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AIT The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tue.ilsy, but to In Hi ft morn ing; little chance In temper ature. Temperature Highest yesterday , , SI Lowrt tlits iniirnhiK 28 Your Message When you place an adv. In the Mall Tribune classified your message goes Into thousands of hpmef. Kach copy of the paper U read by several people. It 1 eny to understand why results follow. MEDFORD Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFOUD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1938. No. 108. ET (EOT Ml IN jmm j-it&zxe9r lis ID I The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American, News paper Alliance, Inc. CrMMINOS OWKS ROLE IN HISTORY TO ACCIDENT WAI.SII UK AT II MADE HIM JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HEAD CREDITED AS INVENTOR COURT PACKING PI. AN WHEELER LEADERSHIP LAID TO ATTORNEY OENEHAL WASHINGTON, Nov. 31 The career of Homer St i lie Cu turnings Is the perfect text for a moral essay on the role of chance In public affairs. As Franklin Delano Roosevelt's attorney general, Cummlngs has been, a ah ape r of great ovents. It was he, for example, who pro cured the president Ills most danger ous enemy, Senator Burton E. Wheel er, of Montana. The man Wheeler hates worst in the world Is Montana's former national committeeman, the prosperous lawyer-lobbyist. 3. Bruce Kremer. Cummlngs, on the other hand, Is not only a close Kremer crony; he was actually a guest In the lawyer-lobbyist's house during much of his first year In office. And when Wheeler, one of the For-Roose-velt-Bef ore-Chicago men, presented his patronage demands at the Justice department, Cummlngs passed over the Wheeler nominees In favor of members of Krcmer's Montana organ ization. Out of Whceler'e rage with Cum mlngs grew a mood, and that moocf eventually made Wheeler the leader of the court plan opposition. Then It was Homer Cummlngs who Invent ed the court plan Itself, sold it to the president, and prepared Its some what devious presentation. It was he who advised the president on the nomination of Justice Hugo L. Black. It was he who managed the legal division of the government through the most difficult period In its his tory. Yes, If Senator Tom Walsh had not died on his honeymoon, Homer Cum mlngs would probably be high com missioner of the Philippines at this very Instant. Instead of the careful diary of national everts, which he hopes some day will earn him a niche In history's statuary gallery, he would have nothing to show .but a set of dull pro-consular memoirs. Moreover. If Bryan's alloyed Bllver tongue had not persuaded him Into I the Democratic party, he might ; never have been henrri nf at. nil. w I ( Continued on Page Four.) )T ACTIVE: PRICES HOLD STEADY PORTLAND. Nov. 21. (AP) Altho there was virtually no price changes. ' the turkey market continued active j today both In buying and selling. i Toms ranged around 20c per pound and hens from 22 to 23c. In some Instances the market was unable to obtain full requirements In hens. Sales to retailers were 24 and 25c j for hens and 22 and 23c for toms. j SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS State Policeman Freddie LaDue getting bundled up like a Canadian Mounty to face this morning's fr-sty blasts. RssAlln Promoter Mack LUlord rass'-l n a round town with a cou pie of bl? geese he popped over in the Kiev math country. llnnd Miiitarr hoping the mamas will let the paps come to the Future Craftsmen dad program In the high school tonight. Heinle Fluhrer enjoying all the comforts of home in drawing room which his friends zrsclouly pur chased for htm to travel to the btg ctme. HMnt reriproratlng and al lowing his friends als? to enjoy the compartment. 1 RlnnMi Roberts having quite a time pisvtne klndercarfn teacher to her young grandson. Hrn Bilman bine mobbrd toy a group of ftmlnlne admirers when h whipped out with a .ptrklet on v the correct llnrer. " COMIITEE WILL ; DETERMINE- CITY 1 F AT LATER DATE Texas and New York Dele gates Enter Bids for 1940 Conclave Free stone Reelected Executive PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 21. (AP) The national grange selected Illinois today for Its 1939 meeting place and announced a committee would deter mlnte the city several months In advance of the conclave. As fixed by the constitution, the meeting will open November 15. Texas and New York delegates bid for i the 1940 convention and California. Washington and Maine asked "con-1 slderatlon within the nevt tour mart " Fred J. Freestone. Interlaken, N. Y.. was re-elected to the executive com mittee. It was the only election scheduled at this year's sessions. