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Parade
By Joseph Alsop
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Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
SEN. I.OnOK BECOMING
BIO POLITICAL POWER
O.O.P. VICTOKV WOULD
MAKE HIM. STATE BOSS
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FREED MASSACHUSETTS
PARTY FROM COMA
TECHNIQUE DESCRIBED
VERCilNO ON OEMAfiOOUE
BOSTON. Oct. 34. Henry Cabot
'Lodge, the tall, personable young
man who la the seventh senator of
the United States In a direct line of
descent. Is on his way to become one
of the country's really powerful poli
ticians. His Is an extraordinary success
story. Six years ago. he was Just turn
ing thirty, and still a newspaperman
Four years ago. he was a Junior
member of the "great and general
court of Massachusetts." aa they call
their legislature here. Two years ago.
he had licked the Republican reac
tionaries In the primary, knocked
spots out of James Michael Curly In
the election, and token his senate
seat. Now, still a freshman senator,
he Is the outstanding leader of a
Massachusetts Republican party
which haa cost off coma and Is burst
ing with astonishing vitality.
If Leverett Saltonstall beats Curley
for governor, as he Is expected to do.
Lodge .ivll! ba. the principal figure
In a political combination like the
Massachusetts Junta, of federalist
memory. His several times great
grandfather. George Cabot, ran 'the
Junta with Timothy Pickering, and
the Junta ran Massachusetts. In the
current campaign. Saltonstall haa
frankly accepted Lodge's help. and.
once he- la In the governor's chair,
he will maintain the alliance. And
with his state administration behind
him, Lodge iwlll Join the small group
of certified political satraps.
Whether or not he becomes i li
tis;, Lodge's success stpry Is worth
study by every Republicsn leader in
the country. In 1936. when Lodge
ran for the senate, the Republican
coma In Massachusetts had the marks
of permanence. A highly Industrial
state, Massachusetts had been plung
ed Into early depression by southern
competition with her factories. A
vast population of Irish and foreign
bom were natural Democrats, and
the Republican party, having been
captured in the twenties by a group
of black Tory businessmen, had lost
many thousands of followers. In 1838
the state waa a Smith stronghold,
and In 1833 went overwhelmingly
Roosevelt..
Tet Massachusetts Republicanism
Is now alive again, and, if anyone li
responsible for the miracle, Lodge la.
Sweeping statements are alwaya a
mistake, and no doubt the Massa
chusetts Democrats, led by the un-
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Shot, Fall Fatal
WENATCHEE. Oct. 34. (AP) Ac
cidentally shooting himself with a .33
pistol which he carried In his hip
pocket. Earl C. Murphy, buresu of
reclamation laborer, fen from e 300
toot cliff and waa killed near Leaven
worth yesterday. His body was being
brought out six miles by a bureau
pack train today.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Earl Pete Nutter of Ashland cele
brating his .aweepstakea 100-pound
victory by treating himself to a ooi
tie of beer. '
prank DeSouza trying to alibi him.
self and Otto De Jarnett for fishing
three dayi without getting a fish,
he blaming a storm at sea that tent
the salmon scurrying for cover.
Rasslln Impressrlo Mack Llllsrd
being so busy placing beta In Klsm
ath Falls on Medlord hth school
for Medford friends he had no time
to get In on the profitable venture
himself.
Oeorge Patterson diligently practic
ing hta Navy Day talk behind closed
doors. .
Mildred Reter looking much Ilk
a beautiful gypsy, a gay silk bin
dana about her head and silver rings
in her ears forming part of a snazzy
sport rnsemble.
Frank Jcnes breaking up a delight
ful tt.a.tt by having to run
bom to m.lk th cove
TO BE FIRST IN
ENTERING CITY
Thousands of Chinese Sol
diers in Mass Retreat
Wuhan Defenses Crumple
British Ship Bombed
LONDON. Oct. 24. (API A
Reuters (British news agency)
dispatch from Chungking, provis
ional capital or China, said today
It was officially announced over
1,000 Chinese refugees perished
yesterday when Japanese war
planes bombed und , sank the '
Chinese steamer Klang Hsln.
A Reuters dispatch from Shang
hai said Chinese newspapers
there reported S.000 persons were
killed when Japanese planes
bombed and sank three Chinese
steamers on Tungtlng lake nearf
Yochow.
TOKYO. Oct. 34. (AP) Japan'a
determination to hold China indefin
itely under military occupation and
compel her to "cooperate" with Japan
in all vital matters after the war Is
ended was disclosed tonight In
statement emanating from govern
ment sources.
The statement, publlahed by Domel.
