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.