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 21 Adolph Hitler was likened to the "Ncros of Rome" by Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, In a memorial service speech last night before several hundred delegates to the 72nd annual convention. Taber said Hitler was "placing himself and his philosophy without the pale of civilization . . . not since the Neros of Rome . hn the world witnessed such Pagan disregard for the spiritual Ideals of Christianity." The delegates, back In Portland from weekend excursions, prepared for busy days this week. The con clave ends Thursday night. Chester H. Cray, director of the Orange's national highway users council, today told delegates that 8160.000,000 levied as special taxes against autos and other vehicles In the United States had been diverted injst. yoar io.ather purposes. Ho said If this "unjustified" diver sion had not taken pl.tee the money would have financed 130.000 miles or secondary (farm to market) road or 3.000 miles of primary road. KILLED BY NAZIS LONDON. Nov. 21 ( AP) The charge 70 Jews had been killed In one German concentration camp was made In the house of commons to night by Philip John Noel-Baker, laborlte. Opening formal debate on the question of oppressed minorities In Europe, Noel-Baker said: At a concentration camp near Weimar 70 Jews were killed on one night before It was known vom Rath had died." He referred to Ernst vom Rath, German diplomat who died In Paris November 9 from gunshot wounds Inflicted by Herschel Orynszpan, 17-year-old Polish Jew. Government Rests In Alcatraz Case SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. (AP) The government today unexpect edly rested its case against Alcatras convicts Rufus Franklin and James C. Lucas, charged with the murder of a, guard In a futile attempt to escape from "the rock." The government's surprise move followed testimony of Thomas P. Oeraghty, former FBI Investigator, who told of a prison Interview with Lucas and the convict's admission that the plan to escape was a "nutty" one. Dies Says Class Hatreds Spread by Federal Prints WASHINGTON. Nov. 31. (AP) Chairman Dies (D-Trx.) of the house committee investigating un-American activities asserted today testimony received secretly from government employes Saturday hod disclosed ft "deliberate, long-time use of govern ment publications to spread class hatred throughout the United States" He said "communist phraseology" was used on some occasions in the publications. The chairman read Into the com mittee records an article In which he said David J. Sspoas, national labor relations board economist, had urged workers to establish socialism by force if political action failed. The article appeared In "Labor Age" in 1931. Die. mid there hd been attempt to m.ke it appear the itntementj were not the views of 8po4. "The reaeon we'? empha.ir.ed thu" he added, "is rjecauae Saposs Is repre. ntatire of a number of r.r 1 n,t officials eooomlc eravkpoti who ' New Trade Treaty Links Three Powers Here are the principal figures In the ttlgnlng of a reciprocal trade treaty for the 1 lilted States, tlreot Hrllitln, und Canada, which brought rar-rearlilng tariff reductions on miny articles um hound most r the KnglMi-spiuiklng world In renewed ties of friendship, and commerce, sealed, left to right: sir Ronald Lindsay, British amhnssndnr; President Roosevelt: Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada. Standing, IeH to right: Francis B. Havre, assist tint secretary of state; Sir Herbert Marler, Canadian minis, er; Dr. O. O. Skel ton, Canadian state department. (AP Photo.) SLAP DEC. 3 FOB OF With only slightly more than a month remaining before Christmas, the retail trade division of the Jack son County Chamber of Commerce today completed plnns for a formal opening of the Yuletlde season on December 3. On December 3 alt the stores will raise the curtains on their Christ mas show windows and decoration