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TRIBUNE
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Thirtv-Third Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1938.
No. 193.
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By Joseph Alsop
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Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
NEXT WEEK'S ELECTION
FATEFUL FOK 1IHMO PARTY
CHOICE OF 1940 NOMINEE
HANOS UPON OUTCOME
WIN WOULD STRENGTHEN
CONTROL BY ROOSEVELT
.
LOSS WOULD TURN PARTY
AGAINST ITS LEADER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. The cam
paign now ending might be described
aa the first act in the great drama ol
"Whose party la It? Or, King Roose
velt and the conservative Democrats
who came to life again." The curtain
rose when the conservative element
in the president's party first dared to
oppose him, in the court fight. The
most exciting scenes were played last
summer, during the purge primaries.
And, when the votea are counted next
Tuesday, the drama will pass Into a
new phase.
Whichever way the voting goes,
there will be a deal of flapdoodle
about "a glorious Democratic tri
umph" or "a splendid Republican
victory." But, for the Democrats, the
mere numbers of votes they attract
will be far less significant than the
result's effect on the Internal struc
ture of tneir party. is not poo
much to say that, other -things being
equal, the Democratic choice In 1040
wilt be determined on November B. -
Certain superficial, phenomena, will
appear immediately after election
day. For one thing, the campaigns
of Democratic favorite sons will be
come annoylngly clamorous. ' Indi
ana's pinchbeck duce, Paul V. Mc
Kutt; Missouri's hearty senator, Ben
nett Champ Clark; the slightly
chuckle -headed Kentucky statesman,
Alben W. Bark ley, and all the others
will rush Into the foreground, strike
becoming attitudes and begin to tell
the world what magnificent fellows
they are.
Meanwhile, their political bagmen
will be shopping for delegates In the
time-honored manner.
Then there will be a vast excite
ment abcut the Independence or sub
servience of the new congress. It's
exceedingly hard to see how the new
congress can be anything but fairly
Independent, for whatever happens
(Continued on Page Two.)
T
F.R.-
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. (AP)
Secretary Ickee said today public
support of President Roosevelt was
stronger in the west today than It
was in 1936.
The secretary, holding hta first
press conference since returning from
a month's speaking tour of the west,
said there were local cross currents
In western politics but that they
did not affect national prospects.
"There was every Indication that
the western people understand, sym
pathise with and support Mr. Roose
velt's policies," he said.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
June Nealon saying her tonsils felt
all right now, which la natural
enough, considering she hasn't any
left, an operation having removed
them.
Ralph McCarty deserting hla farm
for a Jaunt In town, he Inviting city
frlenda to reverse his procedure and
come out to his ranch.
Frsnk Ho! brook responding with
gratifying alacrity to a reporter's call
for DAV news.
Joe Gray recalling th times when
he was on the city council and the
school board, he spinning highly In
teresting yams.
Dick Pt:i taking unholy delight
In punrli'ng i very ticklish person in
ti. i!i, i; VttnV.y getting bad
tt : j Kn Almost Md hysterics
when Dtck merely pointed a finger at
hire
GERMAN VESSEL
BADLY DAMAGED;
Captain Declares Explosion
Looks 'Damned Suspic
ious No One Allowed to
Board Or Leave Ship
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. S. (P) The
German steamer Vancouver was rip
ped by a mysterious blast while pass
ing down the estuary today and two
hours later It had not been learned
j whether any one was killed or how
many were injured.
Captain W. Moesslnger, In com
mand of the ship, declared "this
looks damned suspicious."
He said a column of water shot up
suddenly outside the vessel, followed
by the roar of the explosion.
An eyewitness declared he "heard
a noise like a bomb" and then saw
the water shoot up by the starboard
side of the Vancouver.
H. G. Shugars. who was fishing on
the nearby dock wall, declared he
thought the blast had ripped the
rudder from the ship, which veered
suddenly.
No Boarders Allowed
No one was permitted to board or
leave the Hamburg -American freighter,
but a coast guardsman reported he
saw crewmen who evidently had
been scalded badly.
Several women passengers also
were reported aboard the ship, but
their fate was not known.
