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4il The Weather Forecast Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, lie t lo rluuicr In temperature. Temperature Highest etenlay 48 l.um'Kt Mils morning m:...28 I'reclpttuttnn To A p. m. yesterday . T. Need the Room Would tome extra Christmas money come In handy? Here's an easy way to get It , . . Just sell off the things you no long er need found In the home You may not need the room but others may need them as gifts. MEDFORD RIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OKKGOX, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 193 No. 232. in nixn Wl Ml in i ' i IfU U JUUI V7A fffl A n 7(n) fp The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright, 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. JtETIKKMlCNT OF ROPER SEKN MARKING KR.VS END CALLED PERFECT SPECIMEN OF CONTENTED JOB-HOLDDR COMMERCE SECI1ETARV ENJOYED HIS POSITION RESISTED HINTS TO CJl'lT UNTIL ASKED TO RESION WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. An era haa ended with the reluctant retire ment of the honorable Daniel Cal houn Roper from his beloved offices at the commerce department. For years, ploua old Uncle Dan haa been a mere museum piece a ourloua relic of the earlier time when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was not a new dealer but a Democrat. And now, at leat, hts transformed friend has pried Uncle Dan out of his comfort Able Job, to make way, very prob ably, for the arch new dealer of them all, Harry I. Hopkins. It's really sad to see Uncle Dan go. If only because he enjoyed being secretary of commerce so obviously and frankly that his delight was pos itively picturesque. He was the per fect specimen of the contented Job holder. Just why he waa contented It was sometime 'difficult to know. So far as administrative power or Influence on public policy were concerned, Uncle Dan might Just aa well have been In Kamchatka for the last five years. He longed to be a great man. He longed to figure In the news of the day. His whole department used to be mobilized before his press con ferences. Every smidgeon or possibly significant Information used to be scratched up. Uncle Dan himself used to begin, "I want to be frank with you gentlemen," and then tell all he knew. . But, unhappily, he never knew much of great Importance. He could only figure as an amiable old fellow with a handle to his name, who had the odd habit, at the most worrisome Junctures, of announcing firmly: "All la for the best In this beat of possible worlds." In a way, Uncle Dan 'a cheerful unimportance really increased his value aa a picturesque exhibit. It made him tn even bejter example of the curious system by which the great offices of the American state are parceled out, not to those best qualified to hold them, but to men who have helped train the right pol itical contestant. There were three reasons why Unole Dan was named secretary of commerce. The flrBt was that he picked Roosevelt early, and plugged for him hard. The second was that, at a moment In the 1932 campatgn when cash to pay the broadcasting companies waa needed In 24 hours. Uncle Dan strolled into Jim Farley's sanctum and plunked a roll of sev- (Contlnued on Page Four.) 4- SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Glen Fabrlck telling of the time his aunt gave his uncle a rug for Christmas, the uncle getting even by giving the aunt a shotgun, Chet Hubbard being an Interested lis tener to this tale of reciprocal gift exchanges. The Arkansas Scufflers hovering around town, being mistaken for a trio of Santa Clauses, Rassllri Pro moter Mark Llllard believing they really are. J.ihn and Mildred Ulster coming to town to spread some delightful Tuletlde cheer, Irene Moreland of the same hinterland having already done so. Frank Ovelmnn cutting, sand papeiir.g. marking and otherwise pre paring parts of a bedside table for an amateur carpenter, leaving only the nailing for the amateur and fearing even then the Job would be botched. S:a'e Policeman Clark Johnson try ing to hear some crime news In the radio repoits. there being none here abouts to demand his attention. AH Banwe'.l exhibiting at the CcfC a nlne-lnch gold fish caught by a woman in Bear creek, AH hav ing neglected to get the flaherman'e name in hit excitement. PLAN IS TERMED L May Be Regarded As Form of Political Pressure Says Foreign Minister Dan gers Open