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The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Thursday, probably with showers, little change In tem perature. TEMI'r.KATIKE Highest yesterday SR Lowest this morning -.3i Will Reach Him The buyer you are looking for may live around the cor ner. How are you to know? Regardless of where he lives If In this community a .Mull Tri bune Adv. will reach him. Tribune Medford Full Associated Press Full Unit Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1938. No. 234. BVCAR im im 1 o) jj n n SUFFERJNJURIES Little Girl Unconscious Since Accident On MainBoy's Left Leg Is Broken Were Crossing Street Joys of the Yuletlde have been dimmed for two Medford families. As a result of two automobile pedestrian accidents yesterday after noon, both occuring on Main street Rnd Just one hour apart, a 14-year-old Medford girl lies unconscious and critically Injured In Sacred Heart hospital today, nnd a 7-year-old local boy Is confined In his homo with a fracttired lpft leg. The girl Is Joan Burk. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Burk of 53 Rose avenue. Struck by an automobile driven by Ernest Meier, 25. of box 334 Route 2. on West Main street near Rows avenuo at 5:20 p.m., she had not yet regained consciousness this afternoon, and is In a critical condi tion, according to her attending phy sician. She suffered a broken rjght leg, concussion of the brain, a pos sible fracture of the skull nnd pos sible internal Injuries, her doctor stated. Exact extent of her head In juries was not yet known, pending development of x-ray pictures, the physlcan explained. Roy Renting Easily . The little boy is Stephen Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers or Glen Oak court. He was hit. city police reported, by a car operated by Dr. Frederick H. Johnson of 3322 East Main street, on East Main street near Glen Oak court at 4:1 p.m. Mr. Meyers, assistant caahier of the Medford branch of the First National bank of Portland, told today that his son was restihg easily at home, with hi left leg In a cast. Both bones were broken In the leg, but fortunate ly the youngster didn't receive other Injuries, his father stated. According to Information city po lice received from witnesses, the (Continued on Pae Three.) OREGOTTNETDEBT SALEM, Dec. 21. (AP) The net debt of the state of Oregon and all Its subdivisions Is 9136.406,309, about 50,000.000 less than the all-time peak of 1030, State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman said today. The figure Is $15,000,000 leas than two years ago. The bonded Indebtedness totals 156,001,207, while warrant Indebt edness amounts to 818.735,844, the total debt being 175.637,111. How ever, atvut 30,000.000 In sinking fund aswis reduces the net debt to about 13 1,000,000. The fceded Indebtedness has been reduced 61,000.000 In eight years, while warrant indebtedness has ln crenscd by 66,690.000. JACKSON HOTEL LOBBY PAINTED,' REDECORATED Lobby of the Hotel Jackson pre sented a new appearance today upon completion of a repainting and re decora tins program. A smarter appearance Is given the lobby by the addition of new furni ture and a new. modernistic registra tion desk. Mrs. M. F. Clcmenson. manager, invites Inspection of the lobby. New Cabinet BELGRADE. Dec. 21. 7P Premier Milan Stoyadlnovlch today chose a new cabinet to work out adminis trative reforms designed to unify Yugoslavia politically. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS OkJahoma friend sending Roland Hubbard a lot of mistletoe for Christmas, they not knowtng the stuff grows here In back vsrds. Dick Wrny chasing alter the parcel port truck to a?e If his new Christmas suit was Inside. Santa' Clsus Goswtt having even more fun than the kids, he being stumppd. however, when a young lady aked him for a fur coat. The city council meeting ending In ji,e time, the two council man ic cut ups. Larry Srhadc and Mtl Hogan. not being present to delay proceed ings. Betty Westergren and Dorothy Barnes dresairig up the Mr olllct .th their presence j NOW $136,406,809 Torrent Washes Out California Road Fed by a five-day rain, the swollen Los Angeles river p. unwed at Its boulevard In Los Angeles. Only minor damage was done by the storm,' :l REG! BY HEM LA. FLOODS LAMAR. Colo.. Dec. 31. ( AP) Long overdue snowfalls which ranged up to seven Inches brightened the winter crop outlook in the