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f The Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Wednesday, continued cold. ' Temperature Highest yesterday ,..,4 Lowest thli morntngwlM...20 Worth Trying rhe opportunity to get what ron want Is surprisingly close. 4 small Adv. In the Clasnlfled roltimns of thU newspaper will turn the trirk If It Is In rraon. It's worth trying. Small cost. MEDFORD Tribune full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFOBD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1938. No. 209. Q)M ii: Mr S EM m mm ml Yi The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American News ; paper Alliance, Inc. WASHINGTON FEARR WAR WITH GERMANY NO CHECK ON REICH UNTIL A SHOWDOWN CAREER MEN ABANDON ISOLATIONIST POLICY MAY ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL SPANISH EMBARGO WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. Nothing Is more stupid or more harmful than alarmist, discussion of foreign affairs. Yet the' fact should be faced the new orientation of American foreign policy 1b squarely founded on the conviction that "we're on the list." The phrase was used In all serious ness, the other day, by an exceedingly self -contained shaper of America's course abroad. And his simple mean ing was that a time would come when this country would have to knuckle under to the German reich, or force the relch to knuckle under. For the sake of honest realism, It must' be stated: war Is what Is feared. Not war now, or even, five years from now. but at the moment when the power of Hitler Germany grows so great that the world can not hold two such nations, of such vitality ; and such divergent Inter ests, as nazidom and the United States. Perhaps that moment may never come, yet again, for honest realism's sake It must be stated: the best state department opinion looks for no real cheek in the growth of German power until the point of German-American conflict Is reach ed. The fact Is ugly and helf-lncred-Ible, but, once It Is grasped, the post Munich happenings In Washington become comprehensible. The mere fear of an International face-making contest, over South American trade was never enough to explain the vast new armament pro gram, the president's sterner and more daring attitude toward Ger many, and all the rest. The fear of eventual' war does explain these events. And, when you ponder the smallness of the modern earth, the International character of modern trade, and the ungovernable dynam ism of the nozl state, you will see why the fear of eventual war Is reasonable, however broad the At lantic ocean happens to be. Hitherto, the career officers of the state department have been the guardians of the Isolationist spirit among the makers of American for eign policy. Trained to regard only the practical Interests of their coun try and to ignore moral Issues, con- ( Continued on Page Six ) : f Pear Markets CHICAGO, Nov. 22. (AP-USDA) Peas: 1 Oregon. 3 Washington ar rived, 12 on track, no Oregon quo tations. T NEW YORK. Not. 32. (AP-USDA) Pears: 11 arrived, A California. 6 Washington unloaded, Medford Bosc 720 extra fancy $2a.2S, average $1.15; 4408 $1.70$ .26. average $2.01; Anjous 660 extra fancy $1.90 $2. av erage $1.94: 2IS roncy $1.75 3 2 30, average $2.09. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Sundry persons gathering to view an antique Espee locomotive that halted here, the choo-ehoo sup posedly having a historic background about which every on-loolter hd definite but different knowledge. Mel Hogsn trying to learn" the Identity of the MTs triumvirate of football prognostlcetors. be wanting to profit by their predictions In this week's grid wagering. Carl Wiltermood being a man of his word and keeping a very Im portant promise regarding a very Im portant matter. Hob Deuel being smared at Sock rye Jack McDonald's consistent fac ial snarl. Hob feeling that a snarl should be Interspersed occasionally wtth a grin. Bob Watson having a fit because wlfey Harriett talked so long on the phone, instead of cooking his break fast. Helen Parish all in a dither whlp Ax rtng h!thT and von In pr-paration for her cxe-couutr train trip. REGULATION FOR PUBLIC INTEREST IS 'Supreme Court Also Holds County Commissioners Do Not Have to Levy Full $10 for School Purpose SALEM. Nov. 22. (AP) The state supreme court ruled constitutional today the 1937 law establishing grades for milk and cream, and held that county commissioners do not have to levy