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Forecast: Fair today and to
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Highest yesterday - S3
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Thirty-Third Year
KOAL
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
, and
Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
NEW nEAIS LEADING
UTILITY FOE FALLS IN LINE.
HEAD OF ELECTRIC BOND
SHARE MAKES PEACE
WITH SEC.
PLAN OF INTF.fi RATIOS TO
" BE FILED BEFORE DECEMBER
.
NEW HOPE SEEN FOR
OOVERNMENT-Bl'SlNESS
AMITY.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. No recent
domestto event has been more signifi
cant than the announcement by C. E.
Oroesbeck, chairman of the Electric
Bond and Share, that hla vast utili
ties system would file a plan of Inte
gration with the SEC before Decem
ber 1. The announced action may
be technical, but the announcement's
meaning Is that we may now hope
for a reasonable peace between gov
ernment and business,
Oroesbeck In the peace-maker's
role Is a truly dumbfounding phe
nomenon. . The Electric Bond and
Share, which Is the biggest power
combine In the country, waa the first
"company In the minds of Tom Cor
ooran and Ben Cohen when they
made "Down with Scatteratlon" the
slogan of the utilities holding com
pany act. Electric Bond and Share
waa the first company to be chosen
tor government prosecution under
that act. It waa the most determined
member of the famous utilities unit
ed front against the government. In
fact, It was the New Deal's most con
spicuous enemy In the Industry most
conspicuously at odds with the New
Deal. .
And yet the chairman of Electric
Bond and Share not only declared
that his company would comply' In
full with the New Deal law. He spoke
for "realism." And he virtually bor
rowed the exact language of a leading
New Dealer, SEC chairman William
O. Douglas, when he remarked that
"this matter should now pass from
tbe emotional stage, and it is to be
hoped from the political arena as
well. Into a practical stage where the
securities and exchange commission
and the affected companies can pro
ceed with an orderly and dispassion
ate examination of the technical,
legal and business phases of the sub
ject." It is Interesting to compare "the
Oroesbeck statement with what
Douglas told Oroesbeck and other
heads of utilities systems about a
year ago, when he first called them
In to discuss pmctlcal application
of the holding company act. Then
Douglas argument was that, while
the members of the SEC were private
ly convinced of the virtues of the
holding company act. the important
thing was not anyone's feelings about
the law, but the administration of It.
"It's the SKC's Job to enforce the
law," he said. "We propose to do
so. At the same time, we can promUe
fair and reasonable treatment under
the law to the' utilities. We believe
It's time to take the problem out of
tht political and emotional field, and
into the administrative."
The transition between the Orw
beck who heard those words, who was
apparently unshskably determined
never to give in "on principle." and
the Oroesbeck who echoed the same
words the other day, la about as great
a one could Imagine.' Yet the
transition seems to have been made
by the most natural possible process.
After his first meetings with the
utilities' leaders, Douglas had two
subsequent talks with , Oroesbeck.
Each wss general. In each, Douglas
emphaslred the same points. Oroes
beck did not demand and Dougla
did not offer any extra Inducement
such as some large business men have
aske and received from the New Deal
when they came to the mourners'
bench. Indeed. Oroenberk gave no
Intimation that he was convinced
by Douglas.
Then, last August, Douglas spoke
In Cleveland In defense of the holding
company set. He was especially
strong on the need for Integration
for ending the system by which Elec
tric Bond and Share now controls
unrelated operating companies In
(Continued on Fagt six.)
BEARS . . .,. v..
UCLANS
TROJANS
COUGARS
MEDFORD
Full Associated Press
SPURT
OF PLAN
DEFENSE
Baruch Backs Preparedness
Costs Speed Up Recov
eryAmerica Comes To
Fore.
By R. II. Hlpplehcuser
NEW YORK, Oct. IS. (Pr Bernard
M. Baruch, In an Interview today In
which he amplified his vlcwa on
building America's defense forces, ad
vocated a special tax to meet the
cost of Increased armaments.
