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Help Yourself "Cut find plaoe to Kw. What am X going to dot This expression 1 heard entirely too often. If you have a Tacant nous advertise It. Help your self at well as others. The Weather Fortcut: Bhowera tonight and Thursday ; warmer tonight. Highest etterday m 66 Lowest this morolnMMMW38 TFiBUNE EDFORD Full Associated Press all United Press Thirty-Third .Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1938. No. 174, L I OF 1 ft! B Ml M? M BAUS The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsofc and ' Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The , North American News paper Alliance, Inc. STATE SOCIALISM SEEN AS POSSIBLE FARM PROBLEM SOLUTION. WALLACE DESCRIBES IT AS ALTERNATIVE TO LAW ' NOW IN FORCE. REGARDS PRESENT PROGRAM. DESPITE DEFECTS, AS BEST AVAILABLE. ECONOMIC MEDICINE MEN OFFER GOOFY PANACEAS. WASHINGTON. Oct. 11 Within the last two week, a responsible member of the president's cabinet Intimated that complete state socialism might bo' necessary In his department of the government. In the excitements of the world's troubles, this extraor dinary pronouncement escaped atten tion. It certainly deserves the most careful consideration now. It was made by Secretary of Agri culture Henry Agard Wallace, speak ing to tha nation's wheat farmers at Hutchinson, Kan. Faced with des perately poor farm prices. Immense surpluses and farmers suddenly turned rebellious, Wallace was tour ing the country to defend his pro gram. Among the wheat farmers, who may have to cut their planted acreage In half next year, price-fixing has suddenly become a popular rem edy. Wallace attacked simple, uncon trolled prlce-flxlng as sure to lead to disaster, but' then 'he went on: "If you must have prlce-flxlng, a plan might be worked out whereby the government would buy at a fixed price all the wheat produced on the acreage allotments by farmers co operating In the farm program. A certain portion of this wheat could be made available for domestic con sumption at a price that would get back what the government has paid for It. Other wheat, produced by non -coopers tors, could be taxed to deprive it of competitive price ad vantage. Any surplus would be avail able for export, or to maintain an ever-normal granary. Such a plan would mean a virtual monopoly by the government of the nation's wheat-marketing system." Reductlo Ad Absurd urn If a "virtual government monopoly of the nation's wheat-marketing sys tem," plus government power to dic tate farmers' plantings, does not mean state socialism. It's very hard to find any other name for It. To be ure. Henry Wallace prefers his pres ent farm law, with the addition of processing taxes and new methods of subsidizing domestic consumption of surpluses. But the fact that the highest official Involved should be ready even to discuss such a scheme la sufficient testimony to the seri ousness of the farm crisis. . (Continued on Page Three ) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. (AP, The Ssn Frsnclsco qaJnt today turn ed out the first of 3.000.000 new Jefferson nickels which Uncle Sam ordered recently. The $11.0.000 worth of coins will ba finished by No vember 1. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPOBTERS Newsmen wondering what had be come of Brother Treffle R. La Senay, tha hot -shot publicity man for the Shasta -Cascade Wonderland associa tion, who vanished when the asso ciation convention reached Its news itage. Lootenant Hap (Alonro) Dunn rushing up to Justice court, he for getting today was a holiday. Helen Holt Wilson getting herself out of the dochouse by submitting a right cute pom, an accomplish ment heretofore unknown. Dorothea Reddy Moroney whipping about town Just aa aba used to when aha lived here and waa the leading whlpper-abouter of the com munity. Vrrn Shangle being Jut about the awelien person in town by not re vealing a couple of errors about a friend. Houston Meet Orders Re committal for Study Woll Defends Report As No F. D. R. Criticism. HOUSTON, Oct. 13. (AP) The American Federation of Labor con vention eent back to Its executive council for "further study" today a resolutions committee report broadly attacking trends and tendencies In recent government legislation It lab eled as "socialism." The recommltal vote was taken after president William Green said some phases of the report were "a bit confusing" and delegates on the floor objected on the grounds It might be considered an attack on new deal .policies. Chairman Matthew Woll of the resolutions committee, did not object to recommittal, but stoutly defended the report as a reflection of the views of the committee. "This report." Woll said, "is not In any sense a criticism of the ad ministration. On the contrary we find much In the administration to praise." To Arouse Thinking He also denied he was trying to superimpose his own economic views on the convention, and added the report was offered only to "arouse thinking" about problems of modern government activities. The committee's report was a sum ming up of the effect of legislation on the labor