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Medford Stores Offer Dollar Day Bargains Friday and Saturday The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday but with considerable low clouds or fog; not much change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday ........ 47 Lowest this morning 83 Form the Habit Most peopte are dally readers of tlte Classified Ad vs. In many cases It Is a habit and a good one. One little knows what to expect. Quite often the very thine wanted U found adver tised. Better form the habit. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press United Press Thirty-Third Year Eighteen Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1938. No. 205. f J Effl mm The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop arid -Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. CONSIKEHINO RESIGNING BBANDEIS REPORTED MAY IIEYOTK SELF TO WELFARE OF JEWS FRANKFURTER REGARDED CERTAIN SUCCESSOR SEN. POPE ALSO TALKED FOR COURT APPOINTMENT WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 There is a chance of a second vacancy on the supreme court before the new year. At four score and two. Louis Dembitz Brandcls has lived the prent life In his youth, he competed with the boat in the bustling market place. In his middle years, he served the men and women of his state, nobly demonstrating the nature of practi cal citizenship. In his old ape. on the high bench, he has been the wise and meditative conscience of his country. ,His step Is still firm, his eyes stilt clear. But his heart is heavy, for now his people need him. Now he may leave the seclusion of his study and the court room, to lead his people In their hour of need. For a generation, he has acted as the father confessor of American Jewry, giving to Zionism and similar movements most of the hours he could spare from the court. In these la.it months, when Zionism has run on the rock of racial hatred In Pal estine, when the final paroxysm of savagery has seized the rulers of the German retch, his people have flock ed to him for aid. Not long ago. he broke his calm routine to spend an hour with the president, discuss ing Palestine and other Jewish prob lems. Now, as the one man whom all can trust, he may step down from the bench to become the leader of the Zionist?, and perhaps of those who are organizing the flight of Jews from Germany. Rumors of Justice Brandeis' resig nation have been current before, but they have always been founded on the notion that he would like to retire. Retirement, while there is work to be done and he has the ability to do It, Is not In Brnndels's character. But to leave one v.-ork to do another that Is a different matter. He may well decide to remain on the court, but now at least he has an alterna tive to consider. Brandels's decision may be influ enced by the fact that, if he resigns, his old friend and disciple, Felix (Continued on Page Twelve) S U. OF 0. EUGENE, Nov. 17. (APt Donald Richardson of Central Point was one of the senior six selected at the University of Oregon today ns mem bers of Phi Beta Kappa, national scholarship society. A half dozen outstanding seniors are elected each nutumn. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bernle Hushes accompanied by t cluster of charming women taking in sn evening of esthetic culture while attending the opera ballet, he apparently taking advantage of It all too. Marie Schoepen being very adept at arranctng beautiful bouquets in the theatre foyer for bullet patrons to admire. Florence Graffs blnnd beauty be ing shown to advnntfljre hy her e!e-u-.int erminr evening clonk. Hubby WaH.-r a'so Jontctr.e fcMid'nme dolled up Ir. a tux. Mnxlne Love thinking Med ford's climate almost :n par with tht of Iter r.r'l' Oran Piss. 4'" B!i ( ...if p-Miiki as u tat Holly boxof.ice. Agreements Strengthen Economic Ties Between U. S. Britain and Canada WASHINGTON, Nov, 17. (ffV The United States and Great Britain, enjoying two-fifths of the world's trade, signed in the white House today I a trade agreement establishing new economic ties. I At the same time, the United States signed a new trade agreement . I with her second best customer, Canada. i Signatures were affixed in the pres i ence of president Roosevelt in the 1 mirrored, glided east room of the White House. Prime Minister Mac kenzie King signed for Canada, Sec retary of State Hull for the United States and British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay and Arnold Overton, second secretary of the British board of trade, for the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and the British colonies. Historic Significance Hull, In a brief address at the ceremony, said the signing was "of historic significance" and the agree ments "furnish concreto and power ful support for a future trend of world developments along the lines of Increasing understanding and co operation among nations." "Trade will be facilitated, the pros perity of our peoples Increased, and the arts of peace encouraged," Lind say commented. Mackenzie King said it was "no . exaggcratlon" to say relations be tween the United States and Canada have never been happier than since they signed their first trade