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The Weather t'orecait Increasing rtnudlnekt, cooler ft)lltt?d by cJoudlneM Sunday and Monday. Temperature It (cheat ves(erdaj .. 102 I.OHfst yesterday. ,,. ., ft- A Great Deal Voa M find t treat sral to iniere you on the ClaasHird PIE this awmtej, Th mnatfy e first. Wiren js and what vait wku act at once. Tbibune EDFORD Full Associated Press t& United Press Thirty-Third Tear MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 193S No, 126, ra WD u M , i The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. YTELMtt LEAPS IN I X POPU LARITY AT WHITE HOX'SE FRf'KII VT ON NEW HEALERS MARYLAND PtlUil, SOl'OHT PLEDGE OP ltt-lft SENATORIAL NOMINATION WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. Probably the White House hasn't compiled a written list of men .who must he punished for their behavior In th purge primaries. No list Is necessary, for the memory of ingratitude is sharper than the serpent's tooth. But. If there were such a list, the first name on it would be that of Sumner Welles. The able, glacial uudei.ecretary of state has always been regarded aa ; particular presidential favorite. If usually reliable slpna are to be trust ed, however, he Is now a sort of Abou I Ben Adhem with reverse English. The law forbids printing the spicier things now being said about him at the White House, and not only by the president's left wing intimates, ei ther. Considering the disastrous situation abroad, and the fact that Wellea is one of the really useful officials tn the state department, the reason for his fall is somewhat ironical. To put It brutally, the White House crowd thinks Welles ran out eti them in the Maryland primary. Perhaps his greatest crime was his sudden tie . parture for Europe, leaving behind a mere 500 check for Davy Lewis' cam paign fund. As he was expected to be the chief financial angel of the cam paign against Millard Tydings, th's was regarded as strikingly inade quate. But while stingy angeling is the greatest, it Is far from being the only misdeed charged up against him. Prom the Inception of the purge. Sumner Welles had a big finger In the Maryland pie. The president and his henchmen denied secretly at Oson Hill, the big Welles place across the district border, to discuss the Maryland situation. Welles was always included In the councils of the purge committee, when the prob lem of destroying Millard Tydincs was to the fore. He. was. In fact, accepted as an important and valuable ally. Perhaps his former assaclates may now be jaundiced by the recollection of that little check. But, at any ra.o. they now accuse him of having tried from the start to further his persona ambitions. The story you hear at the White House is that Welles began by offering himself as the candidate against Tydings, and that, when he was told he could not run. he then attempted to obtain promises of the Democratic senatorial nomination in 1840. Of course. In view of the peculiar, ttlea of Maryland politics, no prosper ous outtander like Welles could or accepted ab a candidate. Yet the White House crowd states without equivocation that, when he was given the Job of rounding up Maryland support for Davy Lewis, he began by asking for organization support for himself two years from now. More over, he raised the purge commit tee's hopes of help from Mayor How ard W. Jackson of Baltimore to a paint where they were claiming ac tual alliance with Jackson, as was once recorded here. All these little dtficulttes might have been forgotten, however, tl Wellea hud lived up to expectations aa an angel. Again without equivoca tion, the White House crowd says that he made the handsomest pos sible promisee. Since he Is one of the rare well-heeled New Dealers, fee would have been expected to dr something handsome even without the promises. And all he gave was a picayune .00. As a kind of snnppUh appendix tu their remarks, the men around tne president add that Welles' White House favor was always exaggerated They say that he gv the appear- nco of being close to the president becuse ha orten Insisted on seeing him to ask advise on amall matters The same habit of bothering the . president with trifles coat RFC Chair man Jesse Jones his White House standing. And. according to Welles new enemies, it did not endear Wei lea to the