movement. It declared the "state had seized control of our destiny," through the national labor relations board and suggested the A.FL withhold "even taclt.cncouroge ment" foi the federal corporation licensing bill Introduced in the last . congress. The committee's proposal to with hold support for the licensing bill Green said, was "a bit connulng." He pointed out the federation already had approved the bill. Edward Gainer of Muncle, Ind., i member of the executive council, I George Q. Lynch of the pattern mak- I era, and William McSorley, delegate of the Wood, Wire and Lathers un ion, raised a floor cry against adop tion of the report, and the conven tion finally adopted a motion by McSorley to shunt the report back to the council. Woll appealed to the delegates to give careful consideration to the viewpoint of the report, declaring "a new philosophy had grown up in the Relation of man to man; man to In dustry, and Industry to government." Can "Halt" The committee's report called for a "halt" on the extension of govern ment authority It said was "expres sive of the philosophy and practice of socialism." The report asserted in its Infancy trade unionism decided Its principle should provide It wanted nothing from government which It could 'ob tain for itself by voluntary collec tive action, and the labor movement "must make Its own policies ana control its own destinies." "At thla hour." the committee added, "we are in danger of losing the benefit of both of these prin ciples." Would Limit State "The tendency of today." the re port added, "ia for the state to take over more and more the functions which we believe belong to the labor movement Itself, In and through Its organizations. Already the stato la seizing control of our destlnv thrown a national labor relations board which has and uses the power to define the boundaries of our un ions, to determine what shall be their character and even when and where there is or is not a strike In effect." The committee, specifically point lng out that in its reference to the "state" It meant principally the fed era government, said: "Without any intention of using a label as a means of conveying dis psragement. we must say It should be clear to every American the phil osophy which la being developed In action, by which ever-in creasing do main Is being given to the state, la (Continued on Psjre Two.) BAY CITY SECTOR 8AIf FRANCISCO, Oct. 12. ;Pr The temperature reached 80 degrees at 1:15 p. in. here today, the warm eat October 13 since 1937. when 86 desTeea was recorded. The hottest October 12 was in 1931 when tha temperature touched 91 degree j)x J5t - - w- - l A new pension plan campaign every l-'rlday for folk under 50 was Inaugurated at the University of California at Los Angeles, where students worked on the theory that since the S30 every Thursday plan was designed to ereatc widespread prosperity, theirs would ereate still more, Rob Schiller, one of the orig inators. Is shown staeklng milk lop "warrants" with the aid of, left to right: Cords Gerry Humason, nllllc Thomas, Nancy Garrison and Betty Page. T New Deal 'Hole Cards' All Played, and Nation Soon to Determine Course. CHICAGO, .Oct. 13. (AP) The United States Is approaching a per- j led In which It will have to digest I Its current political and social up heaval. Roy A. Roberts, managing ed- ttor of the Kansas City Star, said 1 today in an address to the American i Life convention, an organization of insurance executives. This period, he said, will be im portant "in determining where as a nation we are going." "Personally, I believe the new deal haa Just about played out Its hole cards." he said, and added hla "guess" President Roosevelt would not seek re-election. Roberts said he believed much of the president's "anxiety over '40 and the much advertised purge campaign of this year has been due to hlh knowledge the American people get fed up on reform eventually. "His chief desire la to see what he regards as distinct social gains consolidated before he gives up tho whip hand his msnlfest popularity with the American voting public hss given him." Concerning the new deal program. Roberts predicted social security never would be repealed but "should be made more operative for the ob jective sought;" the Wagner labor act "will never leave the statu U books but I think everyone sgrees it needs modification and refinement." SEATTLTWOLVES hoimlan SEATTLE. Oct. 13. (AP) The Se attle Times, in a sports-page editor ial today, blamed Coach Jimmy Phe lan for the University of Washing ton's disappointing football season The article read; "Football fans are kicking about conditions st the University of Wash ington. "They are Justified. "But they must not forget that tha kicks should be planted on the already well-kicked pants of Coach Jimmy Phelan. not on the players who are struggling through a dis appointing season. "PhelAn has a gold mine of ma terial on his squad this season. The boys themselves hoped for a champ ionship. Rival coaches picked Wash ington as one of the best. Even one of Phelsn'a assistants, during the reverses of the 1937 season, said: "'Well knock their hats off next year.' "But 'next year Is here, and where Is Phelan's football team? The players, though they are as good M or better than any others in the conference, can go no farther than their coach takes them which so far has been to an uncomfortable spot behind the etfht ball.' Stack Bottle Caps for 'Pension Plan' COLUMBUS STATUE MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE FOOTBALLER By EDDY G1LM0RB WASHINGTON, Oct, 12. (AP) Pour hundred forty-six years after he discovered America, Christopher Columbus stands on the capltol steps looking for someone to throw the world to. The statue, known to Washington guides ss "the patient quarterback," depicts Columbus all wound tip ready to heave a minia ture globe In the general direction of the supreme court. Aesthetes have swooned at the sight for years. Athtetes have caught their breath The, fine arts commission haa tried to do something about It. Things haven't always been like this. A statue of Washington once stood across Capltol Plaza from Co- lumbux in a direct line with the way It seemed he would throw the world. ' But senators said the Washington statue wasn't dignified. They had their point It was the famous statue of the father of the country without a shirt. They called the two statues -the bull players." Finally the Washington statue be ean to crack up. The winter snows were too much for the Italian mar ble of which It was made. Officials ordered It sent to the Smithsonian Institution. ' - Columbus then stood alone. In recent years lawmakers have offered many substitutes for the Washington statue. Enough famous Americans have been suggested to make up 40 all-American teams, but nothing has been done and here It Is Columbus day again. The next time you're In the capital you ought to look up the Columbus statue. ' You can't miss It, because there's an Indian girl beside It and her marble fingers have come off. UP OVER NATION WASHINOTON, Oct. 12. (AP) Democrats and Republlcsns started th flnsl lour iwti of the 1938 cam paign today by lining up party gen erala for key addresses. former President Hoover haa ec- 'cepted Invitation! to apeak at Hart- . ford. Conn., next Monday and to brodcaat from Spokane, November 5 President Roosevelt said at bis press conference- yesterday h had no dates for speeches In the eongresslonsl cam paign. Home of bis political advlaor., however, have expressed belief he will make two or three address. on be half of the New York Democratic ticket. Mr. Roosevelt has agreed to talk to tha current eventa forum of the New Vork Herald Tribune October 37, but It Is generally believed that speech will not be- primarily of a political nature. Klamath Worker Killed. KLAMATH PALLS. Oct. 12 JV John Jackson. 29. timber taller for the Algoma Lumber company, was crushed to death today by a falling Im at the Alsor.ta logging operation northeast of Port Klamath. SNARL IN NIGHT CLUE TO SLAYER OF PRETTY MISS Girl Pledged to Become Nun, Ravished, BeatenKiller Sought in Eight States. LARCHMONT. N. T.. Oct. 13. (AP) An 8-8tat alarm for a blood stained motorcar was broadcast by police today In their quest of the slayer of 17-year-old Mary Imelda Coyle, red-haired parochial school graduate, whose bludgeoned and rav ished body was found early yesterday behind a movie theater. Westchester county authorities, or- ganlrlng the most Intensive search since the kldnap-slaylng of 13-year-old Peter Levlne last spring, were balked by a paucity of clues. Mary, . pledged to become a nun. was believed by police to hsve met her death at the hands of someone she knew and trusted. Police ssld they were certain she would not have accepted an Invitation from a stranger to enter his csr. She waa quiet, studious, and never went out with boys. Authorities pinned some' hope of Identifying the killer by his voice on Mrs. Mortimer Hersh, whose home la about a mils from the Covle's houseboat home on the way from New Rochelle to Larchmont. She told of being awakened about 1:80 a. m., yesterday by a girl's cries of distress. Mrs. Hersh ssld she leaned out of the window snd ssw a pnrked car. She aroused her husband, who shout ed at the occupants of the car he would call police unless they quieted down. A girl's voice came In reply: "Oh. please dol I'm being hurt . . . ter ribly hurt I" Then a mnn's snarling voice: "Keep still or I'll sock you I" Mrs. Horsh said her husband dresned and ran down stslrs, but as she opened the ftont door the car sped away toward Larchmont. Acting Medical Examiner Edwin H. Huntington said an autopsy disclosed "beyond all doubt" the girl had been criminally attacked. The girl's father. Prank, returned here last night, after an absence of more than a year.. He told authori ties he had been working on a farm near Bristol, Ps. PORTLAND, Oct. U. (AP Adop tlon of tha sntl -picketing bill 01 the November general election ballot "will Jeopardise the stste unem ployment Insurance fund and will coat employers of the atate hundreds of thousands perhaps millions of dollsra each year," D. I. Nlckerson. Oregon Bute Federation of Labor secretary, said yesterday. The bill