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The Weather Forecast: Rain tonight and Tuesday; not much change In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday ..a,.,,. 83 lowest thii morning ............ A Precipitation nat 24 hrs. T You Never Know Are you following the Classi fied Ads. regularly Pfople profit moat who do. Right now U ft food time to start the habit. Vou never know Just what to expect when you read these Ada. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1938. No. 12C. an rrcnmrznn n rz n n in a rnnnn rr rv n r-n n rv m 1 I : The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American News- paper Alliance, Inc. KENNEDY AND BULLITT HELD EXCELLENT ENVOYS BOTH PARTISANS OK NATIONS IN WHICH THEY SERVE . AMBASSADOR TO LONDON NO LONGER POPULAR AT WHITE HOUSE PARIS AIDE CALLED DISILLUSIONED LEFIST WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 The Unit ed States' principal eyes and ears In a troubled Europe belong, at the moment, to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and William Christian Bullitt. In the last dreadful fortnight, there has been so much to watch and to hear that these two have been the busiest em ployes of the American government. They have done an excellent Job. The most critical career officers of the state department admit that this country has rarely been so fully and so promptly informed of "the devel op merits In any crisis. Vet, this 1b no time to swallow their virtues and forget their defects. Remembering the example of Walter Hlnes Page, It Is a time to view them and their doings with a cold and fishy eye. The Kennedy Myth. To begin with Joe Kennedy, he Is the proud subject of a completely bogus newspaper myth. The genial, self-made Irishman, taking no non sense from the British, watching his country's interest with a business man's eye you know it all. Actually, while he Is shrewd, genial and an Irishman, he isn't self-made at all. He Is the son of a prosperous bank president, and the son-in-law of an extremely successful Boston politician, Mayor "Honey" Fitzgerald. He was a bank president himself be fore he was in his thirties, but. being a gay and daring fellow, he preferred the career of a stock speculator. As a speculator, he amassed a very large fortune, part of which he smartly bet on the political future- of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. That final specula tion has put him where he Is today. His manner Is probably responsi ble for the legend that he la a mere child of nature. His language Is a cheerful torrent of profanity and pic turesque expression. No one Is bet ter, or more ebullient company. Be cause he Is rich, because he plays at being a rough diamond, because he Is clever, and because his brood of nine handsome children fascinate and astonish the British as the Dlonne quintuplets might, he hns been a vast success In England. The success has affected him no ticeably. When he was newly named to his post. Lady Astor was In Wash ington. She pursued and he fled, until It really began to seem that the old stories about fauns and dryads were told the wrong way round. Now he Is one of the prize exhibits at Cliveden, and the wonderfully Impres sive and exciting English world has taken him to Its bosom. He has be (Continued on Page Four.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Th Al and Monty Gllhousen Great Dan Happy being the center ot at tention at the Rogue River lodge. Happy looking extremely bored all the while. Mrs. Ralph Wstson courteously showing patron, atones and genu at her Treasure Cabin despite her anxiety over the safety of her hus band and sons who were working feverishly to save their hill home stead from the flamea of the Trail forest fire. Madelon Sundermsn staying home to take care of the baby and do the housework while hubby Cordy was taking In the thrllla of a horse back Jaunt along the Skyline Trail. Mama and Papa Lou Ml lei very tnisy trying to keep baby Miles un der control while attempting to en ;oy a sporting event. Lenora Kellom consuming with eagerness a lot of something she vow, she dislikes, mste Horace look ing on In amazement. Jsrk , Porter going through all of the requirements of a high school yell leader at the baeebnll game yes terday whU reotln' for Medford. SOVIET SUPPORT SOUGHT TO KEEP SUDETENSECTOR England. France Propose Slovakia Pay Price of Peace for Them Terms Given Hitler, i PARIS, Sept. 19...