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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1939.
No. 183.
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Washington, D. C, Oct. 23.
Senate debate on neutrality is
expected to reach a roll call by
the end o this week and the
measure (to repeal the arms
embargo) will carry by approxi
mately two-to-one. Then the bill
will go to the house and to con
ference, the conferees will be
"for repeal," and house mem
bers will probably have one
hour (senate has had a month)
to debate the bill, 30 minutes
on a side.
When the senate approves the
so-called neutrality measure it
will be substantially different
from the original draft intro
duced under the name of Pitt
man. Principal change-is remov
ing the shackles which Pittman
placed on the Pacific coast ship
ping. The bill will permit American
flag ships to operate out of
Columbia river, Puget sound,
San Francisco, San Pedro and
San Diego. Prohibitions against
Americans using British Columbia-owned
boats between Seattle
and Vancouver, B. C, will be
cancelled. Insofar as the Pacific
coast is concerned it will be
"business as usual."
BEHIND the scenes, however,
much is doing that is not
seeing print.
California's Hiram Johnson
and "Dear Alben" Barkley,
Democratic leader, were each
demanding the right to make
the final speech. Johnson, who
never speaks from manuscript,
wished to sum up the case for
the anti-repealers. The white
haired California progressive
hasn't the vigor of 20 years ago
when he was fighting the
League of Nations, but he still
is capable of an impassioned
appeal.
In Barkley's desk was a long,
typewritten speech intended to
blow out of water the conten
tions of the senators who insist
on retaining the embargo. It
was prepared with loving care
and administration aid.
Getting their second wind,
Missouri's Clark, and North Da
kota's Nye want a few hours
to bring out points they over
looked in their original argu
ments. Leader Barkley, under
White House prodding, wants to
bring the debate to a finish and
take a vote. During the five and
seven hour speeches all but a
dozen senators sneak out, and
most of those remaining read
newspapers.
Not a believer in self-punishment,
Vice President Garner
summons some senator to the
chair, returns to his private of
fice and holds a pow-wow with
"the boys" who drop in.
RflAIL (propaganda
wish) continues
if you
arriving
from constituents; some scrawl
cd, some neatly typed, some
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SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Marie Ray appearing to have
just stepped out of Vogue maga
zine so smart looking was she in
an all-black and simply stunning
ensemble.
Bertha Wray answering a
flood of questions concerning
son Dick's marriage in a very
gracious and gleeful manner.
Jim McNeill getting lost on
the prairies of eastern .Oregon
while on a door hunt, he deny
ing, however, that a couple of
deer led him back to camp.
Firefighters Vern Woods and
George Shrecvc suffering the
embarrassment of having to hoof
it to a fire, they responding to
an alarm in Vern's private car
even though they were not on
duty, the car breaking down en
route and their hitchhiking
technique proving inadequate,
everybody passing up their im
imploring thumbs
OF
BY GOVERNMENT
Communist Party Secretary
Arraigned, Held on $10,
000 Bail by N. Y. Judge.
New York, Oct. 23. (AP)
Earl Browder, secretary of the
Communist party in the United
States, was indicted by a federal
grand jury today on a charge of
false application for a passport.
Browder was taken into cus
tody immediately and arraigned
before Federal Judge William
Bondy. He pleaded innocent and
was held in $10,000 bail. No date
was set for a hearing.
The true bill was returned to
Federal Judge Francis G. Caf
fey, who immediately recessed
the grand jury for two hours.
Told of Travels
The Communist leader testi
fied Sept. 6 before the Dies com
mittee investigating un-American
activities that he had trav
eled in Europe within the past
two years on a passport bearing
a fictitious name.
At the time of his appearance
he declined to disclose the name
he had used, standing on his con
stitutional right that. such testi
mony might incriminate him.
He also testified other party
members had traveled in Europe
under fictitious passports be
cause of the danger of using
their real names since they were
acknowledged Communists.
Two Counts ,
The indictment returned to
day contained two counts, each
charging false application for a
passport and the use of such
passport.
The indictment charged Brow
der lied in September, 1934,
when he obtained a passport
under his own name, and again
when he had it renewed in Feb
ruary, 1937.
