Polls Open I to
The Weather
Forecast: Fair tonight, Tues
day Increasing cloudiness, lit
tle change In temperature.
Temperature
Highest yesterday .. 14
Lowest this morning 40
Thirty-fourth Year
Washington. D. C, Oct. 30.
Study of the Dies committee list
of 600 federal workers who are
members of the League for
Peace and Democracy fail to
reveal a single one from Wash
ington or Oregon. Also it fails
to disclose many so-called "typ
ical" American names; mostly
the names have a distinctly "for
eign" flavor, yet every person
on the list is a citizen, other
wise he or she could not be
on the government payroll.
Publication of the list has
created more controversy in the
national capital than the argu
ment on neutrality. One of the
several pecularities about the
list is that certain well-known
left wingers in the administra
tion are not mentioned, possibly
because they are not members
of this particular organization.
Listed are 24 officials of the
new deal drawing from S10.000
to $5000 a year; there are 35
in the $5000 to $4000 bracket.
and 83 who are paid between
$4000 and $3000 a year. Ap
proximately 400 members re
ceive less than $3000 a year.
Government-supported Howard
university (colored) is liberally
represented. .......
J7VEN California's Jerry Voor-
his, himself a member of
the liberal bloc in the house,
expresses his belief that the
league is -controlled by commu
nists. Chief investigator of the
Dies committee, in his days as
a "fellow traveler," assisted in
organizing the league as a com
munist front, and so testified
under oath. Earl Browdcr testi
fied it was a "transmission belt'
for the party line.
Young lawyers, young econo
mists, brought to Washington by
the new deal, the intelligentsia
which resolved approval of
Mexico's expropriation of American-owned
oil properties and
failed to adopt a resolution con
demning the Stalin-Hitler pact,
predominate in the League for
Peace and Democracy.
Old-fashioned Democratic con
gressmen chuckle at the expose,
and know this is not the end.
pO save the taxpayers of Se-
attle the several million dol
lars required to construct an
other dam on the Skagit, Acl-
(Contlnued on Pae .tour.)
AUTUMN WARM SPELL
San Francisco, Oct. 30. (IP)
A long-lingering hot spell raised
the mercury to a new high for
the date at San Francisco to
day and made the coast south
to San Diego warmer than some
inland localities.
Weather Forecaster Thomas
E. Reed said San Francisco's
temperature at 1 p. m. was 81.
one degree higher than any pre
vious October 30 on record. Yes
t terday's high was 84, equalling
the hottest on the books for
any October 29.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTER8
Anita Robertson amusing a
tiny, fluffy kitten for hours, and
vice versa.
Rasslin' Promoter Mack Lil
lard spreading good cheer long
before Santa Claus was due to
arrive.
Bill Leonard boasting of his
virtues, it developing that they
were imposed upon him by his
doctor.
Many early-to-bedders drum
ming up votes in favor of start
ing the weekly rasslin' riots at
8 p. m., tjjp election to be held
among the customers tonight.
"aihe i AMERICANS WIN
NflMtJfll FIFTY Mil I IONS
ILL- -Ha iMibLiwiiw r
KB, SABOTAGE AWARD t
MEDFORD
Full Associated Presi
German American Mixed
Claims Commission Seals
Finding of Last June 15
Washington, Oct. 30. MP)
The German-American mixed
claims commission disregarded
an emphatic Berlin protest to
day and awarded approximately
$50,000,000 irr claims arising
from the disastrous Black Tom
and Kingsland, N. J sabotage
cases of 1916 and 1917.
The awards were' made by
Umpire Owen J. Roberts after
the commission had found on
June 15 that imperial Germany
was responsible for the. muni
tions explosions in the New
York port area before the United
States entered the World war.
Germany Would Quash.
Simultaneously, Roberts, an
associate justice of the supreme
court, disclosed that Hans Thom
sen, counsellor of the German
embassy, had asked the state
department to quash proceed
ings of what he called a "rump
commission," and had charged
"illegal" acts to Roberts.
- Secretary Hull, in reply, re
fused to intervene and referred
to Thomsen's criticism as "en
tirely unwarranted."
