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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1939.
No. 190.
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Washington. D. C, Oct. 31.
Mississippi's voluble John El
liott Rankin has very definite
and positive ideas on what
should be done with Bonneville
power and has been telling them
to Paul Raver, new administra
tor of the federal project in
Columbia river.
Rankin has a habit of quot
ing Tacoma rates and then
showing how every state in the
union has been "robbed" by the
"power trust" because private
y companies are not furnishing
juice at Tacoma schedule. Many
pages of the Congressional Rec
ord (at 552 a page), are filled
by Rankin with these figures.
He pops them in from time to
time. .'
In his self-furnished biog
raphy in the Congressional Di
rectory, Rankin says he and
Senator George Norris wrote
the TVA legislation, and that
he is chairman of the "power
bloc in the house of represen
tatives. Having arranged TVA
to his liking, Rankin is giving
attention to Bonneville. Admin
istrator Raver listened, asked
questions.
ADVICE of Mississippi's Ran
kin urna aelrori nn curh ciiVi.
jects as: Should any Bonneville
power be permitted to flow
through privately owned sys
tems? I so, about what amount
of Bonneville capacity should
be sold to private utilities?
Should the administrator con
trol the resale rates, and if so,
should the administrator have
elastic judgment such as mak
ing resale rates where the power
is sold to municipally owned
plants such as at Eugene, Mc
Minnville, Canby, Centralia, Se
attle, through public utility dis
tricts or similar agencies; to all
or none of these, to private util
ities or only certain such utili
ties? Other questions propounded
to Rankin by Raver: Should he
and his organization actively
participate, directly or indirect
ly in politics? By "politics"
meaning the campaigns to sub
mit to the voters of Portland
and various counties in Oregon
and Washington, the creation of
public power districts to fur
nish a market for Bonneville
energy. How far in such poli-
tics should he go, if at all?
Should he keep his hands off
and be an interested observer
from the sidelines rather than
place federal pressure on the
voters?
(Continued on Page Pour.)
Eastern Oregon
Nipped By Cold
Portland, Oct. 31 0P)-.Freez-ing
temperatures caught most of
eastern Oregon today with
Baker's 23-degree minimum the
lowest in the state.
Comparatively mild weather
in western Oregon was expected
to bring rain tonight, but prob
ably fog and lower temperatures
Wednesday. The temperature
was due for a rise tomorrow in
north central Oregon.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Evelyn Durno and Rosalie
Porter executing a number of
unique facial expressions be
tween spasms of laughter while
viewing the weekly rasslin'
riots.
Emma Bigelow arriving home
after a fortnight's vacation
greeting hubby Paris cordially
but making all sorts of gurgly
sounds of endearment to the
cute Bigelow pup.
Joe Renard being almost
Miubbed by a couple of friends
who weren't used to seeing him
with his latest attachment a
mustache.
James Hamilton doing his
neighborly conversing in the
warm, vitamin-D packed sun
shine before the federal building.
PLEA FOR FINLAND
HELD VIOLATION OF
Foreign Premier Molotoff
Cites Philippines in Slap
at Roosevelt Message
Moscow, Oct. 31. (IP) Premier-Foreign
Premier Vyaches
laff Molotoff today accused
President Roosevelt of mixing
in Soviet Russia's negotiations
with Finland "in contradiction
of the United States' policy of
neutrality."
Molotoff, in a sweeping review
of Russia's foreign policy, made
his accusation while revealing
the Soviet Union had asked Fin
land for a pact similar to agree
ments which reduced Estonia.
Latvia and Lithuania to virtual
protectorates.
Philippines Cited.
"Even the President of the
United States," he said, "has
found it possible to mix in this
question, which is in contradic
tion of the United States' policy
of neutrality.
"As if things were better
there!
"The Philippines Jiave not
gotten independence, while In
1917 we gave the Finns inde
pendence and sovereignty.
(On . October 11 President
Roosevelt sent a note to Mos
cow, expressing "hope that the
Soviet Union will make, no de
mands on Finland which are in
consistent with maintenance and
development of amicable and
peaceful relations between the
two countries, and the independ
ence of each.")
(President Kalinin replied ne
gotiations between Finland and
Russia were solely for "consol
idation of the reciprocal rela
tions" between the two powers.)
