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The Weather
Forecast
Fair tonight and Thursday,
becoming cloudy Thumday; lit
tle change In temperature.
Temperature
Highest yesterday It
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938.
No. 180.
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Copyright, 1937, by Jho
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paper Alliance, Inc.
PA. O.O.P. SEES WORSE
THAN MARK IIANNA
FINANCIALLY OPULENT.
POLITICALLY BANKRUPT
ANNENBERO. PEW. WEIR,
onrsnY, COOKE PILOTS
'
gubernatorial . aspirant
hits welkarf. laws
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. Something
really big Is happening here In New
York and the tensely exciting Lch-man-Dcwey
campaign la only part of
It. It Is the battle between ' Repub
lican standpatters and new men, who
dare to suggest that their party
should abandon the old Casablanca
policy.
In Pennsylvania, your correspond
ents discovered the Republicans still
sternly Imitating the chuckle-headed
boy on the burning deck. Com
manded by their big business back
ers, they have not budged an Inch
from their opposition to every Inno
vation of these last years. In New
York the Issue Is doubtful. But If
the new men beat the standpatters
here, a long step will have been
taken toward a new kind of na
tional Republican party, which might
even break all recent precedents by
winning an election or two.
L At first glance, the whole bust
I ness seems distinctly Improbable.
The leader of the new men Is Ken
aeth Simpson, boss of the New York
city organization and national com
mitteeman for the state. And Simp
son Is not the sort of fellow usually
seen In high Republican places.
He Is youngish, energetic, and per
sonable no relic of the dear dead
days of Coolldge and Hoover. His
private tastes are so various that
he numbers Oertrude Stein and
Kcrcnsky among his close friends.
He has never been known to use
the word "regimentation." speaks of
tbe New Deal without bitterness,
and rarely prophecies that "this
spending can't go on." Strangest of
all, he doea not proclaim himself a
"man of principle." Indeed, he takes
some pride In being Just the oppo
site, for althoug he got bis start
among the ank-stocklngs. he la now
an Intensely practical politician.
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REPUBLICAN WORKERS
WILL MEET TONIGHT
An important meeting of precinct
committeemen will be held tonight
at 7:30 o'clock at the Republican
headquarters. 211 East Main street,
according to an announcement to
day by Ken Denman. chairman of
the Jackson County Republican Cen
tral committee. Various phases of
the campaign will be discussed.
Tbe women of Pro-America have
also been Invited to attend the Im
portant session. Denman said.
Big Pilchard Catch
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (AP)
Fisheries bureau officials predicted
today If west coast fishermen's luck
continued to hold they would take
one of the largest catches of pil
chards In the history of Pacific fish
ing in 1938.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBDKE REPORTERS
Mel Hogan receiving from his fel
low councilmen a handsome smok
ing stand In which to discard the
cigarettes he mooches from Larry
Schade.
Fred Erlcksou Joshing Hlzzoner the
Mayor sbout tire aslesmen.
Bill Oodlove heralding his return
to Medford by rooming down upon
the populace In his scouting plane,
scaring the Inhabitants half to
death.
Fred Kelly tunneling paersby Into
Democratic headqusrters.
Charles Herman regretting he did
not order reserved sests for the
M'dford-Klsmath grid colossal when
he first thought of It. none being
left when he finally got around to i
It.
Lllllsn May laboriously picking
out groceries after full day's work,
she disliking to cook but crazy
about eating
. Dorothr Nyswener surprised, elated
and tfrtiled. but not speechless over
111 Ibe birtlm); lue ftbout her.
SAFE LANDING AS
FIRE SEARS HANDS
Motor Catches Fire, Drops
From Plane in Dark of
. Night All Aboard Escape
After Forced Landing
i MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 10.
i (AP) A new hero of the airways
was acclaimed today, as a mass of
I burned wreckage marked where Pilot
'Dave Hlssong. with flames lapping
about him. brought 11 passengers
and three crewmen safely to earth
; In his burning Eastern Airlines
; plane.
With one vole of gratitude the
i passengers testified, "he -caved us."