would Increase employers" payments for the unemployment fund and would make thousands of add! tlonsl persons eligible for unrmploy ment psy, Nlckerson asserted. ', CHRISTIANITY IS HELD WORLD NEED IN PAPAL LETTER Social Philosophy and Dem agogic Trends Deplored in Unrest Era. WASHINOTON", Oct. 13. (AP) Pope Plus XI wrote Csthollc prelates of the United States today Catholics necessarily are defenders of "true human liberties." His letter, sent here to be read at a convocation opening the golden Jubilee year of the Catholic Univer sity of America, was Interpreted by church officials aa an Indirect re proach to countries denying liberty to the Individual. "The world has entered upon one of those periods of unrest, of ques tioning, of disorientation and of conflict which have been well de scribed as turning points of his tory," the letter said. "Christian doctrine and Christian morality are under attack from sev eral quarters; dangerous theories which a few yeara ago were but whispered in the secret conventicles of discontent are today preached from the housetops, and are even finding their way Into action; pri vate morality and public aubverslon have In many places raised the ban ners of revolt against the cross of Christ. . . . "Christian teaching alone, In Its majestic Integrity, can give full meaning and compelling motive to the demand for human rights and llbertlea because It alone gives worth and dignity to human personality. "In consequence of this high con. ceptlon of the nature and glfta of man, tha Cathollo Is necessarily the champion of the true human rights and the defender of true human liberties: "It IS in the nsme of Ood Him self that hs cries out agslnst any civic philosophy which would degrade man to the position of a soulless pawn In a sordid game of power and prestige, or would seek to ban ish him from membership In the human family; "It la In the ssme holy name that he opposes any social philosophy which would regard man aa a mere chattel In commercial competition for profit, or would set him at the throat of his fellows in a blind, brutish clsss struggle for existence." 1 SPRAGUE ASSAILS TALE STATE GRANTS PASS. Oct. 12. (VP) Charles A. Sprsgue, Republlcsn nom inee for governor, declsred In a cam paign address here that "it Is a libel on the humanitarian purposes of President Roosevelt to say that fed- eral help will be withdrawn If Oregon should elect a Republican." Although Sprague did not mention It, Henry Hess, his Democratic op ponent, haa Intimated that unless ho (Hess) were elected federal funds for the assistance of Oregon projects and residents would be endangered sprague said that In other atates there was no record of a seversnce of federal aid because a Republican held high executive office. "I yield to no man In the matter of concern for the well-being of my icuow man." declared Spragut. "I want every employable man In Ore gon on a good Job at good wages Until that time cornea, the WPA and the atate relief agenclea must func tion properly to care for those who need their assistance." WENATCHEE HALTS ORCHARD STRIKE WENATCHEE, Oct. 13. (AP) A strike which threatened to tie up ap ple picking and packing at the 400 acre Boston-Okanogan orchard, near Okanogan, had been nipped In the bud today when Sheriff Boyd Hllde- brand and his deputies arrested two sllegrd C.t.O. lesders and placed 20 transient workers on an outgoing freight snd ordered them to "keep moving." Jot A. Stevens. 37. Seattle, and Arthur Johnson, 37, Arksnsaa, are under arrest on charges of Inter ferlng with officers and threatening to destroy property. Of tha 179 strikers. ISO returned to work after checks had been made out to 95 disgruntled men, officers said. DEATH COMES TO CAPT.APPLEGATE, VALLEY PIONEER Picturesque anc) Famous Figure of Southern Ore gon Passes at Klamath Falls. Aged 92. KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 13. (AP) Death came quietly yesterday to aouthern Oregon's most famed pio neer, adventuresome Captain Oliver Cromwell Applegate, 93. The old Modoo Indian fighter's military bearing, colorful Indian AP PLCQATC scout's uniform and flowing beard were missed by Klamath Palls real dents. Csptaln Applegate, 111 for 10 days, died while chatting with his son-in-law, D, J, Good, about long dead General Joseph Lane, Born June 11, 1845, In what la now Polk county, Ore., Applegate was taken Into the Siskiyou mountains near the California Una when ha waa five years of age. In 1895, his father, Lindsay Applegate, became Indian agent at Port Klamath. Oliver, serving aa assistant agent, organized a unique band of white and Indian scouts known aa the "ax and rifle company.' When the Modoc war broke out In 1879, Captain Applegate headed? a group of Indian scout and vol unteers. His friendship Wh Chief Sconrhln. leader, of the main body of Mod oca. was credited with keep ing the majority of the tribe peace ful during the war. Captain Applegate became chief United Stetes agent for tha Klamath tribe in 1898. a poat he held for five years. Later he developed an active Intereat In Oregon history, hla efforts being largely responsible for