Persons ashore said they did not
know whether a boiler explosion caus
ed the terrific blast, heard for several
miles.
Ship's officers refused to comment,
other than to say they would have to
open hatch No. 4 to determine the
cause. They would not elaborate on
the reference to ''the hatch.
The Vancouver's stern sank rapidly.
Spectators said they could not de
termine whether the explosion occur
red before or after the ship swung
toward the shore.
Harry A. Buston, first class boat
swain's mate on the coast guard boat
No. 4334, witnessed tha explosion.
"It was proceeding up the estuary
towing a small piece of wreckage
when I approached the Vancouver,
which was outward bound," he said.
"I heard the explosion, looked up
and saw a great clump of steam and
smoke come out of the stack and all
of the ventilators.
Settles Fast
"The ship started settling Imme
diately, turned In towards shore and
let go both anchors.
"I drew alongside and saw men
hurry from the englneroom covered
with oil.
"Some of the men appeared to be
scalded, t asked the captain If he
needed aid and he asked that coast
guard and civil authorities be noti
fied. The boat apparently had a large
hole" In her bottom, aft of the super
structure." Huston said there was "something"
on the estuary, a narrow body of wat
er leading to San Francisco bay
proper, but he could not determine
what It was.
The San Francisco marine ex
change reported the Vancouver was
outbound for Antwerp with a cargo
of .tnned goods when the explosion
occurred, but the Hamburg-American
line officers said It merely was trans
ferring to San Francisco.
The line also denied there were any
passengers aboard the vessel, as re
ported by Oakland ship officials.
HOOVER SEES GOP
GAIN NOVEMBER 8
ORKm.BY. Colo.. Nov. 8. (AP)
Former President Herbert Hoover
predicted today the Republican party
would make "Important gains" in the
general elections Tuesday, both In
congress and in the state governor
ships. He declined to specify the states In
which he believed the Republicans
would topple Democrats or to com
ment on the political outlook in any
particular states.
Mr. Hoover, enroute from Chicago
to Spokane, where he Is scheduled for
a political broadcast Saturday night,
made an automobile tour of Greeley
and vicinity during a brief stopover.
Officials of the Union Pacific rail
road said he was scheduled to go
from here to Welter, Idaho.
MINNESOTA FARMER
IS HUSKING CHAMP
SIOUX FALLS. S. D, NOT. (AP)
Ted Balko. Redwood Falls, Minn
won the national cornhusktng cham
pionship near here today with a total
of 31.24 bushels hutkrd In an 80
minute gruelling contest.
It waa Balko' aecond national
chstnplon.hip. He iron the 1934 na
tional at Fairmont, Minn.
Demo
Bride Clings to Mother
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Roslp. Columbus Tnckett, 10, sought the arms of her mother, Mrs.
Grnce Columbus, when the two were lodged In jail after It was revcalei!
that RoMe had been married to a 34-yeat-old miner,. . Fleming . Tackott,
While, authorftel sought Fleming on rape charges, proceedings were Insti
tuted to annul the marriage. (A. P. photo.)
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OVER HORSE DEAL
A verdict In favor of Con DeVore.
stockman and butcher. In the suit
of Ralph Billings and Homer Q.
Billings of Ashland for $200 as the
result of a horse-mule trade, was
returned Wednesday night by a cir
cuit court Jury. The Jury deliberated
about four hours.
The action was based upon a deal
wherein the Billings brothers gave
DeVore a span of mules and 170 for
a team of horses. It was claimed one
of the horses waa balky. DeVore sub
stituted another. The last horse turn
ed out to have but one eye the
plaintiffs claimed.'
The plaintiffs held the mules had
increased In value since the swap
about a year ago. On the stand De
Vore was asked if he had not quoted
a price of $200 to Otto Caster for
the mules. DeVore replied he might
have asked that much "but would
have taken a whole lot less,"
After Attorney Ous Newbury, In his
arguments to the Jury, had told a
story about a horse trade the court
commented the anecdote waa to old
It was barred from telling by the
statutes of limitation.
