farther south. SCATTER-GUNNERS TO PRACTICE ON SUNDAY Members of the Medford Gun club will stage a practice shoot at theii grounds near the airport Sunday morning starting at 11 o'clock, and all are Invited to attend. This wilt be the first of two prac tice shoots in preparation for u e Orand Pacific handicap in be held In Portland, July 20 tod 24. Play Days Over Dnvld L. Storm (above), .IS, was arrested In Seattle by FBI nsents on charges he had embezzled g.'ilMUS from the San Jew, Calif., branch of the American Trust Co. storm, ao rnrillng to authorities disappeared July 3, 19.17, and waa reported to have been "throwlnc money around" anil llvlns In a lavish fashion In Seattle. FOUR ARABS KILLED BY JERUSALEM. July 8 (AP) A bomb blast at Jerusalem''' tnisy Jaffa gate today killed four Arabs and wounded 36 In a new outbreak of deadly torror which Great Britain Is trying to crush with warthlps and troop reinforcements. The bomb tore apart a bus in the crowded Arab bus station and ft vegetable market In the shadow of David's tower. The vehicle was filled with Arab countryfolk about to leave for Heb ron. Its bloodstained and twisted framework was scattered In a road way filled with panic-stricken hu manity. Troops of the Scottish Black Watch regiment with gleaming fixed bayonets cleared the square and started hunting -the bomb thrower. One Jew, surrounded by an en raged Arab mob, was rescued by police and hustled to safety. About the same time a general strike broke out In Amman, In neighboring Transjordan. Workers struck in sympathy with Palestine Arabs, victims of bomb th rowings at Haifa. Palestine's chief port. Today's violence raised the casual ties in nine days of riots and tension to 37 kined and 150 Injured. ... FREIGHT RATE BOOST SLATED FOR HEARING PORTLAND. July 8. IP) -Arthur M. Geary, attorney for the farm rate council, said yesterday an Oregon Washington -Northern Idaho hearing on agricultural freight rates would open here July 25 before the Inter state commerce commission. Increases ranging from 7 to 10 per cent on fruits and vegetables carried transcontinental were authorised by the ICC recently. The rate In crease, however, waa suspended until January 29. I ' ' BASEBALL National. (10 innings.) Cincinnati , ... Chtoago R. H. B. 7 IS 0 6 11 0 Derringer. CascareUa. Walter and Lombard); Carle ton. Root, Russell, French and O'Dea. R H. K. 18 15 1 2 11 8 Brooklyn Philadelphia Ta mulls and Shea: Mulcahy. Halta han, Slvess. Smith and Atwood. R. H. C. 2 4 0 4 7 1 Boston New York Turner and Mueller; Gumbert and Danntng. American New York . Boston ..... 8 8 1 9 14 0 Chandler, Beggs. Sundrt and Dlcfcey; Wilson, Die km an, Bagby and Desautels. (1st game) Chicago Detroit 8 8 0 7 0 2 St rat ton, O abler, Rtgney and flew ell; Kennedy, Lawton and York. Philadelphia 0 7 3 Washington 11 11 0 Kelson. Smith and Hayes, Keller and R. FerrelL GIVEN FIRST PAT BY FIR. ON T President Steps Into Ohio Primary With Word of Praise for Friend of Court and Reorganization Plans By Joseph H. Short MARIETTA, Ohio. July 8. (API President Rocsevelt stepped into the Ohio Democratic primary today will) a wprd of praise for Senator Robert J. Bulkley. Bulkley, candidate for re-noml na tion, was the only Individual men tioned by the president In his first address of a trans-continental speak ing tour except in his Introduction. Introduced by former . Governor George White, Butkley's opponent, to a crowd celebrating the lfiOth an niversary of the settling of northwest territory the chief executive said: First Intervention "Governor Davey, Senator Bulkley, Chairman White" Later In the body of his speech, the president said: "The cavalry captain who protect ed the log cabins of the northwest Is now supplanted by legislators, like Senator Bulkley, toiling over the drafting of . , . statues and over the efficiency of government machinery to administer tfcem so that . . . pro tection and help of government can be extended to the full." - The president thus exorcised at the outset of his journey across the nation to California his previously declared right to Intervene In pri maries. Bulkley favored Mr. Roosevelt's court reorganization plan nnd voted for final passage of ths president's executive reorganisation measure. People, "four and flYe! deep, pressed against the ropes which blocked off tiie speakers' stand In a park as the chief executive served notice he was pressing' on with his program and expected popular support. Hees Courage l.'ndlrmucd. "I believe,' the president said, "that the American people, not afraid of their own capacity to choose for ward looking representatives to run their government, want the same co operative security and have the same courage to acfileve It, In 1938 aa In 1788. "I am sure they know that we will always have a frontier of social problem and that we must always msve In to