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The Weather rorerast: Rain tonlrht and Saturday; not much change In temperature. Highest yesterday ...6 Lowest thll mnmltlf , , , si Start Something It is Urns to get jour Class ified AdTi. ready for ths Sun day morning Edition. Sunday Ads coat no more. Most every, one spends more time reading Sunday paper. Start some thingDo It now. TRIBUNE EDFORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1938. No. 188. M. ib mm j- i i 9BU VAST SIM . t . t i 0 Ir The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Ino. VICTORY FOR MURPHY VITAL FOR NEW DF.AL ... IMPORTANCE OF RACE EXPLAINS F. R. BACKING ... GOVERNOR GIVEN ONLY SLIGHT EDGE IN RACE FOB IS OLD GUARDSMAN WHOM IIB BEAT IN 11)30 S WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 The presi dent would never take an elephant (run to kill a donkey, or Issue an elaborate public statement merely to refute a Dies c 6mm It tee witness. His eager defense of Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan needs explana tion.. The explanation la fairly simple. To the president and his New Deal era, the re-election of Prank Mur phy in Michigan la Just as crucially Important as the re-election of Her bert Lehman In New York. Murphy Is the only well-known public official outside of Washington whom the New Dealers accept as a 100 per cent true believer. He Is on terms of the closest Intimacy with most of them, from the president down. And his victory Is vital, because he symbolizes the kind of Democratic leadership for which the New Dealers , fought In the purge. Add that the New Dealers have received pessimistic reports from Michigan, where Murphy is given an edge, but only a very slight ope, and the reason Is clear for the ring ing presidential Indorsement of Mur phy. Under normal circumstances. Mur phy would have an easy time with his Republican opposition In spite of Michigan's traditional Republican ism. The Republican gubernatorial nominee Is a bumbling old guards man, Frank D. Fitzgerald, who has already served an undistinguished term as governor and was licked by Murphy in 1936. Fitzgerald's chief backer Is Frank McKay, an enter prising politician of Polish extrac tion, whose history would throw the calmest good government league into a fit of hysterics. McKay and his ally, Edward Bar nard, of Detroit, have ' marshalled the broken-winded hacks of the old-time Republican machine Into a paunchy, cigar - smoking army, which would never fight at all If the commissariat were not so well sup plied by Michigan's labor-hating business. In fact, the Michigan Re publicans have Ignored the exciting examples of their- colleagues In New York, Massachusetts and Ohio. They are. still trying to beat Franklin (Continued on Page Ten I Pear Markets NEW YORK, Oct. 28. (AP-USDA) Pears: 7 care arrived, 4 California. 4 Washington. 8 Oregon, unloaded; eara on track: Oregon Boee 1440 boxes fancy ll.40(3JS, average 81.84: 8900 No. 1, 81.7Ss2.45, aver age $2.18; Anjous, 160 boxes extra fanoy M; 720 fancy, S3.0532.15, av erage $2.10. CHICAGO. Oct. 28. (AP-U8DA) Peara: 1 California, 1 Oregon, 1 Washington arrived; 8 on track: Ore gon Boac 1227 boxes No. 1, $1,709 2.50, average 81.93. SIDE GLANCES by ' TRIBUNE REPORTERS Mavnsrd Bush bluMilnsly looking around for a barrel after ripping his trousers In ft sudden stoop-over. Councilman George T. Prey oblig ingly railing a reporter's attention o a special council meeting, the! acrlbe. however, having counted on a night off. Chief Roy Elliott and all the lads holding their breath lest today's heavy winds whip up a flock of fires. ftha Hoover home, refreshed and invigorated from her vacation spent In Frisco, she being amared at the lack of up -swing hair styles In the big city. Arlene RApey Toaded down with packages containing beautirul new finery to be worn at the army ball t tonight, the deciding that a new gown would unprovt ber truck. n' no end. f PLAN TWO BILLION OUTLAY AS AID IN Dozen Big Companies Join Hands With Government to Supply Munition Cen . ters Sufficient Power WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. U?) A dozen big utility companies. Joining hands with the federal government In Its national defense program, dis closed today they would spend $2. 