president either. Of course, all the talk must 8e taken with a grain of salt. Wellea Is on old-time friend and associate of Franklin Roosevelt, and one who ha.? stuck by him when othera were de serting. Ambition msy have partly prompted his loyalty, but It ratwtiUy accepted. Yet the fact re mains that the above charges are oe Ing preferred against Wellea both oj left wingers and men who usually sing a different tune. When there Is suci unrtntmity In the chorus, r wrt Hi means, the singing deserve1 ENGLAND, FRANCE PONDER WAYS 10 PLACATEJITLER Slovakia Proclaims Emer gency State Mobilized- To Resist 'Rough Justice For Peace' Situation Complex. By the Associated Prens Czechoslovakia clamped sweeping restrictions on the liberty of her en tire populnc last night (Saturday) decreeing a three-month state of emergency a step reserved for times of great national danger. Citizens thus may be arrested with out warrants and held without charge. Letters may be opened. New r restrains were put on the .press Homes may be searched. The right of free assembly was suspended. With martial law already gorcrniiiz 18 Sudeten German districts, the Czechoslovak cabinet further strengthened its hand against auy internal disorders arising from threats of war or strident cries of the Sude ten minority for annexation by Ger- j many. j The government took this firm j step while other governments wor riedly sought a pacific solution of the war-breeding issues of central ' Europe. j Great Britain and Prance .striving j diligently to keep Europe from war, j bent their principal efforts toward j finding a way to placate Germany j without sacrificing her small but sturdy neighbor, Czechoslovakia. Itiplttmats Confer Prime Minister Neville Chamber lain of Britain, back in London from his historic Interview with Rclchs- fuehrer AdoU Hitler, held two cab inet sessions and invited Premier Edouard Daladler and 'Foreign Min ister Georges Bonnet of France to conferences In London today (Sun day) to agree upon an answer to take back to the German chancel lor in a few days. Hitler's demands remained an of ficial secret, but tt was generally agreed they were strong. Annexation of the Sudeten Ger man regions of Czechoslovakia was among the mildest of the demands he Is reported to have made. But as the statesmen talked of dividing up Czechoslovakia, the lit tle republic kept hard to her firmly charted course. President Eduard Benes was re ported to have Informed Britain that any annexation of Czechoslovak ter ritory would have to be accomplished by force. Read To Fight And she was ready to fight. About 800,000 soldiers and police were said to be under arms, prepared for any eventuality. Border fortifications were strengthened. The firm hand wielded throughout the Sudeten German regions, em bracing martial law, and dissolution of the Sudeten German party, ap peared to have been effective. Com parative quiet was reported In region scarred by rioting earlier . In the week. The German charge d'affaires In Prague threatened retaliation against Czechoslovaks living in Germany to (Continued on Pag Pour.J HOYT APPOINTED NEW MANAGER IN OREGON! SHIFT PORTLAND, Sept. 17. (p Palmer Hoyt, who came to the Portland Ore gontan 11 years ao aa a copj'rearter. will beonme manager Monday of the newspaper, the oldest dally in the Pacific northwest. A mornlnir newa paper. It waa founded In 180. Hoyt waa promoted from managing editor to manarer In rerlalon of manasement by the board of direc tor following a study made by Col Our T. VlskntsltKi. newspaper expert. Sueceedina; Hoyt aa manaelnj edi tor Is Arden X. Paniiborn. who w promoted from the post of eieeutlve news editor. Panehorn. who la 3! years old, came to the Oreeonian In 1925 aa a reporter. Hoyt, who la 41 years old, la graduate of the University of Oreeon. as la Panabom, and before cemina to the Orejronlan he waa on the staff of the East Oreirontan at Pendleton The new manager Is married and has two sons. O. L. Price, who has been manager will become president and publisher, and M. ). Prey, circulation manager, waa promoted to bulineas manager, mceeedlrut Wt . Hartmus. retired Paul tl. Kelty, editor, will remain tr (tola post. Women and Children Flee Sudetenland ' 'J 2ir IP r.AI , " gb neelng frimi the carnage f rebellion, these women and children are hawn beltle household