(AP) Sourc-.., es In closest touch with Prague said today Czechoslovakia would ask a fuller hearing of Its case In a reply to the Franco-British plan to rede S inlet an areas to Germany. Czechoslovakia's reply, drawn up this evening, was expected to be delivered to Iondon and Paris tomorrow and will avoid flat ac ceptance or reject Ion of the French and British proposals to avoid war with Germany, these sources said. The reply was said to point out the British Prime .Minister Neville ..Chamberlain ..Hew .to Berrhtesgnden to hear Adolf Hit ler's desires, and therefore the western European democracies ought In all fairness to glre equal attention to the Czechoslovak government's objections. PRAGUE, Sept. 19. (AP) The Czechoslovak government after an all-day session announced tonight the Franco -British proposals for turning the cotintry's Sudeten area over to Germany was being ''con sidered with all earnestness the situation demands." A communique gave no Indication of the trend of the Prague discus sions. However. Informed political sources said It might be possible that the Anglo-French proposals would be ac cepted but only as a basis for fu ture negotiations. The Czechoslovak cabinet studied the British and French proposals at lengthy session but at Its con clusion there was no indication that decisions had been reached. Besides strengthening the patrols the government appealed to the peo ple to refrain from demonstrating against the Anglo-French proposals. Moscow Silent GENEVA. Sept. 1 9. ( AP ) Czecho slovakia was reported today to have asked Russian officials here for the soviet union's support against deliv ering over the Sudeten German area to Germany. MOSCOW. Sept. 19. ( AP) Soviet Russia maintained an official silence tonight on the British-French plan for cession of Sudeten German areas of Czechoslovakia to Germnny In a deal to save Europe's peace. Some soviet circles, however, con tended developments proved what the (Continued on Page Five.) VOTE TOMORROW (Ry the Associated Press) The Democrats of a section of New York City will decide today (Tues day) the outcome of the, last of President Roosevelt's announced ef forts to rid congress of Democrats whom he calls conservatives. They will choose between Rep. John J. O'Connor, whom Mr. Roose velt has denounced aa "one of the most effective obstructionists" In the house, and Jamea H. Fay, new dealer backed personally by the chief exec utive. Although the president was beaten In similar fights recently In the Democratic senatorial primaries of South, Carolina, Georgia and Mary land, Mr. Roosevelt's aides Indicated they were hopeful of better fortune in New York. Because of its national aspects, the O'Connor-Fay contest overshadowed other primary elections today throughout the remainder of New York and in three other states New Jersey, Wisconsin and Massachusetts. 4 FARM tjl, OEAO . PORTLAND, Sept. 19. (AP) George A. pal miter, master of the state grange from 1923 to 1930, died from a heart attack Saturday night while attending a meeting of the Mllwaukie Grange. He will be buried Wednesday. Palm iter was 69 years old and for some years operated a ranch near Hood River. He left the Orange to become manager of the farmers auto mobile inter-in sura nee exchange and at the time of his death he ope rated a furniture store at St. Johns i Bis widow and tig children survive. They This radio photo shows Prime Miniver Neville Chamberlain (left) as he greeted (.corses nmiiiet, French Foreign Minister (center) and fidounrd Haladler, French premier, nrrlvlng at London, Hnglnml, Croydon air port. The French ministers made the hurried flight to discuss the German-Czechoslovak crisis which may mean peace or war for Europe. BY AS LEGION CHIEF National Meet Sidetracks Politics Early New Com mander From Seattle, Anti-Red. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19. ilP) While the rank and file of American Legionnaires took over Loa Angeles' downtown area and sight-seeing spots, leaders of the convention, be ginning Ha sessions today, settled two major plecea of business. All candidates for national com mander save Stephen F. Chadwlck withdrew from competition, leaving him to be elected by acclamation and Chicago had been solected by ac clamation as the site for next year's convention. It was the first election by. accla mation since Prank N. Belgrano. Jr.. of San Francisco, was voted into of fice In 193S. Chadwlck Is the grand son and namesake of Oregon'a fifth governor. Chadwlck. Seattle, attorney and chairman of the national American commission for the past three years, la known throughout the legion as the most forceful speaker In the ranka of the ex-service men and to him Is credited much of the anti communist sentiment rampant In the legion today. Chadwlck. who served In Russia with the Siberian expeditionary forc es, voluntarily visited the United States senate to create sentiment for withdrawal of the soldiers from 81 berla early In June of 1919. The candidates who withdrew to leave the commander's red hat for the Washington -atate's candidate were Ray J. Kelly, corporation coun set for the city of Detroit; Lynn Stambaugh of Fargo. N. D.; and M'.lr, J. Warner of Toledo, Ohio. . L NEW YORK. Sept. 19 (API Pan American Airways received a wireless report today from the German trans- Atlantic clipper Nordwlnd that tt had alighted off Kings Park In Long Island sound, about 35 miles from the Port Washington seaplane base. The clipper was reported to have alighted without trouble. First reports the German clipper wa, having trouble In the heavy weather and fog came from the Bos ton station of the D. S. coast guard, which had dispatched two cutters to Edgar-town, on the elat coast of Martha's Vineyard. At Port Washington It was said the Pnesenland would proceed Im mediately from