Japan'a only major news agency, ap
parently was Issued In anticipation
of the early fall of Hankow, China's I
provisional capital.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 25. (Tuesday)
( AP ) Japanese army and navy units
were racing early today for the
honor of being the first to enter
Hankow. China's provisional capital.
Japanese apoxcsmen here professed
to expoct news, of ,-thc fall of the
city momentarily.
Japanese dispatches aald thousands
of Chinese soldiers were retreating
en masse on all Yangtze river fronts
and the whole defense system of the
Wuhan area, embracing Hankow, was
crumbling.
One Japanese army column atrlk
lng from tha northeaat waa reported
to have entered Hwangpei, 30 miles
north of Hankow.
Japanese naval officers who pre
viously had reported their unlta only
30 miles down river from Hankow.
said the advance up the Yangtze
waa continuing with the warship
commanders apparently determined
to keep pace with the army's drive.
Resistance none
Nowhere waa effective Chinese re
sistance being offered, the Japanese
declsred.
Japanese aerial bombing of a Brit
ish warship and a customs dispute
over an American passenger liner to
day added two new Incidents to the
long list of International complica
tions In the China war.
Bombs from six Japanese planes
fell about and damaged the super
structure of the British gunboat
Sandpiper, anchored at Changsha.
(Continued on Page Bight.,
AIR DEATH TAKES
BEAVERTON, Ore., Oct. 34. (AP)
Six months after his brother was
killed In an air crash near Cornelius,
Volney Brlggs. 39, Portland amateur
air pilot, died Sunday In a crash
on the Joseph Crale farm near here.
Harold Brlggs, 38, lost his life
last April on the eve of hli wedding.
Witnesses said Volney flew low
over a farm field In which several
boys were playing and shouted to
them to make room for him to land
Hla plane cracked up In a thicket
of trees apparently aa ha waa at.
tempting to circle for a landing. His
motor waa missing badly.
Crale aald tha filer waa dead when
he pulled him from tha wreckage.
ORANT8 PASS. Oct. 34. (API-
Funeral services were being arranged
hers oday for William E. (Rainbow)
Olbson. 4. known nationally among
sportsmen who came from long dis
tances to be guests at hla We-Ask-U
Inn while fishing In Rogue river.
He died Sunday In Klamath Falls
of a heart attack which struck him
Just aa ha waa starting on a duck
bunting expedition.
Born April 31, 1889. In Ware. Eng
land, ha had lived In the Grants
Pass Rogue river section for twenty-
five years. His widow and three
daughters, all living at home, eur
I vlve,
Scattered
Astounding
After one of the most astounding
China metropolis of Canton, ten days
north. Fleeing Chinese blew up the
layout of the city and direction taken
LEGIONNAIRE ASSERTS
WASHINGTON. Oct. . 34 (API-
Harper Knowles. California legion
naire, told house Investigators today
organization headed by Harry
Bridges, maritime leader, began agi
tation which "brought about the San
Francisco general strike (1934) and
chaos to the maritime Industry."
Further ha testified. Dr. Louis
Bloch, a member of the maritime
labor board, waa at one time a mem
ber of the professional unit of the
communist party In California.
Knowles, of Oskland, aald ha was
chairman of the radical research
committee of the California American
Legion. He aald Bridges waa a com-
munlat and the organization, ine
"Equality Hall group," numbered
many communists among Its mem
bers. Brldgea is an Australian against
whom deportation proceedings are
pending.
Chairman Dies, (D-Tex.), of the
oommlttee Investigating un-American
activities, before which Knowles tes
tified, recently demanded of Secretary
of Labor Perklna Bridges be deported,.
Miss Perklna replied no action would
be taken until tha supreme court
disposed of a similar case Involving
Joseph Strecker of Hot Springs, Ark.
Knowles contended that aa early
aa 1933, Brldgea had entered the
Riggers and Stevedores union and
tried to gather about him "a group
of radical progressives." Two yeare
later, he said. Bridges snd a few
others orgsnlsed a longshoremen
local union, which quickly disinte
grated.
a
ACCIDENTAL SHOT MAY.
COST BOY'S LEFT EYE
' ROSEBURO, Ore.. Oct. 34 (AP)
Leroy Bond, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Bond of Ollde, may lose the
lght of his left eye aa the result of
a hunting mishap Sunday, hla phy
sician reported this morning.
