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M"EDFOTCD MAIL TRTEUKE. MEDFOHD. OREGON. SUNDAY. .TULY 24. 19HS PAGE THREE STILL 'PHANTOM' Loyalist Coast Is Scourged, Oil Depots Are Blown Up By Dawn Bomber Honor Waits Marauder's Captor (AS Feature Service) MADRID A phantom air raider has done' more damage to the re publican cause In Spain since the war started July 18, 1936, than any two divisions of Insurgent enemy troops at the front. His destruction would be bailed throughout loyalist territory as a major victory. This air-raider, who usually oper ates on moonlight nights, has de stroyed countless gasoline and oil de pots and ships, his raids being car ried out In the most spectacular fashion. Very little is known of the raider or raiding plane, which at times car ries a two-man crew. Some have re ported the plane to be Italian; others, German. It is believed the Intrepid filers change their equipment fre quently, but never their methods. String Of Successes Because of censorship the world has heard of this marauder only In recent weeks when the plane began to attack and sink British shipping. Prior to that, however, the attacker had a long and spt.tacular string of succeses during which It Is reck oned he destroyed around a half billion liters of gasoline and oil along the republican seaboard. His most spectacular coup was In Valencia harbor in mid-January Plummeting down from a great height with silent motor Just at dawn one morning the plane barely skimmed many flve-to-elght-mllllon liter gasoline and oil tanks while the pilots leisurely machine-gunned the tanks with arm or -piercing bullets. Burned Three Weeks Then the plane wheeled sharply and flew back to drop incendiary and explosive bombs. There was a sheet of flame as the oil took fire. Three weeks later the fire had not yet fully died out. Well over 100 million liters of oil and gasoline were lost. This episode was repeated at Bar celona, Tarragona. Alicante and Car tagena, leaving the government to rue the day when preceding regimes rejected the American-drawn plan to put storage tanks underground In the hills behind the coast. The mystery plane's most brutal attack came on April 14 north of Caste lion where it swooped down on the International brigade's Bed Cross hospital train carrying foreign cas ualties from Valencia to Barcelona. After trailing the train at a 50-foot altitude and bombing It, the pilots circled about and machine -gunnea the wreckage for 15 minutes. Sixty patients were re-wounded and a dozen died; some lost their minds under the ferocity of the attack. The raiders In June went after all shipping, frequently disabling or sinking two ships In a single night. The same methods of direct, low at tack with bombs followed by ma chine guns were used, always with success. The plane also experimented successfully with an aerial torpedo against the British freighter Thorp ness outside the Valencia breakwater, then flew off to bomb and sink a nearby ship. The raiders prefer the dawn attack unless there Is moonlight. They use a single motored hydroplane equip ped with at least two heavy calibre machine guns. To keep their hand In during lulls the operators fre quently have been reported machine gunning republican highways. The highest decorations and nonora await the republican aviator lucky enough to down the marauder and clear up the mystery of his or their Identity. Scarcely anyone believes the plane is piloted by Spaniards. HARRISON SEES E SAN FRANCISCO. July 22. (API Senator Pat Harrison. Mississippi Democrat, chairman of the senate finance committee, expressed the opinion In an Interview here todaj that there Is little likelihood of a general re-vamplng of the tax struc ture by the next .-ongress. 'There 1 a strong sentiment ID congress to help business, and J would hate to see any movement such as the recent tax study so ex aggerated In the public mind as to frighten legitimate Investment.' Har rison said. v The tax study to which Harrison re ferred was made by the treasury de partment, concurrently with a Joint committee of both houses of congress u (!. RELIEF CUT PLEA PORTLAND. July 23. (AP) Cir cuit Judge James P. Stapleton and John P. Winter, sitting en banc, heard Multnomah county's plea yes terday that It was not required to pay half the pro-rated cost of state relief administration. The relief administration contend ed its c-xpens was included In the ect of relief find that it therefore was entitled to charge one-half to the county. No decision was announced. Cloting t:m for roo Lata to Clas sify Ads IS 1:30 p m. FOR SIT - DOWNERS CHICAGO, July 23. (AP) A fed eral court ruling last night that an employer may discharge workers who seize property In sit-down strikes appeared headed today for supreme court review. It set aside a national labor re lations board order finding the Fan steel Metalurglcal corporation guilty of unfair labor practices and di recting the reinstatement of S3 men discharged February 17. 