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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecart: Fair tonight and Friday; not much change In temperature. For This Reason One of the most widely read pages In thli newspaper u the Classified page, tt ti for thli reason the Artvs. produce splen illrt results. Read these arth, toduy ami ir oti fall to find what )ou wfliit advertise. Medford Tribune IHthest yesterday Lowest thlj morning..; ..ion . 68 Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third YcarN MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUUUSDAY, JULY 21, 1938. No. 103. Fire Demon Spreads Ruin in Coast Timber Regions WW, HEAT SEMI FIRES RAGING 'JT OF CONTROL a -i lI IPtep Ill iiji.im iir.lliiVlMH I NT" I I ! The Capital Parade By Joseph Aisop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. PENNSYLVANIA C. 1. O. BACK HATED ENEMY FEAR G. O. P. WOULD RESTORE COAL AND IRON POLICE UNION GROUP FACES DANGER IN OTHER STATES WIDE OUTBREAK OF LABOR-BAITING FEARED WASHINGTON, July 21. Thn Pennsylvania C. I. O. has Indorsed tl: local Democratic ticket, Including the paunchy senatorial candidate Governor George H. Earle, tTie hand of blessing they laid upon the gover nor was clammy with distaste, yel they will give him and other Demo crats what support they can. No recent developmet has ctat a clearer light on U;e state of the .e bor movement and the present think ing of Its leaders. After all. In hli campaign for the Democratic sena torial nomination, George Earle In dulged in a personal attack on John L. Lewis and the other C. I. O. lead ers. His distinctly unsavory relatione with Philadelphia's contractor! boss. Matt McCloskey, have already been exposed and '.ls goings on as gover nor of Pennsylvania are about to be subjected to a grand Jury investiga tion. The C.I.O. leaders are under no il lusions about the personal qualities of Governor Earle. In fact, if they bad their choice, they would raU;er see him beaten M an any other American politician, except Mayor Prank Hague of Jersey City and Gov eraor Martin Dovcy of Ohio. The point Is that the C. I. O. leaders no longer have their choice. The alternative to supporting Earie Is letting the Republican ticket win In Pennsylvania. And the Republican ticket is owned, lock, stock and bar rel, by the worst enemies of the C. I. O., such men as Ernest Wtir, Joe Pew, Joe Grundy, and Moe Annen berg. The C. I. O. leaders believe a. at. If the candidates of this big business Junta should triumph, the reeatabltfihment of thn old coal and Iron pollcs 1 the least they oan ex pect. The truth Is U-at Pennsylvania Is only one among many states where the C. I. O. leaders believe that their movement is endangered. Por the first time since the break with the A. P. of L.. John L'. Lewis and his closest advisers are frightened. Considering t.ie natural corrosive effect of bad times, the C. I- O. un ions are stlU remarkably strong. TUere (Continued an Pag Six.) 2 NAVAL AIRMEN E SAN FRAVCISCO. July 21. (APl A aesp'ane from the oattlehlp Idaho pounced into the bar near San Fran- clsro airport todiy and the navy re- j ported two fliers wert allied. j )S ;f? Xt 'l 7 t r - - .r , . - ; Sri ? Mf ZSJSdt - ., , iiv i : v? f . , ei rr ya. baseball American ' St. Louis at Philadelphia, double header, postponed, rain. Cleveland at New York. Chicago at Boston doubleheaders postponed. rsln. Philadelphia Pittsburgh Davis: Tobln, Bronti tod Todd. Hallahan. Smith, Passeau and V. First game: R. R. C Brooklyn 3 4 2 Chicago 5 10 1 Fltzaimmona. Prankhouse. Butcher and fihea; Bryant and Hartnett. R. - 1 H. C 7 0 Detroit Wahlnrton EtvnFtat. Wadp .49 a Colfman and To-k: Wrtw. Leonard and R. Per rll, G:u::int. (Sec:nd game) R. - 1 0 Brooklyn Chicaa:-? Hamlin and 6he; Root end Odea Thrre are 15.1&8 Toto, rests uracu ...... 1ELKS BAND PI AYS IN PARK FRIDAY Under direction of R. A. Botts. the popular Medford Elks band will give Its weekly Friday evening band concert In city park tomorrow, start ing at 8:15 p.m. The public Is In vited. Program of 13 numbers fol lows: The Fairest of the Fair March" ; Sousa "Hermit of Kildare" .overture. . Holmes "National Guard March" , Qa razo (Officially adopted by the National Ouard 1 "Festal March" (concert march) Buchtel "Horn on the Ranre" cowboy song ( Baritone solo by Frd Strang snd comet solo by B-irl Thornton "Knlrrits of the Road March" Huffer 'Tdly Trombone" la trombor smear) Fillmore "The Merry Widow selection. Lehar "The Marines March" Crvn'tt (Introducing the Marines Hymn) "A L!t- Vodka" (a P.a'ilsn rr.'