bring law- and order to It. "In that confidence I am pushing on. "I am sure you will push on with me." As soon as his prepared ad dress was completed, he declared: "I hereby dedicate this great mon- ( Continued on Page Five ) GUERRILLAS STALL E SHANOHAI, July 8 (AP) Japan's big offensive to reach Hankow stalled today as the Japanese army confront ed' hew danger from guerrilla bands on widely separated fronts. These bands of Chinese Irregulars for the past year have been attacking from the rear and limiting Japanese control of occupied areas to the ma jor railway lines, a few highways, and large cities like Nanking, Pelplng and Tientsin Night attacks have Increased sharp ly la the past week In Hopeh province about Pelplng. In east Honan about Kalfeng and Suchow, and In other regions. Japanese seeking to end this dan ger to their communications lines re ported from Pelplng that two towns were captured today. The town were guerrilla bases for attacks on the Lunghal railway. ' Forty divisions of Irregulars are concentrating In the mountainous regions of fihans province, Japanese said, and continually harass Japanese garrisons. Hot Weather Spurs . . Big Towp Trading NEW YORK. July 8. (AP) Spurred by a long stretch of hot weather, re tall trade In the major centers of dis tribution rose 4 to 10 per cent over Isat week but continued to lag behind comparative figures of a year ago. Dun and Bradstreet reported today. More merchants approached levels of a year ago, but for the country as a whole, retail trade was off 8 to 15 per cent under the 1937 period, the agency said. Wholesale volume was 8 to 15 per cent under the corresponding period last year, with abrupt gains noted at many cities. s WASHINGTON. July 8. (AP) The WPA approved a S2fl-i.ll8 allot ment for supervision of adult tduca Uon in Oregon. Retired Minister Ready to Marry For Seventh Time COLUMBUS. O., July 8. (UP) The Rev. Abner R, Welch, 84, retired Nexarene minister wt:o Is convinced "every man who Isn't married by the time he Is 40 should serve five years in the penitentiary," was ready today for his seventh wedding and a shat tering of courthouse records. Reverend Welch will marry Miss Kate Austin, 71-year old spinster, "neit week." When the couple ap plied for a marriage ltcense here. i;ese records were disclosed: He Is the oldest and most-married man ever to apply for a li cense here. She Is the oldest spinster ever to seek a license. Four of Reverend Wotch's wives died. The other two marriages nded in divorce courts. P. G. E. EXPLAINS BONNEVILLE OUTPUT BE SOLD CHEAP PORTLAND. July 8. ( AP ) The federal government's public power administration was assailed yesterday by Franklin T. Griffith, Portland president of the Portland General Electric company, in a speech to the Institute of Northwest Affairs. Griffith asserted J. D. Ross, Bon neville dam administrator who apolte Wednesday night, "didn't tell you why It la possible for the government to sell Bonneville power so cheaply." Griffith said It was Impossible to make an Investment unless interest and taxes could be paid, but added "He (Ross) doesn't think that's so Important, but I do. That's one of the troubles of - private companies, but the federal government has no such Inhibitions." A" " ' "Taxes and Interest are the most costly features of any power develop ment," Griffith said, "and Bonne ville doesn't have to meet these Items. That Is why it can sell power so cheaply." Griffith questioned allocation of costs at the dam, pointing out that of 993.000,000 Involved, only $11,000, 000 waa charged to power develop ment. "The difficulty lies in that the government makes the rules as well as the power," Griffith ssld. CALL VOLUNTEERS T NEWTON, Iowa, July 8. (AP) A call for volunteers to augment the police and sheriff's forces In the Maytag labor controversy wsa issued today by Mayor Oeorge Campbell and Sheriff Earl Shields. Recruiting of volunteers to aid the officers and regular police and sher iff's deputies In any emergency that may arise will begin at 8 a. m. to morrow and continue throughout the day. Up to 1.000 volunteers will be re cruited, the officials said. Steps to be taken after the re cruits are deputized were not dis closed. Meanwhile the CIO union, which Is picketing the plant. Issued a state ment criticizing the organization of a "vigilantes committee," declaring "the union stands ready to protect law and order at all times." BY WAR IN CIA WASHINGTON. July . m American flrmt eold Japan ana China more than $30,000,000 worth of war auppllea during their II rat year of conflict. Bute department futures fthowrd today that China bought U2.55B.741 and Japan l7.tS4.4I3. Japanese purchases, however, have Increased at a much more rapid rate, with the result that In the last six months Japan has become a bigger buyer by several hundred thousand dollars. War