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4uy . Ms- Right At The Weather Forecast: Fair today and tomor row; lower temperature to- . morrow. . Temperature Highest yesterday 97 fewest yesterday 61 Medford The "TIP of the day may be found on the Classified par TR7 bune this morning. It take very little time to read these Advs. and some very Important mes sages are often directed right at you Read then Act, Full Associated Press United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUM DAY, JULY 21,' 193S No. 105. AST C BUI 1 OAST. jhoIIk I The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Ino. POLITICAL BLUNDER IN NEW YORK LAID TO F. R- I.VBOK PARTY LOSES BARGAINING POWER LABORITBS, NOT DEMOS HELD ROOSEVELT FRIENDS FARLEY SEEN VICTOR WITH PICKED TICKET KEW YORK, July 24 Franklin De lano Roosevelt's quaking enemies usually describe him as a Dolttical magician, but, unless he has been In tentionally dealing the cards from the bottom of the deck, ha has made a strangely amateurish- blunder In New York. Borne time ago, Sidney Hlllman, shrewd, daring leader of the Amalga mated Clothing Workers and chief tain of the American labor party, visited the president to discuss run ning for the senate against Governor Herbert H. Lehman. For Lehman's letter attacking the court plan and other reasons, the president has a grudge against the governor he will not soon forget. And although Hlll man Is not a Democrat, the president personally encouraged him to seek the senate job. There followed the odd meetings of the American labor party's admin istrative committee, at which a tenta tive slate was picked, with Hlllman In the senate spot. The work waa done In a slovenly fashion so sloven ly that New York City Comptroller Joe McGoldrlck, the choice -for gover nor, was not even notified of his good fortune. The slate wu an nounced; the reporters hurried to McGoldrlck, and his dazed reply to a request for comment was, "Who? Me?" First result waa that David Dublns ky, second man In the labor party, repudiated Hlllman and backed Leh man. Dublnsky had had a personal representative at every administrative committee meeting, but he hates Hlllman, and seized, the chance to plunge a knife In his rival's ribs. The second result waa infinitely worse. About forty-eight hours after they had announced their slate, the labor party leaders suddenly woke up to the fact that they had lost their power to bargain with the Democrats. Although the president has repeated his encouragement of Hlllman, there la weeping and gnashing of teeth, these days, among the labor party people here and the C.I.O. leaders In Washington. You may well ask why destroying the labor party's bargaining power was a blunder on the president's part. The answer Us simply that the labor party leaders, and not the Democrats, are the president' real friends In New York. The New York Democratic organ) ra tions are lined up behind Big Jim Farley, and the genial postmaster general has Ideas about running the party very different from the presi dent's. Until now, the' president and his new deal advisers have relied on the labor party, with Its big Indepen dent vote, to club the Democrats Into line. But now, with a slate already announced, the labor party has no real threat left to do the clubbing with. The labor party people are angry, because they see their hopes of reward, In congressional and ju dicial places, all gone glimmering. ' Everything may change before the state conventions, but it looks now as though the president, in a moment of unthinking optimism, had given New York to Jim Farley for his very own. Big Jim had his plana. The real blua chip In New York Is the state delegation to the 1940 convention. And tf the most authoritative in for ma tluon is to be credited. Big Jim has that sewed up already. Indeed, he haa told more than one friend that they couldn't take the delegates away from him if they ran the Angel Gabriel for governor. All that re mains for Big Jim to do ts sweep up the pieces. His plan for doing that Is best. Lehman will have the annate post he wants, leaving the governorship open. When Big Jim returns from Alaska, he will call on Senator Robert F. Wagner. He will tell Wagner that the gov norshlp of New York ts the second blggeit Job In the country, and that Its good for eight years. He will point out that, by running for gover nor. Wagner can aare his party from poeslbl defeat and provide a fitting cllmai to his career. In fact, he will (Coaunued on Pag fittta) CROP LOSS HIGH FLOODJN SOUTH Week's Downpour Causes Heavy Damage, Maine : To Florida Midwest Weather Normal. (By the Associated Prass) Rain that continued pouring after as many as seven successive days in some sections had