one-time dust country and adjoining areas today. Winter's welcome onslaught erased visions of a return of the vast palls of wind-borne dust that snuffed out winter wheat hopes In the southwestern "dust bowl" in 1034-35. The storms covered much of Colo rado, Kansas and Oklahoma and parts of Texas. New Mexico and Ari zona. In Arizona, where three months of drought had depleted seriously the contents of water reservoirs, two days of rain and snow copiously ful filled prayers for moisture offered in Mormon churches Sunday. Southern California, meanwhile, was finding relief today from a five day deluge that brought 10.70 Inches of rain in the San Fernando suburb of Los Angelas. Waters of the Los Angeles river began to recede last night after preparations had been made to evacuate 500 persons from homes In the Canoga park section. Trees were uprooted by a 15-m!nute storm at Pasadena last night. Snow ranged up to 16 Inches in the San Bernardino mountains. Because of the snows In Colorado and stormy weather extending across Wyoming and Utah. United Air Lines cancelled all flights betwren Denver and the west coast yesterday. Service east bound was maintained. 2 COUPLES BRAVE WEDDING RED TAPE Two marriage licenses were Issued Tuesday by the county clerk, the first in Jackson county since the new state marriage examination law became ef fective December 1. The medical cer tificate, required under the new lav, was presented by the applicants, and the marriage license Issued. The marriage licenses were Issued to Patsy Elinor Smith and Jack M Barr. and Dorothy Culy and Leonard M. Kline, all residents of this city. For the entire month of December last year. 48 marriage licenses were Issued by the county clerk, and there was something of a rush at Christmas time. Monroe Doctrine Abolition Urged by Nazi Newspaper B BR LIN. Dec. 31. (AP) Abolition of the Monroe Ooctrlne was urged upon the South American republics today by Der Reichswart, a weekly paper edited by one of Chancellor Hitler's closest disciples. Count Ernst von R vent low, "We Germans have every Interest in having the states of South Ameitra strong and Independent, said an article bv Von Rerentmw hlmlf. "In order that these qualities may be fully developed It la neeessary thtt. among other things, the Monroe doctrine and its various complements be abolished. "Nothing more than an act of ill la necessary to do tins." In four-column v ici win fe?3SLS 0 tin Radio Highlights By Associated Press. (Time Is eastern standard ) Tonight: WJZ-NBC 10:30. new comment series dh "Public Interest In Democracy," Mark Sullivan and Jay Franklin; 1 1 :05, Pan-American congress. What to expect Thursday: WEAF NBC 8:45, Christmas carols from New York ferry boat; 1 p. m. carols from Schenectady: 6:15, Pan-Amer-ioan congress. W ABC -CBS 2:30, Sy racuse school children carols; 5, Christmas program from Mission Dolores, California. WJZ-NBC 12:30, Farm and Home hour; 1:45. French carols; 5, miniature fairy tale, "Cin derella." SANTA TO GREET CHILDREN AT C-C Annual Christmas party for all children of Medford will be held at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Santa Clans will be present to greet each child personally and to d ispense candy a nd favors. TWO-INCH SNOWFALL KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 21. (AP) The first day of winter brought the season's first real snowfall here, but a midday sun threatened to melt the two-inch blanket which covered the ground early this morn ing. Although the storm was reported more severe in mountain arras, all riJor highways In this vicinity re mained open -4 SIG ASH WILL BUILD G. PASS HIGH SCHOOL O BANTS PASS. De. 21. f UP) Slg Ash. with a base bid of $131,700. was awarded a contract for construc tion of the new high school, subject to approval by the public works ad ministration. It was announced today. Arrive tilth Trash SFDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash,, Dec. 91. (UP Rover, a big farm dog, arrived in town for the first time today with a loud crash. He followed his i owner, Blarkle Cleary, Into a store by leaping through a plate glass win dow. Repairs cost Cleary 20. tloned "North American Imperialism under Jewish leadership" and con tained familiar Nazi strictures on the aliened Imperialistic attitude of the United States toward Latin America. It said ',n conclusion: "Betwe i the mixed population "f the United State, with