.x- up . BMirnafcer B4r Corquft" Miir-'h Eng'!h Cir Spsngied saaer" , , , Key - forest fires flarlnjc Minm-li the (Imberlunils of Oregon and Wnhh Ingtoti t Ml ay rontlmird tiiktni; henvv toil. Upper picture mIiuhs the result tif a hfuzi In Jhe rich forpMl along the Inch Hravrn rldqe nar Mc.Mlrin vllle ulirre more than 1.000 arre have hein burned over. In crntrr Ik one of the nevernl farm hum pa dr- stroyrd by fire In the Qtilllrfii for est, in northwestern lVnulitn-tmi. The flnniM, NM-eepIng over innrr tlian 7.000 ures along a mile front, hare advanced over an right mile area. With her few helnnglii;i, and the family g"ut, Mr. Andrew Moe I shown IipIow. nnlul,v nt chlng the QiiMIcpiip f(n iidumce on her home. (A. P. Pictures), OF MURDER IN ROSEVILLE Evp ret te Gilbert Parma n, sought by Rosevllle, Calif., at the alleged slayer of George McElroy, 20, on the streets of Rosevllle last Saturday, served a 60 - day sentence In the Jackson county jail last year, records of the sheriff's office show. Parman was received In the county Jail on September 7, and was released No vember 1, last, on a charge of car rying concealed weapons. Parman was arrested In Ashland as a "suspicious character," and search revealed the weapon, accord lng to Sheriff Byd I. Brown. Th state police, sheriff and Ash land city authorities were requested by the California authorities to keep a watch for Parman, who has rela tives living in Afthtand. snd may powlbly attempt to reach them. The fa tal shootl ng f ol lowed an argument between the two men. and Involved the slain man's alster-ln-law. The sheriff's office record show Parman to be 37 years old. five feet, ten Inches tal'. weight 1SS pounds, reddish light brown hair and hav ing tattoos on right arm and shoul der and lft arm. Photos of Prman were sent by the sheriff to the Placer county, Calif., sheriff. Odd Bnltrn f'iMrtrd CUSTOM. Ill fUP Button col lecting, which started as a rainy day pastime, ha grown Into a hobby followed with m jch car- fcy Mrs. Cer?ru( Patterson, for. tip. Clinton j refid'n. who now has a collection I of 12 XO buttons. i DROWNS IN ROGUE AT BYBEE E Henry Edgar Voss, Jr., 15, of Ashland Carried Into Deep Water After Fall On Riffle Unable to Swim Rogue river this morning claimed Its second Jackson county drowning victim within a week, when Henry Edgar Voss, Jr., 15, son or Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Voss of 144 Fourth street, Ashland, lost his life while fishing with two companions about one quarter mile upstream from Bybee bridge. The drowning occurred at 8:00 o'clock. The body was recovered at 10:10 one-half mile below the bridge. It was laying on the bottom of a quiet pool In the river, four feet deep. Young Voss' fishing companions, both of whom were eyewitnesses to the tragedy, were Billy Blackmer, 14. of 100 Fourth street, Ashland, and Newell Ivan Whetstone, about 35, of 143 Fourth street, Ashland, a South ern Pacific railroad employe, 1' nahle To Swim Whetstone told state police that neither young Voss nor Billy 3liwk mer could swim a stroke, and that he, hlmseir, could swim only a very abort distance. Whetstone and young Blackmer were forced to watch help lessly as Voss drowned. Whetstone explained to state pollue that he and the two boys were fish ing at the first riffle above Bybee bridge. The two boys were on thn nortlf side of the river about 18 fsst apart, and Whetstone was on the opposite bunk, he said. Young Voss was wading In shal low water, when suddenly he slip ped on the bottom, Whetstone said. The river current, awlft at the riffle, carried him Immediately into deep water and swept him downstream, police said Whetstone told them. Whetstone stated that he ran along the river bank to Bybee bridge, and as he was crossing It on the way to Table Rock store to telephone, he saw the boy's body floating un derneath the span. Body Soon Found Whetstone telephoned state police and the coroner's office, then, with young Blackmer. returned to Ashland to break the news to Voss parents. The three hsd left Ashland at fl:30 this morning In Whetstone's auto mobile. State