goods a they awaited transportation from Eger, Chechoslovakia, only a few mile from the German border (o safer quarters eastward. This picture was made after fighting between Sudeten German and Czech police. If a flown to Miidon and transmitted by radio to New York, fc STATE CAMPUS NO STAMPING GROUND FOR AIRING 'ISMS' President Pe a vy Gives Warnings To Professors And Politicians Against 'Pernicious Activity.' CORVALUS, Sept. 17. (API A warning against "pernicious political activity" and a declaration that Ore gon State college la not ft forum for controversial political discussion cr an Instrument for Indoctrinating im mature minds came today to the cot lege faculty from President George Peavy. Addressing the annual meeting of faculty preceding the opening of school next Monday, Dr. Peavy said that while freedom of discussion "la cherished" on the campus, buildings and "ready made audiences' would not be at the disposal of candidate In plain words he told his stafl that if one found himself "Inyolved In polltlil activities which bring embarrassment to the Institution or which clearly are detrimental, to ite interests. It Is aaaumed that the in dividual concern will . . . desist from further pernicious political activity or withdraw Irom the instltiiuon." He stressed that the campus was the atate of Oregon and that while faculty-controlled forums for the dis cussion of "Isms" were In order, the "hypnotic effustona of special plead era" were not. Educational Blma f the college were outlined as better teaching methods and greater effort to see that the 80 percent of atudenta who never finish college was decreased. He u!r;cd the faculty to "give thought to this nation's future" and accept as a "sacred task" the leading ol stu dents, saying that "culture has per ished and despotisms aa ruthless aa any of the middle ages dominate" in parta of the old world. WESTERN STATES BUSINESS GAINS CAM FHAHCISCO. Sept. Vl-4frr-A axibstantial advance in business ac tivity tn far western states was dis closed today in the Bank of Amer ica's business review for August. The review said the bank"! pre liminary August index, standing t 70.1 per cent of t' computed nor mal trend value, the highest level since February, waa up 4 3 per cent over the previous month. Gains in carloadlngs and electric power production nd Improvement in building activity continued to fea ture western business, the review said. Klamath (iM Meet 6 BATTLE, fifpt. 17. fAP Dele gates to the second constitutional convention of the c,I.O.-af filiated In ternational Woodworkers of America lart nljrht selected Klamath PaJJs Ore-, for their 1639 scmIoq, FOREST FIRE IN TRAIL 01. AREA MENACES HOMES Over 30 men last night battled a forest fire which raged uncontrolled between Trail and Lewis creeks one quarter mile from the Trail guard station northeast of Mcdford, threat-, ening several ranch houses tn ttvt vicinity. The blase, covering a 200 -acre area about one mile long, started at 1 rOO p. m, yesterday on or near the Cush man ranch, the Rogue River nation! forest service office reported. Cause of the fire was not known, but It was believed to have been started by a careless smoker. CCC enrollres from Camps South Pork and Applegate were dispatched to the blaze, as were men from the Lake of the Woods road camp. There were also about 50 residents of Trail and vicinity enraged tn fighting the blaze. The forest service office said the fire would probably be under control early this morning. Two pumpers, a tractor and ft plow were sent from here to aid the men In hattling the fire, the pumpers to be used where water was available and the tractor and plow to bultd a fire line. Ranger Homer Hixon was In change of all operations Most of the land over which the fire burned was owned by the gov ernment, although portions belonged to ranchers In the district. Fir tim ber furnished material for the blaze The forest service also reported an other fire tn the Umpqua national forest, about 10 or 12 miles distant. It appeared to be large ard apread Ing, the forest service reported. STATE LABOR FOR ECONOMIC PEACE PORTLAND, Sept. 17. (yP) The Start Federation of Labor executive board urged cooperation of all groups tonight to effect "economic atabtllty." A statement tstued by D. E. Kicker, son, who succeeded the late Ben T. Osborn aa