Its Jewish dnmlnated jrovernment, and the South Amerlran populations there Is not the least similarity, not to speak of affinity." Meanwhile, piled high at Temple hof airport were 140.000 letters for detivery In South America, most of them Chris' mas greetings. A Jxinkrrs trt-motorfd piane Is to stsrt the Christmas mail trip to- J E PT1 hunks nnd unshed out part or Ventuiu (A. V. photo.) MOTHER BLUDGEONS DAUGHTER TO DEATH WATERBURY, Vt., Dec. 21. Sheriff Henry C. Clawson announced today Mildred Bowers, 38-year-old widow, had confessed bludgeoning nenin ner mx-ycnr-oia aaugmcr uar olyn with a 15-pound Iron mallet. The woman, In what State's Attor ney Webster E. Miller described as an apparent fit of insanity, struck the child because "she felt two older children would be better taken care of if she did something to Carolyn." The woman's husband died about a year ago. No charge was placed against Mrs. Bowers Immediately but she was placed under the surveillance of nurses. Sheriff Lawson said the womau told him she struck the child while the latter was In bed, pulled her to the floor and then struck her again. "I don't know how many times." The other children arc Priscllla, 13. and Marilyn, 10. E WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (AP) Public hearings In the congressional, Investigation of the TV A came to an end today more than nine months after congress authorized the sweep ing inquiry into the vast administra tion projedt. Failure of Edward C. M. Richard, former TV A fotvster. to appear to testify, caused Senator Donnhey ID Ohio) to abandon a scheduled final hearing on the TVA committee. The chairman, with less thsn a dozen perFons present including only four of the ten senntc-house com mittee members, ordered a recess subject to call during the holiday ser.sin. With the 50.000 provided for the inquiry exhausted, members have agreed to ask congress for an ex tension of time and additional funds to complete the Inquiry. The com mittee was to report January 3. DANIELS WILL REPORT ON MEXICO OIL SALES WASHINGTON. Dec. 31 fAPl Another phase of German-Amerlran relations nwne to the forefront to day with arrival of Jfephus Daniels, ambassador to Mexlro, to report on whether Mexlro la selling Germany oil ae'.iwl from American-owned wells. Daniels, en riut in h's home a. Raleigh, N. C for Christmas, came here to confer win. Sumner Welles, acting secretary of slate. Nearly a month ago Welles asked him to in vestigate reports Mexico had entered into a deal with Germany to supply up to 125.000,000 worth of petro leum. HUGH HERBERT HURT IN TRAFFIC SMASHUP HOLLYWOOD, D.C. 31 (UP) Huh Herbert, K-rfen comedian, wu !njurl slightly today when hu auto mobile was .true by a truck sMd dln on raln-iv.;pl bitfbay. He. aulleiTd Iftcer.liona. LIMA CONFEREES UJ! N FACINGERESSOP, Ten-Day Dispute Between United States and Argen tina Ended Waits Ap proval Home Governments LIMA, Peru, Dec. 21. (AP) War time aerial ' bombardments which destroy non-combatants and cultural treasures were condemned today In a declaration adopted by a Pan-American conference committee repre senting the 31 republics of the west ern hemisphere. L MA, Peru. Dec. 21. (AP) The principal delegations to the Pan American conference agreed today on a declaration of roopeintlve ac tion against aggression, ending a ten-day dispute on wording between the United Stntes and Arnentlna. The declaration, highly reliable conference Informant said, provides for consultation against aggression, the menace of forco, and subversive political propaganda. Argentina won her point. In that European or other non-American na tions were not named specifically. The United States attained Its pur pose, however, delegates said, in ob taining a declaration to which all the 21 American republics could sub scribe. Many of the delegates held It was fear of propagandist incursion by European totalitarian, dictator states which Inspired the resolution In the first place; that even If It did not speclfloally contain the phrase "ag gression from without" its warning was evident. ' A most reliable source said the United Stntes, Argentine, Brazilian and Peruvian delegation chiefs agreed to a final draft at conferences last ing until early morning. The Argentine Insistence the dec laration be against all aggressors was based on the contention the United States might one day alter the good neighbor policy and be herself