000.000.000 In the next two years to expand the output of electric power. This amount, said Floyd L. Car lisle of the Consolidated Edison com pany of New York, would virtually double present such expenditures. As the first step, the utilities an nounced "definite commitments" for enough factory orders to supply gen erating equipment capable of produc ing 1,000,000 kilowatts. For Munition Centers The commitments were given as a part of the administration's efforts to strengthen power facilities of the nation's strategic war material man ufacturing centers. Announcement of the program cflme from a session of the national defense power committee headed by Louis Johnson, assistant secretary of war, which has been making a survey of power needs since early this year. Carlisle; acting as spokesman for the group of utilities, executives which met with the power commit tee, said "substantial" government financing was Involved, but would not be In the form of grants. The government, he said, would "do nothing more then lend money or buy securities, in the same man ner as a bank." Expect More The utilities executives said the new equipment for 1,000,000 kilowatts of generating capacity represented about one and one third - million horsepower equivalent to the total power produced by ftny two or three The areas directly affected by the projected construction are In part those In which the production of munitions and other war materials would be In great demand In event middle western or southwestern cit ies. New York City's generating ca pacity, they estimated. Is about 2. 900,000 horsepower. Stressing the commitments were "not the' final step" Johnson Indi cated the administration hoped other utilities would agree shortly to en ter the expansion program. (Continued on Page Ten.) -- T A 85 mile per hour wind whipped through Medford early this morning causing an abundance of autumn leaves to bp swished about with papers and th -'ebrla. Tt caused a fire harard ; ,1 night dtstubance to Copco lli.: in the Table Rock and Eagle Point oreaa when power went off at 8 a. m. for a short period. Records at the D. 8. weather bu reau at 1:30 this afternoon showed a 38 mile per hour wind blowing from the southeast. Attendants said It would blow all afternoon and that rain would set In by nightfall. A dls turbsnce off the Oregon coast Is probably causing the storm. The storm Is approaching northward and mav blow over here, however. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company here reported that the wind resulted In 15 ureal lines In the su burban districts being down. The ma jority of them hed been repaired by early afternoon. German Consul Defends Annexation of Sudeten WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. (AP) Utpill 4.UIEUW . . 'day no diplomatic action was con templated in connection wim speech delivered at New York :ast night by Dr. Hans Horcners, me German consul general there. The consul's speech, in which he i'aHuriarlM" nt Ofrmani in America, has not been called of ficially to the attention of the de partment. U was not believed in in formed circle he had transgressed rules of diplomatic practice. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. f AP) Dr. Hans Borchers. German consul gen eral In New York, reiterated today he favored freedom of worship and freedom of the press, hut pointed out there are "two sides" to the latter "problem." Dr. Borchers, the first Oerman of ficial here to appear on a public platform since Oermsnj annexed the Japan Dies Replies In 11 formal Miilr-iut'iit, ( hulrimii. Miiriln Die (ll Tex.) of a house committee Investigating un-American activities, replied to President Roose velt's attack on the committee by saving that cabinet members had aided in a "well planned campaign of misrepresentation, ridicule and sar casm." which he said was conducted by persons who hoped to discredit the Inquiry. He Is shown as he read the statement to reporters. (A. P. Photo.) NAZIS STAGE ROUNDUP DF POLISH JEWS FOR E BERLIN. Oct. 28. (AP) Authori tative lnformnats said today the nazl authorities already had sent several . thousand Polish Jews living In Ger- j iimiiy uovi. iiiiai ruinuu ua ici n jjcv- tlon-wlde round-up. In . Berlin alone several hundred Polish Jews were routed from their beds In early morning raids semi officially explained as Intended to forestall application of a new Polish law that might deprive thousands of Jews In Germany of Polish citizen ship. The German government estimated 180,000 .residents . of Germany are Polish citizens. According to a Polish law coming into effect October 30 11 these by that date must have their passports revalidated by Polish consulates. Jewish, circles