The 14-passenger twin - motorea
Houston to New York ship burst Into
flames near midnight a few miles
from Montgomery, and though his
hands were seared, the fuselage
burned and one motor dropped out,
Hlssong stuck to the controls and
put the craft down In a dark and
strange field.
Ship Oestroyed
A moment after passengers alighted
the -flames destroyed the ship.
No one on board was hurt badly.
Among the passengers was J. V.
Connolly, general manager of Hearst
newspapers, New York . and E. D.
Rivera, Jr., son of Georgia's gov
ernor. Eastern Airlines listed the others
aboard as J. H. Sot ham. New York;
J. H. Bonck, New Orleans: Z. Leben
son, New York: J. T. Nix. New Or
leans; D. Drucker, New York; R. B.
Kahle, New York: Co-pilot C. R.
Russell; Steward Frank Glbbs; W.
O. Poote. Montgomery Eastern Air
lines manager; F. T. Vonnegutt,
New Orleans Eastern -Airlines city
traffic manager and George Stewart,
Atlanta.
Connolly said "the heroism and
fine work of the pilot simply were
beyond description." Young Rivers
said ''If It hadn't been for that pilot
I wouldn't be here."
Pilot Hlssong said a damaged pro
peller probably caused vibration of
a motor In a way to start the fire.
Pilot Shares Credit
He refused to take credit for any
heroic act. stating that he had
merely done what any other pilot
would have done under the circum
stances.
"And I want it understood," he
said, "that without the aid of Co
pilot Russell and Steward Glbbs we
could not have landed safely."
Foote told a dramatic story of HIs-
song'a heroism and effective perform
ance aa a pilot.
"We left the Montgomery field."
he said, "about three minutes be
fore the right engine got rough and
in another minute it broke into
flames. We were at an elevation of
about 1400 feet.
"Captain Hlssong cut the gas off
from the motor. The captain at
tempted to turn and had made
about a half turn toward the air
port when the right motor, appar
ently eaten loose by the flames, fell
out. Hlssong Jerked his left wing up
to flying position. He headed for a
clearing.
"He could barely see with his
andlng lights. He mushed the ship.
The right wing was sheared off by a
tree.'
Steward Frank Olbbs walked
through the aisle telling the pas
sengers to see that their safety belta
were tight. All were In their seats,
properly strapped, when the plane
touched earth. Then they 'rushed out.
Pilot Hlssong and his co-pllot were
helped from the control compart
ment. Passengers and crew fled
quickly beyond the heat of the burn
ing ahlp.
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Six Die In Crash
British Bombers
LONDON. Oct. !. (AP) n:.ya
air force officers Investigating the
mld-alr crash of two ' bombers In
which six died said today a cryptic
note found near the wreckage was
a "navigation message."
The officers said the mesesge read
"what will be our position In one
minute?" It previously had been re
ported the message said "what will
this plsne look like In few. min
utes?" An Inquest begun at Dummow
was adjourned until October 31.
Six bodies were recovered from
the smouldering wreckages. Since
January J,' 174 British airmen have
been killed In S3 accidents.
A. I. Veteran !les
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 19. (AP)
E. L. Powell, 73. retired member of
the Aasoelsted press foreign staff and
j formM. cMrt tne p,,,,,, Buru,
died here today.
mah Jewish Shops
VIENNA. Oct. 19. (API Mobs
broke Into Jewish stores and apart-
menu and smashed furniture and
fixture last ntoht In Leopold.tadt.
section of Vlennft Inhabited mostly
hv Jews. The premises of one Jewish
I relief ors Diction wtrt sacked,
Sets Peace Price
I in J A mln F fir mil Al I ins so I ill
(above), grand mufti of Jerusalem,
whose stand pat attitude on six de
mands upon Great Britain Is cited
as cause of much of the bloody strife
In the Holy Land. (A. P. Photo).
By the Associated Press
Japanese troops continued their
rapid south China advance today,
while British forces started a drive
to clear armed Arabs out of Jeru
salem and the British cabinet met to
consider the Palestine problem, home
defense and other matters.