police. Deputy Coroner Herb Brown, sheriff's deputies and resi dents of the vicinity immediately started searching the river for the body. It was discovered two hours and forty-five minutes later by Stat Policeman Paul Williams. Bill Coy of Medford and a young farmer boy named Clark, wh were In a boat preparing to drag the stream. The body was resting perfectly still at the bottom of the rlverThe Clark boy dived Into the water and brought it to the surface, and Dep uty Coroner Brown transferred it to the Perl funeral home here. Occu pants of the boat noticed the body because of the white trousers young Voss was wearing. The body was taken to Ashland this afternoon by the Litwlller fun eral home, which will be Jn charge of arrangements. A complete obituary and funeral notice will be published tomorrow. ICC CANCELS PERU FOR CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROAD TO COAST WASHINGTON, July 31 (AP The Interstate commerce commission cancelled today a certificate author- zing the Gold Coast railroad to con struct a line of railroad from Port Or ford, on the Pacific coast, to a connection with the main line of the Southern Pacific at Leland, about 90 miles away In Curry and Jose phine counties, Oregon. The commission also dismissed an application by the city of O rants Pass and the Crescent City hsrbor district for authority to acquire the California ft Oregon Coast railroad, extending from Urania Pass to Waters Creek, 14 6 miles. i They wsnted to extend this line from Waters Creek to the Oregon -California, boundary, 804 miles and from the state line to Crescent City 51 3 miles. In Det Norte county, Csl The municipal applicants askal dismissal of their petition, saying economic conditions had changed so that they do not regard It as ds : fa ;-.:. to undertake the construe tlon progam. PAPOL PLANE MAKES IN WW HOURS Mercury Makes Easy Trip From Ireland Will Un load Part of Cargo and ' Continue On to New York ...POUT HAKIIIMiTON, N. Y.. .1 illy ''I. (AT) The 10-ton HrlllHh "I'lippoow IMinie' Mcr mrv, rnmiilrtltiR n flight of a, 012 mllm from Irrlunil, nrrlvrd nt thp InmsntlRlillr nlr termln nl at ,1:IH p. in.. (KST), tnilny. MONTH E A L, July 31. (Canadian Press) The first trans - A 1 1 a n 1 1 C (light of a plck-a-back plane ended here at 10:30 a m, E.S.T., today when tho British seaplane Mercury alighted on the St. Lawrence river nar Montreal. The Mercury glided to a smooth landing In tho Bouchervlllc air har bor 30 hours, 30 minutes after leav ing Foynes, Ireland, 3.715 miles away. where she had been launched by her mother ship, the Mala. Some 3.000 miles of her route had traversed the north Atlantic and she came on to Montreal without mak ing her expected stop at Botwood, Newfoundland. Bouchervllle la 13 miles east of Montreal, Completing the first of eight scheduled experimental flights to Canada this year, the silvery seaplane cut her engines and coasted Into an area of the harbor marked off by buoys. A flag decked yacht steamed out into the river to "ffreot Captain Don ald Bennett and Wireless Operator Albert Coster, the Mercury's crew of two. The Mercury was to unload part of her 1 ,000 -pound cargo hero and then take off for Now York about noon, EST,, after replenishing her fuel tanks. Throughout the night and early today the Mercury, having been freed by tho Mats In midair over Foynes to make the trans-Atlantic dash alone, reported her progress to St. Hubert airport near here. Only once, at 8 p m., EJ3.T.. last night, when approaching mid-ocean. did Coster report bad weather. Then he said the plane was flying through "continuous rains" over a "turbulent sea." Four hours later it was flying into clear weather at 14ft miles an hour. OF AID FOR PEACE LONDON. July 31, fAP) Prime Minister Chamberlain told the house of commons today that Britain had received from Chancellor i Hitler's confidential envoy renewed assur ances of the Oermsn government "of their desire to schleve a peaceful settlement of outstanding questions," The prime minister said these as surance had been given to Vis count Hull fax, foreign secretary, by Captain Prltjc Wledmann, the Oer msn fuehrer's representative. Chamberlain gave this reply to a question as to what was discussed st Mondsy night's confidential dis cussion between Lord Halifax and Hitler's envoy: In the course of his recent