of city streets will have been com pleted, the chamber of commerce stated. The stores. It was emphasized, will be thoroughly stocked with an extensive array of Yuletlde mer chandise, with a wide variety of gifts for everyone from tots to grandpar ents. Light standards throughout the city are to be draped with ever greens, wreaths and stars, the lights themselves to be colored. Arrangements am being made for the appropriate musical programs in various parts of the city hy the Ben,or nd Junior htgh school bands and for the singing of Chrletmss carols by combined school glee clubs. DEATH ON FREIGHTER IS OAKLAND, Cat., Nov. 21. (AP) The death of an Oakland longshcre mnn aboard the Oorman motorphlp Weser was set down as an accident by police who blamed it today on the use of old loading gear. Th trIMIm Nti-lr Pnahn fnthar nf three children, was killed when a i cable broke and a 13-ton boom crashed on the ship's deck. Forty-five minutes later, another cable snapped and a second giant wooden boom fell to the deck, nar rowly missing three longshoremen. Pnllrw Umit t. M Cm-mil tttr questioning ship's officers and long. i shoremen, said he was Convinced1 both cable breaks were accidental. havs been drawn to Washington. They ranee from outright socialists to communists. The committee In the short time left to It Is going to do all It can to expose them." John Metcalfe, committee lnves- UKMor. tool the viinraa M.nd to prwnt document, which Dl Mid country with antl-rcliglous and sntl raclal activities. Dies read extracts from some of the documents assailing Jews, gov ernment officials and the Masonic lodge. Among the orgsnlratloru named were: Back Shirts. Union City, N. J.; Christian American Crusade, Los An ?eles: American Derendera. Coral Gables, Fla.: Knights of tr White ! Ctme'.la. St. A'bnn.". W. VP.: American I vnrllnr.te li.telllgvnc awoclatlon; Chrlitlon Democratic Corporation. Dallas. Tea ; Aar.oclstlim ot American loer.tllcl, CMcasio: t A -'atlon of .feires. Clcv-Isnd; the Christian , Vaiij, Taeoma. Radio Highlights By Assotiat ed Press (Tme Is Eastern Standard) NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Broadcasts with President Roosevelt as the cen tral figure will be Included In the Thanksgiving schedule and that for December 5. The Thanksgiving program. Includ ing songs by children, will originate from the annual founder's day dinner- at Warm Springs'' Foundation, Ocorgla. where the president Is to slice the turkey. It Is listed for WJ&-NBC at 8 p.m. Returning to Washington, the president Is to stop at Chapel Hill. N. C, to address the third anniver sary meeting of the Carolina Politi cal union of the U, of North Caro lina, with transmission on both NBC and CDS at 4:30 p.m., Dec. ft. Prom London for WJZ-NBC at 6:16 Tuesday, Lord Wlnterton, chair man of the lnter-government com mittee on refugees, in a discussion of the steps being taken to evacu ate Jews from Germany. SLATED FOR TEST PORTLAND, Nov. 31. (AP) Ore gon's nntl-plrketing measure, ap prove at the general elections, went Into court for the first time today when Friedman's Quality Market complained the Central Labor coun cil and the locals of the Retail Clerks' and Meat Cutters' union had unlawfully picketed the establish ment slnco November 10. The owners alleged the pickets vio lated the general law enacted on November 8. Three Joint proprietors, asserting they operated the store tne-'VM employed no clerks en iq mc Riortr una wen picKPiea ! since they refused to close on 8un days. They said no labor dispute was involved, that no union agreement existed and that the unions acted (T - - y ,n o?r-"? ino siore cioaea 00 s"ndny- 1 nir..:i.it.-ii.viii nnr.ni mc win i to strain the unions from picket ing or noycouing. j- L E TO LEW WALLACE SALEM. Nov. 31 (AP) FUte Rp. Charles lynch, Portland Democrat, was appointed member of the state game commission b7 Governor Mar tin today, succeeding Lew Wallace, vhn va annntntMl t::ti Mnatnr from ,.,;,., ,,oun,y tod.y hy j the M.mnomah county comm..