1937. when they occupied the company's North Chicago plant. The court majority, Judges Will M. Sparks and Walter C. Llndley. held the workers lost their status as employes when the company dis charged them and hence "there was no longer a majority of petition ers' employes who were members" of th union which sought collective bargaining rights. "It is urged by the board that the commission of a crime by strik ers does not preclude their right to bargain with petitioner." the ma jority opinion said. "This we admit, provided they still are employes and represent a majority of all. "What we hold Is that there was just cause for discharge. It was exercised, and those who have not been re-employed are not employes and were not at the time of the findings and order of tha board. In a dissenting opinion. Judge Walter B. Treanor contended the strikers remained employes tor the duration of the strike. He also said illegal acta by employes did not give the company a right to un lawfully defy tha labor board. A pound of very fine wool will yield hearty 100 miles of thread. Cultivation of tea requires heavy rainfall. In practically one -sixth of the ur ban families In this country tha only wage -earners are women. The peak of employment In the canning Industry Is August and September. There are 470,190 Smiths on tha social security rolls; 348.530 Johnsons: and 353,750 Browns. Parental Leaning Toward Children Shown in Study By Corrinne Hard est t (United Preas Statf Correspondent.) CHTCAOO. (UP) The face that mothers have favorite sons nnci fathers favor! ta daughters sometime a good many sons and daughters hsve long suspected has been confirmed by scientific research. Dr. M. H. Kraut, profossor of psychology and sociology in the Chi cago city colleges, has completed a survey of tha filial value of children to their parents. "It all depends on tha place of tha child among other children of the family group," Dr. Kraut said. "For example, mothers tavor their first born, especially a first-born son, the competitive strivings of the elder male child. The young child, boy or girl, gets most of father's affec tion." The child who gets the least en thusiasm from either parent Is the girl child who follows another girl in the family group. 'The -similarity In sexes In p re- Tat hers react lass favorably to vlous and succeeding children la a powerful factor in Influencing child preference." Dr. Kraut said. Mother-favoritism Is more widely distributed than father-favoritism. Dr. Kraut found, mothers generally favoring all their male children ex cepting the younger of two male children In succession. A girl child, following two male children, has 72 chance out of 100 of being favored by her father and has 62 chances out of 100 of being submissive to the oldest brother, Dr, Kraut's figures revealed. The professor's studies covered 1,093 Individuals In 450 families and were carried on over a period of three years. Twenty-six different poss.ute posi tions in the family group all the positions possible In a family of five children were studied In relation to 30 characteristics. The cnaracter 1 sties included being favored by either parent; being disciplined by either parent; being attached to an older brother or sister, submission to an older brother or sister, etc Dr. Kraut pointed out that many parents think they are equally da voted to all their children and that It la commonly supposed only step children or Illegitimate children ar rejected. "Clinical psychologist know, how ever." he said, "that child neglect may be found in normally consti tuted families." While pointing out that parental rejection and parental disci; lne ar not synonymous, Dr. Kraut found that fathers tend to punish sons, while mothers usually discipline daughters. The works of Robert Southey. Eng lish poet laureate, fill more than 100 volumes. AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF IMPORTANCE TO FRUIT GROWERS of the ROGUE RIVER VALLEY SOUTHERN OREGON SALES, INC., was estab lished in 1926 BY ROGUE RIVER VALLEY GROWERS for the purpose of providing more efficient and economical, handling of fruit; in packing, pre-cooling, marketing and shipping. Those who conceived this institution sought to effect important, much-needed changes in virtually every phase of" the industry. Their objectives have been accomplished and every grower in the Rogue River Valley has gained thereby. Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., has been IN SPIRIT, and to a large degree, IN FACT a COOPERATIVE organi sation. It has long been the plan of the original incor porators to TURN THE ENTIRE FACILITIES of the Southern Oregon Sales TO THOSE GROWERS WHOSE PARTICIPATION HAS MADE POSSIBLE ITS SUCCESS. THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED 1 SOUTHERN OREGON SALES, INC. Is Now a 100 PER CENT COOPERATIVE! FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE INDUSTRY .. . - The original Incorporators and those who have participated In the direction and management of the Southern Oregon Sales, point with satisfaction to these accomplishments and business policies which have fcpelled success for the operation of this company and are reDected In Improved conditions throughout the Industry In this valley: ' CROP POOLS In fairness to growers with limited tonnage, Southern Oregon Riles. Inc., established pools for