supplies sent to both belliger ents were prlnclpslly airplanes, mo tors and accessories. Most shipments to China were licensed for Hong kong. British port, through which they go Into the Interior, It s tittle World. CHARDON. O. (UP) Ruth Cot tarn. high school student, while corresponding with a pupil In Austria, received a picture, published In an Austrian newspaper, of Myrs Perry and Vlra Adams, 70-year-old Hunts burg. O.. twins. Mrs. Perry l Ruth's grandmother and her picture was taken at the last Chardon maple, festival . ROSSER TESTIFIES IN 01 BEHALF AS ;E WIND-UP Ex-Teamster Union Official Recalls Threats Voiced Against Double-Cross Wife Beating Admitted DALLAS, Ore.. July 8. ( AP) The defense In the case of Al Rosser, d:arged with arson In connection with the West Salem box factory fire. rest, at 11:30 o clock this morning. The state Immediately started its re buttal testimony with arguments of attorneys expected to start during the afternoon. Rosser, former secretary of the Joint council of AFL Oregon Team sters, waa on the stand as the stato concluded its case. On cross examin ation today he told of his friendship for Dave Beck, Seattle union labor leader. He also told of conversations In the county Jail with other pris oners In which he said he had told them If a man double-crossed him he would have some feeling about tt, referring to Al Banks, former busi ness agent of the Salem Teamsters Union, who had testified against Rosser. He explained that he meant they had better -keep him In Jail for a long time so ho couldn't get at Al Banks. The state also brought out this morning testimony to the effect that Rosser had been twice arrested on complaints of beating a former wife, this to contradict a statement made by Rosser yesterday that he had never before been arrested. Edwin Goodcnough, Salem attorney for Lew Harklns, Salem truck driver, once arrested for Investigation in the arson matter and expected hern as ft witness, for the defonse,'. testified that Harklns had, disappeared last "Mondny or Tuesday and had not re appeared. , Dr. Les Senate,' wtio examined Ce cil Mooro in Jail At Portland, testi fied that Moore had an Injured back and Jaw and other Injuries which could have been caused by abuse from police officers. On cross exam ination he also admitted that the condition could have resulted from lumbago or a social disease. KILLED, 7 HURT E BILLINGS. Mont., July 8. fp A Northwest Airlines transport plane. carrying eight passengers and a crew of two. crashed while taking off from Billings airport before dawn today, killing one person and injuring seven. Mrs..N. 8. .Mackle of Evans ton. III., died at St. Vincent's hospital In Billings shortly . after ths crash, the hospital announced. Her husband. N. 8. Mackle. was also taken ot the hospital but the extent of his Injuries was unknown. Mrs. W. J. Ttndale. South Stocum, B. C, was also being treatea at the hospital, but attendants said they did not know whether or not she was seriously hurt. The other five passengers were re leased after treatment for minor cuts and bruises. A. F. Peterson, terminal manager for Northwest Airlines, said the plane took off at 3:63 a. m. for Chicago, and crashed about 1 ,000 feet from the end of the runway on the edge of a canyon. Borah Recovering From Exhaustion WASHINGTON. July 8 7P Friends of Senator Borah (R., Idaho) said today the senator was recovering rapidly from the exhaustion which forced him to go to bed last Sunday. Borah la expected to leave In ft week or 10 days for Polsnd Springs, Me., for ft complete rest. 'Jimmy 's" Reply To Be Published Next Month ROCHESTER, Minn, July 8 James Roosevelt, ton and secretary of President Roosevelt, announced In a statement today that Collier's magazine will publish neit munth his "tactual account" of hit Insur ance activities. The Saturday Evening Post recent ly published an article which Roose velt, hero for treatment for a stomach disorder, said "purported to tell the story of my activities In the Insur ance field." He said ht had many requests for A reply. The statement: "What It needed It not so much a 'reply aa factual account of those activities with a view to correcting Improper conclusions draws from In Mystery Death ; 4.,,.,j ' ''J.A,..U"J :: tP - "Sc. N 1 v y.Af m tisrrta sissli i mitini' in mlnViH r :' ;. - . few Robert A. Gilbert (top),- "40 for mer , vaudeville hypnotist known as the CJrcnt Gilbert, was held by Glen- dale, Calif., pollre nnd quizzed In the Invest iRftt Inn of the death of Mrs. Murle rnlomhns, (lower), U3, expectant mother. The woman's hus hand said he railed Gilbert In hopps he might he able to help his wife. (A. P. Photos.) TERMED POLITICS FRIEDRICHBHAFEN, Germany. July 8 (AP) Dr. Hugo Eckener. veteran German airship commander, today ridiculed Secretary Harold l. Ickes' ban on export of helium to Ger many. Dr. Eckener