the full $10 per child for school purposes. Affirming Circuit Judge Artie Walker of McMtnnvllle, the court ruled that the state had a right to restrain the farmers union coopera tive creamery of Sheridan from buy ing milk or cream until it compiled with the crosm grading law. The creamery had contended the law was unconstitutional. Not 'Discriminatory "The act assailed deals with an industry subject to regulation in the common Interest. It Is neither arbi trary, unreasonable nor discrimina tory." the opinion by Justice Bailey said. The court ruled In favor of the Multnomah coynty commissioners, sued by school district No. 1 of Multnomah county to compel ,'the commissioners to levy $10 per child of school age during 1939. The amount Involved would have been $861,718. The court. In an opinion by Jus tice Kelly and affirming Circuit Judge John P. Winter of Multnomah county, ruled that the amount prob ably would be raised anyway, and that the high court would not Inter fere with the Judgment of the county commissioners. Lrw Students Lose The supreme court ruled against 33 law students who asked for re view of the bar examinations which they failed .to pass lost July, It denied petitions for rehearing in the fir6t degree murder convic tion of Leroy Hershel McCarthy, Portland, who will die In the lethal chamber, and In the Portland public market's suit to force the city of Portland to carry out the terms of a contract to buy the market's build ing. The case now will go back to Multnomah county to be heard on its merits. LOCAL AUTOISTS GET LOW LICENSES SALEM. No. 33. f AP) O. H. George. Carlton, won automobile li cense plate No. 1 for 1939 today In the drawing by Secretary of State Earl - Snell. The first 100 numbers were drawn. More than 19,000 persons had their applications In the drawing, the largest In history. Portland car own ers didn't fare so well, all of the first nine numbers going to up-state residents. Other numbers awarded Included: 3, W. R. Ragsdale of Baker; 8, A. J. Oliver of Cornelius: 4. Mlsa A. Claire Dunn of Eugene: 31. Roland O. Beach of Medford: 33. Rey. John W. Hoyt of Medford. 1 San Francisco Turkey price SAN FRANCISCO, NOV. 22. (AP) Net prices paid producers for live poultry delivered San Francisco. Tur keys, young to ma, under 18 lbs. fresh. 26c; over 18 be., fresh, 23c; young hens, fresh, 26c. Thanksgiving Dinner.Cost To Be Lowest in 4 Years CHICAGO, Nov. 28. (AP) The family Thanksgiving this year will be solemnlred over the cheapest din ner In four years. A survey of wholesale and retail markets today In Chicago, the na tion's food center, showed most of the Important Items housewives will buy at shops the next two days are priced lower than year ago. The general average of food prices, based on government figure, indi cated the bet bargains since 1934 are available. The family purse still Is receiving benefit from a sharp cut In food costs that occurred late last yar. The cost of feeding the nation fell from the highest point in tlx years to the lowest point In four years. The 1037 peak was reached Just before Thanksgiving. One of the most pronounced price slumps on record followed and by Pebmary. 1938, irleM were lower than they tod been ' ao Uuit note ;4iUA;f, 1935. Then i Accused Doctor Collapses Dr. Kent W. rtcrry, Olrmpla. trash., society physician, on trlnl Willi three other men ill the "kltlnnp-torture" rnsc hosed on charges nuiuc by Irving Kakcr, collnnsed white testifying In his own defenses He Is shown with Mrs. Berry (left), and her mother, Mrs. Kdward Kevin, as they comfort him during a court recess. (A. P. photo.) E BY ARMY FLIER; OFFERS PAY DAMAGE ROSEBURO. Ore., Nov. 22 fP) A flier, who miraculously escaped death October 8 when his plane struck the 120.000-vblt California Oregon Power company transmission line near Ollde, was Identified today as Second Lieut. Rlchnrd' F. Lorenft. 