To Deal With Japs.
Molotoff reported Russia was
ready for "vital improvement"
of relations with Japan and said
that the initiative was up to
Japan. He disclosed, however,
that "trade talks between the
two are imminent."
(Continued on Pag rwo.)
DIES WITNESS ARREST
TO HEAVEN IS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. (IP)
Immediately after he stepped
down from the witness stand of
the Dies committee, husky Wil
liam McCuistion, sailor, and one
time minor communist official,
was taken into custody today by
police in connection with a New
Orleans slaying.
Washington authorities had
been requested by New Orleans
police yesterday to hold McCuis
tion for questioning in connec
tion with the killing September
17 of Philip Carey, an official of
the national maritime union at
New Orleans. McCuistion for
merly served as an officer of
the NMU at New Orleans.
Dies asserted there had been
an attempt to intimidate the wit
ness and indicated his belief the
arrangements for McCuistion's
arrest had been made with the
idea of discrediting his whole tes
timony. Representative Starnes (D-Ala)
then assailed the whole pro
cedure against McCuistion.
"There has been a patent ef
fort," said Starnes. "to discredit
the witness and the details are
sordid. The committee is seek
ing to bring to light un-American
activities and this whole busi
ness is damnable and a reprehen
sible procedure.
It is phoney throughout and
a set-up words fail me and
certain groups which are trying
to paint themselves lily white
are behind this. The whole thing
not only smells to high heavens,
but it stinks."
Hongkong, Oct. 31. (IP)
Forty Chinese were killed yes
terday when a launch towing
two junks detonated a mine in
territorial waters of this British
colony.
Ruth Judd Returns to State
Six Days
1 fevS 1
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Winnie Ruth Judd (left), trunk ilayer of iwa women, who was
returned to the Arizona state hospital last night after her mys
terious escape six day ago, is shown with a police matron after
her conviction in 1932. (A. P. Photo).
The special bond election got
off to a faster start today than
any other municipal election of
recent years. The early ballot
ing indicated an exceptionally
heavy vote.
In the first hour 72 votes were
cast at the Hotel Jackson, 75
at Fichtner's garage, 78 at city
hall and 91 at the Jackson coun
ty courthouse, a total of 316.
The polls will close at 8:00
o'clock tonight. The first ward
votes at the Hotel Jackson, the
second ward at the courthouse,
the third ward at Fichtner s
garage and the fourth ward at
city hall.
The election is on a proposal
to authorize a bond issue of not
to exceed $30,000 to purchase
the Olds tract on Bear creek
and develop it into a park
FOR BIG SEA BATTLE
LONDON, Oct. 31. (IP)
Heavy naval and warplane con
centrations along Great Brit
ain's east coast, military observ
ers said today, indicate the Brit
ish are prepared for a gigantic
North Sea battle.
"It's such a ruddy queer war,"
one tactical expert declared,
that predictions aren't much
good, but you can be sure of one
thing and that is that Great
Britain wouldn't be caught out
if Adolf Hitler -sent along his
planes and submarines in a
bunch for one terrific North Sea
battle."
Election Returns
The Mail Tribune office
will be open tonight to
give returns on the park bond
election. The polls close at
8 p. m. and it is expected the
result will be available before
1 0 o'clock.
of Freedom Spent in Vicinity
LI
Washington, Oct. 31. IIP)
A charge by John L. Lewis
that assistants of two cabinet
members had tried to engineer
a western conference to start a
third term boom brought from
Senator King (D., Utah) today
a demand for a full report on
the officials' activities.
In a letter last night to Gov.
Culbert L. Olson of California,
Lewis declared a January meet
ing of "progressive leaders" in
11 western states had been ar
ranged by Norman N. Little,
assistant to Attorney General
Murphy, and Marshall E. Dim
ock, second assistant secretary
of labor.
Salem, Oct. 31. (IP) Gov.
Charles A. Spraguc said today
he would appoint "as soon as
possible" a district attorney for
Klamath county, to succeed Har
din C. Blackmer, 33, who died
yesterday.
The governor would not say ,
whether the appointment would
be made today, but said he
would act Immediately "so that
the business of the district at
torney's office would not be dis
rupted." To Test Licenses
Of 22 Osteopaths
Portland, Oct. 31 (IP) The
state board of medical examiners
filed a suit In the Multnomah
county circuit court late yester
day questioning the "unlimited
licenses" of 22 licensed osteo
pathic physicians.