On both of these occasions,
the indictment said, he denied
in his application that he had
ever had a passport before, altho
he had obtained one in the name
of "Nicholas Dozenberg" in
March, 1921, and another in the
name of "George Morris" in No
vember, 1927.
The maximum penalty on con
viction is a fine of $2,000 and a
5-year prison term or both on
each count.
Browder Surprised
Browder arrived at the fed
eral building shortly after the
indictment was returned and
was not aware of the grand
jury's action until two detectives
seized him in a corridor. He ap
peared surprised and angry.
The action of the federal
authorities against Browder, 8
former candidate for the presi
dency on the Communist party
ticket, followed a widening in
vestigation into a fraudulent
passport ring.
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Washington, Oct. 23 (AP)
Approximately 20,000 Oregon
workers will be affected when
the federal wage-hour law en
ters its second year Tuesday.
Under it the minimum wage
limit for employes producing
goods sold in interstate com
merce climbs from 25c to 30c
an hour and the work week
shrinks from 44 to 42 hours.
It was estimated Oregon had
900 employes in the interstate
classification receiving less than
30c an hour and 19.800 working
more than 42 hours a week.
Finns and Russians
Resume Negotiation
Moscow, Oct. 23. (AP)
Finland and Soviet Russia to
day resumed negotiations initi
ated by Russia as part of a drive
for increased dominance over
her northern European neigh
bors. The Finnish delegation headed
by Dr. Juho Rusti Paasikivi,
conferred at the Kremlin for
two and a half hours after re
turning this morning from Helsinki.
Brisk Engagements End Western Front
Bab's Next?
J
,.- A report Countess Barbara
Hutton MDivani Haugwiiz-Re-ventlow,
dime store heiress,
would seek a hurry-up divorce
in the United States and wed
Robert Sweeney (above), 28,
amateur golfer, were heard in
New York as the liner bearing
Babs, Sweeney and Count Haug-witz-Revenllow
neared the port.
AT
Royal G. Brown of Eagle
Point, was named foreman of
the new grand jury, drawn this
morning at the opening session
of the October term of the cir
cuit court, Judge H. D. Norton
presiding.
Other grand jury members
drawn were: 1
Guy W. Bishop, Beasle: Frank
G. Nygren, Brownsboro; Lydia
M. Goff, Medford; Millie Ting
leaf, Eagle Point; Ray Vaughn,
Prospect, and Meryl Carlton,
Prospect.
The grand jury after being
sworn started hearing of crim
inal cases.
A petit jury was drawn to
hear the suit of the John Brown
lee estate against the estate of
May B. Rankin, concerning the
payment of money also directed
in the Brownlee will.
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Gold Beach." Ore., Oct. 23.
(AP) A bullet that had killed
a deer struck and killed Harold
Strain, 16, Langlois, yesterday.
Coroner W. E. Cartwright
said Milton Brown, Strain's
hunting companion, fired the
shot at the wounded animal
from such a position that he
could not see Strain just be
yond. The bullet, slightly de
flected after passing through the
animal's head, struck Strain
near the heart.
Moderate Drinker
Worst As Driver
Eugene, Ore.. Oct. 23 (AP)
Moderate drinkers, those who
are unaware of the influence of
a small portion of alcohol, cause
more automobile accidents than
the drunks themselves, Mrs.
Ida B. Wise Smith, national W.
C. T. U. president said here to
day. klamatTToy-kTlled
in hunting accident
KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 23
(AP) Lyle Renn, 16. Klamath
Falls, was killed yesterday by
the shotgun he had leaned
against a railing. It slipped and
discharged. He was hunting
wi!h his brother, Louis, and a
cousin, Fred Scheidegger, at the
time.
COURT REFUSES
OPINION IN SUII
High Tribunal To Have An
other Opportunity To Re
view Anti-Trust Litigation
Washington, Oct. 23. (AP)
The supreme court refused to
day to pass on the government's
suit charging the American
Medical association with con
spiracy to violate the Sherman
anti-trust law by activities
against a group health organi
zation. Another opportunity to re
view the litigation undoubtedly
will be given the high tribunal
after a decision is returned by
the United States court of ap
peals for the District of Colum
bia. Appeal Not Opposed
The government had appealed
directly to the supreme court
from an adverse decision by the
federal district court for the Dis
trict of Columbia. The medical
association did not oppose this
procedure.