95th Attack Squadron, Mnrch Flld. California, according to T, H. Ness, district man ager for the power company. Ness reports receiving a communi cation from Loren reporting that he wa piloting the ship and asking for a report on damages. TJio letter con tains no information concerning the unusual experience. . Effort to Identify the filer have been continued ninee the transmis sion line was sheared by a plane fly ing low through the river canyon, Mr. Ness rrports. The ship cut through three heavy copper cables, each with a tensile strength of 6.440 pounds. Observers reported a huge "ball of fire as the wires were struck. C. O. P. company employees searched several hours for wreckage, believing no plene could have escaped such an impact. Mr. Ness is submitting a bill for damages, which he reports will ap proximate 9350. Marry Mate's Family - AMES, Iowa (AP) Marrying the boy -or $irl means marrying his or her family, too. soys Sociologist O. Arnold Anderson of Iowa State uni versity. "Marrying Is to a large de gree a union of families and groups as well ns of Individuals." Anderson said after completing a study of hu man mating habits. has been a slight rise since early this year but the general level of prices, according to government sta tistics. Is about 14 percent lower than a year ao. For one thing, the roasted bird most important item on the Thanks giving day dinner Is cheaper than in 1937. In the Chicago wholesale market the price of dressed turkeys is about i cent a pound lower, well below the 1035 price. Ducks, geese and chickens are 10 to 1ft percent or more cheaper. Comparison of prices In retail and wholesale markets now and a year ago also showed: Butter 29 percent lower; oysters about 8 percent lower, sugar 18 per cent off; lard 28 percent down; milk 18 percent lower; coffee 13 percent lower; eggs, bread, mincemeat, celery, ollvea and assorted nuts little chang ed: potatoee slightly higher; appln about 10 percent up; cranberries 38 P"TTTt hlaher;" lemons and oranges siightl tout. TO ' HALT STRIKE WE IN ARMS FACTORIES PARTS, Nov. 22. (AP) Premier Edouard Dalacller today took firm action to break the wave of stay-In strikes which spread In the defense Industries on the eve of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's visit. As labor opposition to the govern ment's financial decree laws mount ed, the premier's office published the following note: "M. Daladler has addressed pre cise Instructions to prefects of all departments to put an end Imme diately to occupations of factories which have taken plnce." Mounting labor and political con flicts brought a sudden fall In the franc, adding to the government's worries. The franc was quoted at 38.20 to the dollar and 178.70 to the pound in bank trading this morning, compared to 38.08 and 178.67 at yes terday's closing. Labor's most Important challenge to the government's decree laws came in the northern manufacturing town of Denatn where 500 men who re fused to return to work In the Call arms factory, after striking yesterday, were discharged this morning. The entire 4000 workers of the plant, engaged In manufacturing artillery for the government, Imme diately went on strike and occupied the grounds. AVALANCHES SPREAD DEATH. DESTRUCTION CASTRIES, St. Lucia. British Wat Indira, Nor. 17. (AP) A rls of rain-loosened aTalanehes today spread death and destruction In the Interior of this Island of the Wind ward group. A mountainside eight miles long last night burled two hamlet and a number of Inhabitant estimated to run Into the hundreds. Reaetie workers laboring all nlRht recovered 45 dead and M Injured, but thla morning a new aralanche burled all of the dead afaln In ad dition to many Injured and several rescue workers In a freati catastrophe. Sleep AT Wheel Blamed In Death REDWOOD CITT. Calif., Wot. J MV-leep while he wa making a solitary night drlTe alter an eve ning of study was blamed by polios today for the death of Burnerd D Arnsteln, 30, Stanford university stu dent and son of the Iste Dr. Henry Arnsteln of New York. International, ly known chemist. Amsteln'a body was found crushed yesterday near his wrecked car at the base of a SOO-font cliff on a Pacific ocaan bcadi west of bar. ASSURANCE ASKED FOR U. S. JEWS IN Note From United States Asks Formal Statement On Decree Ousting Jews From Enterprises in Reich Grim Goodbye WASHINGTON. Nov. 32 ?) German Ambassador Hans Dleck hoff said goodbye to Secretary Hull today before leaving for Berlin to report on tho "queer" attitude In the United States against Ger many. Hull rose to his feet as the am bassador entered his office and shook hands with htm, but did not smile. When the ambassador came out tho broad smile with which he had greeted correspondents Just before entering the office, wa& gone and his face carried a grim look. Dleckhoff had been inside exactly two mlmites. LONDON, Nov. 22 (I5) Reports Germany was considering calling hor ambassador home for consultations on the" deterioration of relations with Britain since the Nazi antl-Jewlsh drive were published here today. A