The tall, whlte-halred financier
'who, as chairman of the war Indus
tries board, was In charge of mobil
izing the nation's Industry In the
World war said the levy "should be
heavy enough to meet the cost of
preparedness, whatever the cost may
be."
"We should not pile-the burden 01
paying for these armaments on to
the shoulders of coming generations,"
Baruch contended. "We should pay
the bill ourselves. Congress. I believe,
should enact whatever form of lew
It thinks best to pay for the new
expenditures.
"I am not prepared, nor Is it my
business, to say how all of this motuy
shall be raised. All of It may not have
to be raised by taxation. But cer
tainly we must provide for- Interest
and amortization of the cost.
"Some of the expense possibly can
be met by transferring expenditures
from PWA and WPA to the defense
program. This would give great num
bers of people employment Instead
of relief.
"The cost of building up our na
tional defenses will be high, un
doubtedly several billions of dollars
before It ! through, but It Is a prise
we must pay If we are going to make
the voice of America a voice of au
thority In world affairs. Tho aggreG
slve nations of the world pay .heed
to only one thing force and might.
"We should build only for defense,
but we should build to such an ex
tent that the aggressive nations will
know we are prepared to defend our
political and economic ldeala against
all odds.
t f. A. To Fore
(By the Associated Press)
The United States advanced to the
fore of the international picture (yes
terday) Saturday with broad rearma-.
mcnt plana of sweeping ramifica
tions. Business leaders in New York es
timated the program, embracing the
dual aim of strengthening defenses
and accelerating business recovery,
woufd stimulate Industrial spending
of at least 5.000.000,000 additional
during the next 15 months.
President Roosevelt's announce
ment Friday the United States was
re-examining its entire defense set
up was followed by Washington dis
patches mentioning il.000.000,000 na
the total contemplated addition to
the budget for rearmament.
Tho business leaders who are col
laborating with government officials
In working out the program said,
however, this figure would be multi
plied five times by the Inclusion of
non-budgeted federal loans and pri
vate participation.
Reports from Latin America said
the United States' lead might be fol
lowed quickly below the Rio Oranue.
The retreat of democratic protec
tors before Oermnny'a threat against
CrechoslovoJela, and economic Inroads
already made In South America by
Germany, Japan and Italy were id
to have alarmed Latin American
countries as to their future safety.
i (iermany Irketf
The Oerman press, mcanwhll.
opened tip with ft barrage of attacks
on Bernard M. Baruch. former chair
man of the war industries board,
who said In Washington that "tiw
threat to the United States from
Germany is In SJUth America and Is
real and immediate."
Baruch. amplifying his views on
building America's defensive forct-i,
yesterday advocated special tax to
meet the cost of Increased arma
ments. Although the Oernwui press prom
inently displayed report on the
American armament plans, It said It
(Continued on Psge Two )
In Power Hid
PORTLAND, Oct. 15. V) On bids
totaling 1170.105, the PheJrw-Dodrc
Copper Products corporation won a
contract today for construction ol
two sections of transmission line
that will carry Bonneville dam power
from Vancouver,, Wash., to Salem,
Ore,
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GONZAGA
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PURDUE ....
FORDHAM ...
TAB
Score Hurt In
A racing fire, which destroyed millions of gallon of gasoline, kero
sene and other oils, left a score of men Injured n( Linden. N. J when
flames were finally subdued by vhemlcols. sonic 1,500 firemen from five
nearhy cities Joined In the fight at the Cities Service "tank form." l.os
was estimated at more than S1.noo.000. Above: One of the tanks billow
ing flame and smoke at peak of conflagration.
CUT INCOMES OF
Northwest Producers Far!
Behind, Statistics Show,
For First Six Months.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. (AP)
Tumbling prices shriveled farmer In
comes in the Pacific northwest states
this year.