The board challenged the right
of osteopaths to use drug therapy
and to perform surgical opera
tions, except in cases of emer
gency.
A spokesman for the exami
ners described the action as a
"test case "
Hospital;
WILD SCENE STAGED
BY TRUNK SLAYER IN
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 31. (IP)
Winnie Ruth Judd, "literally a
wild woman," who sobbed and
screamed and threw things until
given a sedative to quiet her,
was back In the Arizona state
hospital for the insane today,
carefully guarded.
The mad trunk killer, dirty,
unkempt and half-starved, who
said she saw "horrible things"
during her six days of freedom.
was caught last night leaving
an attache's home on the hos
pital grounds which she had en
tered to obtain food.
Shoos Gone.
Her shoes were gone. There
were holes in her stockings.
Bruises and scratches on her
legs indicated she had fallen or
bumped into objects while wan
dering in the dark. One tinkle
was sprained and she had fash
ioned a brace from a girdle.
In a pillow-slip she carried
bread crusts, several cans of
soup, spaghetti, a glass of jelly,
and a nearly green orange from
which she had sucked the Juice.
The new frock and shoes
which she wore when she fled
the hospital last Tuesday night
had been exchanged for an old
brown coat and drab blue hat,
pulled downover her ears.'
Mrs. Judd, who In 1931 killed
Agnes Ann LcRol and Hedvig
oamuaieton, apparently had been
in the vicinity of Phoenix since
her escape.
She told Dr. Louis J. Saxe,
hospital superintendent, she had
been hiding in a cornfield, about
one and one-half miles from the
mam building, and in a ceme
tery on the hospital grounds.
Attendants said thev surround
ed Mrs. Judd last night as she
leit the residence of Mel Lar
son, hospital engineer. When
she saw escape was impossible
they said Mrs. Judd walked to
the door of the ward from whirh
she fled, and knocked. Nurses
admitted her and rushed her
to Dr. Saxe's office.
Recover Boy'i Body.
Camas, Wash., Oct. 31.
The body of Fred Lchn, 18, one
of two Camas boys lost when
a sailboat swamped in the Co
lumbia river Sunday near Roos
ter Rock, was recovered yes
terday, but that of Darrcll Thor-
sen, 18, second victim, remained
unfound.
Thanksgiving Day Nov. 23
Proclaimed by Roosevelt
Nov. 23 in Oregon
Salem, Oct. 3 1 tf)-Ore-:on
will observe Its Thanks
giving day on November 23,
Gov. Charles A. Sprague said
today, adding he would Issue
a proclamation late this week.
President Roosevelt pro
claimed that.day, a week ear
lier than usual, in a proclama
tion today.
The governor said he agreed
to the change because "it
would be folly to have two
Thanksgiving days."
Washington, Oct. 31. OP)
Proclaiming Thursday, Novem
ber 23, as a day of general
thanksgiving, President Roose
velt asked today that thanks be
offered "for the hope that lives
within us" of the coming of an
eventual world peace.
The proclamation designated
the next to last Thursday instead
of the last Thursday in the month
as Thanksgiving day in accord
ance with Mr. Roosevelt's decis
ion to move up the holiday for
business reasons. Some states,
however, have decided to cele
brate November 30.
Mr. Roosevelt said in the proc
lamation that It was fitting to
continue a "hallowed custom"
begun by President Washington
when he asked the nation to lay.
T
E
Administration Neutrality
Forces Successful in Pre
serving Chosen Procedure
Washington, Oct. 31 (IP)
Administration neutrality forces,
advocating arms embargo repeal,
won their first test of strength
in the house today when their
chosen procedure for consider
ing the administration neutrality
measure was adopted.
The test came on a "rule" pro
viding that the bill be sent to
a joint senate-house conference
to compose differences between
senate and house-approved neu
trality measures. The former
contains no arms embargo while
the latter, passed last session,
does.
This action to send the bill to
conference came a few moments
after the house beat down, 237
to 177, a Republican attempt
aimed nt opening up the legisla
tion to house amendments.