Damages of $21,157,227 plus
five per cent interest estimated
tOf approximate $50,000,000 in
an was ordered paid to the
claimants.
Germany has a special de
posit account at the United
States treasury of between $23,
000,000 and $26,000,000 to meet
the award. The treasury also
holds about $500,000,000, "pa
per value," in German republic
bonds.
Authority Denied.
Germany, however, has de
nied the jurisdiction of the com
mission. Dr. Victor Huecking, the Ger
man commissioner, walked out
on the deliberations prior to the
decision last June and the Ger
man government has protested
against making the award. The
German side of the counsel table
was vacant today..
Major awards among 153
maac oy me commission in
cluded:
Lehigh Valley railroad, $9,-
900,322. the Agency of the Can
adian Car and Foundry com
pany, $5,871,105; the Kingsland
underwriters, which paid insur
ance on some of the losses, $1,
311,023; the Dalaware, Lacka
wanna and Western railroad.
$32,676; the Black Tom Under
writers. $3,095,607; the Bethle
hem Stel company, $1 886.491.
The remainder was small
claims. Aides also said since it
was doubtful any funds would
be realized on the German Re
public bonds held by the treas
ury, cash in the treasury's spe
cial deposit account probably
would bo paid out on a pro rata
basis.
E
Washington, Oct. 30 (IP)
: Representative Fish (R-N. Y.) de
j clared in the rules committee to
! day that procedure under which
the Democratic leadership pro
I poses to bring up neutrality leg
islation in the house was a "gag
the most vicious we've ever
had in this country."
Fish's charge was disputed by
Chairman Sabath (D-III.) of the
rules committee, who said he
was "getting fed up on this po
litical buncombe."
Fish countered unless the pro
cedure were liberalized he
thought the house itself would
"beat the rule" and open up the
senate approved neutrality meas
ure to house amendments.
8 p.m.
Captured City
Young Fliers
,- n-- ' ' "'J
KAY "
Clyde Schlieper Bnd Wet Carroll who landed near Long Beach, Calif., yesterday after break
ing the world's endurance record, are shown above during one of the refueling maneuvers.
(A. P. Photo). .
Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 30
fjp) Clyde Schlieper and Wes
Carroll, the only men ever to
live for a month in the sky, were
the toast of the town today.
The 25-year-old fliers returned
to mother earth yesterday after
noon after 30 days and 6 hours
aloft. Ther record of 726 hours
far eclipsed the former standard
SLAYING UNCLE 10
Comanche, Tex., Oct. 30. MP)
Henry P. Haynes, 23, a mild
mannered farm hand, said in a
statement today his aged grand
mother and an uncle made slur
ring remarks about his widowed
mother so he slugged them and
burned them in their home.
Sheriff Wid Spivey said
Haynes admitted he planned to
"get burned up, too, but the
smoke got so bad I ran out."
Haynes was charged with
murdering h i s grandmother.
Mrs. Martha McGuire, 79, and
her son, J. B. Haynes, 58.
On Sunday night, October 22.
Haynes said, 'the uncle and
grandmother made the "slurring
remarks."
-
.D.A.
E
Klamath Falls, Oct. 30 P)
Hardin Cornick Blackmer, 33,
district attorney of Klamath
county, died this morning of a
heart ailment.
Blackmer had lived in Klam
ath county 10 years, practicing
law throughout that period. He
was elected district attorney as;
a Republican candidate in 1934,
and re-elected in 1938.
He was well known in law
enforcement and legal circles in
Oregon and northern California.
He was a member of the Klam-
ath Falls lodge of Elks.
Survivors include his widow.
Geraldinc, and two small sons.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Maternal Deaths Low
Washington, Oct. 30. (A') In
the first half of 1938, the public
health service said today, the
maternal mortality rate in the
United States reached a new low
of only four mothers lost for
every 1.000 children born flivc.
I A decrease of 23 percent was;
I shown since 1937-
Tuesday for Vote on Park Bond Issue
rj J
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 19:
Ml
Smash Endurance Record
of 653 hours, 33 minutes, estab-
lished by Fred and Al Key near
Meridian, Miss., in 1935. They
winged past that mark last
Thursday.