agree ment In 1935. Mr. Roosevelt attending the cere mony as an "interested observer" sat at the center of a long tabic facing the lobby of the executive mansion. Lindsay and Overton sat at his right, Mackenzie King and Hull at his left. To Hvpanri Commerce Hull declared the two agreements "not only provide an Instru ment for an expansion of valuable commerce between the countries con- ; cerned, but they constitute an ex-1 press ion of determination on the part of three of the world's largest com mercial nations to maintain and strengthen a sound and healthy basis of International trade." The white-haired secretary of Btato, who has been laboring upon the two agreements for more than a year, added: "Our three nations have given a new vitality to the basic principles of a civilized world order, the ac ceptance and, application of which are indispensable to economic well being and social security within na tions, to peneeful relations between nations, and, therefore, to the con tinued advance and progress of man kind." Ambassador Lindsay said. "I share fully" Hull's sentiments "as to the promise for improvement In relations , among nations which grows out of international negotiations of the kind which have been so happily concluded." Mackenzie King expressed "genuine satisfaction" the United States and Great Britain, "with whose fortunes those of Canada are so closely linked, have effectively strengthened the friendly relations which have long prevailed." "It must be increasingly apparent,'' the Canadian prime minister added, "that the stability of the civilization we cherish depends more than ever on the friendly association of the great English-speaking nations of the world and the new." Shortly before high officials of the participants went to the White House o put their names to reciprocal agreements embracing a total Amer ica n trade of 1 ,500 .000.000 a year. Hull declared: "I think we may be pardoned for rejoicing that success has crowned our efforts and these two splendid trade agreements are to be signed in the next few hours. "I am confident that In the years that lie ahead, all of us will derive lasting satisfaction from the oppor tunity that was presented to us for public service In contributing to the successful conclusion of these agree ments." PETIT JURY CALLED FOR CIRCUIT COURT The petit Jury for the circuit court, has been called to appear for duty next Monday morning. The civil ac tion of Emerlck vs. Emerick for col lection of 9700. allegedly due on a promissory note Is scheduled for trial. Comic Strips Bnpllmted Brsuse of meehantra) dlffkul ties the Msil Tribune today is re printing yesterday's feature page. Fridays edition will carry the comic strips and serial story which should have up pes red to-lay. to 'ehr n-tn the regular Frid-n- PACTS . EXPORTERS AGREE NEW YORK, Nov. 17. (AP) The new Anglo-American trade treaty was welcomed by the national for eign trade council today us an In ducement to "a general advance" in commerce be t ween n a t Ions. The council, which la composed of American Importers and exporters and others interested In foreign com merce, asserted: "None of the 18 aereements now In ooeratton has presented so many difficulties In ne- gotlation as that with Great Britain; none offers such favorable possibil ities for a general advance In Inter national trade." Expressing the belief the treaty would benefit more than Anglo American trade alone., the council said : "The national foreign trade council regards as of extreme lm portance the effects which this agreement . . . will have, not only in the regulation and expansion of trade upon mutually agreeable terms, but also Its favorable effects, through generalization of conces sions, upon International trade In general. 'This agreement denotes a closer alignment In economic theory and practice between two leading trad ing nations, which together repre sent 40 percent of the entire for eign commerce of the world. "An enlargement that Improves and renders more stable and per manent the trade relations between two countries which between them buy 28 percent of the world's total imports, and sell 24 percent of the totnl exports, Justifies the confidence placed in the trade agreement pro gram of the United States, as the most effective Instrument yet de vised for the removal of excessive restraints upon the normal develop ment and growth of world com merce. . . . "To United States exporters the agreement Is of considerable conse quence as the opening of the door of opportunity to renewed American enterprise In United Kingdom and British colonial markets." PEACEfRIO OSLO. Nov. 17 (AP) The 1938 Nobel Peace prize was awarded to day to the Nansen office for refugees at Geneva. It was the fourth time the famous award had gone to as Institution rather than an Individual. The 1022 prize was awarded to the late Frldt Jof Nansen of Norway, whose name was given to the office honored to day. The Nobel Peace prize, first given In 1901, Is awarded by a committee of five persons chosen by the Nor wegian parliament, Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time Is Eastern Standard) NEW YORK. Nov. 17 Fight broad casting via WJZ-NBC la expected to get under