Door Policy WASHINGTON, Dec. II). (AP) Secretary MorgeJithiiu announced today new credits to China In the face of Japanese protests. The secretary ald he was ex tending Indefinitely an expired agreement to loan China dollar exchange. This was In addition to a $23,000,000 loan given China Inst week by the export-import i bank to finance purchase of trucks and other materials In this country. By the Associated Press A warning to the United States its export-Import bank's plan to lend $25,000,000 to China would be a "very dangerous political gesture" added to strain between Washington and Tokyo while Italian colonial de mands on France again worried Eu rope. Japanese Foreign Minister Hachlio Arlta described the proposed loan to China as "an Inopportune and regrettable act." He declared Japan might regard It as "a form of politi cal pressure" and that Tokyo "un doubtedly will find In It new grounds for strengthening the proposed new order In East Asia." The new order means closing the open door In China against which the United States haa protested ve hemently. New Anti-Jew Steps New antl-Jewlsh measures develop ed in two countries of central Europe. The Rumanian foreign office dis closed the removal of 150,000 Ruman ian Jews to Palestine and certain British colonies was envisaged In diplomatic negotiations already tn progress with Great Britain. The Hungarian cabinet gave flnaj touches to a bill, to be submitted to parliament Friday, which would Impose new social and economic re strictions on Hungary's Jews, pos sibly limiting their voting rights, also. The Jewish population of Rumania is about 1,000,000; of Hungary about 450.000. Italian Victory Seen Gravity of the situation between France and Italy Is summarised by these statements: In Rome, by the Relation I Inter national!, organ of the institute for the study of foreign policy Italy will win her territorial claims against France within ten months. In Paris, by Georges Bonnet, French foreign minister if either France or Britain were "the object of unprovoked aggression," neither would hesitate to come to the other's aid. A French "no aurrender" bloc or ganized forces to resist cession of any French or British territory to Italy amid suspicion that plans already were afoot to turn over all or part of British and French Somallland to Premier Mussolini. Some observers expressed fear II Duce'a silence on the territorial Is sue In a speech yesterday meant only he already had heard of offers from London and Paris. Good Turk Demand On Portland Mart PORTLAND, Dec. 10. (AP) Buyers offered 22 cents for toms and 25 and occasionally 28 cents for turkey hens today. The local demand was fairly brisk with the resale to retailers 1 to 2 cents more than the buying prices. Some handlers reported fractional advances tn the retail market and said there was a possibility of con sumer reaction. High Court Pays Tribute To Late Justice Cardozo WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. (AP) The supreme court paused In Its Ju dicial work today to pay tribute to the laat Justice Benjamin N. Car dozo. Chief Justice Hughes called the Jurist, who died last July, "a mighty warrior for his convlctlona" in whose "experts hands the pan became a sword wielded with devastating power. The chief Justice replied to an ad dress by Attorney General Cum mlngs. who presented a copy of res olutions praising Justice Cardoza. They had been adopted by attorneys practicing before the court, "Mr. Justice Cardozo," said the chief Justice, "was devoted to our form of government and to him our constitutional guarantees of essential . liberties, constituted a heritage to be ' defended at all costs. . . . I "No Judge ever came to this coiul Union Shot by Hospital Intruder iy : 1 y' f g'3 Walter Salisbury (above), 40. Nun Francisco policenmn axslgned to guard a prisoner In a hospital, was shot and seriously wounded by George Dally (below), 21, who enter ed the hospital and shot and klllrd Morris Cornprnpst, 24, the patient. Salisbury Is shown being prepared for a blood transfusion, (A. P. I'hoios). CHAMBERLAIN DEFENDS FOREIGN AIMS IN FACE By the Associated Press British Prime Minister Chamberlain told the house of commons today Nazi Germany must be taken In as a "partner" or "there will be neither peace nor progress In Europe in things which make life worth living." The crime minister. In face of a labor motion for censure on his