Gorman embassy spokesman, however, declared there was no ques tion of the ambassador. Herbert Von Dlrksen, leaving London now, and In Berlin officials dented the envoy would be recalled. BERLIN, Nov. 22. The Unit ed States ha-presented a- note- to Germany asking formal , assurances the decree ousting Jews from busi ness enterprises, part of the narl re gime's sweeping anti-Jewish cam paign, does not apply to Jews hold ing American citizenship. The note was presented to the for eign office late yesterday, it woe dis closed today, s nazl plans for ex tending the antl-Jewlsh campaign through the winter were developed. The communication said the Wash ington government assumed the de cree did not apply to American citi zens and requested a reply as to whether this assumption was correct. Not Under Decree Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels and other nl officials have stated specifically foreign Jews did not come under the decree. The Gorman press continued to record nazi resentment against Brit. Ish plans for settlement of German Jews in Tanganyika, the former Ger man East Africa, Although mass arrests of Jews have j been stopped, plans to continue tho . antl-Semltlc campaign centered i around Goebbels. ! He Is to address 1.000 of his col leagues at the Kroll opera house to night on how to conduct an anti Jewish drive, and the newspaper Zwoelf Uhr Blatt said 1600 meetings were planned for Berlin alone this winter. To Show Film The subjects will be, the newspaper said, "Eternal Jew Dtaturbs Peace of (Continued on Page Five.) SOUGHT IN CRASH Morrl Robert Horton, In a suit filed Monday In circuit court seeks a&O.OOO damages from L. D. Fol, truck operator, and O. L. Jonsa, em ployee, as the result of an auto acci dent laat summer at Central avenua and Court atreet. Negligence In the handling of the truck la alleged. Bpe rial damsgea In the turn of tlOOO are sought also. ' Horton alleges that as a result of the collision between a truck and his auto, he sustained back and leg Injuries snd body hurt which will leave him Impaired and crippled for ar Indefinite time. s Horton I represented by Robert and McAllister,' attorneys. ( KLAMATH WOMAN DIES IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH WILLOWS. Csllf , Nov. J Ar When her car left the highway on a ourre alt mllrs north of here, Mrs Olga C. ntrunk, 40, of Klamath rails, wsa fatally Injured yesterday. Thanksgiving Edition The Mall Tribune will publish t ThanksgiTlng. Day Issue Thursday, November 94th. So that tha staff may enjoy ThanksgiTlng dinner, tha edition will go to press at 1:00 o. m $50,000 DAMAGES TAKES STAND IN ; KIDNAPING TRIALj Admits He Made No ONec-1 tlon to Mistreatment ofj Irving Baker by Members i of Party Account of Fear i OLYMPIA, Nov. 22. (AP) Jamas Reddlck, 28-year old tnxt -driver, told a superior court Jury here today he took part in tho kidnaping of Irving Baker last August 10 because he was ao afraid of other members of the kidnap party he dared not attempt to withdraw. Ho admitted "Maybe I am" when asked If he were a "natural coward," and confessed he had not offered a single verbal objection to the treat ment of Baker, 37, retired coast guard officer whom Dr. Kent W. Berry accused of raping Mrs. Eliza beth Berry, 27. Feared Others Reddlck, Berry. William K. Mc Aloon. 55. and Robert H. Smith, 82. are on trial for first degree kidnap ing and first degree assault In con nection with the admitted abduction. Reddlck took the stand In his own defense after Berry and McAloon had completed their defense testimony. On cross-exami nation, Reddlck de clared he was "afraid of what might happen" If he quit the kidnaping enterprise and admitted he had made no escape attempt, even when he was sitting in an automobile with the motor running and all other members of the party at least wore 50 feet away. Reddlck said all his acta the night of the abduction were motivated by fear of McAloon, Berry, Smith or all three. He said he once did drive Mc Aloon near his own home in hope of escaping him but lost his nerve. Held Flashlight Roddick admitted having selected the road to the torture site and added he held a flashlight to Illum inate the torture scene. He said he took no part In the torture or In a scuffle In the automobile. He also ssserted he embarked on the trip without knowing Its pur pose, although he had been told of the plan on a "scouting" trip ordered by Berry July It. Reddlck said he planned to return in an