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PACE ETC ITT rEDFOT?D MATE 'fftlBryE. rEDFO"RD, OKEGOy. TTEPyESDT. "ATJGrST 10. 1938. OF GOONSTERS IN HALF YEAR DRIVE Over Forty Men Now Lan guish in Cells Through Confessions or Convic tions; Few Yet to Be Tried PORTLAND. Aug. 10, W) Onion labor In Oregon trwuia path today frea of th racketeora who besmirch ed Ita reputation. In the county Jail and aut prlaon langutsh more than 40 men who have pleaded guilty or been convicted aince last February of an assortment of crimes ranging from almple aaaault to complex plota or anion and bomb ing. A few remain to be dealt with, but for the moat part the email gang of lawless individual who nttached thcmselve to labor' label and oom- mltted more than 250 act of vlollnce over a two-year period have ruffered the law' penalties for their terrorism of employers, employes and even rival union who failed to fall In line with their organization Idea. Only Small Union Group. A salient fact In the six-month campaign of police and prosecutors to end the reign of terrorism wss that the 100 or o men (Treated' com prised but a fraction of the thous and of union workers Innocent of wrongdoing. In the final washout. only four of Portland' 118 unions figured In the violence the team sters, masters, mates and pilot, two dry clesner groups and a, scattering of grocery clerks, both A.P.L. Each . of these speedily condemned the vio lent acts of a few leadera and soon Installed officers replacing them. The climax of the antl-terrorlsm campaign was the recent conviction of Albert E. Rower. 44, the baldlah for- mer secretary of the 'A.P.L. teamster unions of Oregon and once a moat powerful figure In the state's lsbor picture. A circuit court Jury at Dal las. 60 miles south of here, pinned upon him the crime of complicity In the destruction by fire last November of a box factory at West Salem. The flames, spreading to a lumber yard, caused damage estimated at (130,000. .Major Crime. This was the major crime of the racketeers and was the means em ployed to desl with the rerslstent refusal of the factory employes and management to accept union or ganization. Of the five thus far declared guilty In the arson plot. Al U. Banks, for mer teamster business sgent at Sa lem, drew a 12-year prison term: Ernest Carson. Cecil Moore and John Ncwlanns, who like Bank pleaded guilty, have yet to be sentenced, and Roaser, who has filed notice of ap peal, faces a possible sentence of five to 1ft year. The fate of several others charged In the same crime remain to be determined, tut two have been freed. Rosser's conviction stood out be cause of the prisoner's exalted sta tion In ft union that had gained peculiar power because of Its Juris diction over r key trade and because of Its traditional willingness to carry the torch for other unions In times of trouble. The antl-terrorlsm drive wss set off by the bombing last Janusry of cleaning establishment here and which, oddly enough, has never been solved. The testimony of a rela tively minor figure who "sang" be cause of a grudge, atarted a trail of confessions. One man's story reached out and caught others end they in volved new figure until at length nearly score of men clothed with titles In certain unions found them selves In Jstl and crimes dating back as far as two years had been laid at the door of labor. Crime Fount Vnfonnd. Officials of the mate Federation of Labor, aa well as police and prose cutora. were unable to trace the wave of vandalism, bombings, acld-throw-Ing, assaults and arson to oeMnlte beginning. District Attorney Jemes R. Bain of Portland, a leader In the prosecutions, sstd the terrorism was not an outgrowth of the A.P.L -CI O. Jurlafllrtlonal fight. In fact. Ml Agreed that the violence began be fore the sehlsm In labor's ranks. A more logical beginning, say labor federation executives, waa ht beer fight between the teamsters and Vie brewery workers. This dispute mas national In scope at the outset and grew exceedingly bitter on the west roast about two years a.so. Its crux wss whether the tesnuters or the rival brewery union should control beer deliveries. The traditionally mtlltsnt tt-msters had grown rapidly prior to this dis pute and they exercised Jurisdiction over a trade that necessarily affected most other trades. Certain of their leaders, aware of their strategic, posi tion, used It In the general unioniz ing movement. They aided weak craft In times of trouble and won a philanx of friends through union ism, to say nothing of a formidable reputation. TraniMer Oanzrenus. It was a catch-phrase In union l ibor that "If you have the teamsters with you. you can't lose." Lsbor chiefs said they believed that as this rugged, militant union trew to great strength It held an understandable lure to a dangerous ,und undesirable type of men. There were some 13.000 teamsters In Oregon at the presumed stsrt of the terror Ism wave and among them, oeyond question, were unprincipled adven ;urers who were looking