caused at least eight deaths by last night (Saturday) and done damage totaling millions to crops, Homes, shops, roads, railroads and communication lines from Maine to Florida and westward to Texas. (By The Associated Press) Damage and discomfort spread last night along the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida, through part of the Gulf states and In Southwest Texas, as rain which has fallen Inter mittently through most of the week showed little sign of diminishing. While the cumulative losses to crops, highways, bridges and private property waa extensive In the eastern states, the greatest losses probably were suffered In Texas where the Colorado, the San Saba, Leon, Lam pasas and other rivers were fed by torrential ralna and overflowed their banks. Two persons were reported drowned near the town of San Saba between 400 and 500 persona were homeless In the lowland-sheep country as numer ous houses were washed away. Dam age in the towns ran upwards from $300,000 with no estimate made of losses In the purely rural areas. Texas Streams Rage The San Saba river, normally two or three feet deep, rose to 44 feet, two feet above Its previous record. The brown flood swept through the town's residential district, flooding cellara, and drew ever nearer the business area. Water systems were disabled, communication lines crippled. , A navy bombing plane flying blind In a driving rainstorm crashed near Wood bridge, conn., killing Ita pilot and two passengers. Another person was killed and five persons Injured In the crash of a bus which skidded down a bill in the rain and hit a concrete abutment at Hackettstown, W. J. In the East the rain, varying from dismal showers to blinding down pours, disrupted highway traffic, caused some minor delays to railroad traffic, flooded cellars and streets, swept away numerous email bridges, but on effective damper on outdoor sports and amusements and sank thousands of summer vacationists at seaside and mountain resorts Into her deepening gloom, , I -egenl Scouted The Weather bureau scoffed lightly at the readiness of some laymen to attribute the continuing cloudiness and rain to the fact that rain fell In part of the east on St. Swlthln's Day, July 15. Not given to supersti tion the weather bureau said there was a high pressure area off the At lantic coast from Maine to Florida. This area was an effective barrier against the natural eastward move ment of the low pressure area. The result: Rain. At least another day of rain could be expected, the forecasters said. Weather In the middle and far west was normal, however. Chicago's base ball fans gleefully watched the New York Giants and the Cubs play a doubleheader under a blazing sun, the horses ran at Arlington, golfers thronged the private and public courses, yachtsmen smiled at the blue skies and plcknlckers had nothing but ants and the usual picnic woea to worry about, but no rain. The Connecticut state highway de- partment estimated about 110,000 damage caused by washouts, but added that state highways generally were In good condition. In the Con necticut valley the damage to the tobacco crop waa estimated at about $1,000,000, due chiefly to excessive moisture which reduces the value The river, which haa a flood level of 16 feet, rose to 7 3. Maine Saggy Maine's weather was sogigy and the weather bureau reported an Inch and a half rainfall above normal for July Boston's rainfall for July to date a 7.48 inches, of which nearly 6 Inches fell thla week. At Worcester. Mass the July rainfall was 9.4ft Inches, up to yesterday, compared with 935 In 1915 when a record waa made The army worm was causing heavy dam age to crops, farmers reported, and in Clinton, Mass., the Wachusett Dam, holding 07 billion gallon! of water, was sptUtng the overflow for th first time In 10 years. A tor I a Feels Quake ASTORIA. July 33. 'P Windows rattled and tables skidded during a mild earth shock felt here at 6;49 p. m. yesterday. Residents, who rushed into the streets, said there mere five distinct shocks In the space of about 10 econd Fighters 4' " The U. 8. 