Agriculture department figures
showed today the farmers of Wash
ington. Oregon, Idaho and Utah run
nings millions of dollars behind 1937.
Official estimates placed receipts
from crops, livestock and , benefit
payments at 17IM02,000 during the
period January to August of this
year, compared with 350. 482.000 In
the same period of 1937.
A similar condition prevailed
throughout all the western states,
with total income dropping to
$4.614 000.000 from V3.V).000.000.
The department found dwindling
receipts from wheat, truck crops, po
tatoes, apples, dry edible beans con
tributed most heavily to the reduc
tion In Income.
The Income of Washington farmers
for the elht month period of this
year waa reported as 166.816.000.
compared with $00,546,000 for the
same period of 1937. Of this. $25.
538.000 came from the sale of crops,
I39.5O5.000 from livestock and live-stw-k
products, and $1,683,000 frm
benefit payments. During the right
months of 1037. the receipts from
these sources were $54,994,000 Ml,
727.000 and $2,825,000. respectively.
Oregon farmers received $49,072,000
$13205.000 from crops. $33, 554.000
from Mvestork and livestock products,
a'nd $2,313,000 from benefit pay.
ments during the January-August
period of 1938, compared with $30,
245 000 for the corresponding period
of 1937. The 1937 receipts Included
$27 088 000 from crops. $18 9 1 8.000
from Hventnek and livestock products,
and $2,239,000 from benefit pay
ments. pFan Soldier's Home
8ALF.M, Oct, 15. cypi A proposal
to eresto an old aolrller'a home t,Mt
of the bulldines and campus of the
former Albsny college at Albany wo
presented the quarterly meeting of
the Marion county council of ihe
American Legion at Woodburn last
night.
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ARMY
HARVARD
MEDFORD, OREO OX, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 19:38.
Refinery Blaze
CALLS OFF TALK,
AT $2.20 A SEAT
Nevada Altitude Blamed For
Cancelling Boulder Dam
Speech Doubted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15 (AP)
Interior Secretary Ickes, reputedly
offended at being advertised as the
attraction at a scheduled Los Ang
eles meeting where admission was
to be charged, passed up a speaking
engagement at Boulder dam today
and came to San Francisco five days
ahead of his planned itinerary.
Amid a flurry of reports that tho
Interior secretary waa 111 and had
been taken to a hospital, Ickes said
he had been Indisposed because of
the high altitude at Reno, Nev
where he attended a reclamation
meeting this week, but that he had
not even consulted a physician.
"I was a little affected by the
altitude In Nevada." he said, 'Tut
that Is nothing, because a lot of
people are."
Ickes explained hat he had not
gone from Reno to Boulder dam. 400
miles to the south, because of the
altitude there. Boulder City's alti
tude la 2.400 feet but there are nu
merous high mountains nearby.
Reno's altitude Is 4.484 feet.
The secretary announrd he was
leaving flan Francisco tonltrht but
did not disclose his destination.
In Washington a colleague of I-.-kis
said the secretary took offense nt
reports that posters hsd been dls
played In Hollywood advertising "a
chanon to see a cabinet officer at
2 20 a ticket."
The colleague said the speech. "The
Crisis of Democracy'," was to le (.e
llvered under the auspices of the
Hollywood council for democracy H!
said It had not yet been canceled
hut that Ickes mUht refuse to de
liver the address because of what
might be considered as an affront to
his position.
fooVTlllMteiiMMleN
MAnSHPTELD. Oct. 15. !,- Co
Bay Lumber enmpnnv's mill uere.
known for years as Ihe target simile
unit lumber mill in the world. MI
undergo extensive remodeling this
month that will rrsult in Its pro
duction capacity being cut in half.
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PENN.
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YALE
NAVY
7M6)M
CITY JITTERY AS
FEAR FELT HUNT,
CULBERTSON LOST
But Plane Travellers Found
Safe And Sound, After
Much Anxiety.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15. (AP)
Three Oregon aerial travelers arrived
at the San Francisco uirport today
( 10 :35 a. m.) much surprised that
they had caused anybody worry over
their delayed arrival from Med ford.