At the same time Czechoslovakia
and Hungary kept heavy troop con
centrations facing each other aj: their
border. France's government faced
new labor opposition and the Span
ish insurgents were said to have been
repulsed on the Ebro front.
Another Important development
was a report by authoritative quar
ters In Paris preliminary negotiations
looking 'toward a "full settlement"
of differences between France and
Germany had been started.
In south China, Japanese forces
appeared to have slashed through
Chinese defense to threaten Canton
from both the northeast and the
east.
Foreign military experts were un
able to understand what had hap
pened to the Chinese defenders. They
expressed amazement at the rapidity
of the Japanese advance which, in
a week, carried the rising sun flag
80 miles Into the Interior.
HATCHET BURIAL
LONDON Oct. 19. (P) United
States Ambassador Joseph P. Ken-
' nedy declared tonight Democratic
and dictatorial countries should miry
their differences and seek to re
establish good relations In ft world
threatened with dlssster from a man
armament race.
Sneaking at the annual Trafalgar
day dinner of the Navy league. Ken-
nedy praised Prime Mlnlster.,neviue
Chamberlain's "all but superhuman
effort In behalf of peace" In the
recent crisis. He-said, however, "only
history will show Vhether or not he
made the right decision."
LINDBERGH DECORATED
BY MARSHAL GOERING
BERLIN. Oct. 19. (AP) Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh received one of
Germany's highest decorations tne
order of the German- Eagle In an
unceremonious presentation last
night by Field Marshal Herman Wll-
helm Ooerlng.
The decoration came to the Amait
can filer at a reception United States
Ambassador Hugh Wllao.i gave In
honor of Lindbergh and Ooerlng,
Nazidom's No. 3 leader.
ILLINOIS VALLEY FIRE
DESTROYS STORE. HOMES
ORANTS PASS. Oct. 1. (AP)
Fire last night destroyed the Bridge.
view store In the Illinois valley and
two homes, those of Mrs. Addle Mar
tin, and of Mr.- and Mrs. W. A
Treshsm. Little was saved from the
blaze.
qiiarrtman Killed
MOUNT VERNON. Oct. 18. (API-
Nick Oeorge. 83, was struck by
rock illde at the lime rock quarry
j near Concrete of the Superior Port-
! land Cement company yest-rday and
j hurled 140 feet off ft ledge to his
'death.
F, D. FARM POLICY!
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BY ALF L
Former Kansas Governor
Says Frequent Changes
Have Concentrated More
Power, in Washington
VIENNA. 111.. Oct. 19. (AP) Alf J
M. Landon of Kansas told a south- !
em Illinois audience here today the
Roosevelt farm progra m "proved a
failure and led to the same end
as all other administration attempts
to help business centralization of
more authority In Washington."
Then Landon, who was the Repub
lican presidential nominee In 1936,
declared:
"A president who thinks there Is
no constitutional limit to his power
is thinking in terms of the absolute
ruler." 1
The former Kansas governor said
the "ever-changing" farm policy may
have started out with "noble Inten
tions." but "each time it la changed
It concentrates more power In Wash
ington." "Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
already is talking his usual new idea
for farm relief," Landon continued.
"He brings out a new model almost
every year."
With that, the speaker coupled
the suggestion the policies of the
federal government "should be point
ed toward one end not shooting at
the north and south poles at the
same time."
"If the president's program of
spending to save wae sound." Lan
don declared, "we should now be
doing a booming business. If a pro
gram to absolutely control every farm
from. Washington la sound, we should
be enjoying something better than
40 cent corn, 50 cent wheat and
seven-cent hogs.
"It Is not any wonder the farmer's
purchasing power has been reduced
by one-fifth in the past 12 months."
Landon spoke at a rally sponsored
by Republicans of the 24th and 25th
Illinois congressional districts.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. (UP) Be
ginning a study of marketing prob
lems, citrus Industry representatives
today agreed in principle to -sell only
high quality fruit in Interstate com
merce. They believed the move would en
able consumers to purchase better
quality citrus fruit at lower prices.