The long hours aloft softened
their muscles and left them, tem
porarily, partially deaf. It
seemed strange, they said, not
to have the throb and the throaty
Charging Deer
Turned Aside
By Lucky Shot
Westfir, Oct. 30. P) W.
P. Sheridan, deer hunter,
came back with this tale.
While hunting, an enraged
deer rushed him. He took
aim, but a windfall on which
he was standing cracked and
deflected his aim. Regaining
his feet he fired hastily. The
charging animal veered,
rushed past him and fled. He
said he believed the bullet
struck an antler.
PLANES BATTLE
London, Oct. 30. (IP) The
admiralty announced tonight
British destroyers and German
planes had met in battle today
off the Dogger bank in the North
Sea.
An admiralty communique
said:
"This morning off the Dogger
bank a flotilla of our destroyers
came into action with two Ger
man bombers.
"There were no casualties in
or damage to our destroyers, and
it is not known whether the
enemy suffered damage."
GERMAN HUNTERS TO
u . . enftn CI ippi Y
j HELP IN rUUU iUrTLT
Berlin, Oct. 30. (IP) Ger-
many mobilized her huntsmen
. today in an effort to Increase the
i domestic food supply.
Col.-Gcn. Hermann Wilhclm
Goering. the rcich's hunting
master, called on gunners to
shoot small game in provinces
wrested from Poland and in the
vast Tucheler forest of West
Prussia, whore wild life is re
ported plentiful.
P.G.E. Income Rises
San Francisco, Oct. 30. (Pi
Portland General Electric com
pany reports $1,066,022 net In
come for nine months
ended
Sept. 30, compared with $635
232 in the like 1938 period.
mm m ga
of Flint
song of motors underfoot.
They will be guests at a cham
ber of commerce celebration to
night. They planned to rest until
then. The pair slept in beds last
night for the first time in 55,000
miles. Naps in the plane were
taken in two-hour stretches. The
cabin gave them room enough
to lie down, but not to roll over.
FORMER COMMUNIST
SAYS CIO HEAD WAS
FEND OF LEADERS
Washington, Oct. 30. (IP)
A former member of the com
munist party testified today
that the National Maritime un
! ion (CIO) was a direct out
growth of several Soviet-sponsored
organizations and that its
leader. Josenh Curran. was in
timate with communist party
leaders.
Questioned before the Dies
committee about Curran's de
nials on Saturday that he was
acquainted with several al
leged communists, William C.
McCuistlon, 3B-year old seaman
of Frederick, Md., declared
bluntly:
"Curran was lying. That was
all."
Under expulsion from the
N.M.U. for a total of 212 years,
McCuistion testified that he for
merly was a member or officer
of three maritime organizations
which originated In Soviet Rus
sia. The N.M.U., he added, de
veloped directly from those or
ganizations and "the same guys
are in the leadership of the
N.M.U. today,"
McQuistion also described
William L. Standard, lawyer
who accompanied Curran to
Washington Saturday, as "a
communist lawyer."
Ray, he declared, accompanies
Curran on trips, writes his
speeches and frequents his of
fice. FERRY HITS WHARF AS
PILOT DIES AT WHEEL
Seattle. Oct. 30. (IP) The
Black Ball ferry Croslinc crash
ed into the wharf at Manchester,
across sound from Seattle yes
terday afternoon when her skip
per. Capt. Frank Clements, vet
eran Pugct Sound mariner, fell
dead at the wheel, a victim of a
heart attack, as he was bringing
her into port.
The ferry missed the ferry,
slip and smashed into the dock
! warehouse before the alarmed
crew could i-liout Instructions to
the engine crew for a quick stop.