Selection of a Jury in the damage
suit of Frank P. Homer against W.
H Norcroas, Central Point orchardlst,
was started today. Homer seeks $5000
for Injuries allegedly sustained Sep.
tember 16, 1S37, when he fell from a
ladder while picking pears In the
Norcroas orchard.
Plaintiff Is represented by Attor
neys George A. Codding and Victor
Tengwald. and the defendant by At
torney Harry Skyrman.
ASHLAND. Ky., Not. 3. (AP)
Ruth "Peachy Whltte Howard,
shown by achool records to ba 12
years old. and her husband, Wllburn
Howard, 60, were In the handa of the
law today.
It waa the second child bride leal
action taken In Kentucky In Hula
more than a week. rtosle Columbus
Tackett, 10, who married Plem rao
kett, 34, a coal miner of Prestons
burg, waa conylcted of Juvenile de
linquency yesterday and placed In a
private home aa a boarder of the
(ounty. Tackett facea rape charges.
Saturday the Howard girl Is sched
uled to appear before County Judge
George O. Bell at Cetlettsburg, on
char of Juvenile delinquency.
Coercion
S prague, Mahoney
Favored 10 to 7
In Betting Odds
PORTLAND, Nov. 3. (P) Bet
ting commissioners offered odds
of 10 to 7 today that Charles A.
Sprague, Republican candidate for
governor, and Willis Mahoney,
Democratic U. S. senate nominee,
would be elected over their op
ponents. One commissioner, however,
quoted Sprague at 10 to B over
Henry L. Hess, Democratic candi
date. Several offered even money
but gave Hess takers 6,000 votes.
Mahoney is opposed by Rufus C.
Hoi man. Republican.
ON THREE BLIND
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. (AP)
Cornea from the eyes of an executed
Utah slayer was used today In a del
icate operation which surgeonahop
ed might give sight to a 4-year old
Stockton boy and two adults.
A 25-year old man was the first
to undergo the operation,
"He came through fine.' said the
eye specialist, who asked he be
anonymous.
The specialist reported tha boy was
the second patient to be taken into
the operating room.
The child was born blind and "had
not one chance in a thousand" of
gaining vision, but the specialist said
his father gambled on the long
chance,
Radio Highlights
(Time Is Ea.tern Mandarrt)
NEW YORK, Not. 8. p) The
third of the talks he la making In
connection with the congressional
campaign will bring Herbert Hoover
to the radio again Saturday night.
Speaking from Spokane, Wash., he
la to have an hour on the WOR-MBB
chain at 10 o'clock.
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of
the Republican national committee,
on WEAF-NBC at 10.
Friday night at 10:S0 WABC-CBS
ha listed the speech by Ir. Olenn
Frank at Dayton, Ohio, on 'The 1938
Election."
Programs tonight (Thursday)!
Besides the tslk by President
Roosevelt on Friday night when lie
speaka aa a "voter of New York." he
la to participate that afternoon In a
brosdeast of the dedication of the
Will Rogers memorial at Claremore,
Okla. WJZ-NBC and WABC-CBS at
at 8 o'clock. Program also to Include
Oot. E. E. Msrland of Oklahoma,
Jease Jones, Fred Stone, Eddie Cn
tor and others.
The evening talk at 7. SO will be
carried by WJZ-NBC. WABC-CBS,
WOR-MB3 and WMCA-LnUrclty.
of WPA Wo
ITALY, GERMAN!
WILL GUARANTEE
CZECHJRDERS
Remnant of Country to Be
Protected Is Pledge Seen
Yugoslavia and Ru
mania Due for Worry
By the Associated Press
Germany and Italy were under
stood today to be ready to guarantee
the borders of dismembered Czecho
slovakia aa a Spanish war Incident
within sight of England's coast raised
opposition shouts In the house of
commons and fears grew of new map
revisions In central Europe.
Czechoslovakia now has been cut
down to about 38,031 square miles
from 54,196 square miles before tha
Munich peace. Satisfaction of most
of Hungary's territorial demands yes
terday by Germany and Italy, as
arbitrators, cost Czechoslovakia 4.875
frquarc . miles In addition to 10.885
square miles of Sudetcnland prev
iously lost to Germany and 405
square miles taken by Poland.