It was believed that the program
could be effected, except In Florida.
under present marketing agreements.
Retail prices for the fruit will be
lower because of the huge surplus
available, a spokesman for the group
said.
The group will discuss at a later
session the problem of disposing of
the lower quality fruit. It was sug
gested that the fruit might be used
for fertilizer or as livestock feed.
BALMY WEATHER FOR
WEST OREGON SECTION
PORTLAND, Oct. 19 (AP) Balmy
Indian summer weather warmed
western Oregon sections today and
the season s first cold snap eased Its
hold on many higher levels east of
the Cascade mountains.
Both Bend and Wolf Creek recorded
minimum temperatures of 26 degrees
above zero. The only other sub-freez
ing weather reported to the govern
ment bureau was at Baker where the
thermometer dipped to 30 degrees.
Row burg and Medford had 72-de-gree
maximums and Portland 70.
WOMAN HITCH-HIKER
ARRESTED IN THEFT
Arrested last night by Ashland city
police upon Information furnished by
state police. Eva Lillian Sleemsn alias
Jacqueline Winters, 54. of 8an Fran
cisco was being held In the county
Jell todsy on a charge of possession
of stolen property. She waa to be
arraigned In Justice of the peace
court today, probably on the same
charge .state police aald.
The woman, hitch-hiker, stole
ft valuable Illinois pocket watch from
Jsmes Torres, employed at the Cal
Ifomla quarantine station, yesterday
sfternoon. police asld. The wetch wss
recovered when she wa arreted In
Ashland.
IT, a. at rrnMroarts
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 19 Pi The
United Statea Is In th process of
determining whether or not we will
have a democracy Vr "rule by an
oligarchy which might Vf& to die
tatorshlp." Secretary of the Interior
, Hsrold L. Irkes said here today In
I a pree couferano
Wife Puts Stop
To Mate's Fun
With Gift Auto
NEW YORK. Oct. 19. (UP)
Mrs. Mary Cusick bought a oar
several months ago for her hus
band, John, a WPA worker, and
John got In the habit of taking
:t out without her, she said. She
:aught up with him last night,
iitting In a beer parlor with two
.vomen. so she unscrewed the gas
tank lid. lit a match and tossed
It In. John walked home.
REPUBLIC STEEL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. ( AP)
The national labor board ordered the
Republic Steel corporation today to
offer reinstatement to about 5,000
employes who went on strike In six
Ohio plant In May. 1937.
The board ordered the company to
stop interfering with the formation
of any labor organization, discourag
ing membership In the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, or the Steel Workers Organ'
lzlng Committee, and In any way
Interfering with the rights of self
organization of employes.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 19. (AP)
Cleveland steel circles took. It for !
granted today that Republic Steel
Corp. would appeal to U. S. circuit
court, the national labor relations
board order directing the reinstate
ment or reimbursement of 6,000 par
ticipants In last year's "Little Steel"
strike.
Officials of the company were
silent pending a study of the board's
order, Ibut last April, when NLBR
lRifued a similar order. Republic com
mented "the courts will have to
decide" certain of the Issues.
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GREEN ENDORSEMENT
OF
CALIFORNIA PROTEST
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19. (AP) A
scorching demand by two high labor
officials that William Green, A PL
president, withdraw his "endorse
ment" of Frank F. Merrlam, Califor
nia's Republican governor, fired state
politics to a new high pitch today
as Raymond L. Halght, progressive
gubernatorial candidate, abandoned
his own campaign.
C. J. Haggerty, president of the
California State Federation of Labor,
announced he and J. W. Buzzell, sec
retary of the AFL Los Angeles cen
tral labor council, had written Oreen
declaring he had been "misinformed,
and to say the least, poorly advlsod
concerning the election In this state."