RIBUNE
Full United
Seen Again at Tromsoe
KEEN INTEREST IN
SPECIAL ELECTION
Heavy Vote Predicted On
Proposal to Buy Olds Tract
for Park Improvement
Tomorrow Mcdford citizens
will go to the polls to vote on
what has developed into the
most burning issue to face the ;
people of this city In years. If
talk is indicative of balloting,
the election will bring out the
heaviest vote on a purely local
question in many a day
The question involved is
whether the citizens want to
authorize a bond issue not to
exceed $30,000, to acquire land
and to develop the property into
a park. While the ordinance
calling the special election does
not specify in what proportion
the funds would be expended,
it is generally understood that
$20,000 would go for the pur
chase of the land and $10,00 to
its improineirt and develop-1
mcnt. Proponents of the pro
posed park development say the
WPA will provide funds for
labor to develop the park and
the city's $10,000 would be used
as a sort of reserve fund to
guarantee sufficient money for
the improvement.
$30,000 Bond Issue.
In the words of the ordinance,
citizens of Medford will vote
on the proposition to authorize
"the issuance and sale of not to
exceed $30,000 bonds of said
city to provide funds to acquire
real property for park purposes
and to landscape, level, grade,
plant, equip and otherwise im
prove the same, and acquire
equipment, facilities and ma
chinery for such purposes."
The property proposed for
park purposes is known as the
Olds tract. It Is a tract of about
17 acres lying on the east side
of Bear creek between Main
street and Jackson street.
Rumor Denied.
Earl Tumy, agent for the Olds
estate, today denied positively
an asserted rumor that the prop
erty could be acquired for $10,
000, leaving $10,000 for "graft."
"I know positively that it has
been a terrific Job to persuade
the Olds' heirs to reduce the
price of the property from $30,
000 to $20.000, ' Mr. Tumy de
clared. "There is not one cent
of graft involved. Besides, If
the proposition is approved, the
deal would go through a local
bank where a complete check
of the entire transaction would
be made." Mr. Tumy related
that the owners have been con
templating the building of stores
on the East Main street frontage
and the sub-dividing of the re
maining part of the land.
RUBY KEELER CHARGES
AL JOLSON WAS CRUEL
Los Angeles, Oct. 30. IIP)
Ruby Keelcr today filed suit for
divorce from Mammy Singer Al
Jolson.
She made only one charge,
namely, extreme cruelty. Her
complaint, filed In superior
court, said a property settlement
had been made out of court.
The Jolsons were married at
Port Chester, N. Y., September
21, 1923.
Election Returns
The Mail Tribune office
will be open Tuesday night to
give returns on the park bond
election. The polls close at
0 p. m. and it is expected the
result will be available before
10 n'Hnr-k.
Presi
Election Data
Time 1 p. m. to 8 p. m.,
Tuesday, October 31. No one
may vote before 1 p. m. or
after 8 p. m.
Who may vote Any regis
tered voter, whether a proper
ty owner or not.
Where to vote At the pol
ling place in the city ward in
which you live. Polling places
are:
First Ward Hotel Jackson,
Central avenue and 8th street.
First ward starts at Bear
creek bridge, extends west
along Main street to Southern
Pacific railroad tracks, along
railroad to Stewart avenue,
Stewart avenue to the center
line of Riverside avenue, then
to the east, north and south
city limits to Crater Lake
avenue, to Main street, west
on Main street to Myrtle
avenue, south on Myrtle to
Bear creek and along center
line of Bear creek to the Bear
creek bridge.
Second ward-County court
house, Oakdale avenue and
Main street. The second ward
comprises everything west of
the railroad and south of
Main street.
Third ward Fichtncr's
garage, Sixth and Fir streets,
The third ward lies west of
the railroad and north of
Miln street.
Fourth ward City hall.
Central avenue and Fifth
street. The fourth ward ex
tends east of the railroad and
north of Main street and in
cludes that portion of the city
between the north city limit
and Bear creek and bounded
on the east by Crater Lake
and Myrtle avenues.
Maps showing the wards
may be seen at city hall or
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce.
E
ADDED TO LIST IN
By the Associated Press
Sinking of four more ships,
three of them British, today sent
the known loss to all nations to
102 vessels with a gross tonnage
of more than 411,278.
Loss of five seamen aboard the
7976 ton Cunard White Star line
freighter Malabar from which
70 were rescued sent the death
toll to at least 1850.