Bond, while on a hunting trip near
hla home, waa said to have leaned
hla gun against a tree. The weapon
was accidentally discharged,
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Shutdowns Mark
Speed in Nippon Advance
& I liDAHCCC TAU( faSSy I MORS JAPAHfSE
campaigns of modern warfare, the Japanese army ' coptufed the south
after starting an overland drive from Bias Bay, entering Hie city from the
S8.000.000 Pearl river bridge (shown obove) and public utility plants. The
by the1 Invaders are shown In the map. (A. P. Photos.) '
T
PALESTINE TRAVEL
JERUSALEM, Oct. 34. (P) British
military authorities disclosed today
they would take control of all traffic
and communications in Palestine
November 1 In the new drive to crush
Arsb Insurrection sgalnst British rule
in the Holy Land.
MaJ. Oen. Robert H. Halnlng. com
msder of British forces In Palestine
and Trans-Jordsn. Issued special
warnings throughout the country any
person planning to travel by rail, au
tomobile or otherwise' must obtsln a
special military pass.
Reports resched Jerusslem toddy
Abdul Rahmln, commander-in-chief
of the Arab Insurgent forces, has U'
sued orders that henceforth his fol
lowers must refrain from engaging
British troops except In self defense
In some Informed quarters belief
waa expressed this might be the pre
lude to a truce similar to that ne
gotiated In October, 1938, whlcb.
however, lasted only three months.
TAKEN BY DEATH
John W. Pernoll, pioneer resident of
Jackson county, and postmaster snd
general storekeeper at Applegate for
many years, died In a. local hospital
at noon today. He had been 111 for
aeversl weeks. He waa widely known
and highly respected.
A couple of years sgo, Pernoll was
hot during an attempted hold-up
of his store. The bullet passed
through the lower part of hie abdo
men. Pernoll was shot aa he fled
from tha thug, the latter escaping In
the darkness. No arrests were made.
The wound undermined Pernoll's
health, friends said.
Tha Immediate cause of death a
typhoid fever.
Mr. Pernoll Is survived by his
widow. Laura, a 14-yr-old son, John,
Jr.. and two brothers. Judd of OranU
rass ana uarna ox utmwv,
SET BY HUNGARY FOR
CZECHS' COMPLIANCE
BV the Associated Press
Well-informed sources In Budspest
today said Hungary, after receiving a
fifth unacceptable proposal from
Czechoslovakia, had set Wednesdsy as
a deadline for the Prsgue government
to comply with her territorial de
mands. Unless Czechoslovakia makes ,
sstlsfsctory reply by then, they ssld
the Hungsrlsn army would start
marching across the border; and the
Polish army would atart marching
Into Ruthenla at the asms moment
Official circles In Warsaw, however.
declared these reports were "fslse,"
asserting the Polish aim was peaceful
settlement with Czechoslovakia.
In Prague, meanwhile. Soko), tha
largest pstrlotle organisation In
Czechoalovskla, approved a resolution
urging control of Jews and expulsion
of some.
Outstanding In yesterday's French
aenatorlal elections waa an unmlatak
able shift to the right, Interpreted
by supporters of Premier Edousrd
Daladler aa approval of hla part In
the Munich peace settlement.
G. PASS COPCO LEADER
IS TRANSFERRED HERE
GRANTS PASS. Oct. 34. P) W
J. Moyer, California Oregon Power
company ealesmenager at Orsnts
Psaa. will transfer next month to the
Medford office, he aald today. He will
assist Olen L. Jsckaon, Copco. vice
president and aaleamanager.
Moyer la newly-elected Chief Big'
born of the Oregon Cavemen but will
automatically lose his active member
ship by the change of residence. He
also heade Josephine county Boy
Scout work. Mrs. MoyeV Is retiring as
! head of the Legion auxiliary.
PORTLAND. Oct. 34 IIP) Fire
Saturday night razed a coat-hangiT
manufacturing plant on North Mar
J cum avenue at a loss estimated at
vwvy. v. .g c.r uv -
Inaugural New Labor Act
WORKERS PARADE
BACK TO WORK IN
S. F. WAREHOUSES
Storage Places Closed by
'Hot Car' Dispute Reopen
Doors After Long Tie-Up
Contract Is Planned
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 34. ( AP)
CIO warehousemen's union dispatch
ers sent about 1700 men some or
them idle since early July back to
work today as 138 warehouse opened
their doors. Nearly 1000 other work
ers in the long-ctoitcd plants Joined
the parade.
Union headquarters, swamped with
calls for men. said It appeared that
every one of the grocery, drug-, hard
ware, dry goods, liquor and public
warehouses closed in the famed "hot
box car" dispute planned Imme
diate resumption of trade.
As the first warehousemen at
tacked the merchandise piled high
In shipping rooms, officials of the
International Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's union and of the
Association of San Francisco dis
tributors planned a meeting to In
itial a master contract outlawing
strikes or lockout In tha distribut
ing industry until June 1, 1040.