Thomas Culbcrtson, manager of
the Med ford airport, said he and
George A. Hunt, theater operator,
and Gordon Croddock of Portland,
motion picture distributor's agent,
had stopped over night at Eureka
after stormy weather forced them
to abandon the valley alrlanea into
California.
"Gosh, we're all right," Culbcrtson
said. "We stayed over at Eureka, saw
a high school football gamo hi&t
night, and here we are to see the
Stanford-Oregon football game at
Palo Alto today."
Culbertson said the trio would fly
to Medford tomorrow morning.
Failure of Tommy Culbcrtson to
report his landing at Eureka caused
a sarlotis commotion here yesterday
morning as word was spread around
that tha Medford men were missing,
Employes of tho Hunt thenters
congregated at the Mall Tribune 61V
flee to await definite word on the
fate of the fliers, hoping for the best
but fearing tha worst, Elno Hemmlla.
advertising manager of the theaters,
was kept up practically all night
answering telegrams and telephone
calls from San Francisco newspapers.
Mall Tribune telephones rang In
cessantly all morning as natrons
sought Information on the supposed
ly missing Medford men. Friends and
relatives of the men were near hys
teria when word of their Bafety flu
ally was received by the Mall Tri
bune. E
IN LEGAL TANGLE
EUGENE, Oct. 15. (AP) Two well
known lawyers. James K. King and
William W. Harcombe, were arrested
early today on secret Indictments ac
cusing them of unrelated criminal
acts Involving certain legal duties.
King was accused of testifying
falsely in connection with a note
and mortgage involving an estate
which he was handling, and Har
combe was alleged to have stoleti
funds and forged endorsements to
two checks. Harcombe pleaded Inno
cent and King will plead Monday.
King was sued by Damns Wick
wire, executor of an estate. Tho at
torney was charged with testifying
that another person bought a mort
gage for $2,000 and sold It for $3,224.
This statement was alleged to be
folsc. Harcombe was alleged to have
forged tho name of John W. Dickson
to an $800 check made out to him
and Dickson and tha name of Albert
Lutklns to a 9340 check.
LOSES ITS HOWIE
OAK I .AND, Cal., Oct. 15. (AP
Oustlpg of the German American
bund from 1U quarters In the Ger
man Pioneer house, long-established
center of Germanic groups, because
of "un-American activities and prop- .
aganda," was announced tonight by J
the house manager. George Englehart. J
"They have been making trouble
.'or soma time." Englchart said, "and !
iiave been especially cocky alno Hit
ler went into Czecho-Blorakln."
The manager asserted the local j
bund group, comprising from 200 to .
300 members, have been wearing
blaefc shirts. Sam Brown belt, drill
la regularly with rifles, and "look- .
ing forward to th time when they
will take over control of the United
fit n tes government."
FniMehart quoted one local le::d r
uS proclaiming to a bund meeting
recently. "Som- tiny, we will show
these damn fool Americans how to
run their country and their busl-neu."
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L. A. Civil Service
lip ' ' ' "
ftlenn O. Oravatt, 39, genenil manager of the Los Angeles city civil
service commission, wns arrested and nrrulgniMl on charges of falsifying
civil service examination papers unri given until October 18 to enter a
pleo. He was arrested and released tin $5.0(0 bond in the rlty depart
ment "clean-up" campaign of the new mayor. Fletcher R-owron. Oravatt
Is shown as he left his Jail cell. , , '
ROOSEVELT -TALK
E
Radio Speech On Nov. 4
For New York Voters But
Covers All.
(By the Associated Press.)
Candidates for office In the No
vember elections, many of them bat
tling It out on strictly New Deal
Issues, speculated today on the prob
able substance of a pre-election radio
address to be given by President
Roosevelt.