develop ment of the Modoo Lava, Beds na tion si monument at tha seen of the Tndlsn battles. Captain Applegate waa a member of the amed family of scouts which steered many wagon tralna Into Ore gon territory. Captain Applegate waa occasional ly a Journalist. One year he edited the Ashland Tidings. He -covereo the hsnglng of Captain Jack and hla companions at Port Klamatn for large outside papers. Mrs. M. L. Alford of this city Is sister, and Richard Applegate, former Medford reporter, la a grand son. five children survive. They are Prank Applegate of Medford, Mra. D. J. Good of Klamath Fane, Miss jssn Applegate, Roy J. Applegate of Port land, and Oliver Applegate Jr., ot San Francisco. - DAIt-ES-SALAAM, Tanganyika (for merly German East Africa), Oct. 12. (aiyNatlvea carrying posters express ing loyalty to Britain marched through the streets today to dem onstrate against any transfer of the mandated territory to Germany. At Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa, a group of citlrens and mem ber of parliament agreed to a united front against any mow to hand col onies back to oermany. Recently there haa been agitation In part of southwest Africa for plebiscite on return to Oermany. I'nlty I'rged. KETCHIKAN. Alaska, Oct. 19. JPl Reconvening after a one-day receej, the labor unity conference called by the Maritime Federation of tha Pa cific unanimously adopted a resolu tion today urging the A PL and CIO to hold an Immedalt peace oonler nce. It also endorsed a third term for President Roosevelt, . i A P T. 0. 0. GRAND OFFENSIVE AGAINST HANKOW British Send 'Reminder' Tokyo Gives Assurances New Expedition Lands WASHINGTON, Oct. 1J. (P) Commerce department experts ssld today Japanese offensive In the Hongkong area might seriously ham per American trade with China. They explained since the Jspanese captured Shanghai, Hongkong ha been one of the principal entry porta for American goods going to China. It may be necessary now to route thla trade through some other port. Statistics for the first eight montha of 193B show more than a third of American exports to China went through Hongkong. TOKYO. Oct. 12. (fP A Japanese foreign office atatement today sain the Japanese would "respect vested foreign Interests" In a new south China offensive, believed to be aimed at Canton. ,: The United States, British, French, Oermen and Italian embssslea were notified Informally of the latest Jap anese move although the war office) here maintained alienee about th area where an attack U to oe launched. LONDON, Oct. 12. VP) Wit Japanese forces landed In scuta China for a drive on Canton, the British government today let It ba) known that Japan had been "re. minded" any damage to British Inters ests in south China may involve) "risks' for Anglo-Japanese relatione." SHANGHAI, Oct. 12. (flv-Japan ese force unloosed their full might today In a final, giant plncer often' . alve designed to capture Hankow and smash Generalissimo Chiang Ka Shek's legions. . A new Japanese expeditionary force), estimated at between 80.000 and 50.. 000 mechanically well-equipped men. supported by naval and air unit, landed at Blaa Bay a few mile norttt of Hongkong. Cot Off Canton, '..: Their plan we to sever eomrtlu nlcatlona between Hongkong and Canton, tha last big Chinese coastal city, or between Canton and HanJ kow, Chlang'a provisional and mili tary capital. Fulfillment of the schema would mean cutting off vitally needed de fense munitions. Far In the Interior the Japanese intensified their smashing drives) against Hankow from tha north aust west, and were reported to have cut the northern railway communication with Hankow by capturing Blnyanf. 100 mllea north of the capital. The new south China campaign waa considered certain to force tht) Cltneae to .use Canton force S defend their home province and make) It Imposlble for them to relnforo General Chiang In hard-pressed Han kow. Plghtlng waa sever on all the front, but waa heaviest at Yangsts where tha Japanese have been trr- lng for 79 days to crack tha Chines. lines, and on the Telan front. At Telan. 35 mllea south of Klu klang on the 90-mtl Kluxisng rail way and 130 mllea southeast of Han kow, the Chines maintained thnjr not only war holding the Invader after ten weeks of bloody flghttnv but administered stinging defeat before recapturing Mahulllng, atra teglo pass north of Telan. Japanese army apokesmen said re ports of a Chines vlct -y near Telan were false. Previous advice from Chlang'a Hankow headquartera aatd 20,000 Japanese were killed there. PARAGlfCHIEF F( ASUNCION. Paraguay, Oct. 12 fl The cabinet resigned to permit Presi dent Felix Palva a free hand In or ganising hi regime today. The national congress elected Pat constitutional president yesterday. H had been provisional president sine August 17, 1937, when be ltd counter-revolution against Col. Rafael Franco. Pear Markets NEW YORK, Oct, 12. (AP-USDA) Pears: No report. CHICAOO, Oot. 12. (AP-USDA V Pears: One California, Oregon. 1 Wsshlngton arrived, 11 on trsok! Oregon Bartletts, 744 extra fancy, use 2.40. average 12.08: Ooldaa Bosc. 744 No. J. tl.Ud2.40, vra I1M.