foreign policy, vigorously defended the British course both before and after the Munich accord of Septem ber 20. Never, he said, would he take the responsibility for entering war "un less it la forced upon me by the madnesa of others." He said he hoped Instead for German collaboration for peace. Of relations with the United States. Chamberlain said there was "no sort of difficulty or difference" that "gives us the slightest shade or cause for anxiety." Chamberlain acknowledged Italy recently sent men and material to Insurgent Spain but denied this help was a breach of Premier Mussolini's pledge in the British-Italian friend ahip accord which came Into effect November 1. The government reports the aver age annual cash Income per person on a farm In the 10 cotton states is 9150 compared with 1346 In the other 88 states. more fully equipped by learning, acumen, dlaletlcal skill, and diain tered purpose. He came to us In the full maturity of his extraordin ary Intellectual power, and no one on this bench has ever served with more untiring Industry or more en lightened outlook. . . . "His gentleness and self-restraint, his ineffable charm, combined with his alertness and mental strength, made him a unique personality. With us who had the privilege of dally association there will ever abide the precious memory not only of the work of a great Jurist but of com panionship with a beautiful spirit, an extraordinary combination of grace and power." Cummlnga said that "the one passion cf this gentle and retiring man" was that "the court should never fall to use the law to promote I Justice." Attacks .-JSC! 'V, STORE LOOII VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. IB. Pl Striking at nil Billed theft ring accused of stealing thousanas or dol lars worth of tobaccos, confections and other merchandise. Prosecutor Eugene dishing filed grand larceny charges here today against Prank Carstens. Clara Orams, Belnhold Oram,, Edward Huffman and John E. Wilson. All are In custody except Wilson. Oram, 1. a restaurant operator In 8alem. Ore. The others live here. Most of an estimated 13.000 worth of loot seized In the Drama home hero Thursday night had been stolen from wholesalers In Eugene and The Dalles. Ore., Police Chief John Blaker said. He also announced seizure Bun day of 40.000 cigarette, which he said had been stolen In Eugene and ahlpped to Carstens here. Theory t that the Ran? stole In Oregon and let their loot "cool" here before sell ing It. EUOENE. Ore.. Dec. 19 (AP) State police Investlgatora were hold ing Paul Browntleld, Eugene service station employe, aa an accessory in an alleged northwest burglar; ring today after a week-end roundup that netted several alleged ringleaders In Vancouver, Wash. Klamath Falls I'lnneer Dies KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 19. (AP) Sophia Steele Henley, who was bora 84 years ago in Walpacka, Wis., and came to Klamath county In tbe mld-elghtlea with her second htu bsnd, James Thomas Henley, died yeftcrday the Irm- of lirr daugh ter, Mrs. S.irah E. Honhbcrger, In the Henley farming dlstnct southewt of here. - Oregon EUROPE CHILLED AS WINDS BRING SLEETAND SNOW London Experiences Coldest Day in Ten Years Many Suffer Hardships Worse to Come, Is Prediction LONDON, Dec. 19. (AP) Icy north east winds from Siberia laden with snow and sleet struck Europe today from northern Scotland to southern Greece, sending temperatures tum bling to record lows. Official forecasts said there waa even worse coming. London temperatures dropped from 42 degrees fahrenhelt to 28 In 24 hours, bringing the coldest day In 10 years. Snow fell over Scotland and England aa far as south London. Seven thousand tons of molasses cascaded at Zeebrugge, Belgium, from two steel tanka which shrank In the Intense cold yesterday until they burst. v Mixture Freezes The brown tide overturned another tank, containing 150 tons of creosote, and threatened to disrupt operations at a nearby gas works. The mixture of molasses and creosote froze, how ever, as 200 soldiers were called out to fight It. A temperature of seven degrees above zero Fahrenheit in Paris forced cancellation of a dreaa rehearsal for antl-alr-rald defenses, postponed once by .the November 30 general strike and scheduled for tonight, In Prague the temperature fell be low freezing, some of the coldeat weather was reported from the Car pathian mountain districts of eastern