A White House announcement said
the provident would apeak as a voter
of tho state of New York, probably
on the evening of November 4, from
his homo In Hyde Park. The an
nouncement added, ho over, that tho
president's remnrka "will be suffici
ently extensive In range to interest
the nation asa whole."
The pronldent already has express
ed approval of tho New York Demo
cratic Blnte, headed by Governor Her
bert II. Lehman.
Other developments on the politi
cal front:
At South Bend. Charles A. Halteck.
Republican representative from Indi
ana, contended In a radio address
that tho only hope for youth to re
gain economic opportunities was In
a "reversal of the disastrous policies
In Washington, Representative Dlt
of the New Deal."
Ur fR,-Pa.) said In a statement.
"Corruption In the administration of
relief, and rampant spollsmanshlp In
the departmental services are eating
away the substance of tho people."
BULLETIN
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 15. (AP)
Oregon and Oregon State frosh teams
battled to a scoreless tie in one of
their "varsity preview" games here
tonight.
Oregon lost a touchdown and vie
:ory In the last minute of play when
Caven, the Ducklings backfleld ace.
took a punt on his own 45 and ran
over the goal tine. The play was
wiped out by an Oregon off-side In
fraction, Both teams threatened. In the last
((Unrter the Rooks crowded down to
the Oregon 4-yard mark but were
held. Previously, In the tecond per
iod, the Ducklings penetrated to Ore
gon State's 8 but the attack wiia
nipped by Bunch of the Rooks, who
Intercepted a pass on the three and
wended his way clear out to the 48
before somebody floored him from
behind,
ALABAMA ,. , 0
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3UNE
Press
Manager Arrested
JAPAN PREDICTS
EARLY FINISH OF
Twilight Hour Of Resistance
Seen As Mikado s Forces
Gain On Two Fronts.
SlIANOHAt. Oct. IB. Ti Spokes
men for Japan's fo'rcea of Invasion
In China expirasf d belief . tonight
that the twilight hour of Chinese,
resistance was at hand.
Spokesmen for the army and navy,
summing up more than 1ft months
of warfare, said the Japanese were
fastening a stranglehold on China In
operations which, with the Invasion
of south China, now have reached
tho greatest dimensions alnce the un
declared war started July 7, 1937.
Tho south China drive, started
Wednesday, appeared to be develop
ing fast, promising a Japanese over
lordshlp for 70.000.000 Chinese In
southern provinces whllo armies, war
ships and pianos hammered closer to
Hnnkow. Clcncrallsslmo Chiang Kat
Bhek'a capital In central China.
Moreover, tha Japanese army In
north China, birthplace of the war,
was reported prepared to enlarge op
erations westward Into the untouch
ed provinces of Shenst and Kansu or
southward to the Yangtze valley to
assist the Hankow campaign, If nec
essary. The northern command reported
that its antl-guerrllla campaign, now
weeks old, had reduced communist
hit - and - run flghtera. organised
around the famous eighth army, to
Impotence.
The Yangtze Invaders wira re
ported within 80 miles by river of
Hankow. The Chinese aald today
that their shore batteries In that
sector, southeast of Hankow, had
sunk a Jnpnnese munitions trans
port. The Yarwtra river fighting wa In
but one secter of a vast front.
Northern California: Pair Sunday.
sIlHhlly cooler In Interior, with light
local showers; strong northwest wind
off const decreasing tonight,
Ormon: Partly cloudy Sunday,
luhlly warmer In Interior Sunday,
moderate to fresh northwest wind off
coast.
Outlook far western atatea October
17-33, Inclusive: Pair and normal
temperatures but rain in Paclfle
Northwest middle of week.
NOTRE DAME
ILLINOIS 9
PITTSBURG 2
WISCONSIN .-6
Very Small Cot
Tell your want to the peopl
through the WANT ADS III
this newspaper. Reach thou
sand! of prospects at a very
small coat, it Is north the
effort anil a happj surprise
may await you.