estimated the law applied to between 4,000 and 8.000 Jews In Germany. Failure to obtain such revalidation will mean the passport holder nevor turaln can enter Poland. Semi-official German sources Said It was feared those who did not re ceive revalidation might become pub lic chargpa. After midnight tomorrow they could not be sent back to Po land. Klamath Grimed By Dusty Pall KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 28. (AP) A 30-mlle-an-hour south wind today whirled up clouds of- dust from the dry bed of lower' Klamath lske and deposited a gritty pall over Klamath Falli. . Wheezing, grimy citizens hoped the southerly gale foreboded an atmosphere-clearing rainstorm. Sudeten territory, spoke last night at a meeting In Yorkvllle. German American neighborhood. The meeting was described as a memorial cele bration "on the return of Sude'en Grrmany.' The Czechoslovak Ian problem for 20 years after the war" was an ex ample. Dr. Borchers declared, of the necessity of studying the free press question from both sides. "Hardly anybody." he said, "was informed of the cosmopolitan char acter of the state whirh was cald a model of democracy. When the problem of autonomy came up, peo ple hardly knew these people were Germans. They thought the problem was one between fascist Czechs and democratic Czechs, and only gradu ally and In the put few months has the real character of the prob lem been made clear so people now res lire it was a problem between Carchs and Germans. Warns France to Quit Arming to Roosevelt BEAUTY TESTIFIES ON SPY ACTIVITY NEW YORK. Oct. 28. CAP) Tes timony Capt. Lieut. Erich Pfelffer, of the German Intelligence service at Bremen, once said he "got Informa tion from someone In Washington" as to naval ships under construction was given today at the spy trial In federal court. The witness. Mrs. Kate MoogBusch, a striking brunette, slso said she had heard Pfelffer say Otto Her mann Voss. one of the three defend ants on trial, was his contact man In this country in getting Informa tion aboil t military planes. Captain Pfelffer Is one of the absent defendants, accused by the government as one of the "higher ups" of the alleged ring. Voss was employed as a mechanic In a Long Island aviation plant. "Did Pfelffer say anything about his sources of getting Information In the United States?" Asst. U. 8. Aity. John Burke asked Mrs. Busch. "Yes, something about Newport News." she replied at first. "I can't exactly remember." Finally Judce John C. Knox in terrupted, "I think she Is a hostile witness." He turned to Mrs. Busch and admonished her, "now you ans wer the truth of these questions." Mrs. Busch acknowledged the truth of her grand Jury statements, when Burke read the questions and ans wers to her. The witness, who testified yester day two high officials of the Oer man war ministry tried to persuade her to open a house in Washington as a. propaganda salon, said Pfelffer had mentioned Karl Schlueter as his contact man. Schlucter, another fugitive from the Indictment, was a steward on the liner Ruropa. GOVERNMENT PLANS DOLLY VARDEN CURB WASHINGTON, Oo. 28. (AP Frank T. Bell, commissioner of fish eries, announced today an effort la being made to curb dolly varden trout which prey on salmon. He said th at t house n d a of th e trout were being tageed at Kodlak Island. Alaska, to study their migra tory habits and enable comprehen sive handling of the problem. Dolly Varden trout take a heavy toll on newly-hatched red salmon fry and Are found in salmon streams from California to Alaska. General l.'tjrh IHe BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. (UP) Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for MaJ. Oen. Joseph D. Letlch, 78. U. S. A., retired, former commander of Fort Lewis. Wash., and of American forces In Siberia after the World war. Leltch. a veteran of 40 ye era of army service before his retirement, died last night in the Lett or man hospital. WARDEN LEWIS OF PENITENTIARY IS TAKEN JY DEATH Man Who Made Oregon Prison Model of Orderli ness and Discipline Had Long Career in Institution SALEM, Ore.. Oct. 28 Warden James W. Lewis of the Oregon state penitentiary, who made the prison a model of orderliness and discipline throughout the nation, and who won from prison Inmates the nick-name of "Square Deal1 Jim," died here early today. Warden Lewis had not been In good health for several years. For the past 10 daya he had been slightly 111 with a cold, and two days ago his heart began to