executive secretary. Incited other groups to Join organlwf labor "In awner program of fair dealing" to bring about industrial peace, "Ko group can long prosper at the expense of other- groups or at the expense of the general public," the statement said. "Agriculture, induatry, commerce should be meshed into a amoolh runntng machine in which each ele ment performs Its part. Thla condi tion can be achieved only by each group adopting an attitude of mu tual understanding n witllngneaa to consider the right and claims of other groups." . The board asserted "labor stand, committed to a policy of negotiation and conciliation before resort of any act which may Interrupt the free motion of the economic and indus trial machine." plder Bite lata! RED BLUFF CU Sept, 1?. fAPi Bitten by a black widow spider & wwlt $o, Wilbur Lud5. 31, of Lo Molinoa, died in a hospital here to day. He wait the son of Mr, as$ sirs W. II. Ludwi LITTLE CHILDREN ON PICKET LINES TH CHAPERONES GarrysBanners With Rhymes In Bay City Store Strike Peace Signs Brighter, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. S?, (AP Children of the primary school nge tool: to the picket lines In the de partment store strike today and sang of union solidarity in nursery rhyme paraphrase while worker and em ployer representatives again sought a solution of the deadlocked dispute Two tnidtlosds of youngsters tour ed the downtown area At each atorrt along Market street tut well ft itt the more fashionable shopping dis trict they took the place of the regular picket lines tor a few min utes. "Union Boiidarity i" they chorused. Like their sdult reEativeat they car rieo banners, A tiny blonde bore a placard reading: "Hickory, dickory dock. My school books are In hock. And now I cannot concentrate Because the boss wont arbitrate" Said another Juvenile picket pla card; "Passing picket lines U. wtonft; . , . ' They're what make the untsn strong. If you pass them, pass In shame, We won't say the nasty name." About 80 youngsters, tmder the care of nurses and chaperones, made up the little picket detail. Many passersby applauded them, some spoke critically. Meanwhile the outlook for peace In the 11 -day walkout brightesed slightly when spokesmen for the oo posing sides agreed to discuss once more the matter of seniority, para mount Issue la the strike. Both sides caucused before con vrning In the office of Mayor Angelo Roast, who already had made one un successful attempt to solve the sen iority problem. Details of the Rossi proposal were not disclosed. The employers mdi cated a willingness to accept It but the unions rejected it. Somewhere between 4,000 and B,QCi workers, involving a score of A.F.l. unions, left their Jobs tn 35 estab lishments September 7 but the store continued operating aid of regular non-union employe plus new worker hastily recruited for the emergency, GENERALLY-FAIR FOR COMING WEEK Korthem California Fair Sunday, fog along coast; local thunderatornu southern coast range; slightly cooler in interior; gentle changeable wind off coast, Oregon; Generally fair Sunday; cooler tn interior Sundayi gentle, changeable wHwi off coast, Outlook for period Sept, l-34v for far western state; Generally fair ex cept unsettled fore part of week in north Pacific state and Idaho; nor mal temperature PRESIDENT FLAYS FEAR MONGERS IN BRIEFJIR TALK Preserving Leadership And Patience Held Nation's Keed In Constitution Day Address. WASHINGTON. IT OPt Presi dent Roosevelt today assailed "pro fessional fear-mongers" and told a radio audience that patience and persevering leadership had always won the nation's hatties. Among the president's listeners were those attending a Constitution day observance at Poughfeeepsie, K. Y. Originally, the chief executive had arranged to attend the celebration, which commemorated the lS0t.Ii an niversary of Sew York's ratification of the constitution, on July 28. 