Others Worry Now
But Czechoslovakia's foreign min
ister, Franttsek Chvalklvsky. was said
to have returned to Prague with
German and Italian assurances for
what was left of his country.
Now It la the turn of Yugoslavia
and Rumania to worry. Their ob
servers at the arbitration proceed
ings expressed fear Germany . and
Italy would- force complete rovlslem
of the post-war Trianon treaty, oy
which pre-war Hungary was split
among the victorious countries.
Ailing Prime Minister Chamberlain
was too 111 to take the floor to ans
wer house of commons demands for
a statement on the sinking of the
British-chartered Spanish freighter
Cantabrta yesterday by a Spanish In
surgent warship off the English coast.
The Incident, within earshot of
the east coast near Cromer, caused
new opposition cries almost Immed
iately after the prime minister had
won an overwhelming vote of ap
proval, 346 to 138, for putting Into
effect the April 16 British-Italian
friendship pact.
Loyalists Retreat
On the Spanish front a steady in
surgent advance pushed government
troops slowly back on the Ebro sal
ient in lower Catalonia. Insurgent
advices Indicated a government col
lapse in that sector was only a mat
ter of time but government reports
said Insurgent gains were slight and
"at the cost of heavy losses."
A new army of 300,000 -recruits la
being trained In Szochwan province,
food Is being requisitioned and fac
tories and mines developed as China
continues to resist Japanese forces
still fanning out slowly from cap
tured Hankow.
IS
SALEM, Nov. 8. (UP)-Artlcles of
Incorporation on file here today In
cluded the Bull Frog Mining com
pany, Medford. Incorporators were
listed aa Walter E. Maag, William
H. Summers and William S. Oraham.
Mining and milling were atated aa
the company'a general business. Csp
IUI stock wsa atated at 810.000. The
articles of Incorporation were filed
by George M. Roberts, Medford at
torney. The company owna aeTsral hun
dred acres of placer mining property
close to the Rogue river, near the
city of Rogue River and plana to
begin mining operations soon. Mr
Roberta said.
Mr. Maag cornea from Marahfleld
and the other two Incorporators re
side near Phoenix, the attorney
stated.
GRANTS PASS RADIO
REQUEST IS DENIED
WASHINGTON, Nov. J. (AP)
The communications commission de
nied today the Pacific Radio Corpora
tion to construct a new radio station
at Grants Pass. Ore.
Tha commission said the applicant
"failed to propose a meritorious pro
gram service and has failed to show
there la program talent availablt to
operate a station of the class
quested In tfet ruplM Inter-."
TOBACCO PLANT
Shift of 500 Workers Enters
Middletown Factory With
out Interference 500
Soldiers Stand Guard
MIDDLETOWN, O., Nov. 3. (APf
Under the protection of troops order
ed here by ClO-baltlng Gov. Martin
L. Davey, the P. Lorlllard company
tobacco plant resumed operations to
day. Closed since October 3 by a Com
mittee for Industrial Organization
strike, one shift of approximately
600 workers entered the plant at 8
a. m., without Interference. The
plant employs 1,100.
Plve hundred guardsmen were
ordered here by Davey after city
officials warned reopening of the
plant while the strike . waa in pro
gress might result In rioting and
bloodshed.
The Pioneer Tobacco Workers un
ion, which atruck October 3 for a
closed shop and the checkoff, agreed
shortly before midnight to end the
dispute and return to work.
CIO organizer Sam Sponseller said
the vote waa 657 to 1.
Governor Davey said calling off of
the strike waa an admission John
Ij. Lewis had only a small percent
of tha employers in the tobacco
workers union, and demonstrated
Lewis "cannot operate "when the state
government stands for law And
order."
The governor said If a large ma
jority of employes hsd been enthus
iastlc CIO members, "it would not
make any difference how many
troops were in town; the plant could
reopen, and so many would remain
away from work that It could not
operate."