a potential aggiessor. The resolution now awaits the ap proval of home governments and, with the principal dispute settled, likely will be adopted unanimously within a few days, delegation spokes men said. It provides for resistance against any aggression or menace of Aggression by force Against any American republic. Any of the na tions may start the procedure of consultation. . E ON LADY JURORS LOS ANGELES. Dec. 21. (AP) Martin (The Gimp) Snyder, somber, limping, one-time Chicago newsboy, pinned his hope today of winning exoneration In the shooting of Myrl Alderman on two women Jurors "little ladies who can speak quite a piece." The former husband and manager of Songstress Ruth Ettlng, who was labeled a "kept man" by the prosecu tion and a "hunchback of Notre Dame" by his attorney, faces prison terms up to B0 years If he la found guilty of the five felony charges against him. The Jury of six men and six women- deliberated 4'j hours before re tiring last night, without Indicating the trend of their views on Lhe occu pations Snyder kidnaped Alderman from a radio station and, at the pianist's home, attempted to murder him, Miss Ettlng. snd his own daugh ter, Edith Snyder. Alderman, v;ith a bullet In the Abdomen, was . ly casualty. REAMES' OFFICE WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. (AP) Alex O. Barry, Portland Republican, who carries the title of senator but who will never actually take a sen atorial seat, established himself today In the office suite formerly occupied by Senator A. E. Reames, Medford Democrat. Barry was elected to fill the short term which expires January 3. Accompanied by Congressman-elect Homer Angell. Portland Republican, he railed upon Senator Charles Mc Nary, the minority lender. Barry, filling In the time between the expiration of Reames' term and the swearing In of Senator-elect Ru fus Holman, said he would witness the convening of congress and return to Portland. Red .now one. ftll in Swtd.n. LI WITH PROBE OF Detectives Investigate Pos sible Connection With Unsolved Slaying of Weal thy Brooklyn Brothers NEW YORK. Dec. 21. (AP) The F. Donald Costcr-Phlllp Musics mys tery, already Involving millions and international duplicity, took a new nnd more sinister turn today as Brooklyn detectives began Investigat ing the swindler's possible connection with the unsolved murders of Joseph Cohen, wealthy poultry and fish dealer, and his brother, Bamett. The Cohen brothers were shot down a month apart. In the spring of 1032. Police Inspector Michael S. McDer mott ordered detectives to question members of the Cohen fam ily as well as Coster-Muslca's three brothers George Vernard-Muslca, Georgo E. Dlctrlch-Muslca, and Rob ert Dletrlch-Muslca who are . being held In $100,000 ball each on charges of violating the securities act of 1934. Triple Invest I gut Ion The investigation started as federal, state and city authorities delved deeper Into the fantastically Involved activities of the Musics brother Philip who became the respected head of McKesson and Bobbins, Inc., and the brothers who aided him, all working under the elaborate guise of fictitious names and fictitious back grounds. Coster-Muslca killed himself last Friday after he had been exposed as the arch-swindler In a million dollar scandal a quarter of a century old. An investigation was already under wy into the missing $18,000,000 as sets of the drug concern's crude drugs department when he fired a bullet Into his head In his Fairfield. Conn., home. , Brian McMahon, assistant U, S. at torney who came here from Washing ton to take charge of the multiple phases of the Investigation, said yea ttrday the Mustca . brothers appar ently frittered away millions of the corporation's dollars and probably used great sums to hush blackmail ers. Knew .MunIi'U Inspector McDcrmott's tentative theory, calling for a reopening of the alaylnga of the two Brooklyn men, followed the same line. Both the Coli on - brothers had known Coster-Muslca In the lean days before he became a corporation prt-sident with a palatial Italian villa In Fairfield and a 123-foot yacht. Joseph Cohen spent a year In the death house at Sing Sing as the slayer of Barnctt Baff, poultry mer chant In 1014, after Coster-Muslca. then working as ad Investigator for the district attorney, had been Instru mental in getting an affidavit from the two gangsters confined In Sing Sing Implicating Cohen In the