grades, sizes and varieties. Returns are paid on AVERAGE RETURNS less AVERAGE COST of each pool. Growers are paid as rapidly as possible as returns In each pool accumulate, and In line with sound business operation. This plan lias proven especially beneficial to smaller growers from the standpoint of actual returns and the speed, with which then returns have been paid! PRE-COOLING - STORAGE Ample facilities for pre-cooling and storage of fruit have resulted In substantial savings for growers In refrigeration costs and storage V ' In transit. This company Initiated the system of utilizing weather bureau reports to effect material savings In refrigeration service charges. NEW SOLID LOAD Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., originated the SOLID LOAD In fruit shipping will eh has now been generally adopted by shippers here and elsewhere. This solid load spells substantial savings In shipping cost. Au res more effect Ire, uniform refrigeration, and saves breakage. CENTRALIZED PICKING CREWS This f ompaiiy Introduced the plan for centralized picking crews, a plan which ha facilitated the labor problem for many small growers and assured uniform ripeness of fruit due to speedy plrklng opera tion!'. By speeding up picking In Individual orchards, production problems In the Southern Oregon Sales plant have been solved with resulting reduction In handling costs. LIME SULPHUR PLANTS - Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., Introduced Into general use on Rogue River Valley orchards small plants for the manufacture of Lime Sulphur pray. Important savings have been made In shipping rnts and the actual cot of Lime 8ulphuireduced on an average of 50 per cent! CROP PRODUCTION ADVICE Ljle P. Wilms, horticulturist and awlstant manager of Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., devotes much of bis time to the analysis of crops, offering growers valuable advice and assistance In bringing up the standard of thelj. frnlt. This service, rendered without cost tn growers, hss Improved the quantity, size and quality of fruit grown on several orchards In this district. EXPORT SELLING HERE Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., maintain a sales manager IN MEDFORD to handle export selling In line wlth-the Increasing trend for huyerl to deal nriUXTI.Y WITH THE ROl'RCE. Marketing and taction connections are established In the east but the percentage of frnlt ROi r.HT III HE la steadily erpsndlng. In the interest of those who originated and financed this organization, and in the interest of those who participated in its operation and are now ACTUAL OWNERS, 12 years of actual operation were devoted to carefully analyzing the entire industry; initiating improved methods of operation; providing facilities for, and perfecting methods" of packing and pre cooling fruit; .establishing preferred connections in domestio and world markets; introduc ing improved, more economical operation in the movement of fruit to markets. The officers and directors of the Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., feel that their accomplishments of the past 12 years are definite contributions to the fruit industry of the Rogue River Valley. Likewise, they feel that the success of this company reflects the sound business policies under which it has operated, and the capable direction and management it hu enjoyed. The time is RIGHT for this company to become a FULL COOPERATIVE:; to give those who have contributed to the success of. Southern Oregon Sales., Inc., an INTEREST in the company and an opportunity to have a VOICE in its operation I CLASS B PREFERRED STOCK (Par Value $10 Per Share) IS NOW BEING ISSUED TO GROWERS representing their actual interest in the Southern Oregon Sales. It is being issued in the proportion each grower's packed fruit for the past four years bears to the total volume of packed fruit handled during that period. This stock will eventually be TAKEN UP IN CASH or may be retained as a sound investment by the grower 1 Changes in the organization, making this plan possible, were effected when new Articles and By-Laws were adopted May 31st, 1038. The same conservative, time-tried polioies and methods of operation will be maintained; the same sound business management retained. The ONE EXCEPTION provides for ALL PROFITS OR SAVINGS TO BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY ON A PATRONAGE BASIS I Voting will be in proportion to tonnage. Stock certificates are NOW READY for growers who have handled their fruit through the Southern Oregon Sales ; Growers who have not previous to this date are invited to become a part of this sound, cooperative organization I Growers who have availed themselves of Southern Oregon Sales service are invited to call for their Class B. Preferred stock certifi cates now awaiting them. Growers who are interested in facts , concerning our COMPLETE PACKING, PRE-COOLING, SHIP-' PINO and MARKETING SERVICE plus the added advantages of becoming STOCKHOLDERS in this profitable cooperative organi- , zation are asked to call at our offices or 'phone for detailed information. SOUTHERN OREGON SALES, inc. MEDFORD, OREGON PHONE 1234