- Wallr.ce succeeds Snn. W. D. Ben- j ntt, Portland, resigned. j Iach was chairman of the game commute? of the hour of repr- j sentntlvcn In ibe 1037 IrRlriatuM. Hn , was defeated November 8 for re- election. Thanksgiving Edition The Mill Trlhune will publish a ThsnHelTlns Dny Issue Thursday, November 2th. Bo that the stsft may enjoy Thanksrlvlnit dinner, t!i edition will so to press t 1:00 !. m. DEVIL'S ISLAND CARGO GAINS SHORT REPRIEVE WHILE TEMPEST RAGES ST. MARTIN-DE-RE. franco', Nov. 21. ( AP) A . .violent tempest today gavo a shortf reprieve to 73B pris oners due to sail aboard the prison ship La Mart I liter for fearsome Devil's Island and the other French Oulana penal colonies. High seas and a strong wind dash ed the small motor launches used for loading the convict cargo against the prison ship's sides so authori ties postponed the sailing. Under the fixed bayonets of Sen galese troops, who quelled rioting among the convicts last night and during the previous week, the pris oners filed back to their colls In He Do Ro prison to await new orders for departure, prc-bably tomorrow. They are the first shipment to the Oulana prisons which Include notorious Devil's Island since the Daladler government reversed the decision of the former premier. So cialist Leon Blum, to abandon the South American Island prisons. For 14 days these men will sit on wooden benches In Iron cages and sleep In canvas hammocks, with few breaths of fresh air. The prison ship's unwilling passen gers hAve . been arriving at this island concentration camp. In the Bay of Biscay, for the past two weeks, transported to mainland porta In trucks fitted with Iron bars like those of circus wagons. APPLE RESIDUE L WASHINGTON, Nov. 31. (AP) The agriculture department disclosed vouay oecrcisry w nil nee naa tlgnca nn order leasing the fluorine real- uur pri mi 114-u on nj.JJir in inwnmw commerce irom .01 10 .on gram per pound of fruit. The tolerance was liberalised on the basis of a report by a special committee of scientists Wallace named to study the effect of fluorine spray, residue on fruits. The department recently liberalized the tolerance for lead residue, raising It from .018 grain a pound of fruit to .025 grain. This change was based on a speclsl report by the public health service such an Increase would not be dangerous. A puhlle hearing on the Jackson county budget for lens will be held tomorrow In the courthouse audi torlum, beginning at 10 a. m. A. C. Hubbnrd, Medford, chairman of the committee, will preside with the i county court, and Dr. George Dean 1 and Henry F.ndera of Ashlsnd, the other members of the committee. In t attendance, j The public Is Invited to attend and I there will he a discussion of Items i sod reading nf the budget. NAZIS AFFRONTED BY CHAMBERLAIN PLAN FOR JEWS Aim to Make Germany's i Former East African Col-1 ony a Refuge Brings Loud Opposition From Berlin BERLIN, Nov. 31. (AP) British Prime Minister Chamberlain's disclo sure that Tanganyika. Germany's for mer East African colony, might be used for settling Jews fell like a bombshell here today. The Nazi press for days has been warning "any such attempt would meet with the sharpest protest." Many Germans Interpret plans to settle German Jews in their former colonies as a move to prevent the re turn of such war-lost possessions to Germany. One authoritative commentator de clared "the Tanganyika step Is an obvious Attempt to prejudice the co lonial question." An Affront Before ' Chamberlain's announce ment, Informed Nasi quarters had said they expected Relchsfuehrer Hit ler to tell Oswald PI row, defense min ister of the Union of South Africa. Germany would consider such a plan an "affront." Plrow is scheduled to- see the fuehrer Thursday at Berchtesgaden. Joachim von Rlbbentrop, foreign minister, was understood already to have told Plrow the same thing. Mingled hope, dismay and fear of further measures against them mark ed the reaction of Jewish leaders here to Chamberlain's plans. "Won't Hitler be so enraged about Tanganyika ho won't lot any Jew out of Germany?" asked one anxiously. Another Jowlsh leader said Nasts already 'had Informed Jews Hitler would not permit a single Jew hold ing a visa for former German East Africa (Tanganyika) or any other former German colony to leave the relch. fly the Associated Press Prime Minister Chamberlain today outlined to the house of commons broad plans to resettle German Jews In British Guiana and In Tanganyika, formerly German East Africa. The project envisaged the leasing of at least 10,000 square miles In British Guiana of homes for Jews (Continued on