8. Penwiroln steaming up the timber bordered Cnlumhlu of several bringing 10,000 gobs. tQ. ft. port 00 miles from the Parlflc. (AP F.D.R. HELD REASON FOR OF Washington Solon Blurps At Democrat Lunch President Near Equatorial Crossing. TACOMA, July 23. (T) Congress man John M. Coffee, addressing a Democratic luncheon here today, credited large federal grants for pub lic works In Washington to "the state congressional delegation's friendliness with the administration." and "be cause the president's daughter lives in Seattle." His references to the reasons why "Washington has been given more federal money per capita than any other state In the union" were used In Illustrating the value of keeping a full slate of office holders "favor able to President Roosevelt's pro gram." Coffee urged for a united Demo cratic front In order to gain a com plete victory for the party In the fall elections. Aboard Cruiser Houston, En Route to Galapagos Island, July 33. () President Roosevelt today exchanged wireless felicitations with Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden while the Houston approached the equator on Its move to a new fishing area for the chief executive. Gustaf Adolf, homeward bound aboard a ship In the Atlantic after concluding a visit to the United States, sent a message of thanks to the president, and Mr. Roosevelt an swered it Immediately. Holiday routine for all hands aboard the Houston and the accom panying destroyer McDougal was de clared at 1 p. m. ship's time when the cruiser was only a few miles north of the equator, and the crossing-line watch was set for Davy Jonea and Neptune. BULLETIN R H. . 0 4 - 14 B. 1 0 Loc Angelea Seattle Lilian), Corvett and Sueme, Col lins; Ptckrel and Sptndel. Score: Oakland R .11 4 Portland Van Fleet and Ralmondi. C:moy Hi: U'ka. Darrow (1) and Cronln, McMillan (8' Gain On Forest Mighty Ship In . -..w ft Vhaufc4 -4i . 'if ' A, r:ri OF MOSCOW, July 23. (AP) Soviet Russia through her newspapers pic tured Japan today as so entangled In trying to conquer China that her "diplomatic forces had to be called in to rescue the militarists" from trying to touch off a conflict with Russia. Despite another Slbcrlan-Mnn-choukuoan frontier incident, In which Japanese-Manchoukuoan sold iers were reported to have failed In an attempt to occupy an Island In the Usslrl river, Soviet circles viewed the possibility of Russo-Japanese W8r as a diminishing threat. Dispatches from the Siberian city. Khabarovsk, said the second Inci dent this month occurred north of Chsngkufeng where Japan had ac cused Red soldiers of occupying a bit of Mnnchoukuan territory. The clash came the day following a Japanese protest against occupa tion of the Changfukeng district a protest rejected by Foreign Com missar Maxim Lltvinoff with the statement that the area Ilea within Siberia The government newspaper Izves tla charged Japanese militarists with manufacturing both Incidents but echoed the general Russian belief that the possibility of war had de clined The Japanese . militarists have their mouths full of China," lavestla said. E WASHINOTON. July 2S. Sen ator Borah (R- Idaho) walked a few steps today for the first time in nearly three weeka. The 73-year-old "Hon of Mnho" haa been raged In hli apartment here Blnee doctors ordered him to bed for a long reM from overexertion during the recent session of congress. An office assistant disclosed that Borah had been "a very alck man" and that doctors were pleased by his recuperative powers. They aald the senator had no Idea of giving up hla place on the con gressional -administrative committee undertaking a study of monopoly. I airs, tsoran win reporters enc ana i tl:e fiei:a;or would "go aoir.e r.li.ce I where It's coot" as soon as ha can traral Mighty River W w. x ' . V 'V $ f , river to Fort land for the annual Fleet .photo.) - ( FARM TENANT PROJECT FAVORED Lane Also Recommended Final Word Rests With Secretary Wallace. PORTLAND, July 23. (AP) The Oregon farm security administration advisory committee recommended to day to Secretary Wallace that Jack son and Lane counties be designated for Initiation of the 1938-30 farm tenant program, for which $82,016 has bern allotted In this state. The program is Intended to give ii bout 14 farmers loans upon which they may make purchases of farms costing on an average between 96.000 and $7,000. The plan was launched In this state last year with Linn county being chosen for start of the experi ment In reestablishing worthy farm ers on suitable iaiyls. The committee recommendation for Jai-kson and Lane counties was based on the percentage of farm tenrincy, farm population and availability of farm units and opportunities for diversified farming. Pinal approval rests with Secretary Wallace, who, tf he accepts the recommendation, wilt appoint county tenant committees to select the farmers. The state committee, after a tour of the six farms established last year in Unn county with an appropria tion of 1.17,160, complimented the Linn county committee on the high type of tenants selected, the excel lence of soil types on 'farm lands chosen and the comparatively low prices paid for the properties. The farmers have 40 'years In which to psy for the property with an interest rate of three per cent WARM. THIS WEEK Weather forecast for Sunday, July 24: Northern California: Pair Sunday but fog on coast; little change In temperature; variable wind, mostly northeast, off coast. Oregon: Fair Sunday with local fogs on coast; slightly cooler in eastern Oregon; moderate to freh northerly wind off coast. Outlook fsr western states July 25 30. Inclusive: Oenraliy fair but occa sional thunder torrr.s ever mountains: temperatures somewhat above normal la Interior. Fires In State and - week festivities Thft wnrshlp ts one - .