Czecho-Slovakla where the mercury plunged as low as 22 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Coal Supply short ' The bitter cold waa especially un welcome In Czecho-Slovakla because the loss of the rich Sudetenland coal fields to Germany has resulted In a coal shortage at present. In Paris yesterday a low of 14 de grees was registered, but there was no snow. Cafe terraces lighted braziers to keep their customers warm. Berlin reported a low of 10 degree above zero while Ice-breakers off the north German coast attempted to keep tbe Baltic free of Ice jama. Ferries and awing bridges In the Netherlands were frozen Into Inaction and many roads were Impassable due to Ice. CHRISMS EVE CLOSING TALKED No definite decision was reached regarding early closing of stores Christmas eve after a, poll of mer chants waa made by the retail mer chants committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, It was announced today by Elmer Wilson, committee chairman. The committee contacted 3D stores, not Including food stores, and the sentiment was practically unani mously In favor of remaining open until 8:30 p, m. Thursday and Friday and closing at I p. m. Saturday. Mr. Wilson said. "No decision hac been reached on the Saturday closing but It la hoped that all the storea will abide by the majority opinion," Mr. Wilson stated. Avert Walkout of U. P. Bus Drivers PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 19. (AP) A threatened strike of Union Pacific stage drivers In the Salt Lake City Portland division apparently waa averted yeaterday when union offi cials and company representatives reached a contract renewal agree ment. The agreement will be submitted to 136 members of the Amalgamated Aa- soclatlon of street and Electric Rail way and Motor Coach Employe, of America, the complaining, employes, for vota. ' Terms of tht settlement were not divulged, but offlelela said It con tained no mention of re-employment of two drivers discharged by the com pany. Congressman Diet WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (AP) Rep. Stephen W. Oambrlll, 86, of Maryland died today In the office of Dr. George W. Calver, capital phy sician, aftet a heart attack. Oambrlll, a Democrat and a lawyer, hid rep resented the fifth Maryland district in congress sine 1934. Labor Law in Hearing IS BY DOOR OF Strangles to Death When Head and Neck Caught Between Door and Over turned Car 6 Others Die PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 19. (API Highway and logging accidents, the former caused by wintry roads Bnd Christmas throngs, claimed the live. of six Oregon residents over the weekend. Caroline P. Wood, 31, Roseburg, strangled to death three mllea south of Halscy when her head and neck were cnught between an overturned automobllo and a door thrown open when the car skidded on Ice. State Police Officer Curtis Cham bers said the automobile's driver. Kenneth R. Fields, Drain, and Helen Buck, Roseburg, were unable to extri cate the strangling girl. When help aiTlved, she was dead. At Klamath Fulls, Oswald Mills, 31. of Algoma. who was killed when an automobile driven by his wife over turned. Mrs. Mills and two small children wore Injured. , Portland's 86th traffic fatality of tho year was recorded when John B. Matson, AO, waa fatally Injured by an automobile at a street Inter section. James Peter Musle, 64. Bandon, waa killed when a tree he was falling at the Pat Cornell logging camp noar Denmark twisted and struck him. - Miss Cella Branlff, 33. of Aloha died yesterday when a car In which she waa riding with her fiance, C. L. Henry of Yakima, Wash., akldded on the Icy pavement and crashed Into a power pole noor Ooldendale, Wash. She was en route to her mother's homo at Hood River to be married. Ramona Leo Thomason, 6. of Kla math Falls died today of Injuries re ceived when a car In which she was a passenger with her parents and W. O. Whiting of Klamath Fall,, the driver, overturned on the Pacific nignway south of Eugene. m BIDS LOW ON SISKIYOU JOB PORTLAND. Dec. 10 'API nwi. on seven highway projects, totaling nearly 37n,000. were oneneri tari.v by the state highway commission. uow mis submitted Included: Jackson countv: Oradlnir unit Bear canyon-stats lino section Paclflo hlghwav. . .80.322. HnrnlH Blake Portland. Klamath Oountv CreKcent..nnnvep Marsh rock production project, 113, 800, Fisher Brothers, Ore-son City. Klamath and Lnko counties: Grad ing, surfacing: and oltlncr rwvir. Oarden-Quartr. mountain section Lakevlew highway, 70,331, J. p. Comntonn. McMinnvllle. nni Rwioar Constructing company, Dayton, Wn. Ijoint mnj. G. P. Radio Station Will Have Hearing WASHINGTON, Deo . 