A letter by Oreen, they declared,
"has been construed as a carte
blanche endorsement of Gov. Frank
P. Merriam," who they continued. Is
supported by the backers of Initiative
proposition No. 1 which Is "for the
purpose of outlawing the trade un
ion movement In the state,
A letter from Green endorsing Mer
riam was released In San Francisco
Monday by J. M. Casey, official of
the AFL Teamsters' union. '
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OREGON LABEL
ROSEBURG. Oct. 19. (AP) Mar
keting of Oregon, fruit under Ore
gon lsbela waa urged last night by
Henry L. Hess, Democratic guberna
torial candidate. In a apeech.
"The fruit grower must have bet
ur farm-to-market roads and he
must be assured ft price sllowlng
him a reasonable margin of profit."
Hess declared.
He commented on the "apparent
neglect" of southern Oregon high
ways. THREE PRISONERS FLEE
AS TRIAL DATE NEARS
i HOOD river. Oct. 19. (API
prisoners awaiting trial at the
November term of the circuit court
e-.iped today by sawing off the
hinges of a steel gate at the city
Jail with ft hacksaw.
They were Leslie Weygandt, John
Quint and Edward Ray Paul.
Seven other prisoners declined to
nee.
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,illhor Must I.eate
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. l The
Immigration eervlco affirmed todsy a
board of Inquiry's order excluding
John S'rachey, British author an'J
lecturer, from th United Statea, '
L
BY NAZI AGENTS,
EX-SPY REVEALS
Witness in Espionage Trial
Says Germans Obtained;
Copy of Contract Between
Steel Co. and Amtorg;
By Mary Elisabeth Plummer
NEW YORK. Oct. 19. (AP) Nazi
German agents opened a mall bag on
the liner Europa to obtain a copy of
a contract between the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation and the Amtorg
Trading Corporation of New York,
the government's principal witness
testified at the espionage trial of
two men and woman today.
Members of the same group, he
swore, engaged his younger brother
ns a spy in Prague in anticipation of
Germany's march on Czechoslovakia.
The testimony was given Just before
court adjourned for the day.. -Tells
Forgery Scheme
Guenther Gustav Rumrlch, the 32-year-old
former U. 8. army sergeant
who deserted and became a spy, made
the disclosures after calmly telling
Federal Judge John C. Knox and a
Jury of a scheme to forge President
Roosevelt's signature to faked White
House stationery In order to procure
Information about two United States
navy alrplano carriers.
Staring at Asst. U. 8. Atty. Lester
0. Dunlgan and avoiding the gaze of
the three defendants Erich Glaser,
former Mltchel Field soldier; Johanna
Hofmann, hairdresser on the German
liner Europa. and Otto Herman Voss,
airplane factory worker Rumrlch
said he was incredulous when he
heard of the opening of the mail bag.
Shown Proof
The Information - was relayed to
him, he said, by Karl Schlueter, mes
senger and payoff man for the spy
ring, in the presence of Miss Hof
mann, and when he appeared skepti
cal Miss Hofmann herself showed him
a photographic copy of the contract.
Speaking In a low dispirited voice
aa though he were tired of the whole
fantastic espionage business, Rumrlch
said he expected to get a lot of money
for the navy Information on the air
plane carriers.
(Continued on Page Five.)
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TO
NEW ORIJJANS. Oct. 19. (UP)--George
William Cardinal Mundeleln,
personal representative of Pope Plus
XI at the national eucharlstlo con
gress, last night pleaded that man
turn to religion to bring peace to "ft
stricken world."
The civilized world, stricken with
many wounds, sore and .sick when
remembering the recent past, anx
ious, fearful, tremble when it looks
Into the nesr future." Cardinal Mun
deleln told the congress In a message
btoadcast by radio to the nation.
"There la but one remedy, there
la but one recourse open to us. We
must go back to God, to God whom
so many of us have forgotten."
3,035 Republican Voters,
2,828 Democrats in City
Medford. with It 91 voting precinct,
of 9.993 divided a to party, aa follows:
Republicans '. ...3,039
Democrat 9,838
Miscellaneous 90
North Main precinct, with total
registered vote of 481, la the largest
In the ctty. The smallest la South
Riverside with 184 voters. Kenwood
and Northwest precinct, are tied with
318 voters each.