-...- BETTER BUSINESS ON WAY VIEW OF NEW YORK, July 23, (AP) Bet ter business, improved economic well being, seems on the way in re maining months of 1038, In the sweeping majority opinion of more than a score of leading economists. Of 33 who answered an Inquiry as to their opinion on the prospect of business recovery, all but three predicted Improvement by the end of the year, some with reservations. Such near unanimity was regarded In economto circles as unusual, If not unprecedented. It was thought particularly significant, In that opin ions were sought from a broad cross-section of men holding varied and conflicting economic and social philosophies, from the extreme right to the far left, and scattered geo graphically across the continent. But several of the optimists care fully qualified their opinions as to the nearness of arrival, degree of rise, and length of the recovery movement. If the majority are correct. It will not be a "boom." Only one used the term "boom." While nearly all predicted a brisk gtck-up In the consumer goods fields, wholesale and retail, many qualified their optimism as to heavy Industries. PAROLE GRANTED O RANTS PASS, July S3 (API Over protest of District Attorney O. J. Millard. Circuit Judge H. D. Norton today paroled E. N. Santee, convicted bigamist. Parole provisions require Santee to keep out of trouble and to keep out or the state except as civil litigation may require. He waa not required to report to any' person. Two of Santee's spouses died In Grants Paas. christian Santee of the state of Washington was recogntaed by the court aa the real estate dealer's wife when It rejected validity of Mexican divorce. , Worker Burned to Heath DALLAS. Ore.. July S3. r R. R. Striker, regular employe at the Cobbs. Mitchell ValaetK mill, was burned to death Friday night In a tire which awept timber In the truck logging road west of the mill, according to word reaching here today. While Striker was mUrrd la.n night It was not until today hla body waa found with both legs burned off. TEA IN TEXAS VOTING ... ... .,. . New Deal Congressmen Have Hard Contests In Early Count Unknown Ahead For Governor. DALLAS, July 33. (A5) Returns to the Texas election bureau from 167 of 354 counties, with five complete, and representing 323,188 votes, showed the following totals for loaders In the governor's race In the Democratic primary: O'Danlel, 180,785. . Thompson, 60,378, McGraw, 47,353. Hunter, 88,320. ' DALLAS, July 33. OF) W. Lee O'Danlel, devotee of hillbilly music who waa unheralded In the governors race six weeks ago, had nearly 50 percent of the votes reported tonight In the state Democratic primary. With 107.710 votes accounted for from SO of 354 counties, O'Danlel received 41,030. In a close race for the runner-up post unless a candidate gains a clear majority, there will be a run-off next month between the top two men Ernest O. Thompson forged ahead of Atty. den. William McGraw, Thompson, red-haired chairman of the Interstate oil compaot commla slon, had 33,477 votes to McGraw's 18, 373 1 Other candidates wart far behind In returns to the Texas election bureau, Rep. Maury Maverick San Antonio's militant New Dealer waa having the fight of his life with Paul KUday. lawyer backed by the powerful city machine. They were only IS votes apart, with KUday ahead Maverick had 0,360 to KUday 'a 0,373 In returns from 183 preclncta, four complete. In two other races Incumbent con pressmen were trailing. Rep. W. D. McFarlane had 430 votes to 754 for the man he narrowly defeated two year ago, Ed Goasett. Orady Gentry, Smith county Judge, was ahead of Rep. Morgan Sanders, 841 to 516, In the Tyler district. The total number of votes expected to be cast In state contests was between 760,000 and 1,000,000. l ' :ST TWO WEEKS NOTED The temperature dropped to 87 degrees yesterday, lowest alnce July It when It was 87, Vesterday'a max imum compared with OS tor Fri day and the year's high of 108 set last Wednesday, Lowest yesterday waa 81. The weather bureau held out hope for at least a little additional relief when It forecast lower temperature for Monday. Pair weather waa pre dicted for today. Humidity yesterday dropped to 18 percent, PORTLAND, July 33. (AP) After two days of 101 heat and another In the mld-90's, Portland'a temper. ature sagged mercifully today to a maximum of 72 degrees. SIT-DOWN RELIEF E NEW YORK, July 33. P Police made short work of a alt-down atrlke of 36 persons, Including 13 women, at a Bronx home relief office last night. They turned off the lights, closed the windows and barred the doors to sympathizers bearing food and blankets. The strikers, sweltering In a room without fresh air, light or food, gave up in disgust and left the building. 