for t chance 'o get In fteht. " In Play Tonight FFSTIVAI SET FOR I I f " " Largest Audience in Series to Date Sees Hamlet Veteran Shakespeare Actor Praises Production llrrn li GMrffi F. Smith u Mai Tollo In Turin h Mr lit which will be prrntM at the Elizabethan lh atcr In Afthlnnd at 8:30 tonlrfit for the first time In the current Ore? on Shakespearean Festival. Mr. Smith had placed Malrollo ilnre Twelfth Nliht was first produced four year ago and U one of the rreat comrdv farorttea In the play. When the bser war atarted they spurned the more patient methods and toole to beatups and vandalism and other forma of "direct action." Prom thla. federation chiefs believe. grew the Oregon "Goons, as me vandals were called. Once the start was made, a few sincere, thoughtful unionists allowed themselves to be drawn In. on the mistaken belief they were acting for labor' good. Ill Effects Seen. Federation offlcera deplored the vandalism wave because "we do not approve of violence, If for no other reason than because It doesn't pay" and because the Inevitable "antl-terrorlsm campaign hurt the morale of the unions, lost public support and made union labor ttmld at a time when clean, undeflled aggrecslvenejw waa badly needed. A far cry from the dally accounts of violence of a few months ago was the conference held a few days ago at the call of a Portland union leader who got business men and labor figures together and organized a comm)tte which will Jointly aeek the speediest, moat practical course back to better times for both bus iness and the working man. With another new attendance rec ord established at last night's repeat performance of Hamlet, Interest turned to the presentation of Twelfth Night this evening for the first time In the current Oregon Shakespearean Festival. Twelftii Night will be given only once In this year's festival at the Elizabethan theater In Ashland. It has been one of the most popular of the Shakespenre , comedies since the festival was founded four years ago. The curtain will rise on the play at 8:30. Last night's audience waa t-.e largest at any of the plays In the current series to date. The attend ance this year has been cumulative. With the exception of Saturday night, attendance has Increased at each performance. Saturday's audi ence waa the biggest for any Satur day In the four-year history of the festival. Sent Hale Gains. With most of the sponsoring mem bership tickets already used, the sale of Individual seats at the theater box office has been increasing stead ily. Reserved seat and general ad mission tickets may be procured not only at U:e box office but In advance at the Fruit t Musta and Radio Cen ter, lit Wast Main street, and at the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. least night's audience saw another smooth production of Shakespeare's great tragedy. The play was present' ed with the professional finesse U a characterized the production at the opening of se festival last Friday evening. In lost night's audience waa Wll Ham Oreenleaf, retired professional Shakespearean actor who makes bis home on Uie Old Stage road. Taking part In the Informal backstage re ceptlon after the ahow, Mr. Oreen leaf said the production was excellent In all Its phases. He related that he had now seen 26 different compan ies present Hamlet and he ranked the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association high among them.' Receptions Popular. Incidentally the backstage recep tions are proving a popular Innova tion. Anyone In the audience may go backstage after the performance to meet the players. Copies of the Illustrated souvenl: programs sold at each show nave been requested for their files by Har vard university and the New York public library. Figures disclosed today by Mrs. H Chandler Egan, chairman of the Med ford sponsoring membership committee, and Mrs. H. M. Schilling, chairman of the Ail land committee. showed a sizeable gain in member ships over lost year's totals. The Med ford total this year was 131 .sponsoring members, more than dou ble last year's 05. The Ashland to tal this year was 90 as compared with 70 a year ago. Receipts for tue first three performances exceeded the entire proceeds of the festival last year. Mrs. Egan said that the sale of sponsoring memberships this year was an easy task, the Interest created by the festival In the past making natural demand for tickets. New .Members. Mcdford sponsoring members 'not previously announced Include Mr. and Mrs. Paris B. Bfgelow, M& and Mrs. William A. Gates, Mr. and Mrs. Ctarlts A. Wlnf and Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Tallla of Hilt, Cal. New Ashland members Include Prof. Irving Vlnlng, Mrs. F. O. Swed enburg, Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge M Oreen, Homer Billings, Miss Paulina Carter, Dora E. Wight, John Murphy and Miss Floy Young. Tonight's play, Twelfth Night, It will be recalled, la a comedy of mis taken Identity. Each believing tho other has been drowned in a tiiip