the base there to bring the Nordwlnd In. Pan-Amerlran said there was a crew of four aboard the Nordwlnd Hope to Avoid T E BEATEN BY OF COURT CLERK Judge Ashurst Badly Mauled by Target of Criticism From Bench Calls Grand Jury. KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 19. (AP) Circuit Judgo Edward B. Ashurst. his face and head a maa of welts, cuts and abrasions ffbm the battering of Circuit Court Clerk Walter Hannon's fists, today summoned the Klamath county grand Jury Into immediate session. Judge Ashurst suffered his terrific beating shortly sfter noon today when he encountered Hannon as he was entering the courthouse and the court clerk was leaving. Earlier In the day the Judge, court recorda show, had made comments from the bench criticizing a bill aubmltted by Hannon for overtime. The remarks, which were made as the Judge sentenced Nsthanlet Jack son, an Indian, to a year's prison term for forgery, mentioned the cir cuit court clerk by name and Insinu ated he was guilty of a crime. Bad blood, courthouse observers said, haa been brewing between the Judge and his clerk for months, and opinion has been It would be only a mstter of time until some such Incident as that of today should bring the alleged feud to a head. Hannon, who escaped virtually un marrcd. laid blame for starling the fracas upon the Judge. He vatd Ash urst struck the first blow. Ashurst said he was climbing up the court house stairs when Hannon attacked him. They were finally sepsrated by Mae K. Short, county clerk. In hla remarks from the bench this momlng Ashurst said In part: "If you are going to let one office stick their hands fsrther and farther Into the pocketl of the taxpayers, that la up to you, I consider it the most disgraceful, shameful attempt to extort money from the taxpayer I have ever known." After sentencing Jsckson, Ashurst continued. "I wsnt you to keep In mind what I have told you. Here I had to send a man to the peniten tiary for one year. Those In the courthouse shouldn't do what other people are sent away for." BASEBALL National League (Ry the Associated Press) All National league garnet (double headers) canceled because of rain. Amerlran Washington - ... 13 It 0 Detroit ....... 3 8 0 Appleton and Gullltnl. Kennedy. Dawson, Wage, Harris and York. R.,H. Philadelphia 1 H 1 Cleveland 4 4 0 Ca.ter, D. Brnlth and Wsstner; Har der, Humphries and pytlak, War n TRUE NEUTRALITY BY NATION E Legion Backing Sought by Sen. Walsh in Speech Enough Problems of Own at Present, Claim. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19. (AP) United States Sen. David I, Walsh (D), of Massachusetts, addressed the opening session of the twentieth na tional convention of the American Legion here today on neutrality, national defense and radicalism. "In the mldat of a darkness and despair that hanga over the world, with human beings crying out every where for peace, I plead with this powerful and patriotic organization to accept the challenge to preserve peace and order here In our own America, and and to continue cease less devotion to the clalma of Justice" he said. "I urge a policy of unquestioned and affirmative neutrality. "We must strain every effort, em ploy every means of vigilance, ex haust every alternative short of mis chievous meddling to prevent anoth er world conflict. But, even mora Important, we must protect our country from becoming entangled In the mesh of International rivalry and conspiracy which Inevitably leads to war. "The problems of youth of Amer ica aro complicated and serious enough as It Is, problems growing out of our own economic troubles, without our nation Involving them In the frightful events of another organized International cataclysm. "There Is no doubt In my mind and I am sure all who are mindful of the world war will agree that the American people will never tolerate an Involvement In any war to settle European troubles, to salvage foreign holdings of our 'follow the flag dol lar diplomats and capitalistic groups, "As a nation, we have no pre ordained mandate to police the rest of the world ... to meddle with the explosive rivalries of Etirope rival ries, jealousies, animosities and en mltlea which antedate our own or I it in aa a frets Independent government- is to invito disaster. "American neutrality must be real and genuine, fearlessly asserted and meticulously enforced, If we are to avoid International bad will and pos sible complications likely to lead to war. "In my opinion the only course 1 mat win actually assure our peace If we are to remain truly neutral, In fact, la to suspend all trade and commerce with all belligerents in time of war. Such a course may oc casion some economic ions, but It will be unmistakable evidence of our neutrality," PersUlenry Win, ALTURAS. Csllf, Sept. 19. (AP) Leo M. Oloster hunted deer In hie nstlve Modoc county for M yesrs without killing one. Saturday, the second day of the season, he shot the largest deer ever bagged In the district FEOERAL AID N0TE Campaign Claims of Demo cratic Nominees Refuted by WPA Chief Hopkins Lauds Griffiths. PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 