visit to London. Can tain Wldcmann hsd an Informal conversation witn the secretary of state for foreign af fairs. "Captain Wldemann did not come prepared to discuss any particular aspect of political affairs, but the conversation en ah led him. owing to his contact with authoritative - cir cles In Oermany, to renew the as surances already given by the Oer- man government of their desire to achieve a peaceful settlement of outstanding questions. The German visitor saw the for eign secretsry at his home Just the evening before Lord Halifax left for Paris, accompanying King George and Queen Elizabeth on their visit of state. RUSSIA REJECTS JAP DEMAND TO WITHDRAW MOfiCOW, July 21 MP) -Soviet Russia sharply rejected today a new Japanese demand for withdrawal of Soviet troops from territory Jspsn contended wss In Manchoukuu. The Mrwow government declared the territory In question Ir.dUput ably t part of Soviet Russia. Sol Aims At Record Unless some unforseen temper ing factor do vol oped this a (tor noon, a new all-tlmo high heat record was likely to be established here today. A now high for the year was wi yesterday at 100, two above the previous seasonal top established Just the week before. The all time high Is HO, sot on July 10, 1011. Up to this afternoon the tem perature was running five degrees above yesterday's corresponding marks with no relief in sight. FLAMES DESTROY VANCOUVER ISLE T POItTLANB, July 2I.-WP) A new fires developed nnd old ones aprrnd under the torrid sun, J, W. Ferguson, state forester, an nounced today the situation was the tmmt rrlllral In the 311 years shire the organization of the state forestry department. Many rich si ti nils of timber, communities and crops were left at the merry of vagrant Hinds and fljlrtg sparks. Portland's temperature rose to 07 drgrees at I p, m two degrees more thun the corresponding time yesterday. The weather bu reau said It wns likely the rigurn would exceed yesterday's maxi mum of 101 degrees und perhaps surpass the ion-degree all-time high established In IPSA, CAMPBRLL RIVER. B. 0., July 31 (AP) The little fishing resort of Forbes Landing went up In flames today as a dirty northwest wind kicked a section of Vancouver Island's 30.000 re fire back Into the set tlement. 1 A hotel In the center of the fish ing camp which was evacuated three days ago when flames were menacing It then, was destroyed during the morning as the wind picked up vel ocity and spread the giant fire In other sectors. Menacing flames licked closer to the number three camp of tfce Co mo logging camp, where between 30 and 00 million feet of bucked tim ber Is stored. As forest brsnch officials here sped new reinforcements to the dangerous territory where only a few hours be fore the fire seemed to have been held In check, they were gathering In hundreds of feet of destroyed hose, ripped, they said, by saboteurs. One forest branch official here said there was "about 1.000 feet" of hose piled up nearby, all ripped by de structive knives. Another report said that fire fight ing pumps had been rendered use less when sugar was put In their gas tanks. Forest office officials said, how ever, they had no proof of who was responsible for the damage and no srrests had been made. (Hy the Ansof luted Press) Heat and Its unmanageable and far more dangerous companion, fire, began the second week of Oregon occupation today with three persons desd and smoke still belching from more than 30.000 acres of forest. The northwest continued to wal low in the trough of low pre sure and the government weather bureau promised only slight relief from tem peratures which soared well over 100 degrees In many sections yesterday. The bureau forecast scattered (Contluned on Page Seven.