The district court ruled the
1890 anti-trust law did not ap
ply tq. physicians because they
are engaged in a profession and
not a trade. The law prohibits
activities in restraint of trade
in interstate commerce.
The justice department said
a decision by the high tribunal
would "affect the conditions of
medical practice throughout the
United States.
Mein Kampf Review
Among other actions today
the court:
Declined to review a decision
temporarily enjoining two pub
lishing companies from selling
Adolf Hitler's book, "Mein
Kampf," the American copy
right of which is claimed by an
other company.
Denied a request by the milk
wagon drivers union of Chicago
for a review of a decision en
joining picketing of retail stores
selling the product of a dairy
alleged to have engaged in un
fair labor practices.
Agreed to review a ruling
which dismissed a government
suit seeking to obtain possession
of $1,080,399 which the gov
ernment contended had been
assigned the United States by
the Soviet Government in 1933
in connection with recognition
of that country.
Refused to pass on a decision
denying Corinne Griffith Marsh
all, star of the silent films, re
covery of $23,275 she claimed
to have paid the federal gov
ernment as federal income tax
for 1930.
SUB POSTOFFICE TO
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Postofflce station No. 1 will
continue to function at 129
North Central' avenue for the
time being even though the Cen
tral market closed its doors this
morning, Assistant Postmaster
Roland G. Beach said. The post
office station was moved 'to the
front of the store.
Germans Harp On
Athenia Sinking
Berlin, Oct. 23. (AP) Ger
many's propaganda machine was
active today circulating Propa
ganda Minister Paul Joseph
Gocbbels' charges that the Bri
tish passenger liner Athenia was
sunk In a "primitive and crim
inal" trick to draw the United
States Into the war.
Gocbbels' speech, made last
night, was virtually the only
story in German newspapers to
day, while the radio in many
languages was challenging Bri
tain's first lord of the admiralty,
i Winston Churchill,
to clarify
i the circumstances surrounding
the destruction of the ship
Newly weds Find
Discarded Baby
On Front Porch
Seattle, Oct. 23 (AP)
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Whit
more, newlyweds, were try
ing to decide today whether
they would accept the unex
pected wedding present left
on their porch last night.
The "gift," a 12-day old,
four pound boy was well
clothed. His parents left this
note:
"Dear folks: Please keep
the baby. We know he is in
good hands. We feel we can
not afford to give him the
care he ought to have. If
you want to adopt him we
wtll keep in touch with you
some way. He is 12 days old.
If you don't want him put
him in a home. We would
rather not."
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San Quentin, Cal., Oct. 23.
(AP) The state board of prison
directors today approved a reso
lution to discontinue temporarily
its hearing into reports of mass
whippings at San Quentin
prison.
The? five directors also were
served with copies of accusations
of misconduct, incompetency
and neglect of duty filed against
them yesterday with Governor
Culbert L. Olson by John Gee
Clark, state director of penology.
Clark recommended the di
rectors be removed from office
under lawful powers vested in
the governor, and the chief ex
ecutive ordered the directors to
appear before him at San Quen
tin November 3 for a hearing of
the charges.
"In view of the governor's
stated intention to hold a for
mal hearing, all further taking
of testimony (by the board) will
be deferred until that time,"
said the resolution which the
directors approved in a closed
session this morning.
REV. HiMRDiR MAY
BE PERMANENT
OF ST. MARK'S
St. Mark's Episcopal church
vestrymen today announced that
the Rev. H. G. Gardner of Bur
lingame, Cal., may locate In
Medford permanently to take
over the rectorship of the church.
The Rev. Mr. Gardner has
preached at the local church the
past two Sundays and plans to
be in the city for that purpose
each Friday, Saturday and Sun
day for the next six weeks. He
will commute from Burlingame
each week.
The rector's permanent loca
tion here depends on whether
or not the climatic conditions
agree with him. The Rev. Mr.
Gardner suffered. a breakdown
several months ago.
St. Mark's has been without
a rector since the Rev. E. S.