The contract, hailed by tha Ban
Francisco chamber of commerce as
the most Important step of the year
In the city towards Industrial peace,
was arrived at last week In confer
ences mediated by Paul O. Smith,
.youthful- San. Francisco, newspaper
executive. ;
Mayor Angelo Rossi's mediation
oommlttee of ten had ft meeting cal
endared today In an attempt to set
tle the strike of 9000 AFL clerks
called September 7 against 36 major
department stores.
CHICAGO, Oct. 84. (P) Snow,
gales and aub freezing temperature
marked winter's arrival to portions
of tha middle west during the week
end. Minnesota, Wisconsin and the up
per Michigan peninsula felt the
brunt of a storm that disrupted pow
er and communication Unea Impeded
highway traffic and Imperiled upper
Qreat Lakes shipping.
The snow ranged from wisp in Chi
cago to eight Inches at Ishpemlng,
Mich. Snowplows went Into action on
highways near tha Wisconsin-Mich
igan border.
A power failure caused a temporary
shutdown of Red Wing, Minn., fac-
torlea. Phillips, Wis., waa without
power for 13 hours. Broken telephone
and telegraph communication lines
Isolated several Wisconsin communi
ties, A 40-mlle northwest gala churned
Lake, Michigan and Superior.
The blanket of cold reached from
tha Rockies to Michigan and from
Canada to Oklahoma. Lowest official
temperature yesterday was 18 at Hu
ron, 8. D. .
STARTS SESSIONS
The October term of tha circuit
court, Judge H. D. Norton, presiding,
opened today with selection of a new
grand Jury, aa follows:
A. H. Bsnwell, Medford, William A
Gates, Medford: Mr, Zola Flck,
Jacksonville; Vem D. Hastings, Ash
land: H. B. Carter, Ashland: Stephen
Nye, Jr., Talent: and R. T. Weldman,
Eagle Point.
Oate, wss named foreman, and the
grand Jury held Its first session this
morning. .
The remainder of tht Jurors wars
excused for the rest of tha week. Tha
court explained a Jury trial might
be called for next week. No criminal
case, are on the calendar and not
many civil actions at laaue.
The district attorney's offlea re
ported only a few minor matters
would be called to tha attention of
tha new grand Jury, and a short ses
sion waa anticipated.
Reservist Promoted
WASHINGTON. Oct. 34. (AP) Th,
navy department annonunced tha
promotion today of Hollla W. Ubby.
Salont. Or, to tha rank of lieutenant
commander Id the naval reserve,
In WPA Scandal
Among 7S persons charged with
political manipulation of the New
Mexico WPA In wholesale Indict
ments returned at Albuquerque, N,
M., was Stanley W. P. Miller (above),
analntant United Stated district at
torney and son-in-law of V. S. Sen
ator Dennis Chaves,
MAN-CAUSED BLAZE
COVERS 100 ACRES
iE FOREST
A 100-acn forest fire near Dead
Indian Soda Bprlngs waa reported
under control thla morning by Rogue
River national forest hesdqusrtera.
Seventy-five men have been comba
ting the blaze stnoe Saturday after
noon. Forest headquarters said tha Mr
waa man-caueed, but whether from
a campfira or cigaretta had not been
determined. Tha blare had a good
start aa lookouts had been recalled
for tha eeason.
Tha fire waa reported by a hunter
Saturday afternoon. It waa dlffloult
to suppress because tha area waa rug
ged and dotted with sheer cliffs,
flaming snsgs fslllng down tha hill
side, and spresdlng tha blaze, head
quarters stated. The fire waa brought
under control at 8 p. m. yesterday
but tha full crew continued on the
fire line, today. Moat of tha fire
fighters were CCD youths from Oampa
South Fork and Applegate.
The area received none of th, week
end rainfall but fog thla morning
aided tha firefighters.
Slmerl Jam, fire chief, went to
tha acen, Saturday evening aud
again this morning. Ranger John
Sarglnson wss in charge.
A small fire off the Dlsmond lake
highway, reported Saturday after
noon by a motorist, waa put out by
Ranger Homer Hlxon. It was Ignltod
by burning debris along tha high
way, headquarters aald.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 34. OP)
Harold L, Ickea, secretary of tha In
terlor, arrived In Portland yesterday
a few hours behind one of hla poli
tical critic Senator Edward It
Purke, Nebraaka.
Ickes said ha had nothing to aay
about tha Oregon election or any
political subject, but when told that
Burke had criticized him for his po
litical activities Ickes retorted:
"Burke hasn't ssld anything la a
long while that haa Interested m,.'