way Friday night. The Friday night battle will be a 15 round go between mlddlewelghts, Fred Apostoll and young Corbett HI, listed for air description at 10 o'clock. The Hit Parade of CBS on Satur urday nights is returning to Its for mer plan of guest entertainers now that the W. C. Fields comedy therein has ended This week the guests will be Lanny Ross and the Raymond Scott quintet. Tonight: Talks WJX-NBC B:30 America's town mating. Col. Theo dora Roosevelt. Jr.. Eduard Tomilson nd Prof. Charles Fenwlck on "How Can American Nations Cooperate For World Peace?" What To Expect Friday WJZ-NBC 3 national university extension de bate on: "Should the U. 8. and Oreat Britain Establish an AilUnce?" Nazis Bury Diplomatic Aide as Fling Challenge to World at EXEMPTIONS FOR WOMAN'S SLACKS I Kidnap Defendant in Court FUNERAL ORATION FARM LABOR HIT AMONG EVIDENCE WZJNTVWVi CARRIES OMINOUS AT GRANGE MEET Report to Convention Says Exemptions Under New m Wage and Hour Bill More Imaginary Than Real PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 17. (AP) Agricultural exemptions under the' wages and hours bill were condemn ed today as "more Imaginary than real" In a report to the Nat lonal Grange convention by Fred Brenck- man. the Grange's Washington rep resentative. Brenckman. who predicted the act would increase production costs, said congress had destroyed the possi bility of achieving price parity be tween agriculture and Industry, "making It Increasingly difficult for these groups to exchange products on a fair and equitable basis." He described as a "glaring defect" the absence of provisions to protect the American market against com modities from countries wtth sub standard labor conditions. "Many of the provisions of the act are so confusing that court action will be necessary to clarify the sit uation," Brenckman sold. ". . . there Is room for a difference of opinion as to whether the present plan con stitutes the right approach. . . . There Is a higher law than the law that Is passed by congress or than the ruling that may be made by some governmental bureau and that Is the economic law. When the eco nomic law is violated the penalty is always swift and sure." The report said the Grange favor ed governmental reorganization for simplicity, efficiency and economy but opposed a movement to trans fer the forest and soil conservation services and the biological survey from the department of agriculture to the department of Interior. Endorsements were given plans to establish federal regional research laboratories, extend rural electrifica tion, expand rural credit and to spread credit union movements. The organization opposed retoucttr.u of federal highway appropriations and efforts to encourage the use of but terfat substitutes. ORDER ROSSER HELD LEGALITY OF APPEAL DALLAS. Ore.. Nov. 17. I API Sheriff T. B. Hooker of Polk county was under orders today to hold Al E. Rosser. former head of the team sters union In Oregon who was con victed here on a charge of arson and sentenced to 13 years In the peni tentiary, pending determination of a contest of the legality of his appeal to the supreme court filed by the state late yesterday. Judge Arlle G. Walker Isst night signed sn order setting aside a prev ious order directing the Polk county sheriff to release Rosser, Issued when he posted the bond of 925,000 fixed by the court. Rosser will be held In Jail pending determination of the state's motion to set aside his appeal on the grounds that It was not perfected within the statutory time limit. Judge Welker set November 38 na the time for hearing arguments on the state's motion. Removed from Polk county when he furnished ball there. Rosser has been held In the Multnomah county Jail since November 9 on a warrant from Skamania county, Wash., pend ing a decision on a request for ex tradition to face trial In that state. The request to Oovernor Clarence Martin of Washington for extradition was withdrawn yesterday by D. C. W. Lindvllle, Skamania county pros ecutor. petfeMrUn Killed ESTACADA, Not. 17. (API An aged pedestrian. Byron O. Sharver, 77, met death Instantly last night when he wu struck by an automo bile. Authorities absolved the driver. Jean Armstrong 17, at Viola, ( 4 IN KIDNAP TRIAL Garments Worn by Doctor's Wife at Time of Alleged Attack Climax in Kid nap - Assault Hearing OLYMPTA, Noy. 17. (p) A torn pair of women's slacks dimmed the state's collection of alleged kidnaping accessor! es a rra yed toda y be fore a superior court Jury trying Dr. Kent W. Berry, 60. Olympla physician, and three co-defendants for first degree kidnaping and assault. The slacks were offered as evidence, joining a blood-stained rope, a re volver, adhesive tape, clothing, a blank arrest warrant, a deputy sher iff's badge and unauthorized license plates which the state claims were used by Berry, William K. McAloon, SO, James .Reddlck, 37, and Robert H. Smth. 33, In the kidnaping and torture of Irving Baker, Olympla auto dealef, last August 19. Two state witnesses had declared Berry exhibited the slacks to them as those worn by Elizabeth Berry when Dr. Borry claimed she was raped by Baker July 4. Prosecutor Smith Troy read an alleged confes sion by Reddlck In