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HAVING BAD EFFECT
ASTORIA. Not. S. (AP) Oregon's
relief funds may be gaining from
an Increase in liquor drinking, but
the milk business la suffering.
Appended to the biennial budget
estimate of the state milk control
board yesterday was a statement
amertlng that a contributing faotor
to a decrease In milk consumption
was Increased use of alcohol and
non-alcoholic liquor, aald A. E. Eng-
bretson. board member. The state's
revue from liquor goes towsrd meet
ing relief costs.
The board, which released Its budget
estimate several days ago. said In the
appended statement that during 1938
the total Income from sales of liquor
and licenses exceeded 17,000.000 com
pared with an estimated milk value
for the same year of 88,304.000.
However, 1938 budget eatlmatea
ahowed Income from liquor at 89,
122,000 compared to a milk value of
18.076.000. tt Is the first time milk
has shown an unfavorable balanoe.
The figures on liquor do not Include
wine and beer sales, which are not
made through state atorea.
Also named aa contributing factors
to the decline were "general economic
conditions, continued labor unrest"
and an Increase In fluid milk sub
stitutes. E
TO WAGE-PAY ACT
HOOD RIVER, Not. (. (AP)
Congressman Walter M. Pierce Joined
growers and ahlppera today In pro
testing to Administrator Elmer P.
Andrew, against the effect of the
wsge-hour act on the fruit Industry.
In a telegram to Washington.
Pierce said:
"Vigorously protest your definition
area of production under sections 1
and IS. wages and hour act. t know
aa member of 79th congress that
when tha bill passed the house It
waa fully Intended that handling,
packing, sorting and canning should
ba exempt from operation of act
when the operations were within
the territory where the product waa
grown., tt waa our definite under
standing that, under the law, these
crlculturei operation, would, be ex-
;ers Condemned
Hits Pension Plan
Having a "fclo Every Thursday
pension plan pamphlet In Ills hands,
Philip Runcroft, Republican candi
date for U. S. senator In California,
Is shown aa lie attacked the plan
In Los Angelei. He charged also that
"goon squads" and sinister forces
Mere blocking hi, cninpalgn. (A. P.
photo.)
STATE WILL KEEP
HIGHWAY TO PAP
OPEN ALL WINTER
West entrance highway to Crater
Lake national park will be kept open
this winter by the state highway
commission, Jackson County Cham
ber Of Commerce announced It wiu.
Informed this morning by James
oromiey, tna commission's resident
engineer In Grants Paas.
Thls.vesr there will hs a mtjLrv
plow 'stationed at Union Creek to
keep the highway to the park open
and another on the Orecnaprlngs to
keep the Ashlsnd - Klamath Falls
niB-nway clear. Mr. Bromler u
quoted aa saying. In the pest one
prow naa served both highways, mak
ing It necessary to neglect the Cra
ter Lake hlffhwav occaalnnalw when
anow piled up on the Orecnaprlngs
nignway or otner through highways
In southern Oregon. '
Thus the state will cooperate with
the national park aervlce for the
fourth consecutive year In keeping
Crater Lake national park open all
winter.
Rain fell In the park all night,
and It was still raining this morn
ing, headquarters here announced.
The rain reduced the anow depth at
park headquarters to 12 Inches.
Park roads, Including the drive to
the Iske rim, were reported open.
Tire chains, however, were still con
sidered advisable.
Chains also were still needed for
safe travel over mountain paasea,
the AAA office ssid.
DROP SEARCH FOR
S
LONDON, Nov. 8. (AP) The dean
of Westminster announced tonight
search for document by which
scholars had hoped to determine the
authorship of Shakespeare's works
had been abandoned.
Research workers failed to find the
tomb of Edmund Spenser, In which
they had expected to uncover hand
written ellglea for comparison with
known specimens, thereby settling
the controversy over whether Sir
Francla Bacon wrote the drama, at
tributed to Shakespeare,
One grave In Westminster Abbey's
ancient tombs was excavated, but
there waa nothing to Indicate whose
remalna were In Its decayed lead cof
fin. 4
BRIDGE PLAYER DIES
AFTER UNCERTAIN BID
LOS ANOEI.ES. Not. 8. (AP)
When Melville Nordltnger, 60, retired
Jeweler, bid four heart In bridge
game last night he smiled and re
marked: "X dont think I can make It
Then he collapsed and died before
he could play the hand. Dr. B. 8.