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE EEP0ETER8 Josephine Koppea finding a primi tive way to keep cool In her apart ment. Dr. Sherman Land on Divine refus ing to be wilted by the heat. Promoter Mack LI I lard describing a grlrzly bear fight he saw. saying he wished be could book the bruins for his rassltn' riots. Oentlemen at the Durham lunch eon casting conventions to the wind (If any) and appearing In thetr shirt lee Tea, Florence Clark. Adra Walker and Francea Harrington together and all attired In the same kind of shorts at the golf elub. Tommy White having no difficulty :n filing comforters In this torrid weather. NEW FIRES FOUND AS BREEZE LIFTS Round Top Blaze Sears 1000 Acres Brush Fire Dangers Gold Hill Pump Need More Fighters The forest fire situation In Jack son county became dangerously acuto again today under continuing execs' slve heat. Fires that had been checked were whipped out of control by night winds and new blazes that had been concealed by a blanket of smoke were, discovered. , "Our men have been laboring harder than mules should work but they are continuing the fight with out a word of complaint or a hint of exhaustion, ' said the state fire warden's office here, ' Fanned last night by wind, the state forest fire at Round Top In the Evans valley sector . "blew up" and. this afternoon was raging uncon trolled over 1000 acres. Tired by days on the fire lines, 130 men continued strenuously to bring the blaze under control again. Find 300 Acre Blii.e A new state fire was discovered last night "between Reese and Indian creeks east of the Crater Lake high'; way. It spread quickly over 300 acres and was reported atlll out of control this afternoon. Twonty men battled, the flumes all night and a fresh crew wee sent to ti.e fire Unas today, A new state fire was also discov ered near Helms in Josephine county last night but firefighters got a trail around It and It was said to be under, control today. Meantime a brush fire broke out near the city water pump in Gold Hill on the Bams Valley road. It vu reported climbing the hills this af ternoon and a call was Issued for vol unteers, though no homes were In Immediate danger. Cause was un known but firemen thought some-. one hsd dropped a matdi or cigarette In the grass near the pump. The atata forest service sent three men front here. Jorvl To Hcene Additional fires set by lightning last week were discovered last night and today on the Rogue Illver na tional forest. Two one mile spsrt were) In the Huckleberry mountain burn and because of the potential danger they caused forest executives grave concern. Slmerl Jarvl, fire tfilef, went to the scene early this morning. A crew was sent to the Huckleberry fires last night and quickly called for additions! help. Forty-five more firefighters were dispatched to tho scene early today and this crew was augmented a( noon by 30 blister rust control workers. Homer Hlxon, dis trict ranger, was in personal charge. A fire wss spotted this afternoon In the Cathlll burn in the Butte Falls district. It was said to be small, A fire guard, the project superinten dent and five CCO men were acne from Camp. South Fork. Burned-over areas present ft potentially danger ous situation 1 because they are filled with snags that burn fast and fur iously. Three small fires, all und or on acre, were discovered late yesterday north of Lake of the Woods. Thry were reported under control today. Control Applrgate Fire Another was discovered late yester day on Butte fork In the Applegate. covering ft acres, Firefighters wera dispatched st 7 p. m. but did no reach the scene until $ a. m. because they had to Hike over trall-less ter rain. Twenty men went In last night and 30 more this morning, mostly CCO youths from Camp Applegate. A rep.t from the fire lines this after noon said the fire was under control but 30 men were to be kept on 1ft through tomorrow. The larger of the Huckleberry mountain fires covered about IS acres and seemed to be spreading this af ternoon, the lookout reported. The fire la In brusn 13 feet high through which It takes three hours to walk ft mile, headquarters here eald. The other Huckleberry mountain fire was small. There is no Immediate danger from any of the Rogue River national for est fires, headquarters stated. Plenty of men and equipment are available and It was hoped the situation would be well in band before morning. It was said. PiraMiutes Rent A plans came from northern Cal ifornia this afternoon to borrow aU of the Rogue River national forsst's parachutes to be used In dropping food and other supplies to firefight ers on the Klamath national forest. Forty parachutes were lent and work wss begun Immediately on maiing With temperature up and hum!Mty down fire hazards In town and coun try as well as on the forests Increas ed todsy. The humidity this after noon was down to 1ft per cent. Tbe public was advised to be extreme ly cautious.