NO. 177.
FROM COAST LEAD
BY STANFORD WIN
Indians Score On Passes,
Blocked Punt And Drivs
After Webfeet Cut Gain,
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal.. Oct.
15. (JP) Stanford's football Indiana
knocked the Oregon university team
out of leading position in the Pa
clflc Coast conference championship
race today with a surprising S7-H
score. .
Tha red-lerseyed Indiana had
come from behind twice to overcomes
leads plied up by the swift-rolling
Oregonlans. who piled up tna Dig
total of 338-yard net gained on run
nlna- nla?. Stanford made only 7S
yawls on ground plays, but acored
touchdowns on two passes, a blocked
punt and a drive through Oregoni
line.
Oregon started with a rush tna
showed the northerners were Intent
on gaining their first victory In tin
Stanford jrtadlum.
Rarly Score. ' '
With the game only barely started.
Emmons. Webfoot'a fullback, cracke
Stanford's right tackle and plungeat
37 yards to the Indian 45-yard atrlpa,
Hallbacka Oebhardt and NlchoUoat
were on the Beds' 31 In a couple of
dashes outside tackle. The Indian
braced there, and Wlcholson booted
a pretty field goal from the 33.
-The second quarter had barelj
started when Oregon had tha ball
near mldfleld after a sparkling run
back of a Stanford punt by Oray
beal. This same Oraybeal sneaked
through the Reds' right tackle, broka
clear and raced like a Jsckrabblt,
54 yards to cross the Stanford goal
without a Redshlrt getting near him.
Lance poked the adding machine)
key with a trust toe, and Oregon
waa out In front by 10 points., It
looked like a field day. x
Stanford came back with rush,
however, and after Oebhardt kicked
out of bounds near mldfleld, Paul,
man passed to Stockovlch some as
yards, the Stanford end taking th.
ball on about tha Oregon 90 anal
streaking a alg-rag course over tha
goal line. t -
Score In Hurry. '
Paulman missed the kick, but Stan
ford cam back to score again In
short order. Paulman, redshlrt quar
terback, Jumped high to grab aal
Oregon paaa on the Oreenahlrta' 34.
After a couple of line Jaba. Paulman
shot a touchdown pass to Oraff, sub
stitute end, who had an easy Jaunt
some It yards over the goal Una,
Paulman'a second goal kick waa okay,
and the Indians were out In front
for a time.
' Oregon started the second half wltt,
a rush much Ilka that which opened
the game. Taking the klckofr on tha
5-yard marker, Oebhardt raced back
37 yards. Stenstrom and Oammon.
substitute baoks, tore off consistent
yardage on running plays, helped of
another 83-yard dash by tha eluslvsj
Oebhardt. Passing from Stanford
8, Oammon landed one in tha arm
Reglnato, who took a step over tha
(Continued on Page rwo.)
TO FREE ROSSER
PORTLAND, Oct. 18 (AP) Bar)
of 139.000 haa been potted for At
I. Roaaer, former Oregon APL-Taam
ster union chief under sentence rot
participation In the burning of
Salem box factory, with Circuit
Judge Prank Pete. re of Waahlngtoa)
county.
It waa posted by Rosser's attorney.
Roaaer faces trial there en charge
of destruction of personal property.
Charlea W. Robinson, labor attor.
ney who made tha announcement,
today aald the next move would ba
to poet ball In Polk county whera
Roaser waa under conviction, and la
Multnomah county whera he waa
accused of sundry misdemeanors. Bait
In those two counties had bean sat
at 138.000 and 1S,00, respectively.
Rosser at present 1 la Oalla
hospital suffering from a atomaeat
ailment.
RtraKberrlra Increase
PORTLAND, Oct. 18, r A ha
creaae of five percent In the areata
planted to atrawbarrlaa for 193 wa
estimated today by lb U. . (spatt
mini at agrteuituraj,