19. (AP) Harry Hopkins, WPA administration, told reporters today at a press con ference that "the federal program and funds are not dependent upon those who hold federal or state of fices." His terse reply was In answer to a question of whether he supported the statements of two Democratic nominees In the November election that Oregon stood to lose federal funds If they were not elected. Asked whether the nominees, Henry L. Hess for governor and Willis Ma- honey for U. S. senator, had "spoken out of turn." Hopkins considered a moment and replied: "You may quote me on what I have Just said." "I want to make It perfectly plain." Hopkins' original statement said, "that the outcome of the election In Oregon does not affect our pro gram In any way. ""The WPA will keep scrupulously out of Oregon In this campaign as It did In the primary. The federal program and funds are not depen dent upon those who hold federal or state offices but X assure those who are opposed to the program and who have lambasted It would not seek federal funds If In office." An Inquiry whether E. J. Griffith. Oregon WPA administrator, was marked for "liquidation' because of printed reports by some political ob servers that, he and others had been cool to Heas and Mn honey and had sympathized with Gov. Charles S. Martin, whom Hess defeated for re noml nation, brought a reply from Hopkins that he considered Griffith a "100 percent" administrator. The WPA chief said Griffith was "true" Democrat and that so long as he remained head of the WPA he would be "proud" to have Grif fith. Martin, retired army general, bow ed to Hess in a primary campaign so bitter last May that the 74-year old governor never congratulated his opponent. Before the primary, Sec retary Iekes and Senator Norrls (R Neb.) plumped for Hess and one of President Roosevelt's secretaries1 de nied a statement In which Martin had quoted the president as express ing friendliness toward him. Since then, Martin refused a pres idential Invitation to visit Roosevelt when he was In California recently, a move Interpreted aa an effort to heal the breach. CHICAGO, Sept. 10, (AP) The number of persons stricken In an outbreak of food poisoning In Chi cago and suburban Elmwood Park rose to It today as health authr- Itles directed bacteriological teata to find the source of the mysterious epidemic. Forty-five of the victims, repre senting at least is families, were under treatment on Chicago's north west side, adjacent to Elmwood Park. where one man died last Friday and five members of hla family were stricken. Since then the number of cases In the suburb has mounted to 40. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, president of the Chicago board of health, said his Investigators found that all but one of the Chicago victims had eaten tainted paatry. Edward N. Nelson, president of the Elmwood Psrk heslth department, said many of those stricken In the village tUd of eating paatry ahortly before they became III. Only one Chicago and five- Elm wad Park victims art In the hos pital. Pear Markets NEW YORK, Sept. !. (AP-UBDA) Pears: Forty-five car arrived, 11 California, two Washington, 10 Ore gon unloaded. J on track, market weaker. Oregon Bartletta, 1465 boxes extra fancy, ll.10nJ.0O; average 1148; 2000S boxes fancy, ll. 1.7J. ave rage 11.73: 730 boxes Nat 1, 1"S. 180. average 81.77. Washington Flemish. 80S boxes extra fancy, 11.80: Anjous, 870 boxes extra fancy, 81.4SU6S, average. 81.88; Boas 370 boxea extras, t.70f 1.90, average, 81. 78, His Stand Premier Mussolini, shown as he spoke at Trieste, Italy, telling cheer ing thousands that In cafe of a gen eral European war, Italy's side was on that of Germany. This photo was sent by telephone from Trieste to London radioed to New York. ROME. Sept. 19. ( AP) Premier Mussolini, keeping pace with swiftly moving eventa of the European crisis, let it be known todsy he would de liver an address tomorrow to be broadcast to Italy and foreign nations his second In three days. II Duce spoke yesterday at Trieste, proposing plebiscites for all minori ties In Czechoslovakia "which de mand them" virtual dismemberment' of Czechoslovakia as the only way to European peace. He said "Italy's place Is already chosen" in event of general war. The announcement today said Mus solini would speak at 8:20 p. m o:30 a. m. pjs.t.) at undine, near the border of German Austria. The announcement was made while Mussolini toured Julian Cenetla, part of the territory won from Austro- Hungary in the World war aettlement, He started the tour yesterday, dellv ering a speech at Trieste whtcb shaped Italian policy In the face of the Czechoslovak -German crisis. IN PAPAL SPEECH VATICAN CITY, Sept. 19. Pl- L'Osservatore Romano, Vatlcsn news paper, reported today Pope Plus In aaareaaing a group of French pil grims yesterday said there was an evident "falsity" In the totalitarian state Idea. The pope was quoted by the news paper aa remarking one frequently heard the Idea, everything ahould be within the slate, and then aa commenting: "One might sum up this theory with brutal simplicity: all for the state and