The secretary was met by Bonne'
villa Administrator J. D. Ross.
He said ha would visit Bonneville
today, go on to Spokane lata today
and visit Orand Coulee Tuesday.
BONNEVILLE. Ore., Oct. 34. (IP)
PWA Administrator Harold L.
Ickas. looking out on Bonneville dam,
one of the government's largest pro.
Jeeta, recommended that voter, "de.
termlne whom tha privately-owned
utilities are supporting and then vote
for tha other fellow."
KLAMATH FAN INJURED
IN CRASH GOING HOME
Robert . Foster, 1 of Klamath
Falls, confined In Aahland Comma
nlty hospital Friday and Saturday
nlghta with Injuries sustained when
hla automobile went off the road and
overturned near Klamath Junction
Friday night, was taken home yeatar
day, eut and bruised but not aarloua
ly hurt .
E
OF
Most Industries Complying
Wholeheartedly, Is Claim
Few Lumber, Textile
Mills Reported Down;
Oregon in Line
PORTLAND, Oct. 34. (API
Oregon Induatry went to work to
day under tha new wage-hour law
but few employes or employers
had mora than a vague Idea, of
how It would affect them If at
all.
Tha fair labor standards act
,went Into effect at 13:01 a. m.
Although its inauguration ooour-
red In tha midst of confusion and
uncertainty the majority of Ore
gon employers appeared convinced
that few state Industries would be
affected so far aa wages and hours
were concerned.
Tha majority of northwest In
dustries. Including tha basic lum
ber Induatry and allied woodwork
ing manufacturers, are well within
the 44 hour week and 3ao per
hour minimum, although a taw
mall non-union operations may
be affected.
Employment of children m In
dustry, barred by the law. waa not
a problem of Importance In thla
state. n
WASHINGTON, Oct. 34. (AP)
Elmer F. Andrew,, wage-hour ad.
minis trn tor, aald today ha had re
ceived report of scattered shut
downs of Industrial plants, preaunw
ably because of tha new fair labor
standards act, but believed man
would probe to be only temporary.
Ha added that according to hla
Information moat Industries subject
to. the new law war complying.
"wholeheartedly."
The' far-reaching law went Into
effect laat midnight.
A few . lumber and email tsxtlla
oompsnles did not resume work to
day, Andrews aald ha waa Informed,
He did not name them.
No Exemptions
My general Information If that)
In some oases they would be seasonal
shutdowns anyhow," ha told newa -
man. "Unfortunately, Z can't da
anything about It. Wa oant exempt
anyone In Interstate commerce from
paying 36 cents an hour.
1 Juat hope lt'a temporary ana)
that after all they don't really mesa
It." - .
Andrewa remarked tha faw report
ha had received Indicated that sus
pensions would not "causa sertoua
Hl.tAMtlnn In lnrfnattv"
Calvert Magruder, general counsel, .
disclosed that tha American Banker'
association had asked exemption for
all banka on tha ground that tha
were local, eervice Institutions.
Andrew, remarked, however, most
bsnkera wera "Just going ahead an
complying."
Many Fledge Aid
Tha wage-hour adminlatrator re
ceived pledgee of cooperation In en
forcement of the new law -from many
state governors.
One of Andrewa' callers, J. Seng.
maa, of San Antonio, Texas, press.
dent of tha National Pecan Snellen
of America, told newsmen ha hi
reported avery pecan aliening plant
In tht south had closed because of
tha wage-hour law.
One of Sellgman'a aesoclatta. wh
declined to gtvt hla nam, aald tb
Industry's planta In and around Chi
cs go wen closed.
Sellgman estimated 80.000 worsen
won Involved.
He madt tht statement Imme
diately attar discussing with Andrew
and other official concerning th
possibility that tht pecan ensiling
industry might b exempt from th
new statute.
Sellgman aald ht had told Andrew
tha avenge wag paid In th la
d us try waa from 10 cant to It
cent an hour.
SKIDDING AUTO CUTS
POWER FOR TUALATIN
PORTLAND. Oct. 34. (AP) Four
persona wen hurt and power la
large art of th Tualatin veller
waa eut off Sunday afternoon wba
ear struck a pole at Villa ftldg
near Ttgard.
Three other poles, bearing several
57,000-volt high tension win, war
pulled over on th highway and
power out off.
Th car, driven by W. X. Boag.
Portland, and bearing tin others,
skidded out of control and struck
th pole, deputy sheriffs O. L WUsoa
and Arthur Pratt aald.