19 (AP) The communication, commission to. day set the application of the South. ern Oregon Broadcasting company for a new station at OranU Pasa, Ore., for hearing at a date to be de termined. Mrs. Roosevelt Defends Right to Live Own Life WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. AP Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevele vigor ously asserted today the right of a president's wife and children to live their own private Uvea. Dlscussina at her press confer ence her own acceptance of a place on an Insurance company a board or directors, Mrs. Roosevelt put the question up to the people of the United States. Do they want the children of a president to be the type who do not want to earn their own living? she asked. And does the nation want a presi dent's wife to give up all of the Interests she had built up? Mrs. Roosevelt said ahe often had wondered whether the people of the 'country realised a president's family must go on with their normal lives while h la In the White House. Her argument ran as follows 1 Ford, Lindbergh Hit For Taking German Medals CLEVELAND, Dec. 19. (API Henry Ford, Col. Charloa A. Lind bergh, and other Americans who accept medals from dictators had a challenge today from Secretary of the Ulterior Hdrold L. Ickcs to explain why their American birthright is not forfeit. Ickcs, speaking lnst night at the annual Hanukkah banquet of tho Cleveland Zionist society, asked, "How oaii any American who calls himself a Christian, or who por tends to bellove lu tho enlighten ed principles that constitute tho warp and woof of our American life, accept a decoration at the hand of a brutal dictator who, with that same hand, la robbing and torturing thousnnds of fellow human beings? "Perhaps Henry Ford and Col. Charles A. Llncibergh will be will ing to answer the question." DRUG HEAD VIOLATED LONG LIST OF LAWS INVESTIGATORS SAY NEW YORK, Dee. 19. (AP) A Boston lawyer swore today he draft ed, at the behest of P. Donald Coster Phlllp Musloa, a contract for the pur- chase of Lee-Enfteld rines Dy Mc Kesson and Bobbins. Inc., and Stand ard Oil of England. The lawyer, Frederic Wlngersky, made his statement to Asst. State Atty. Oen. Ambrose V. McCa.ll, con ducting an Inquiry Into the affaire or the B7,000,UOO corporation, uos- tor-Mualca committed aulclrie Friday when he wan exposed as a notorious swindler of a quarter century ego. At the same time Brlen McMahon, assistant U. 8. attorney general, ar riving from Washington, described Costor-Muslca ns probably "the big gest Illicit liquor dealer In the coun try." McMahon came here to co-ordinate the Investigations of federal aonclen Interested In ferreting out the myster behind Costor-Muslca and the $18,000,000 ahortago In the flrm'a crude drugs department which he operated. Coster-Muslca, McMahon said, had connections "with practically every big name tn the nation 'a under world." "There also seems to be some In dication of Illegal dealing In arms," McMahon said. "There Is apparent violation also of several other laws." McMahon said the conferees, sched uled to meet thia afternoon- In the federal building, would discuss pos sible violations of the Income tax laws, the neutrality law and illegal alcohol diversion. PLANE TAKES 10 JUNEAU, Alaska. Dec. 10. (AP) Pilot Sheldon Simmons, who flew from Juneau today to aid 18 survivors of the beached motorshlp Patterson radioed he had taken aboard his plane two of the seamen needing medical attention. Leaving a guide, Emlle Stlvanla, at the survivors camp near Camp Fair weather, Simmons planned to return here with the two men this after noon. The message did not give their names. Sllvanla, under previous plans, will attempt to lead the 16 remaining sea men to a point where they can be picked up by coast guard vessels or other planes. The people elect a man as presi dent. They don't give any of the others in the family a Job. Some times, especially In the case of young people, a president la In the White House long enough for a complete restriction on their individual Uvea. And they only have ft limited period to build thoe Uvea. Mrs, Roosevelt pointed out such a pollry m her own case