1788. Mr, Roosevelt cancelled the trip when the European situation became more critical this week, and gave his message from the White House by radio Instead. It was broadcast by all national chains Tn his brief tk. the president made It clear that he admired lead era who. he said, tried "to make the constitution workable In the face ot new problems and conditions that have faced the nation from year to year, Drawing: a parallel between these who fought ratification of the con st Hut Jon and those of today who fear a strong national government the chief executive compared "the pro- fesslonat' fear-monger of 1838" to the "viewers with alarm' U0 years Those who opposed ratification of the constitution, Mr. Sooaevslt sorted, alre&dv had witnessed a feresk- !iow in government voder the art- eio or eortreaeration. Yet they were opposed to a real union," he continued, "because they believed those leader who view with alarm any effort to think and act tn nations? terms Instead of state and local terms. "Then, as now. there were men and women afraid of the future distrustful of their own ability to meet changed conditions; short-sight ed In their dog-in-the-manger con ception of local and national needs. THey were afraid of democracy; afraid of the trend toward unity; afraid of the 13 states beeomlng'one nation." The president said that "leadership toward the thought of n united na tion had to be patient and was" "Perseverance of leadership com bined with patience has always won he added. NEW YORK. Srpt. IT. (!) Offt- etaia of tho Columbia Broadcasting jwtem MM today "opcratlitjr diffi culties" mused a one-mlmito silence cutting off the. ' end of President Roosevelt's address. The circuit continued almost Im mediately after the president had concluded, it waa said. Tile entire network was affected by the breakdown. Production room operators aaid fney wero not imme diately able to determine what caused the lapse. FEDERAL DEBT AT NEW RECORD HIGH WASHINGTON, Sept. IT APJ Tha federal debt skyrocketed today to a new record hlh of 3a,4o7;013- 3, The completion of the treasury's borrowing of 8QC.0O0,0OG on bonds and notes wa responsible for the increase. The borrowing boosted the treas ury's cash working bela&ee to 3,t0,- 559,313 one of the largest sums In history, ' The size of the cash balance led some treaswy experts to tget that the government wanted to build up aiifurient cash rvwry to tost u through any financial emergency which might result from ta Euro pesn crisis, WOMAN KILLED B HUNT COMPANION KLAMATH PALLS. Ore, Sept. IT. (APf A deer hunting companion's hot at half'hidden target killed Mrs, Barbara Thompson of Matin. Or., tn California 30 miiea south Jl here today. The accident occurred on Eouno Mountain in Modoc county. Hot Thompson, a farmer's wife, died after she had been brouunt to the CCC camp in tut lav beds. MayHeadLegionilRFPiraS HIT ' ' v"' f ' J J .5 ,jt jk waiiiwa; camltftitte for the office if nfk!;it rsmmaBrtrr of fht Amer ican f,rBiim t 4t-paT-oNt Stephen F Chadfcirk abm?K Srattlp attorney, wlttr ciuerReti from iiva Wuri war at first lieafe-nasi. N0R1NMAN0F VALLEY THIRD IN ROPING CONTEST PRNm-ETOff Ore., Sept. IT. A brows-haired buekarua, Wayne Da vis of Enterprise On?., steered a frerv 5ed horse across the dusty; Pendie ton round-up arena today to win the worlds bucking ctwrnptonshlp, Davis, veteran of six round-ups. raked wild "Banjo Eyes." a dark bay with lejja of ctaatte, into submission lit the finals. George Nelssn of Warn !c. Ore,, took second piace, Ross Hers- rte, Dubois,. Wyo.. third, and stock Singleton, Reo fourth. Kettrift a slender, lanky ranch handr won fili-around cowboy championship and the famed Sam Jackaort trophy. Twenty thousand apectatsra watched him take thtfit in the Drone contest and first in tho steer roping event in .31 .i. Earl Marh Chugwnter. Wyo, was second in steer roping and Norman Cowan, Medford, Orpt third. A. p!ne-joHIng rids on 30 Below brought first mowey to Irwin Wort man, Mont., la the amateur bucktnf finalsv Cliff Gardner of Reno, who wat trnlUng yea&erday same- back today to take the bulldogging enamploa shlp. HIa average for the perspiring Job under a hot Oregon sun was less than 33 secosss. GREAT- GEM THEFT K CHICAGO LOOP CHICAGO, Sept. 27. (U?) PoHce tonight were investisfsttng; a report ed ? 00.000 jewel robbery in which the victim aaid three gunmen kid naped htm from busy "kp' street, Samuel Ksmsly, Kew Tork a jew elry saiesrosn, said two men accosted him he walked loir th9 street, forced him into an automobile driven by tha thirds and stripped him of four pouches containing $53,000 in uncut JeweSi and i 5.000 la ruhie, sapphires and emeraidt. TALMADGE READY TO FILEJMEST ATiAHTA, Brpi, ST. (AP Fot mer Oovemor Kiigcne Tahnaiigs. 