ambulance to get Baker after the assault and marked the spot with a bnpfl on a stump ao he would be able to find It again, but did not return for him. He did come back to a spot nearby, he said, to pick up McAloon and Smith, whom he drove to Olympla and later to Mon test.no. He also admitted having dis posed of a revolver used In the af fair by throwing It under a brush pile. He ascribed two specific threats to McAloon, one In front of the Baker home when he said McAloon pointed the revolver at him and ordered, "Get goingthis Is a stick up," ( and the other at the torture scene when he quoted McAloon as foiling his escape plan by warning, "Tou had better stick . around or something will happen to you." I. E. U. WILL BATTLE ANY PAY CUT MOVE PORTLAND. Not. 93, (API Any move to lower wages In the lumber Industry below the Industrial Em ployes' union minimum of BBo per hour in the pine belt and floe In fir districts wss opposed yesterday by directors of the IEO for Oregon. Washington, Idaho, California and South Dakota. Three Prisoners Die After Spree on Soap Compound LAN8INO. Kaa., Nov. 33. (AP) Three prisoner at the Kansaa elate penitentiary died today, a fourth wa critically 111 and 30 more, ware con fined to beds after drinking what Warden Kirk Prather described a soap compound containing methyl alcohol. ; . Warden Prather aald one-gallon Jug of the compound war stolen from the chief engineer's office at the prison and dispensed, Prather aald he believed, by a single prisoner who wished to act as "host" to pro viding "pre-Chrlstms cheer." The compound waa used to teat water for It aoftnea. The dead were: ' Olen O. Roy, 39, received June 14. 1(36, to serve a 8-to-M-year sentence for second degree robbery. , " f Monroe Ads me, 81, received Not. T, 1038, to serve a 10-to-ai j'ear term for first degree robbery. I J. B. Harris, 41, received Oct. I, 1933, to serve 10-to-1 S-yrar term for bank robbery, In a critical condition wa Or an House worth. 80, tarring a 10-to-31-yes term for first degree robber. Russia Becomes Embarrassed By Diaper Shortage MOSCOW, Nov. 33. (AP) An alarming diaper shortage In Soviet Russia was revealed today by the newspaper Ixvestla. Inefficient organization was blamed by the government organ for the losing race diaper fac tories are running with the in creasingly busy Russian stork. "In 1038." Izvestla said, "the people'a commissariat of public health ordered the production of a, 170,00 set of dlapera for new born Infanta. "But although this figure wss below the actual needs, the com missariat of light Industry pro duced, during the first nine months of 1038. only 768.900." Many of these, the newspaper charged, failed to reach the ulti mate consumer. Icvestla orltlclced as "Insulting and bureaucratic" an attempt to organize diaper distribution on the basis of a census to be taken of all women expecting babies within a month. The Jackson county budget for 1038 was discussed at a public hear ing In the courthouse auditorium thla morning and another meeting of the budget oommlttee will be held with all members present, to discuss any changes before It la formally certified. The budgot calls for rais ing 1383,590.06 by tax levy. Justice of the Peace W. R. Cole man appeared before today' meet ing and aaked that he be given 1300 additional per year for olerk hire for his office, now paid out of his own aalory. A. C. Hubbard, Medford, acted aa chairman at today' meeting. Henry Enders, Ashland member was absent today, ' JEWS WILL SEEK VANCOUVER. Not. 33 ((VP, About lftO Qerman Jewa will sail from here tomorrow forenoon on the R. M. B. Aorsngl to find new homes in Australia and New Zealand. They will arrive at 8:48 a. m. from Montreal where they landed last Saturday night. Tha refugees, some with money and some almost penniless, Include bus inessmen, lawyers and dootors, with their wives and families. When they were questioned by newspaper reporters in Montreal they said they wished to remain anony mous. "Do not mention our names." on said. "There are others at home Tho might suffer." Coldest Morning Mild For Season The coldest weather of the season was recorded at tht United States weather bureau this morning when tha thermometer dropped to 30 de grees above rero. Next lowest mer cury wss on November 13 when tha bureau registered 33 degrees. Thla morning's cold spelt ts still quite mild for this time of year, weathar attendants stated. In 1936 the thermometer dropped to 15 de grees above pero. Ten