Page Three.) COLDTOGHOLDS PORTLAND, Nov. 31. (AP) A cold, penetrating fog bore down on sections of western Oregon today but east of the Cascade mountains, al though the temperature was lower, the drier atmosphere made winter mora bearable. Bend, reporting a minimum tem perature of 13 degrees above rero, was the state's most frigid spot. Other mlnlmums Included: Baker 14, Brookings 40. Burns 18, Hood River 34, Lakevlcw 34, Medford 34, North Bend 34, Pendleton 38, Port land 83, Rose burg 38, Siskiyou sum mit 34. The weather bureau said It would be fair In Portland tonight and Tuesday but fogs, freezing temper atures and a northerly wind were expected to make the next 34 hours uncomfortable. Local fogs were fore cast for the western portion and little change In temperature In the east. - WIGGINS, Miss., Nov. 31. (AP) A largo mob of angry jlttaens lynch ed Wilder McGowan, negro, neat here today for an alleged attack Sunday upon a 74-year-old white woman. Leopold Godowsky 's Music Is Stilled by Hand of Death NEW YOflK, Nor. SI. AP Uo pold Oodowsky, 88, one of the greaf pianists of his generation, died today at Lenox Hill hospital, when ha had undergone an operation last Wednea dsy. Oodowsky wsa a child prodigy whoso reputation Increased with his yesrs. Ha wss bom In Vllna, Russia, and waa touring as a pianist at the age of nlna. But ha continued to study at the Berlin hochschule and under camllie saint-oaena. (no great French pianist and composer. In his msturlty, Oodowsky wsa considered one ot the greatest techni cians In plsno history; he also waa a composer of note, a wit, and tha friend of nearly all th Important musicians of tha world. HI! New Railway Watchman Dies After Sprint To Warn Of Slide MT. POCONO. Pa., Nov. 31. (AP) Richard de Santo. 46-year old Lackawanna railroad watch man, saw 300 tons of rock crash down on tracks at tunnel en trance yesterday. He sprinted several hundred yards to a telephone, warned a dispatcher, then died of a heart attack. Foreman Thomas Orady found his body with one hand gripped tlchtly on th receiver. SIX OREGONIANS PORTLAND. Nov. 31. (AP) Ore gon's weekend highway death list numbered five and a sixth Ore gon tan lost her life in a crash across the state line In northern California. In addition, several other car oc cupants were in hospitals, at least two so seriously Injured their re covery was problematical. Fred Bergh, 33, Portland, died In a crash hero Sunday. Two other oc cupants of the car. Mrs. Walter Dau, 33. and Mrs. Ruth Aiken, 30. both Portland, were In critical conditions The trio were passengers In a car driven by Clarence Cornell, Spring dale, Oregon. Their auto and a ma chine driven by Arnold Anderson, Oregon City, collided, Patrolman M. M. Lawrence said. A 60-year-old man tentatively iden tified as Joseph F. Finney was fatally injured last night when he stepped into the street at an Intersection. His death brought the Portland traf fic fatalities to 46 for the year. A collision of a car full of foot ball fans returning to Salem from the Oregon -Wash lug ton game, and a truck driven by W. T. Dunn, Cathlamet, Wash., Saturday 1 night killed Marshall W. Kitchen, 18. Salem high school athlete, and Glen Nash, 30, Salem business man, and injured five others. Portland police Sunday filed a charge of Involuntary manslaughter against Benedict P. Murty, 18. Port land, whose car struck and fatally injured Mike Blaclch, 68, Portland, November 15. Blaclch died Saturday. Murty was arrested. Mrs. Maxwell Barry, Medford, wife of an oil company's district man ager, was killed Friday night in a crash near Redding, Calif. HESS COMMITTEE SALEM, Nov. 31. (AP) The com mittee which sponsored the guber natorial campaign of Henry L, Hess spent 818.608. Rep. Walter M. Pierce spent 8383. while the Pierce for Con Kress club reported expenditures of 8380, The Republican state central com mittee spent 814.685 In behalf of the party's candidates. Circuit Judge Howard K. Zimmer man spent $3,586 in his unsuccessful race for the state supreme court. Expenditures by other candidates Include: Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Bean. $745. Charles A. Rice, candidate for state school superintendent, $1,281. Pond Will Remain As Coach at Yale NEW HAVEN, Conn., Not. 31. (AP) Malcolm Farmer, chairman of Yale's athletic