wreck, a twin brother and sister go their separate ways. To obtain em ployment, the girl, Viola, disguises herself as her twin brother and be comes attendant upon a young lord who Is meeting with scant success In wooing Lady Olivia. Cast U Gltcn. The young gentleman places re sponslblllty of winning nla lady upon Viola, now known as Cesarlo. Lady Olivia falls In love with Cesarlo and to complicate matters the twin brother shows up and there Is much confusion. Ultimately everything Is untangled and Viola marries the lord with whom she has fallen In love. The cast follows: Orslno Angus Moore Sebastaln Jim Parsons Antonio .... .Hgen Moore Vletlne Don Sloane Curio - Norman Hamilton Sir Toby Belch... ....Angus L. Bowmcr Sir Andrew Aguecheek Tom Fatrchlld Mil vol lo Geo. F. Smith Fabian William Cottrell Feste ....... Robert Stedman Olivia Melba Day i Viola .. Sallle Geary Maria. Kitty Ingle Priest ............ . . Don Sloane I Officer .. Arden Hall ' Tbe Merchant of Venice will be re- I pea ted tomorrow night and tlie i Taming of the Shrew on Friday ev ening. Hamlet will bring the festi val to a close Saturday night. Mrs. Murray Dies KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. 10. (AP) Mrs. E. J. Murray died yesterday San Francisco following a long Illness. She was the wife of the former publisher of the Klamath Falls Evening Herald. LIT WAR'S FUSE ONLY YEAR AGO Fight Between Jap Sub-Lieutenant and Shanghai- Air drome Guards Marked Beginning of Onslaught By MORRIS J. HARRIS SHANGHAI. Aug. 10. (Pi One year ago Tuesday a fight In Shanghai transformed the north China conflict with Japan Into a minor war. The spark was struck when a Jap anese naval sub-lieutenant ana nis chauffeur engaged In a tun battle with Chinese airdrome guardr while motoring along the west borders of the city, near Hungjao airdrome. The two Japanese and two Chinese were shot dead, and central China was thereby doomed to the fhtes of war. After the initial clash of troops one month earlier, on July 7 at Petptng. there had been hope the righting would be limited to the northern provinces. Troops flushed In. But for four days after the air field incident, both Chinese and Jap anese rushed armed forces Into Shanghai. On August 23 the storm broke, to continue until Shanghai was dom inated by Japanese, the Chinese capi tal of Nanking captured, the center of the country ravaged by warfare. It continues with Japan fighting along the upper Yangtze river. 110 miles below Hankow, the present pro visional capital of China and current JaDaneaa objective. The August 13 fighting marked the first warfare In Shanghai aince 1933. Fear August 14. August became "bloody Saturday." Chinese and Japanese air legions, the latter with the assistance of anti aircraft guns aboard Japan?se war ships, battled over the heart of the city's foreign areas. Nanking road. Edward VII avenue and other prominent streets were bombed. Thousands wore killed and Injured, Within a few days, the majority of foreign women and chil dren had run a gauntlet of blazing guns to safer cities. Today, with deadly seriousness. Shanghai launched a precautionary program to guard against disorder the anniversary. An estimated 15.000 police defense troops and vol unteer units of varloua nationalities were on duty, along with heavy Jap anese forces, lest there be an out break of anti-Japanese terrorism. latlon would be 1800 million inhab itants Instead of 137 million. I ROSEBURO. Ore.. Aug. 10 (AP) E. A. Frey. 45. San Oabrlfl, Calif.. was drowned late Tuesuay wnne fishing In the North Umpqua river near Jack creek. Mrs. Prey, who heard his calls for help as he wss carried away by the swift current, was unable to find his body snd drove to the nearby Steamboat CCC camp where more than 30 men re sponded and recovered the body 30 minutes later, about an eighth of a mile below Jack creek. Frey had been camped with his wife, daughter and small son at Canton creek for the past week. If the United States were populat ed as densely as Holland Its popu- I I .JkJLl cola drink $?f$ Fine in gjblY flavor. Ill i Pure in quality. VISIT AT PICNIC Former residents of low from Medford were hosts Sunday to the Southern Oregon Iowa Picnic asso ciation at Jackson Hot Springs. About 300 ex-Iowans were In attend ance. A plcnto at noon, followed by a short program and Informal visiting were highlights of the day. The pro gram consisted of group singing of the Iowa state song: a duet by U E Stennett, Medford. and son. A. J Stennett. Crescent City. Cal.: rend ing by Owen H. BamhUl, Ashland, violin solo by Harold Stindvlk, Oylm pla. Wash., and comic skit by L. E. atennett. The association voted to meet next year at Riverside park, Orant Pass, and R. B. Blankenberg of that city was nelectrd to head the (tr.nip. R. C. Morris. Medford, waa president the past year. OUAHANTEED PERMANENTS 3.7S 3.00 7.60 $10.00 Ethelwyn's Beauty Salon Phone M3. We'll haul away tow refuse. City Sanitary Service. 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