would have meant giving , up ft great many In terests and charming her whole rela tion to her family. If the people of the nation Insist ed on restrictions on the activities of ft president's wife, she added, the time might come when a woman would say she would not go to the White house. Mrs. Roosevelt stressed the faot no member of the White House fam ily, nor any person In the govern ment, should wr use hla or her position to ask for special favors. COUNSEL ARGUES ACT WILL WRECK STAISJIONS Social Security Board Asked to Wthhold Approval of Compensation Act Until Picketing Ban Repealed SALEM, Dec. 19. (AP) "It thai courts throw out our antl-plcketlng bill It la nothing but dirty, rotten polities," Governor Martin said to day at the chamber of commerce In an address In which he bemoaned a tendency on the part of the peo ple to become soft and thus maks way for a dictator. "We did nothing but pass an English law for Industrial peace when we voted overwhelmingly for our antt-plcketlng measure." be said. WASHINGTON. Deo. 19. (AP) The AFT. and OIO demanded today that the social security board with hold approval of the Oregon unem ployment compensation act until th state repeals Ita so-called "antt plcketlng" law. Appearing at a hearing called by the board on the Oregon compensa tion act, Lee Pressman, counsel for the CIO. arM Joseph A. Pad way. gen eral counsel for the AFU charged the antl-plcketlng law would wreck labor unlona In the state and was oontrary to the federal policy of pro tecting the working man from com pany subjugation. Non -Conformity Been The Oregon labor law was approved In a referendum this fall. It outlaws sympathy strikes and pitta other re strictions on strikes. Pressman said there was no doubt but what the law was not In eon" formanco with the provisions of the social security act and many work em could be denied unemployment compensation If they refused to ac cept Jobs made vacant by disputes between labor organizations or through sympathetic atrlkea. Pressman said that It would be necessary "for the state of Oregon to completely repeal the Initiative (la bor disputes law) to satisfy the soc ial security act' and that a study of the measure made It "perfectly clear that It practically rendered un lawful every bona fide tabor organ lsatlon In the state." Padway branded the- Initiative ft "studied attempt to write out of the law all guarantees for the rights of workers." "Oregon haa legalised the repre hensible yellow-dog contract and, brought Into existence again tha company-dominated uii'on," he said. "We cannot permit a start of thla thing In this day and age after the declared public policy of labor pro tection." Dunn tn Defense T. Morris Dunn, chairman of the Oregon unemployment compensation commission, told the board that It was the opinion of the Oregon attor ney general that the Initiative did not apply to the unemployment com pensation act and that the board should therefore approve the meas ure so that the state might continue to participate In the federal pro gram. He aaid that If the board de nied certification, the state would be forced to close Its unemployment offices because of the lack of federal aid In administering the program amounting to about $600,000 annu ally and that employera who were now receiving a 90 percent rebate on unemployment compensation taxes paid to the federal government to offset those paid to the state for Ita program would stand to lose about 18.000,000 annually by being forced to pay the full federal tax. Dunn said the state unemployment compensation commission waa much disturbed by the present oase be cause It expected that some 30,000 persons would file for claims In Jan uary. "If the social security board denies certification of our program because of the Initiative, which was not In tended to apply to the act, the blow will fall on the workers of the state," he said. Radio Highlights By Associated Pres. (Time la eastern standard) NEW YORK, Deo. 10 Senator Ben nett Champ Clark, advancing argu ments against Increased armaments, talks for tha WJ7.-NB0 radio forum, at 10:30 tonight. Hla toplo la "Reason In Aramamenta." Tonight: WJZ-NBO 8:30 West minster choir Xmas oarols; 11:0S Pan American congress. What to expect Tuesday; WE Ay NBC 1:30 p. m. Federation of Wom en's Clubs. WAB0-CB8 3:30 Christ mss concert; 6:4ft Pan-American con gress. WJ7.-NBC 4 diplomat chil dren's Chrlstmal party. t