association, said to day Head 1 Coach Raymond W. (Ducky) Pond and his staff would be retained to coach Yale'8 1938 football team. York apartment was center around which much of the clty'a muslo life turned. In addition to long tours aa a pianist, abandoned In his last few years, Oodowsky found time to hold numerous professorships, and to com pose an Impressive list of works. Oodowsky a first American tour was In 1884. Later he headed the piano department of 'he Chicago Conserva lory of Music five years, beginning In 18(18. Afterward he waa director ot the Imperial Royal Melstcrschule for Plsno In Vienna, and professor of the highest rank In Austria, directly ap pointed by tha emperor. His wife. Frieda Baxe Oodowsky, died In 1S3S. Three children, Dsgmar, Leopold, Jr., and Mrs. David Sapertou, survive. EXPENDED $13,608 WIFE OF DOCTOR TEARFUL WITNESS IN KW TRIAL Mrs. Berry Asked Regard ing Incidents at House Party at Mud Bay; Denies Husband Planned Divorce OLYMPIA. Wash.. Nov. 31. (APV Mrs. Elizabeth Kevin Berry, 37, sobbed on the witness stand today and cross-examination during the trial of her 50-year-old husband. Dr. Kent W. Berry and three others on charges of kidnaping and torturing rrvtng BAker. retired coast uard officer, last August 19. Doctor Berry had testified his mind was a blank during the charged torturing but that the In cident followed Mrs. Berry's state ment to him July 11 that Baker had violated her during a Fourth, of July house party at Mud Bay. Defense Near End Berry's attorney, C. D. Cunning ham, said he planned to end Berry's defense late today with testimony of the doctor's mother-in-law. Mrs, Edward Kevin. Mrs. Berry broke down after deny ing remembering that she and th prosecuting authorities were to have talked with Baker August 30, but that the meeting was called off be cause Baker was kidnaped and best en the previous night. She satd she remembered little of what was said at a conference with, her parents and Prosecutor Smith Troy July 11. Troy told interviewers the appearance of two "surprise wit nesses' may make It unnecessary for Troy to testify for the state. ItniiKC 1'arty Detailed J. W. Graham, apeclal assistant, prosecutor from. Shelton, - resumed . cross-examination after the week-end recess by asking details about hp penlnga at the house party befor and after the charged rape, which Mrs. Berry said occurred when she asked Baker to motor her to 01ym- pla so she could cook her husband breakfast. She said that In defending herself she "slapped him as hard as I could." She declined to say why she didnt scratch him nor whether she bad makeup with her on the weekend party. t "Were you coming In Just to get the doctor's breakfast?' Graham asked. "Yes." "Do you mean to tell me you made a special 30-mlIe trip just to get breakfast?" "It was only about six miles." She said she Ignored Baker after they returned to the Mud Bay camp separately, and did not know he got breakfast for the crowd. Made Earlier Trip She recalled, under Graham's ques tioning, that earlier In the moraine, between 1 AO and 3 o'clock, she Baker and another man had mo-, to red to Olympla to replenish the beer supply. Graham asked her about her testi mony she was "stunned" when she. Baker and another woman motored home from the party and found ft note from Doctor Berry saying he was leaving her. Hadn't he told you before that he was going to leave?" "Mo." "Hadn't he told you that very (Continued on Page Three.) s ASSESSOR LISTS The assessed valuation of Incorpo rated towns of Jackson county. In eluding tha corporation valuations, oomplled by the assessor's office, la aa followa: Medford .893,73.0 Ashland . 3,317,789.8" 84.087.01 333.301.81 89.283 08 193.831M 344 am l 148.811JT 188.383.84 173.834.3t Butt rails Central Point Eagle Point Oold Hill . Jsckaonvllle Phoenix .. Rogue River w Talent There Is no appreciable increase. In valuations over last year, outsid er th city ot Medford. To MsdforS Increase waa due to a re-appraise, tnent ot town values, and Increaa in corporation values. BING CROSBY INJURED IN ICE SKATING PARTY HOLLYWOOD, Not. 31. (API Be cause the Ic skate on hla right foot didn't know where hla left waa going. Blng Crosby today nursed true stitches In hla leg. He out himself In a fall on hi first skating party sine school day IB Spokane, , I