which he said Berry used the same slacks to gng Baker while torturing him. OLYMPIA. Nov. 17. (P The pros ecution read the purported confession of one of the defendants into the torture-kidnap trial records today to Indicate the victim. Irving Baker, handsome young automobile sales, man, continually pleaded Innocence of adultery while he was being tor tured with pliers and threatened with emasculation last August 19. Prosecutor Smith Troy told the Jury It was the unsigned statement of James Reddlck. taxi driver. It said he drove the kidnap car for 35 cents an hour. The state changes Reddlck and James McAloon. former Montesano night marshal, and Robert H. Smith, a Brady dairyman, aided Dr. Kent W. Berry. In kidnaping Baker on the physician's representations Baker had seduced the middle-aged doctor's young wife during a Fourth of July house party at Mud bay. MRS. HONEYMAN ON LAST CAPITAL TRIP PORTLAND. Nov. 17. fAP) Rep resentative Nan Wood Honaymsn. Oregon's first congresswoman. left for Washington yesterday on her last official trip before retiring in Janu ary. The Democrat, defeated at the general elections by Homer Angel!. Portland attorney, will close her capi tal office and attend several confer- Martin Urges Grange Fight PORTLAND. Nov. 17-4P O OT. Charles H. Martin urged the National Grange today to continue Its efforts to obtain "the rights of agriculture, not as a special privilege but as a necessary foundation for the welfare of the country as whole." In an address prepared for delivery at the national convention of the Grange, the governor ssld that "In a period which has been cursed by selfish and grasping political blocs, the National Grange has been notable for Its ssne and broad-gauged ap proach to the national agricultural problems." He urged cooperation between arrl cultural and urban populations to solve the problem of farm surpluses, and said that without this coopers tion there never could be real pros perity for the nation. Speaking of the thousands of fam ilies which hare coma to Oregon from the middle-west drouth areas, ha aald "We hooe we can receive mors of i these In the years to come, but only Dr. Kent IV Berry, Olympla, WrtMi., society physician. Recused of the kldnap-lorture or Irving Bilker, Is shown In court with Mrs. Berry n the trlul or Dr. Berry unci three oilier defendants got underway. The four are ami Ned or kidnaping anil bent lug linker, who Br. Berry claimed had been Intimate with his wife, (.. 1. phnlo.) WILL BE OFFERED AT LI The annual fall Dollar Day sale will be held here Friday and Sat urday with all or Med ford 's s tores prepared to offer an extensive array of new merchandise at prices mark ed, down especially for the big sell ing event. Sponsored by the retail trade di vision of the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce, Dollar Days have for weeks occupied the attention of the city's merchants who have plan ned the bargain event with more care than ever before. Realizing that shoppers today look not only for quality but price also, the stores have chosen stocks carefully so that they can meet the requirements of their patrons, said John Moffatt, Dollar Day chairman, "Tills Is In no sense a 'clearance' sale," Mr. Moffat stated. "This la a genuine sale of new merchandise marked at attractively low prices for Dollar Days only. Discriminating shoppers with an eye to real values will see for themselves that Medford Dollar Days are real bargain days." Troll Officers Named LA GRANDE. Nov. 17. Pf The Old Oregon Trail association re elected President Charles H. Reynolds of La Grande, and named W. C. Calder, Baker, and W. J. Carlson, Cascade Locks, vice-presidents. Continuance for Farmers to the extent that w can offer them opportunity for bettering themselves and not allow them to be trans planted merely from one subsistence basis to another. In Oregon, he said, only eight per cent of the land Is tillable, yet agri culture supplies 75 per cent of the state's Income. "Spurred on by competition, the producers In these United States have adopted such progressive and modern methods that we have apparently forever banished the fear of Insuffi cient food supplies which haunts most of the world's populations, and have Instead the real, but much less critical problem of what to do with our abundant surpluses. "Oregon's competitive situation la based on the unfavorable factors of relatively small cultivated areas and great distances from primary mar kets, together with the favorable fac tors of excellent soli and climatic conditions for the production of nearly anything which will grow In the uurth temperate sone," 1) STATE'S BUDGET $510,000 LESS SALfiM. Ore., Nov, 17 (AP) The cost of operating Oregon's state gov ernment during the 1030-40 blen nlum wan estimated today at 1103, 105,337, of which 924,354.083 will be spent by departments dependent up on legislative appropriations. In estimates submitted by Budget Director Wallace S. Wharton to Gov. Charles H. Martin. Wharton said that head of appropriatlvo departments would get almost $5,000,000 less than they asked for. The total budget Is tl3.000.000 more than th 1937-38 budget and 90,000,000 less than the amount spent In 1936-36. Surplus