4 STRIKE END PLAN SAW FRANCISCO, July 33. (AP) A new "back-to-work" proposal by the American Can company waa rejected tale today by apokesmen for 1.350 CIO workers who have been on atrlke for a month at plants In San Francisco. Oakland. Loe Angeles and Sacramento. County REESE CRK. BLAZE AREAJNJLAIS Situation .Jackson County Improves But Still Acute Death Toll Past Week Fifteen. nmu. fmir new fires occurred yes terday on the Rogue River national fortst, the general situation in wua iuiii, v tun. mnnh lmnraved. The four new blazes were all reported al small. pla ..at. fnrent flra between Reese. and Indian oreeks In the Butte Falla area was brought under control tor. 4,. iMrnnA time last evening after wind In the late afternoon whlf" ped the flames across the trail that v..rf hn hunt around It. Thirty men. using a pumper truck and a marine pump, were still ngnung mo um last night. There were positively n farms or homes In danger, the dis trict fire warden'a office said. Lee piri Jr.. asalstant warden, waa In charge of the flre-flgiitlng erew. T.in helnir held last night on the state forest fire at Round Top In Evan valley and tne null creea; fire In Josephine county waa under, control, the warden'a office stated. The Huckleberry mountain lire on the Rogue River national forest wa still under control laat night. A crew of 110 men with three bulldoaeri and two pumpera were on the blaxe yesterday and 80 men were to patrol It during the nlslit, headquortera here aald. K. O. Obye. assistant auper vlsor, W. L. Jones, construction au-. perlntendent, and Slmerl Jarvl, fire chief all returned from the fire tej Medford headquartera Friday evening. The four now fires were situated in the Huckleberry mountain area, tt-iah rreeic district near the n..... T.V. n.tinnai nark boundary. at the head of Butte fork In the Ap plegate and near the Buck Rock look out in the Trail area. .ii tnemutrv nersonnel was belnt held on emergency duty for tiie aec ond successive week-end. With vis ibility remaining low. all emergenoy guards were also being kept on pat rol. While all Rogue River national for est recreational areas were being kept open to the public, visitors to some of the pleasure spots wore be- lng registered aa publlo service, headquarters announced. The regis tration, It waa emphasized, waa no to curtail recreational activities but to enlist the help of visitors In re porting any flrea ttiey might die cover and to keep tabs on the people .u-. fAMit miarda WOUld knoW aw " " " o where they were In case of emergen cies. . Rogue River national forest head quartera dispatched additional men. pack norsca ana t Friday to Oesquet and Brookings t help fight Siskiyou national fores fires. (By Associated Press) Fighters gained today In their bat .i. ..,., i7n Oregon fires but the situation remained acute and sev eral big conflagrations were ami un controlled. A new fire. 13 milea west of Agneaa, mid-Rogue River community, cover ed nearly 400 acrea and was not con trolled. The Chetco blaze tt'at haw scorched 10.000 acrea Jumped the Chetco river In the Siskiyou national forest and moved northwest with 1000 men fighting It. The Nome creek blaze, covering: 1800. In southern Oregon, was check ed at leaat temporarily. Near Jefferson, Ore., two Oregon electrlo railroad bridge were dam aged by fire, one seriously, late Frl- W- ..... The Bland mounuun atarted more than 40 fire along Day creek near Roseburg thla week, wa at work again Friday and set out from 10 to 18 flrea.' They were au brought under control. The 30,000-acre Smith river blaze In Douglas county wsa held within Its bounds by laboring crew. Ti:e 8000-acre fire near the head waters of Big creek In Clatsop coun ty waa controlled by 450 fighter, ald-i ed by rising humidity and cooling temperature. - The fire which started Friday in lash of the Cobbs-Mltchell company near Valseta covered 3500 acre of brush and timber. Only a log pond, It waa aald, prevented It from sweeping through the town. Stryker, waa burn ed to death In thl bilze. Stryker' deaO wa the eecond among fore at fire fighter and brought Oregon' fire, heat and drowning fatality total during the week to 15. n.mntura senerallv were low er over the tate although Baker. Bend. Burrs and laaeview gov degree heat. Pendleton 108 and Oranta Paas 100.