In th 10 Aahland precincts, that
are 3.738 voters. 1.890 Republic,
and 1.078 Democrat, and 87 miscel
laneous. The nine Incorporated town of the
county hold 13,050 voter of the 17,
988 registered votes, aa follows:
Central Point, 877; Butt Falls.
309: Oold Hill, 837: Jacksonville. 817:
Phoenix. 899; Rogu filver, 883, and
Talent, 839.
Democrat have '. majority In 30
precincts, Eaat Asnland, Butte Falls,
Colestln, Oold Kill. Howard. South
Jacksonville, Hedford North Main,
Medford NortU Central. North River
side. Medf'jrd North, Southeart,
South Meiiford. Northwest. Orchard
Home. Vst Phoenix. Plnehurst.
Rogue Hlver. Roxy Ann. Trail and
Wlmer. Th other 90 precinct of th
county have Republican majorities.
In '.nost esses the lead Is slender.
Ashland with a 913 Republican
nolorlty. la what might be called ft
stronghold. The outstanding Demo
cratic precinct It Howard, with 1
lead of 90.
Greta's Hair Do
Declared Unfair
By Coiffure Guild
NEW YORK. Oct. 19. (AP)
The long straight bob displayed
by Greta Qarbo when she arrived
here October 7 from abroad Is un
fair to organised hairdressers,
coiffure stylists declared today.
A resolution attacking tin
screen stars" bob aa "wholly un
sulted for wear by her or by the
women of this country" was
adopted by the Coiffure Gmtld of
New.. York and the International
Master Ladles' Hairdressers' asso
ciation of the United States,
All termed the bob "destructive
to the welfare and livelihood" of
hairdressers.
LEVY
E
BY COUNCIL MOVE
Authorization to proceed at once
with foreclosure action against prop
erty owners delinquent In assess
ment wa voted last night by the
city council. ,
Through lte chairman. George T.
Frey, the land appraisal committee
filed a llat of property ownera re
maining delinquent In assessment
payments ftfter final notlc had been
served October 8. The committee
recommended that foreclosure pro
ceedings be Instituted.
The progress being made on the
Stewart ftvenue flood control work
was reported to the council by Frank
H. Rogera, city Inspector. The ctty
and county ftr cooperating on the
project.
At the suggestion of Mayor C. 0.
Furnas. the. .oaunell approved ap
pointment of David O. McDonough
aa city engineer for the PWA paved
street reconstruction program. Mr,
McDonough has been serving the elty
as engineer and "the formal appoint
ment was made to conform with
PWA requirements, the mayor ex
plained. Mr. Rogers reported that the
city superintendent's ataff haa been
working nights to complete plana
and specifications for the street re
construction project.
The council repealed a recently-
adopted resolution setting a mini
mum wage scale for the PWA project
and approved ft new resolution which
generally slightly Increased the scale
In accordance with PWA suggestions.
Larry Schsde read ft report showing
that IS defective sidewalks had been
repaired since the previous council
meeting October 4.
The meeting wa adjourned to I
p. m, next Tuesday to consider any
other matters that might arise per
taining to the atreet reconstruction
program.
Councilman H. S. Deuel and W. P.
Stewart were absent.
GERMANY BARS PAPERS
TELLING OF SPY TRIAL
BERLIN. Oct, 19. (P Yesterday's
editions of English newspapers which
arrived here today were confiscated
by authorities, presumably because
they carried account of the New
York spy trial Involving Nazi. News
dealers said no reason for tbe con
fiscation wer given.
hat total registered rot
REPUBLICAN LEAD
SALEM, Oct. 19. (API Report
from Jackson and Clackamas coun
ties Increased th Republican lead
over Democrat In registration total
from 38 counties to 7,774 today.
Th total registration for tht 38
counties wa 491,988, Including 348,
481 Republican and 338.877 Demo
crats. Jackson county, with a total regis
tration of 17.988, reported 9.300 Re
publicans and 8,874 Democrat.