Hutchinson said death waa due to
a heart utacfc
TOLD TO ATTEND
POLITICAL RALLY
Senate Campaign Probers
Say Letter to Federal
Workers 'Indefensible'
Signed by Party Officials
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (AP) The
senate campaign expendlturee com
mittee called "Indefensible" today
a phrase In a Democratic campaign
letter which warned WPA workers
"no excuse will be accepted" for
their failure to attend a political ' '
rally held In Norrlstown, Pa.. Octo
ber 29.
The committee aald It bad been
unable to determine how many fed
eral WPA workers were among, the
2600 persona who attended the meet
ing as a result of the letter, signed
by Joseph F. McElwee.
The letter said the meeting waa
being held "at the direction" of
Senator Quffey (D., Pa.) and David
L. Lawrence, state Democratic chair
man. Signed by Party Leader
McElwee la a member of the Penn
sylvania atate compensation board
and a local official of the Demo
cratic party.
McElwee later denied, In an affi
davit obtained by the senate com
mltteo's Investigators, Guffey or
Lawrence had any knowledge of the
letter. '
Reviewing Its Investigation of two
Democratic campaign fund solicita
tion letters previously sent' out with
the' namea of Senator Guffey and
Gov. George H. Earle, Democratlo
senatorial nominee, on the letter
head, the committee said it had been
unable to obtain sworn statement
from WPA workers they had received
the letter.
The committee said, however, about
76 per cent of the employee of tha
publlo assistance bureau In Wash
ington, Pa., a atate agency receiving
federal funds, had received the let
ter. Committee Investigators have
not yet determined whether any of
these persons made contributions.
Sheppard aald.
Violation of Law
The committee previously ruled
campaign solicitation letters bearing;
the names of senators and senato
rial candldatea are In violation of
the law.
Taking up campaigns In other
atates, the committee aald Senator
Bulkley (D., Ohio), candidate for
the re-e'ectlon had advised hla cam
paign committee against accepting
any further contribution from fed
eral employes. The committee pre
viously said It waa Informed ap
proximately 80 federal employee had
contributed to Bulkley's campaign
fund, a practice the committee ba
ruled to be In violation of the law.
The committee, meanwhile, sent
It agent back to Jersey City, If. J
for a further Inquiry Into political
condltlona.
The committee aald a preliminary
Investigation ahowed registration list
in that stronghold of Mayor Frank
Hague, vice-chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, had not
been "properly purged."
The agent alao were directed to
Investigate complaint Jersey City
and Hudson county employes were
being forced to contribute 1.000.000
from their salaries for .Democratlo
campaign finances.
Oeergc Blehl, editor of the Hud
son News or Union City, N. J., made
the accusation.
May Contest Rlectlon
The committee declared discovery
of any political corruption might
lead to contest In the senate over
seating the successful senatorial can
didate from New Jersey, The major
party nominees are William H. J.
Ely, Democrat, and former Sen. W.
Warren Barbour. Republican.
Elsewhere there were Indication
regardless of any action by the sen
ate committee In Individual con
test, congres will be asked to In- '
veatlgate some phases of the 1936
congressional campaigns.
The Republican national commit.
tee announced a majority of Re
publican senate and house candl
datea had pledged themselTes "to
demand and seek unceasingly In
the next congress a sweeping In
Teatlgatlon of political actlTltle Ilk
connection with the administration
of all federal relief agencies."
The group said it favored "ade-
e.aate relief for all in dlstreaa,"
aiding: ,
It 1 for that we propose to ao
all in our power to expose and pun
ish everyone playing politic with
human misery."
slay Six Arabs
JERUSALEM, Nov. a. (AP) Brit
ish troops of the West Rent regiment
today killed six Arabs In roundup
of a band which had been sniping v
Jewish settlement In the Haifa bay
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