4 mlntatraltos ertttc bo raa second to Sen. Wattrr P. Ofonre ta Wetfaes tufm ars!isi DwcrMe primary, annonnwd KmSaht is was fiitn cem M, bitt ttm rests tn aft countfe aaaertina; that If !e prove his con tnttr thr wottW "stwrif gtf me titer eiection. BULLETIN KfgM fTR Score n, n San Otrfta. BcattS ChaoUn. Craalwa an Hogart; Bar rett anst Sirtwist. Da, fHinif 8eore; Sacramfnro Sart Pranetse9... W!, rtfoirw and Ombi Siuts asd Bptiiss. B. n, t o t itar.ss. NEW OEAL STAND ON CONSTITUTION Sen. Senary Warns Of Further Efforts To After Documents Capper Scores F.D.R. Purges. (By the .tsjwieiaied Press) Republicans urged the country, tn a aeries of addresses last night. o mamtara ' constant vigilance iesfi the Rooseveit administration renew what they said were efforts to evsda the conatituii&a, They a poke at tallies scattered from Boaton to Taeoina, Wash., commem- oratms xhs adOHCsn of she cor.aiS tui tion by the Phiiadelphia conveniion 15 J years agov Tfte addresses at th Kiajor raiiiea were broadeast iscms by CBS, some by NBC. The leader of Republican forces in the aenate, 'Charies L. McNary. of Oregon,, said in an address in the PaeiHc northwest "Tha recent efforts to give the fed eral government authority lodged by Hie constitution in the states and to hand over that authority to the pres Went for the most part hsve b-een beaten back. But there is reason t3 believe that similar efforts, perhaps mors devious evsrs than a sup rem court packing offi. will be mad again to evade tha prosSins o! th constitution. Sen. Arthur Clipper o? Knas m an address prepared for delivery Topeka. aaM it was the duty ot con greas to refuse passage of the cd- ministratisti's court and go?emmn reorganisation hiUsv Fer performing: sucH dutiea ua fiinchingly and unafraid," Capper said, "members of congress h5d h honored by their cxrantrymn no pud trsm pub?5 gfe by 5Mr of the chief executive, Jndeedv those members of congress who wera un faithfut to their trust are the oon who should be purged from that body by order of the peopJ" John Hamilton, the Republican na tional chairman, who Introduced th speakers, quoted SesjamUi PrankUn to convey hta plea for vigilance. Ham ilton aaid that Franklin waa asked by a neighbor at the conclusion of tha constitutional convontion "what kind of a government have you given us? "A republic -if you can keep i so," was his answer, Hamilton aaid. Representative Bruce; Barton ot New York safd the constitution wac "the most iivtngv Important thing. i yottr dally life." "It Isn't," he added, "an id docvj ment covered with small w?5t!ojs preserved in the Horary of eongreeat Mft isn't an sb3tract!oii ior Mr. Roosevelt and Mr, Hughes (the chsij atioe to ouarr?! about, Colonel Prank Knox, pubiiah of ths Chicago Daily Kew and th party's 1938 vice presidential candi flate, said that "what w naed course, la a government which does $sc see as answer to eutly difficult problems: within 34 hours and which does not spring to fe relief of some: oppressed class by thoughtlessly impairing tha right of ail classes" THIRD JURY SAYS ESTABROOK GUILTY; OF GOON HILLSiJOaO. Ors. Sept. 37-!A?i Jaclt Estftbrook, tried tbre ttroe for comp'.icilv in tha berobiog of ft store at Rocktoa in 1935 because it sold ptcketnt iseer, waa conricted to day tn circuit court by ft Jury osj four womes and eht men who- de. sSarM him guiiif. !0 to i. utirr jurla s.i tvo erevtoua: trtstia failed to agree. K. c. Tsxoaer. atterrsey ?or the Portland k. W. I. WareSoasrasen union otttctal, Immediately filsd motion for the sroat ot iadajnent a&d the court (ranted a time lima of October 15. So the meantime, Ista Mook remains at tttxrts on "lO.Ooa bond. The defendaa? showed no emottsa as the Jury, oat atacay 4:51 s. bj. m dsf, returned Sth its verdict t 14 p. rrt. todsf. Se mads: no- oomfltest not did jurors sat n;lMa aooBt thetr deliberations. EatraMoos.. who dented tn atimat a aiSeged fa haw socorapanit Mrttta Boaarti and teon Wlllne ford on trip to the WiB8i& rueatf atotsi sb t mortal day, 1933. whem a soma hiew out tne frost of a beet parlor and smashed wiadows i the store. BoMrth and Wailtngfonj have pleaded guiitj. The case wa th mast protracted ot an; of U esre which strew out of too drive staged Seat winter if police against iaoor andaiistr.. Mora) than 40 men hsre been sentenced t prison or itt for set of ttoteate.