case. There, was some doubt, however, as to whether the truth had been told and Cohen's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Later he was re leased. As a result of the affidavits Coster Muslca was Indicted on a charge of subornation of perjury but was never brought to trial. The Indictment. Mr Dor mot t said, was dismissed in 1020, three years after Coster-Muslca had become Mc Kesson and Rob bins president and had hidden his criminal past. Fen red lpohiirc There was the possibility, the In spector said, that the Cohen brothers, remembering Coster-Muslca's part In the case, had stumbled across the fact (Continued on Page Nine.) Doke and 'White Hibiscus 9 Will Spend SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. P) Judson Doke and his "White Hibiscus" wife will spend Christmas on ft western Washington farm, their first Yuletlde holiday together since ha killed a collegiate poet for love of her. Unemployment and separation for economic reasons threatened to spoil their Christmas, but Doke got hi. Job back and her mother said from Uodl, Calif., today they would spend the holiday together. They were reunited only seven months ago when Doke was released from California's San Quentln prison on parole after serving three yesrs and two months for embezzling m m milk Inspector at Ssn be sndro. Calif. Earlier Doke, pleading the "un written law" had been twloe tried and acquitted of charge, of murder ing Lamar Holllngahead, student poet who wrote paaalonat. verses calling Mrs Doke hla "White HiulKtut.'' Together they went to reuca Town Will Move To Make Way for Big Gold Dredge MAnySVILLE. Calif.. Dec. 31. (AP) The town ot Hammonton prepared to move building by building and resident by resident today trom the place It haa occu pied for thirty yeara, to mane way for an aaoo.OOO dredger teea Ing gold. The dredger, launched yesterday by the Yuba consolidated gold field and capable of digging gold gravels ISO feet below the surface of the earth, will move In on Hammonton next May. HOLDUP ESCAPES WITH $30 F T An armed bandit lost night held up M. R. Ivle. proprietor of the Bungalow grocery atore at 400 North Rlvorslde avenue, and escaped with about 30 In currency which he scooped out of the cash reglstor. Mr. Ivle reported to city police that about 8:30 a man came Into his store, threw a nickel down on the counter and naked for a sack of Bull Durham tobacco. When the pro prietor turned to obtain the tobneco, he related to police, the unidentified robber pulled an automatic pistol from his pocket and covered Mr. Ivle, while he took the bins from the cash register. The robber, according to the vH tlm, was about five feet eight Inches tall, weighed about 100 pounds, was light complexloned, and wore a cap and macklnaw. Mr. Ivle told police that he didn't know whether the bandit was driving a car or was afoot. Police, Investigating the caso. took one man Into custody last night, but released him after questioning and after Mr. Ivle stated that he wasn't the hold-up man. Mr. Ivle was alone In the store at the time of the robbery. IE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec SI, (UP) Charles H. Stone, acting chief of the state division of criminal Identifica tion, said today that complaints wore being rccolved that persona eligible for old ago pensions wero being vic timized by magaslna salesmen. Stono said that Information reach ing his department was that aged persons were being asked to sub scribe to magazines, the name, of which were not given, with a promise that they would be given first con sideration In obtaining pension or In obtaining an Increase, The magazines have never been delivered so far as the departmet, tho police bunco squad and the Bet ter Business bureau can learn. Refugee Girls In Matrimony Demand NEW YORK, Deo. 81. (AP) A Jewish marrlact broker says refugee glrla from Germany are in blxger de mand In the matrimony market now than native beauties. "American girls are always looking for something better. Rabbi Nathan Wolf told ft. convention of the Mar riage Brokers' association of the United States yesterday, "But for the refugee glrla." he ad ded, "anything It better." Yule Together near Seattle its Identity carefully shielded under order, of Parole Of fleer C. C. Coxe, There Doke worked In all branchos of the dairy department, pror'ig himself "very valuable man," Coxe said, until early this month. Then Doke