weaken. He had left his .bed each day and his death was unexpected. - Native or State Warden Lewis was bom In Benton county, near Corvallls, 60 years ago. and much of his career had to do with law and order. He was ap pointed deputy warden of the atate penitentiary In 1019. by Dr. R. K. Lee Stelner, who was "borrowed" from the superlntendency of Oregon state hospital tor a short time by former Gov. Ben W. Olcott to reorganize the penitentiary. On May 1, 1932, he was appointed by Governor Olcott as warden and served until Jan. IS, 1923, being re leased when Walter M. Pierce became governor on April 1, 1927, I. L. Pat terson had succeeded Pierce as gov ernor and he again changed the administration at the prison by ap pointing Henry W. Meyers of Salem as superintendent, a new prison of fice, and appointing Lewis aa warden. Meyera left the prison office In 1931 and since then Lewis, as warden, had been In full charge. (More on Page 6) I Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time la eastern standard) , Saturday Football 1:18 p. m. Army vs. Notre Dame, WABC-CBS and WJZ-NBO. 1:4B-Harvard vs. Princeton, WFAP NBC; Columbia vs. Cornell, WMCA Intercity. 2:48 Minnesota vs. Northwestern, MBS (also WEAP-NBO and WBAC CBS at approximately 4). Arranged by the Republican na tional committee, a broadcast round robin of Interviews Is to be put on Saturday night by WJZ-NBO net work, starting at 8:30, for comments on the political situation by collets students.' a grocery clerk, - persons on relief and others. WBAC-CBS chain hopes to have a pickup from Hankow, China, the first since Its occupstlon by Jspanese troops, at 7 o'clock tonight. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. Pf-The White House announced today Pres ident Roosevelt would speak from hla Hyde Park, N. Y., home, Novem ber 4, at 2 p. m. (EST) In connec tion with the dedication of tho Will Rogers memorial at Claremore, Okla. A previously-arranged address, In which the president Is expected to endorse the New York Democratic ticket, will be delivered at 7:30 p. m (EST), Instead of the originally designed time of 9:30 Both of the president's addresses will be nation ally broadcast. Endurance Flight N earing Record LANCASTER, CaU Oct. 38, (AP) Two filers attempting to set a new light plane flight endurance record were still In tbe air today, deter mined to stay there until nearly 6 a. m. tomorrow. They will break the present record of 186 hours, 10 min utes If they are able to hold out that long. The plane went up at 1:25 p. m. Sunday. San Fran Clerks Pray for Peace SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. IAP) Members of the A PL Retail Clema' union striking against 38 stores here today organised a league of prayer to aid In settlement of the 63-d, y dispute. Persons of all religious persuas ions, and those who have none at all, were Invited to the first prayer meeting held today, and "a good crowd attended," the union said. Services are to be held each Mon day at I a. m. SLIGHTLY LOWER Comm. Sets $382,590.66 As Amount to Raise for County Expenses Hear ing Slated for Nov. 22 The Jackson county budget com mittee, A. O. Hubbard chairman, completed the 1939 budget Thursday and placed the amount to be raised at 382,590.66. This Is 164.49 less than this year, when It was 1382,655.16, The figures for both years are with the estimated receipts deducted. A public hearing on the budget has been set for 10 a. m., Tuesday, November 22 In the courthouse aud itorium. General Fund Cut The amount appropriated for the county general fund for the coming year la 254,011.22. The 1938 allot ment for the same purpose waa 255, 919.50. This la a cut of 1.0 08 .38. The amounts appropriated for tbe varloua relief funds are practically the ssme aa last year. The largest Is approximately 44,000 for old age assistance. For the general county road fund for the coming year $119,970 la ap propriated; for 1938 It waa 110,529. an Increase of 9,441, The county bridgo fund Is fixed at 31,360, an Increase of 1,360. Road Fund Slashed The 1930 market road fund Is set at 135,180,, This year It waa 38,350, a decrease of 3,170. The emergency fund of 10,000 Is the same as the current year. The county library fund was slashed $30 to 5.624. County Assessor J. B. Coleman said until the atate tax. If any, had been set and the corporation valuations for Jackson county, expected within a week had been received, he would not attempt to estimate the tax mill age for tha coming year. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. Direc tors of Radio Corp. of America today ordered a dividend of 20 cents a share on the common stock, the second common dividend In the history of the corporation. Only previous pay ment was the aame amount on De cember 81 last year at a time when the company also cleared up all ar rears on Its preferred stock. Latest dividend Is payable Decem ber 14 to holders of record November 7. Directors also declared the regular quarterly dividend of 87' cents a share on the 83.60 cumulative first preferred stock and a shore on the 95 "b" preferred, both payable December 14 to holders of record No vember 7. " ... - Hog n uar lis Body PLACERVILLF, Calif., Oct. 28. (UP) Tho body of Mrs. Cruzita Peterson, 48, was found lying along a highway, with a neighbor's dog standing guard over her, near Clarks vllle today. It was believed she had been struck and killed by a hit-run automobile. Mountain Girl Aged Ten Marries Coal Miner 34 PRESTONBBURO, Kj., Oct. 3 (AP) Rosle Columbu, has changed her child playthlra for a husband. Dr. L. B. Sheppard, Johnson coun ty health officer, said today records In his office showed tha girl la 10 years old. She waa married Monday to 34-year old Fleming Tackett. a widowed coal miner. The marriage license ws, obtained at the Floyd county courthouse here by the girl's mother, Mrs. Grace Columbus, who gave Rosle'a age aa 18. At Palntsvllle. Dr. Sheppard said health office records showed tha girl wss born In Johnson county Feb ruary 12, 1928. The- Rev. W. O. Ratllff. employed as a coal mine blacksmith, said he pronounced tha marriage vows In a simple hill country ceremony In front of a newly-constructed log cabin near hers where tha couple will live. Coal-blackened miners look ed on silently during the ceremony. The two-room cabin Is located on Abbott creek three miles north of Mother's Wager on Rum Capacity Helps Daughter CHICAGO, Oct. 28 (AP) Three -year-old Arlene RJ chine, a superior court Jury has decided, waa entitled to collect 82600, or 500 times the amount her mother wagered and lost when she died that she could drink a pint of whisky In one hour. The Jury awarded Arlene that amount In damages against Paul Hakenaa and Peter Walcunas. own ers of the tavern where her mother, Mrs. Antoinette Rlchlne, worked and had made the 5 wager. She had consumed three-quarters of the pint when she col lapsed and died of acute alcohol lam. The suit was brought under the dram shop act, which holds tavern keepers responsible for acts performed by persons under ;he influence of liquor obtained ,n their establishments. BIG BUTTE BLAZE HURDLES CONTROL The forest fire at Big Butta springs, source of Medford's water supply, blew up thla afternoon and quickly flamed over 60 to 80 acres. Rogue River national forest headquarters reported. The fire waa still spreading with great rapidity .. when the report of the blow-up waa received hen. Ad ditional flreflghtlng crews were Im mediately dispatched from the South Fork and Applegate CCO camps. The fire waa moving away from the watershed and In no way was affect ing the city's source of water, head quarters atated. It started Wednes day but was held originally to two acres and crews began mopping It up yesterday The strong wind this afternoon whipped the blare out of control. Fifty additional ,CCC men were called from louth Fork and 100 were dispatched from Applegate. The fire Is In a logged-oft area full of snaga which makes supresslon dif ficult. This afternoon the flames flames were leaping from top to top of the snags, headquarters aald. - - Men under Ranger Lee Port and Protective Assistant Albrt Young wre being held on patrol of tha fire between Perk's pasture and Dutch man peak. The 20-aora fire was brought under control Wednesday night but a patrol was being main tained because of strong winds which might whip the dying embers Into fresh life. Bulk of the flreflghtlng crew was being held at Perk's pas ture for any emergency, headquarters said. The fire reported by hunters a few days ago was found by forest guards near Chinquapin mountain. It cov ered six acres and six men from the CCO aide camp at Lake O , Woods were fighting the blam today. Slmert Jarvl, fire chief, left this morning to Investigate a large amount of burning by homesteaders between Klamath lake and the for eat boundary. BENES PLANS 3 MONTHS STAY IN UNITED STATES CHICAGO, Oct. 28. (AP) Former President Edusrd Benes of Checho slovakia cabled the University