Provided "The estimate submitted provides for a balanced budget, with a sur plus of 987,070 for legislative con tingencies," Wharton said. The state tax commission estimated that 916.043.005 would be available both Inside and outside the six per cent constitutional tax Increase lim itation. Approved expenditures by self-sustaining departments total 978.841.344. "If the services of the state are to be expanded In keeping with the In creasing demands from the public the public must be msde to realize the burden of the cost and realize that state funds must be provided In addition to those from existing sources of revenue If the expansion is to be sanctioned." Wharton tald in warning that the state either must curtail Its activities or incur debt, Reller Kern Pruned The state relief committee, wl.lch first requested 930.000.000 and later pruned Its request to 935.334.500, was cut to 931.953,131. During the 1037-38 blennlum, only 914075,570 was spent for relief. The state must raise 97,798.435 of the relief total, with the federal gov ernment paying 98.086.033 and the counties 96,008.664. Salaries and wages for appropriat ing departments total 913.767.448. of which slightly more than half will be spent for salaries to employes of the department of higher education. Salaries for employes In self-sustaining departments total 934.917.133. The board of high education's total budget Is 98.430.305, of which 93, 034.106 will be paid by non-itat funds. Most Request ftnunri 'With few exceptions." Wharton said, "the requests of the various state departments for appropriations (Continued on Pagt Ten.) KENTON, O. UP John L. Cot ton, 63. and Christina McElroy, 80. are newlyweds. The bridegroom had been married once previously, the J bride twloa IN Martyr; Funeral HINT FOR JEWRY Von Ribbentrop Repeats Hit ler's Words at Like Oc casion Jews Fear Out break of New Outrages nt'ltl.lN, Nov. 17. (AP) Prom I-1 nent Jews suggested today the United Stutes "mortgage" the German Immi gration quota for the next three years and accept 81,000 Jews Immediately. Frantically trying to arrange refuge from the Nazi laws against them. thev pleaded America. England and France and Germany permit the Ger man Jewish population to emigrate wit limit passport and visas "becntiw of the nente need." DUESSELDORF, Germany, Nov. 17. (AP) With a challenge to the world, the nazls gave a martyr's fu.4 nernl today to the assassinated dip lomat Ernst Vom Rath. Adolf Hitler, many other high of ficials and the whole nation by radio heard Foreign Minister Joa chim von Ribbentrop close a funeral oration wtth an ominous repetition of the words the relchsfuehrer him self used on a like occasion In 1936: "We understand the challenge, and accept H." Vom Rath was killed by a young Jew In the German embassy In Paris last week. The death touched off a wave of anti-Semitic violence In Ger many. . . -Hern lis Giistloff Rites Today's Impressive ceremonies In the swastika-draped Rhlneland hall recalled the funeral, at which Hitler spoke, of WUhelm Oustloff, nasi or ganizer In Switzerland who was kill ed February 4, 1936, by a young Yugoslav student. That event precip itated Intensified anti-Semitism. German Jews expected new actions and restrictive measures to follow the burial today. Von Ribbentrop and Ernest WU helm Bohle, state secretary and head of the organization for Germans liv ing abroad, extolled the young em bassy decretory as a blood witness tq the nszt cause. They vowed the fight against In ternational Jewry would be unremit ting. Bohle referred to Vom Rath as "tha eighth victim abroad of the Jewish Bolshevist lust for murder" and as-, serted: "The shots fired at Davos (Switzerland, where Oustloff - was killed), Barcelona and Paris had but one aim Germany the third retch. "Germans living abroad are every where attending to their callings and work as loyal guests of the states In which they live. Targets Of Hatred "Yet they are today targets for hatred, persecution and the calum nies of International sub-humanity, which concentrates all Its strength upon the destruction of the resur rected relch." Hitler did not apeak. Flags waved at half staff over all public buildings, schools and many private dwellings throughout Ger many, Von Ribbentrop, wearing the black uniform of nazl( diplomats, said the old world apparently meaning tha democracies was definitely sinking and a "sinister effort of Interna tional Jewry, inimical to everything would be "unavailing.' Von Ribbentrop declared 'lies and calumnies, persecution and murder are the means employed by Inter national Jewdom and other destruc tive powers which would like to block Germany's road Into the fut ure. "Their last victim was party com rade Vom Rath. - "If now a new wave of hate strikes out at us In the world, If an attempt la made to desecrate the sacrlfico of our deceased party comrade by new lies and calumnies, a storm of indignation rises throughout our na tion." HARTNETT RESIGNS AS VEHICLE COMMISSIONER ALBANY. H. T., Not. IT (API Stiite Tu CommlMlonr Mrk Oram today innouncm the resignation of State Motor Vehicle Commlwloner Charlea A. Hartnett who la under In dictment In New York City on charge ul brlberjr and extortion.