was notified that because of slackening of work he would have to be laid off (or the winter. He was promised work on the ranch again In March, but that didn't help the Chrlstmss outlook. So Doke. now 34, planned to send his 39-year-old wife back to her parents home In California while he hunted another Job. , Doke wrote. Coxe he wa. "forced to turn down" aevoral offer, for Jobs outside of Washington because hla parole restrict him to the tingle county to which he wa. originally sent. Before Doke could locate another acceptable job, he got hit old wr back aain, and the necessity ot a separation waa a vutdtd STREET PROJECT IN EARLY STAGES; Contractors to Bring Equip- mnnt for Inh After First iiiwiii vi wm ni tvi it I of Year Council Acts to Compel Walk Repairs Preliminary work on Medford'a PWA paved stiect reconstruction pro ject is now well under way and the contractors will move their asphalt plant here from Portland shortly after the first of the year, Superin tendent Fred W. Schcffcl Informed the city council at Its regular semi monthly meeting last night. Twelve men are now working on preliminary phases of the project. ten more will be' employed by the end of the week and 13 more Im mediately after January 1, Mr. Schef- fel reported. To impose Men Another report submitted by Mr. Scheffel showed that 13 property owners had repaired defective or hazardous sidewalks since the pre vious council meeting of December 6. Since repair was made mandatory by action taken by the council lASt' February, 530 property owners hAVe received formal notice, the report said. Of these. 350 have had the Aliiftwnlkm ronnirnri n rH IRn ha ir'. done so, the report stated. Many, have made arrangements for repairs , and are waiting for contractors to do the work, Mr. Scheffel said. A few property owners, however. have shown an unwillingness to have their assertedty defective side walks repaired and the council voted last night to have the repairs mad and a lien Imposed upon the prop erty, it was emphasized that prop erty owners have had almost a year and that action should now be taken to complete the task of repairing all IrfAiuallra ,ha, ... or hazardous. The city will do the . work for the n&sertedly recalcitrant property owners, but will place a Hen on the property to guarantee payment of the cost, under the terms of the motion adopted unanimously last night. Licenses Renewed Many licenses of various sport were renewed for 1930 by the coun cil last night. It wu emphasised that all licenses expire at the end of the year and must be renewed or proper action will be taken against the business requiring licensing. . The council approved sale of a part of lots 7 and 8. block a of the Nob Hill addition to John P. Moffat of 104 Florence avenue. Re maining part of the lots is. to be dedicated to street purposes. Mayor O. C. Furnas presided. Council men Larry Schade and M. N. Hogan were absent. EDEN REFRESHED by visrrjo u. s. LONDON, Dec. 3 1. (ffn Anthony Eden returned today from the Untted States "refreshed and stimulated" by learning America's point of view on International affairs. But Just what the view waa ha declined to say "I am not an Inter preter of American opinion.' said the former foreign secretary as he and his wife landed at Plymouth, Eden said they were touched by the welcome given us" In the United States, "where friendship Is combined with virility and candor." In the United States Edett ad dressed the National Association of Manufacturers, toured New York City and visited Washington for a meeting with President Roosevelt. "Contrary to what some people be lieve In this country, American opin ion Is very much Interested In world arfalrs In general and In European and far eastern affairs In particular, Eden declared, NOTED LEXICOGRAPHER OF NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (AP) Or. Prank H. Vlzetelly. 74, widely known lexicographer, died today of pneu monia. Officials of Punk and Wagnall said Dr. Vlretellr died about mid night In the Fifth Avenue hospital where he hsd been confined since December 3 sUffcrlr from pleurisy and pneumonia. He had been associated with Punk and Waanella for 46 years aa editor of the reference department. In 1918 Dr. Vlzetelly waa named managing editor of the unabridged dictionary of the firm. During hit association with thla book the number of vocabulary terms It contained wat Increased more than 40 per cent.