of Chicago today he would come here for a 8-month term as visiting pro fossor. Preatonsburg In an Isolated section of rugged eastern Kentucky moun tain country. In It, with Roale and her "Flem." will live the girl's mother and father, Jim, two younger broth ers, an older sister and some In-laws. But It means luxury to Rosle. A doeen miners said Rosle and her family had lived under a rock cliff on a hillside nesr the cabin for "two winters." Mr. Ratllff. the blacksmith-minister, said he first believed Rosle'a elder sister waa the 'bride-to-be when he was summoned to the cabin. Ha was smared, he said, when the younger girl stepped forward Instead, but per formed tha ceremony because- the li cense appeared to be "legal." Rosle, clad In A chlldlah-cut ging ham dress, cotton stockings and bad ly scuffed shoes, had been called to th eabln for th marriage from th nearby hillside where shs was play ing. A ahy, unassuming girl, ' Rosle ! weighs about 70 pounda and la almost four fret, sight inches UU. Chinese HINT OCCUPATION HAINAN ISLAND IF PROTESTIGNORED Tokyo Gravely Concerned With Possible Develop ments of Situation Silent On U. S. Warning TOKYO, Oct. 28. (AP) A foreign offtoe atatement today said Premier Prince Konoye had warned Franc Japan "might be compelled to take measures" if the French continue to supply China with arms. It waa believed this meant possible Japsnese occupation of Hainan Is land, Just off the south China coast, one of the points of the French sphero of Influence and a strategic dagger aimed at the heart of th vast French oriental possessions. Yotaro Suglmura, Japanese ambas sador to Paris, protested In Pan and, tha statement today aald, Pre mier Konoye told French Ambassador Charles Arsene Henry Japan was "gravely concerned with a possible development In the eltustlon." Mum. On D. S. Note Officials remained silent on th United States note, disclosed yester day, demanding maintenance of the open door In occupied part of China, but the influential newspapr Assht said tbe Tokyo government consid ered such insistence "unsuitable." ' Tbe large tndependen t-ltberal ; newspaper asserted a new situation existed In the far east because of Japan's advances In China and pre-' dieted Japan would attempt to Jn-'. duce the United states to accept this thesis. The foreign office statement on Franco-Japanese relations said Pre mier Konoye had reminded Ambas sador Henry France some months ago hsd proposed voluntarily to halt th flow of munltlona through Indo Chlna but. the premier aald, Franc failed to do this and twice there after Japan asked her "to recon sider." "Reliable Information shows," th statement continued, "that th most Important route left for transporta tion of arms to Chiang (China's gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek) I through French Indo-Chlna, and China now la reported active there. "Our government are therefor gravely coucerned with the possible development of the situation." PLACERVILLE POST PLACER VTLLE. Cat. Oct. 38. (UP) Wilson Bryan, Place rville, was nam ed acting manager of the Placervtlla Fruit Growers' association, a pear co operative today, succeeding Paul A. Scherer, Medford, who has been man ager since spring. Scherer said ha wa, returning to the field of fruit pre-eooltng and refrigeration. Mr. Scherer was formerly manager of Southern Oregon Sales, Inc, and secretary of the Rogue River Valley University club. He resided In Cen tral point. He left here about four years ago to make bis home In Ban Francisco. - Mr, Scherer la considered an au thority on precooltng and refrigera tion plans, having designed several. Friends here, however, had no knowl edge of hla future business plana though tt was thought likely fc would remain In San Francisco. Mr. Scherer still owns orchard properties In the Rogue River valley and comes here one or twice a year to Inspect them. $1.60 Profit Made By Josephine Fair . GRANTS PASS. Oct. 38 (AP)-iA profit's a profit In these times. Th Josephine county fair board felt that way about It when It de posited 81.80 In th county fair fund th profit from this year's show. Service en Gam cor at th end of each quarter of the Medford high-Bend high football gam In Bend tonight will b received by th Mall Tribune, and local fans may learn that In formation by telephoning 78. Th gam starts at o'clock. First quarter score should b available about 8.-20, halt-time oount about 8:50: third quarter score about 0:4O and final score tew minute after 10. 3