nothing for the Individual. "No, the church la not for such a doctrine. But neither Is it for the exact reverse: all for the Individual and nothing for the state . , . "True virtue la always In the cen ter, neither one extreme nor the other. . . , Everywhere some say .ev erything ought to be for the state, and we have the totalitarian atate, a. It la called: nothing without the state, everything within the atate. "There la falsity here so evident It la astonishing otherwise serious and talented men say this and teach It to crowda." T PEAR PACT VOTE Pear growers of the Rogue River valley were advised today by the department of agriculture the pear marketing AAA agreement refer endum had been extended until mid. night, Friday, September 33. All bal lots must be csst by that hour. The bsllotlng waa originally scheduled to close at midnight Tuesday, Septem ber 19. All pear growers an urged to east their bsllots at onoe, and a com plete vote one way or the other. Is urged by Chester Fitch, president of the Fruitgrowers' league here. Purpose of the proposed agreement Is to control the grade of all winter pears marketed this year, permitting the shipment of D. 8. combination grades which are approximately the same aa Oregon fancy and extra fancy. Baptlit Hospital Bombed HONGKONG, Sept. 10, P) Addi son I. Southard. American consul general, protested today to the Jap anese consulate against bombing of the Baptist hospital at Wuuchow Sunday. Meager reports Indicated the Baptist girls' school In the hospital compound also was damaged and (0 Chinese war Injured. S, CUT FIRE HAZARD FOR DEERJEASON 50,000 Hunters of State Await Opening Tomorrow Forest Service Reports Local Prospects. (By the Aisoelated Pres,) Wet woods, dripping brush and overcast skies In the Oregon deer country brought a surge of Joy to sportsmen and relieved the anxiety of fire wardens for the opening of the hunting season Tuesday. Thousands of hunters wearing the traditional red hat for safety were camped in the mule and blacktall regions ready to take the trail with the rising aun. A game commission estimate predicted S0.000 guns would be pointed at the bounding bucks. 1 Lake oounty and eastern Klamath' county, the wild home of the great mule deer, prepared for 4000 sports men. The antlered prey roam on 172, 000 hilled acres of northern Lake county and on 134,000 acres to the south. Although rains have reduced the fire hazards, W. O. Harrlman, supervisor ot Fremont National for est, said hunters would be required to obtain fire permtta. Forester Warns - J. W. Ferguson, atate foreeter, issued the following warning to hunters: "1 cannot too strongly atreas the hazard that exists In the for ests. There Is a growth ot grass and weeds unequalled In the -state's history. Any spsrk may result In catastrophe with loss of not only property but also life. "Sportsmen as a claaa are good ...woodsmen .apd the large major- . , lty are fire 'consolous, but then. Is the careless minority - that must be watched and curbed." County Conditions With the hunting season scheduled' to open tomorrow, Rogue River na tional forest hesdquartera today is sued the following bulletin on .eon-' dltlons: Hunting conditions on the Rogue. River national foreat are apparently good, a large number of deer hav ing been seen. 1 In the Applegate district, the deer are in fine condition but not so nu merous. They are reported as scatter-' ed over the whole district but some what concentrated In the Wagner' (Continued on Page 'Eight.) BY MORNING FIRE ROSEBURO, Ore., Sept. 19. (AF) Fire ot undetermined origin ai . Sutherlln early this morning com pletely destroyed three buildings oc cupied by the Klondike mud, tna Sutherlln Sun newapaper and a hard ware store, and for a time threatened the entire city before being brought under control by the Sutherlln fir department: with the aid of the Roseburg fir department. The con flagration, the second disastrous fire In the paat few months, caused an estimated loss of 813,000, partially covered by Insurance. Most of the contents and furnish ings of the Klondike club and the ' hardware atore were saved, but the entire plant of the Sutherlln Sun newspsper wsa lost, only a few offlo records being saved. Noted Dead IOLA. Kas., Sept. 19 (AP) Charles F. Scott 78, publisher ot the Iota Register, Republican public ity director for the 1912 and 1933 national campaigns and Kansaa con gressman from 1901 to 1911, died last night. Tues. Primary Vote at Glance (By the Associated Press) NEW YORK Rep. John O'Connor, Democratic chairman of house rules committee, seeks renomlnatlon over President Roosevelt's opposition: other congressional and legislative candl- dates to be chosen. NBW JERSEY William R. 3. By unopposed for Democratic senatorial nomination; former Ben. W. Warm Barbour seek Republican nomination over two opponent. MILWAUKEE-Sen. F. Ryan Duffy, praised by the president, unopposed for Democratic renomlnatlon; Oor, Philip La Follette, progrustr, seeks fourth term. BOSTON National Issues lacking la congressional races: no senate seat at stake; Gov. Charts P. Hurley, Democrat, has tbre opponent.