were confined to the prison hospital and the other 10 to their bunks In "B" cell house. Warden Prather said all had re fused to nam the man who stole tha lethal beverage, hut If he learned the Identity of the man responsible he would have him placed In solitary conflnsment "unless he 1 already dead." Prison authorities learned first of the tragedy at 9 o'clock laat night when Adam became severely 111 and waa taken to the hospital. Partially paralysed, he wa unable to talk. In rapid succession 33 others were stricken until two Leavenworth phy alciana had to be called to aid the penitentiary doctor. In a check of the prison today guard round the two empty lugs, bearing poison label, Prather aald, In "screaming letters." , He aald some of the tiling felon told him they also drank ahellao, but t check of tht prison' supply of ahellao disclosed nona missing. He aald, however, previously offi cials had learned of prisoner drink ing ehellee because it contained al cohoU IN SAFETY DRIVE All Schools of City to Par ticipate Riders to As semble at Junior High School Athletic Field Sponsored by the Veterans of For eign Wars, the Medford Traffic Safety council and the Jackson cotinty chamber of commerce, a huge bicycle parade will be held here tomorrow afternoon to focus attention on the ever-present need of safety. Every school In the oity will partic ipate in the parade and it is expect ed that from 1300 to 1600 bicycle will be in the procession. The big parade will start at 3:30 from the junior high school athletic field. The line of march will be: Woodstock to Second, along Second! to Ivy, on Ivy to Main, down Main to Bartlett, left on Bartlatt to Sixth, up Sixth to Holly, right on Holly to Second, left on Second to Wood stock, right on Woodstock to the starting point. Assemble At Field Schools are to be dismissed at t o'clock and the bicycle riders are to assemble at tho Junior high school athletic field as soon thereafter aa possible. The bicycles are to be decorated but In such a way as not to Impede traffic of present hazards. .School costumes will be worn as far as prac ticable. Each school will submit safety slogans. Prices are to be awarded. Tha (Continued on Page Plva.) E CHICAGO, Nov. 22--;Pl Steers bel lowed and sheep bleated under strange hands today as a strike of union handlers forced white collared commission men to care for live stock at the Union Stock yards, tha principal meat counter of the nation. Striking CIO handlers remained at their homes or picketed at the yard gates under the eyes of a large force of policemen. There waa no disorder and O. T. Henkle, vice president and general manager of the Union Stock yard and Transit company, at which the strike was directed, said no union men were at work. Work of caring for the 60,000 head of cattle, sheep and hogs on hand when the strike halted trading yes terday was taken over by employes ordinarily engaged In buying and selling. FOR OREGON'S BAND BUOENK. Not. aa (ffv-Tht Uni versity of Oregon band will continue to be drum majorless. This waa the three to two decision of tht University Student Affslrt committee and this recommendation will be passed on to President Donald M. Brb with whom the final decision lies. Tha committee considered the mat ter late yesterday, following a petition favoring the drum majorea present ed by the eiecutlv council of the Associated Student and one disap proving the plan aubmltted by the executive council of the Associated Women student. Radio Highlights (By Associated Press) (Time la eastern standard) NSW YORK. Nov. aa (AP) Mem bers of the state department, headed by Secretary of Stat Cord ell Mull, are to participate In a special hour' broadcast Wednesday night. The pro gram 1 designed to deplot the d-' partment' far-flung totlvltlea. The hour I to be divided about equally between drama and pick-up from all part of th world. The drama re-enact many of th hlatorto event connected with the depart ment, while talks will come from Secretary Hull, ambassador, consular officers and commercial attache In whatever country they are located. Broadcast time ha been set (or 10 o'clock on WJZ-NBO. Rescheduled for Friday night at 10 on WJZ-NBO la th Henry Armstrong. Ceferlno Oarcla welterweight light, postponed from November 9 because of Armstrong's leg Injury. Added to the Wednesday list of WJZ-NBO la a 18-mlnute description at i:t p. m. of th Old Diary auction sale of trotting horse In New York. Oltm Mccaitbjr will do 11 e