Clackamas county hss 33.337 eligible
voters, Including 18.390 Republicans
and 18.834 Democrat.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC GETS
YEAR'S LOAN EXTENSION
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. (AP) The
Southern Pactflo Co, management hat
made an agreement with banker to
renew Its loan, touting about 130,
000.000. for one year. It wa an
nounced todftj.
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OF
Un-American Activities In
vestigators Told Strike in '
Midland Steel in 1936 Led;
by Red Members of Union,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. (AP) 1
The house committee Investigating '
un-American activities received test- '
tmony today communist engineered '
the first sit-down strike In MlchL '
gan at the Midland Steel company
In 1939.
Clyde Morrow, an employ of th.
Ford Motor company In Detroit, ld .
the atrlke waa led by John Ander
son. communist candidate for gov
ernor In 1934, and Nat Oanley, de
scribed by Morrow aa a communis
and member of several unlona at on 1
time under different name.
Aided By Union Reds
"These men headed the atrlke wits .
the aid of communist nuclei In th
union." h aald. "They kept th
workers at fever pltoh by saying. '
strike-breakers would be brought In
to take their Joba and the militia,
would come down."
Morrow, who aald he had Joined
the communist party for the purpose
of getting Information, asserted h
wa on hand when the strike began.
The witness said the technique of
sit-down strikes was worked out first
at the Hudson Motor Car company,
where "the communist party experi
mented with the Idea" late In 1931
and 1934. In the Hudson plant, ho
aald, departmental line were (top
ped until demanda were met and In
one month there were perhaps S0O
stoppages and "they Just couldnt
run."- - - . '. "
In response to question, Morrow
aald the Trade Union Unity league
waa an organisation of "red Indus
trial unions" up to 1934. and th
leading one, communist-controlled.
waa the Auto Workera union.
Lead Many Strikes
"It led the Brlggs strike In 10S9,
he aald. "th motor product strike
tha same year, and participated In
hunger march on the Ford plftnl '
In which five men lost tbelr lives.1
Morrow testified communist leader
wer active In ft aerlea of strike, lm
Detroit In 1937 which he aald "prac
tically paralysed" th elty. He said
factories, hotels, restaurant, dairies,
and newapaper plant were tied up
and as soon as one strike waa sat-,
tied, another would b "pulled."
Th oommlttee received testimony
yesterday communist had Imported ,
Into th United Stateft th same sit
down atrlke tactic they had used
in France and Italy prior to 1920.
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DEMO PARTY-SPRAGUE
BAKER, Oct. 19. (AP) "Th
Democratic state organization haft
been captured by ft combination of
screwball pinks and political gang
iter, greedy for spoil." Charle A.
Spragu. Republican candidal for
governor, charged In cmplgn
speech yesterday.
"It I ft weird wedding of parlor
Intelligentsia ftnd po"M1 barfllet,"
Spragu said. "If they succeed In
seizing control of the sUt govern
ment it mean th pink will get th
legislation andith burflle th loot.
"This otup It th old political
raw deal under th disguise of Pres
ident Roosevelt' humanitarian nw
deal."
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Pear Markets
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. (AP-USDA)
Peers: 31 cara arrived. 8 California.
9 Oregon. 1 Washington unloaded.
87 on track. Oregon Bosc 3880 boxes
No. 1, 81.80-90. average i.i; Tia
fancy, 81.38-40. average 81.31: Bart
letts. extra fancy, 8188-3.18, vtrg
81.99; 748 No, 1, 81.78-80. ftverag
81.78.
CHICAOO, Oct. 18, (AP-USDA)
Pear, 1 California, t Oregon, T
Waahlngton arrived, 11 on track; n
Oregon quotations.
ASYLUM INMATE HEEDS
PLEA . AGAINST SUICIDE
SAlM. Oct. 19. (AP) Th pleat
of ft Catholic priest. RT. John .
Ready, drew state hospital patient
peacefully from hit perch atop a
134-foot water tower from which he
had threatened to leap to hi death
yesterday.
Th patient. Blvln B, Knaop, 90.
committed laet July from Clackamas
county, had broken way from a
attendant and climbed tht tower, but
Indicated he might reconsider It
could talk 0 ft rlt.