Intimated that the United States secretary of the Inte rior's veto of a munitions board decision which would have ' per mltted helium export was the re sult of American politics. WASHINGTON. July 8. (AP) Secretary Ickes, told thst Dr. Hugo Eckener discerned political Implica tions In Ickes' refusal to approve helium exports to Germany, sug gested today that a "look at the record" would support his stand against the shipments. The record, so far as Interior de partment files are concerned, con sists of quotatlona from experts aa to the military Importance of the non-inflammable gas. Probes Picket Law. PENDLETON. July 8. yp) fax Langford, Portland, Oregon district representative, Internationa1. Retail Clerks union, was conferring with members of .the executive board. Pendleton Central Labor council, here today In an attempt to obtain full information regarding the ramifica tions of ths picket licensing ordin ance passed by the city council last Saturday. statements so adroitly dressed up to resemble a factual account that many have evidently accepted them aa tak en from the records. "Inasmuch aa I now ho'.d public office, I feel that the public Is en titled to a clear statement of all the facts to that they may Judge for themselvet, "1 have offered Collier's the facts, and access to all my personal and buslneaa flics and records concerning my operations In the Insurance busi ness, and they have agreed to pub lish them, with guarantee or suffi cient spsos for proper documentation, and the understanding that they will make simultaneous releases to press and radio." IRHTNII Sol Ml I I 111 SETS 12 FIRES IN UNION CREEK AREA Fringe of Squall Brings Slight Rainfall to City Hail Falls in Some County Regions Without Loss Crews were today fighting 13 first set by lightning In the Rogue River national forest late yesterday after noon as a freak electric storm swept serosa the northern part of Jackson county. All the fires were In tht Union Creek district. Two lightning strikes were observed by lookouts In the Butte Falls dis trict but the blazea could not be found and It waa assumed that they had been put out by a heavy rain that accompanied the storm In that area. Fringe Hits City. The fringe of the storm hit Med ford, dropping rain for almost an hour aa a sultry sun shed its last hot raya over the city. When th. rainfall was added up, however. It amounted to only a trace of pre cipitation, the weather bureau said. The rain fell from 0:28 to 8:18 p. m. Hall fell In several parta of the coun ty but no crop damage was reported, the county agent'a office stated. I Continued on Pag rnrot.) ROSBBrraa, ore., July 8. P An eleotrlcsl storm In the Cascade sec tion of the Umpqua national foreat last night scattered fires throughout the entire area, It was reported from the local headquartera this morning. Fourteen fires already have oeen reported and controlled, It was stated. None of the fires so far discovered reached more than a quarter of an acre In alze before being halted, the announcement said. More than 800 CCO men from Steamboat, South Umpqua and Diamond Lake oampa -were divided Into crews and sent to stations throughout the forest to be available for emergencies. BORTLAND, July 8. P) A brief, thunder shower offered momentary relief from yesterday's maximum tem perature of 87 degrees but today the sun mounted steadily toward another perspiring afternoon. The electrical storm only wet down sections of the city. It waa the warmest day here since June 31. EUGENE, July 8. UPt Sixteen spot fires covering a wide area In the Willamette national forest from Oakrldge to Detroit were being held In check by foresters today following a severe electrlcsl storm which raged over the high Cascades Thursday evening. It waa reported here by the Willamette national foreat office. WENATCHEE FRUIT WENATCHEE. Waah.. July 8, (TTP) A severe windstorm whipped over the rich, frultlsden Wenatchee valley for more than two hours Iaat night, caus ing undetermined damage. Trees were uprooted and telephonic communications disrupted by the ' force of the wind. More than 200 persons caught at tha night, baseball game were forced to seek refuge In a railroad tunnel until the storm abated. An electrical display preceded the blow, and tho city was In complete darkness for spproxlmately one hour. POLICE HELD DEM PORTLAND, July 8. (AP) TWO mothers complained to the city coun cil yesterday police were negligent in nmtectlni children by feillnf to remove punch boards. "II we naven s enougn puire w protect out young people, then we'd hater abolish the entire police de partment and the office ot ehlef of police." they said. Tha moti'.era mentioned a recent tssault on Robert Dunn, prosecution wtlneas In a gambling case, u "sig nificant or tne tengtns to wmoo racketeers will go to keep themselves la Illegitimate business." t