Bartlam left here for Eugene
last month. Guest ministers
have been conducting the, Sun
day services since he left.
Plenty of Ducks
Hunters Are Told
Portland, Oct. 23. (AP) Mi
gratory bird hunters perched In
blinds beside marshes, lakes and
streams throughout Oregon to
day, the second day of the
season.
Early reports Indicated many
hunters were flocking to Sum
mer lake and the Chcwaucan
river marshes in Lake county
and to Klamath county shooting
areas.
Biological survey officials
predicted plentiful duck and
goose shooting for the state's
army of sportsmen-
BRITISH AIRMEN
SENTTQBOnOM
Submarine Warfare On Al
lied Shipping Shows In
crease Is Official Word.
London, Oct. 23. (AP) Two
attacks on German submarines
by royal air force planes which
were "believed to have been
successful" were reported offic
ially tonight as naval authorities
said submarine warfare on al
lied shipping had again become
"considerable."
The authorities, however, said
shipping losses were small .in
comparison with those of 1917
when Germany started her cam
paign of unrestricted submarine
warfare. They also said attempts
by German planes to raid Bri
tish fleet bases and convoys had
resulted in German losses far
greater than the damage they
inflicted.
Air Raid Warning
An air raid warning was
sounded in the Firth of Forth
area again today on the appear
ance of unidentified planes.
Later, however, it was said no
German aircraft were in the re
gion.
Disclosure was made today of
the! sinking of two British ves
sels with a total of at least 14
persons missing and 30 surviv
ors accounted for from the two
hips.
British naval experts said
from their standpoint the most
significant war development
was the raids by German war
planes on British ships and an
chorages and the losses the nazls
incurred in these raids in com
parison with the damage they
inflicted.
14 Mining
The cause of the sinking of
the 1,692-ton steamer White
mantle in the North sea was
not given In today's announce
ment. Fourteen crew members
were missing; five survivors
were landed at an east coast
port.
The 2,327-ton coastal vessel
Sea Venture, owned by the
Dover Navigation company of
London, was disclosed to have
sunk after an explosion. Its crew
of 25 landed on an island In
one of the steamer boats. They
later reached a northern town
in a lifeboat sent for them.
Zane Grey, Writer, Angler
Succumbs to Heart Attack
Altadena, Cal., Oct. 23. (AP) Zane Grey, 64, noted writer
and sportsman, died suddenly today at his home, of a heart
attack.
Attending physicians said the
author was suffering from coron
ary thrombosis and succumbed
to a sudden seizure early this
morning.
Grey attained fame and for
tune through writing colorfu'.
novels of the west, most of
which have been produced many
times as motion pictures.
His hobby was deep sea fish
ing and he spent many months
In recent years following thle
sport In the South Seas.
Grey was born January 31,
1875, at Zancsvillc, Ohio, which
was named after ancestors of
his mother, Alice Josephine
Zane.
He was graduated from Zanes
ville schools and, In 1896, Irom
the University of Pennsylvania,
and practised dentistry in New
York from 1898 until 1904.
With the publication of his
first novel, 'Betty Zane, In
1904, he deserted other fields
for writing and achieved one
of the most rapid and long
standing reputations as a writci
of popular fiction In the nation'!
history.
Within 35 years he published
more than 50 novels, most of
them with heavy sales.
Several of his books, such as
"Riders of the Purple Sage,"
Germany Orders
Increased Levy
In Fine on Jews
Berlin, Oct. 23 (AP) The
finance ministry today or
dered a five per cent increase
in the levy on Jews to raise
the billion mark (about $400,
000,000) "atonement fine" im
posed on German Jews for
the slaying of Ernest Vom
Rath, secretary of the Ger
man embassy in Paris, a year
ago by Herschel Gdrynszpan,
young Polish Jew.
Originally a 20 per cent
capital levy was imposed on
all Jews to be paid in quar
terly installments. To assure
a billion marks being re
alized, the new levy, retro
active, was ordered.
FOUR TOTS SUFFOCATE
FILLS NURSERY ROOM
Perth Amboy, N. J Oct. 23.
(AP) Acting Police Chief
Frank Sieboth said today the
steam which asphyxiated four
Infants In a nursery of Perth
Amboy general hospital had es
caped from a radiator which had
been repaired with adhesive
tape.
PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Oct.
23. (AP) Four infants In the
nursery of Perth Amboy general
hospital, two boys and two girls,
died of suffocation early today
when, Coroner James Flynn, Jr.
said, a valve blew out of a radi
ator filling the nursery with
steam.
Two other babies were re
vived by three physicians who
worked feverishly in an attempt
to save the lives of the six chil
dren. Coroner Flynn quoted Mrs.
Daisy McGuinness, nurse in
charge of the nursery, as saying
she had "found everything all
right" when she inspected the
room at 1:30 a, m.
Thirty minutes later, she re
turned to find the nursery 'full
of steam," and removed the In
fants from the room, Flynn said.
New Cabinet
Sofia, Oct. 23. (AP) King
Boris today commanded Premier-Foreign
Minister George
Kiosseivanoff to form a new
cabinet. Kiosseivanoff and his
ministers resigned Thursday.
ZAM6 GreE
"The Rainbow Trail" and The
Heritage of the Desert," hHvc
become standards of western
fiction.
Grey married Llna Ellse Roth
at New York City, November
21, 1905. Thev have three chil
dren, Romer Zane, Betty and
Loren.
Calm
NORM! FLANK
Daladier To Call Parliament
' For Approval of Financial
Credits For War Use.
Paris, Oct. 23. (AP) The
western front sprang to life to
day, after days of calm, with re
inforced patrols fighting brisk
engagements on the northern
flank.
This was revealed In a high
command communique Issued
shortly after Premier Daladier
announced he would call parlia
ment into extraordinary session
the second week of November
to approve financial credits for
the war.
Marked Activity
The communique described
activity on the front as
marked after a series of com
muniques which listed calm
dayi and nights broken only by
slight patrol activity.
The sector extending west to
ward the Luxembourg frontier
from the Saar river was listed
as the area where the skirmish
ing was heaviest.
The coming session of parlia
ment will be the first since tha
war started on September 3.
The session became necessary
under French law if the gov
ernment were to obtain passaga
of the 1940 budget, without
which it would be Impossible
to carry on the war.
Floods Aid French
Early winter floods aided
France's "super-guerrilla" war
against Germany as the oppos
ing armies settled down today
in the approximate positions
they occupied at the outbreak
of hostilities.
The French, having relin
quished virtually all positions
on German soil seized in tha
first seven weeks of the war.
indicated their tactics were
aimed at sapping Germany'
civilian morale, while avoiding
needless sacrifice of their
troops.
HURT IN SMASH
Mrs. Ralph O. Castanos of 603
Bartlett street and Miss Dolly
Cooper, also of Medford suffered
slight injuries last night when
their car, driven by Mr. Cas
tanos, was struck by a machine
operated by Mrs. H. Vinson of
Klamath Falls, on the Green
springs highway near Tubb
Springs.
Miss Cooper was shaken up
considerably and Mrs. Castanos
hurt her back in the collision.
Mr. Castanos was uninjured, as
was Bernard A. Wild of Med
ford, also a passenger in the
automobile.
The Castanos car was return
ing from Lincoln to Medford
after delivering friends of the
occupants to the former town,
Mrs. Vinson and two unidenti
fied passengers were reported
injured.
Radio Highlights
By Associated Press
(Pacific Standard Time)
New York, Oct. 33. Anthony Eden,
British secretary of state (or the
dominions, will broadcast to tha
United States over the Mutual Broad
casting Bystem at 13:10 p. m. Wed
nesday.
Tonight: Europe. WABC-CBS, 8:88,
8; MBS 6:16: WEAP-NBO, east 8.
MBS, 8, Mrs. Roosevelt addressing
Olrl Scouts.
Tuesday New York Herald Tribune
forum, opening session, WJZ-MJC,
10:48 a. m.. and 13:18 p. m Mrs. F.
O. Roosevelt and others. Europe.
WEAP-NBO, 5 a. m.: WABC-CBS. S
a. m., 330 p. m.; WJZ-NBO, . m.
MBS. 10:18 a. m.. Col. Prank Knoi
addressing Cleveland C. of
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