England's known losses rose
to 56 ships with the Malabar
sinking, destruction of the fish
ing trawlers Saint Nidan and
Lynx II. (Germany claimed last
Saturday to have destroyed at
least 115 merchant ships.)
The crew of 10 on the 250-ton
fishing trawler Lynx II were
rescued as was the crew of 15
on the trawler Saint Nidan, 565
tons, both destroyed In the
North Sea.
An unidentified Norwegian
steamer sank In the North Sea
yesterday after 30 of her crew
were saved. It was neutral Nor
way's 8th loss In the current
war and the 30th suffered by
neutral countries.
The newspaper Aftenblad of
Stavanger, Norway, reported the
3618-ton Norwegian freighter
Varangmalm sunk by a mine In
the North Sea while en route
from the North Capo to Antwerp
with a cargo of iron ore. The
crew of 30 was said to have been
taken to Grimsby, England.
BY
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
Fossil, Ore.. Oct. 30 (IP)
Jack Owens, Jr., 14, Fossil, was
Instantly killed yesterday when
the shotgun of his hunting com
panion, B;lly Dyer, discharged
as Dyer climbed through a fence,
Coroner H. M. Robbins reported.
Little Workers
Take Inventory of your wants
today. Be they large or small,
you may safely trust them to
the riasnlfled Ads In this news
paper. Many people depend on
these little "worker' to get
n hat they want.
No. 189.
i
T
IS FIRST SINCE
LEAVINGJUSSIA
German Prize Crew Headed
Ship for Undivulged Port
Late Today Is Revelation
Stockholm, Oct. 30. (JP)
Reports from Norway today said
the United States freighter City
of Flint, released from a Soviet
port to her German captors, had
departed from Tromsoe, Norway
late this afternoon.
These reports were the first
clue to the whereabouts of tha
American vessel which was
taken to Murmansk, Russia, by
a German prize crew after her
capture while carrying a miscel
laneous cargo to England.
The City of Flint was said to
have sailed at 4 p. m. (7 a. m.
PST from Tromsoe, the northern
Norwegian port where the cap
tured ship halted briefly on its
northward journey to Russia
more than a week ago.
Tromsoe is about 500 miles
from Murmansk and more than
800 miles from Hamburg, men
tioned as the probable destina
tion of the German prize crew.
Tromsoe newspaper sources in
response to an inquiry about the
City of Flint said they were for
bidden by officials to give any
information.
(The Norwegian government
has prohibited the disclosure ot
the position of ships at sea dur
ing war time.)
BERLIN, Oct. 30. (fl1) The
American freighter City of Flint
apparently was the quarry today
in a grim game of hide-and-seek
somewhere in the North Atlan
tic, according to the best avail
able information here, but Ger
man officialdom was silent.
Unofficial sources said tha
United States government
owned vessel still was in the
hands of a German prize crew
and attempting to dodge tha
British blockade on a run from
Murmansk, Russia, to a German
port.
But officials said until tha
City of Flint docks, "there will
be no information about this
ship."
T
T
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 30. (IP)
The hunt for Winnie Ruth
Judd, elusive mad killer who
escaped last Tuesday from tha
Arizona state hospital, concen
trated In this vicinity again to
day when Sheriff Lon Jordan
received a mysterious telephone
call saying the trunk murderess
had escaped from captors who
were returning her to the asy
lum. i
Jordan disclosed that some
one called his office before day
light that they had found Mrs.
Judd and were nearing the hos
pital with her when she jumped
from an automobile and disap
peared into the dark. .
The sheriff did not know the
identity of the person calling
but he attached enough Import
ance to the report to send dep
uties to renew the search in the
hospital vicinity.
Radio Highlights
By Associated Press
Pacific standard time
Tonight: Europe WABC-CBS
5:55, 8; W E A F-N BC-East 8; MBS
8 . . . Neutrality MBS " 7,:15,
Senator Rush Holt.
Tuesday: Europe NBC
chains 5 a. m.; WJZ-NBC 9 a. m.,
WABC-CBS 5 a. m., 3:30 p. m.
. . . WEAF-NBC 10:30 a. m.