Foes Have Chance
Foes of the embargo repeal
still may get an opportunity to
effect changes in the legislation
through instructing the house
members of the conference com
mittee as to what they should in
sist upon in the negotiations with
the senate.
Indications were the house
would devote the next two days
to debating the question of In
structing the conferees. An agree
ment as to the time was not
reached immediately, however.
"What I or anyone else might
say will not change a single
vote," declared Chairman Sa
bath (D-II1.) of the rules com
mittee. In blithe disregard, Rep. Hor
ton (R-Wyo.) retorted approval
of the procedure laid down for
the house by Its leaders "spells
war."
McNARY PREDICTS END
OF RECIPROCAL PACTS
Washington, Oct. 31. (IP)
Republican leader McNary of
Oregon predicted in the senate
today that efforts to extend the
reciprocal trade agreements leg
islation when it expires next
June 12 would meet defeat.
McNary'a prediction came af
ter Senator Vandcnberg (R.,
MichtJ had stirred spirited de
bate in the chamber by voicing
what he termed a warning to
the state department again.it
any attempt to reduce the excise
tax on copper in negotiations
for an .agreement with Chile.
down all tasks for one day In
the year and give thanks for the
blessings granted by divine
providence.
"Our nation has gone steadily
forward in the application of
democratic processes to economic
and social problems, the presl
dent said.
"We have faced the specters
of business depression, of unem
ployment and of widespread
agricultural distress, and our
positive efforts to alleviate these
conditions have met with heart-
. cning results.
"We have also been permitted
to see the fruition of methods
which we have undertaken In
realms of health, social welfare
and the conservation of re
sources. "As a nation we are deeply
grateful that In a world of tur
moil we are at peace with all
countries, and we especially re
joice In the strengthened bonds
of our friendship with the other
peoples of the western hemis
phere.
"Let us, on the day set aside
for this purpose, give thanks to
the ruler of the universe for the
strength which he has vouch
safed us to carry on our daily
labors and for the hope that lives
withfn us of the coming of a day
when peace and the productive
activities of peace shall reign
on every continent.
Prosecutor Passes
Jp C
Hardin C. Blackmer (above),
Klamath county district attor
ney, who died Monday of a
heart ailment. He had practiced
law in Klamath Falli for ten
years, was first elected district
attorney in 1934 and reelected
In 1938. Funeral service! will
be held in Klamath at 2 p. tn.
Wednesday.
CONVOYING FLINT ON
TO
Washington, Oct. 31. (IP)
The United States asked both
Britain and Germany today to
avoid any action which would
imperil unnecessarily the cap
tive .American crew aboard the
freighter Citv of Flint, now
somewhere in the blockaded
North Sea bound for Germany.
Bergen, Norway, Oct. 31.
(P) The United States freighter
City of Flint, in command of
a German prize crew, felt her
way southward along the north
ern Norwegian coast today with
Norwegian naval watch-dog
close on her heels.
The City of Flint was sighted
off Lodingcn Light at 11 a. m.
(5 a. m. EST) while steaming
close behind was a Norwegian
ship, believed to be the 1,170-
ton destroyer Slcipncr, which
escorted the captured American
vessel out of Tromsoe waters
yesterday.
The appearance of the City of
Flint off Lodingcn on the inland
route down one of the world's
most broken coasts was taken
as an indication that the Ger
man prize crew had requested
and obtained permission to
move in Norwegian territorial
waters.
Berlin, Oct. 3 1 . (IP) A
United States embassy spokes
man said today the embassy had
been requested to cal. the at
tention of the German govern
ment Informally to its responsi
bility for the safety of the Amer
ican crew of the City of Flint,
now en route to a German
haven in command of a German
prize crew.
The case of the City of Flint
was cited last night by the semi
official commentary, Deutsche
Diplomatisch-Politlsche Korres-
pondenz, as one "symptom" of
what it termed the United
States' "two-fold yardstick" pol
icy toward the European war.
TOPPLES OVER DEAD
Ringling, Okla., Oct. 31. (IP)
Fifteen-year-old Paul Butler,
high school football player, told
his coach at practice he felt 111
and would "rest a minute," then
toppled over dead.
Coach Harry Cheadle said a
physician told him the boy died
of a heart attack. Ho had two
rib fractures which the coach
said might have been received In
last week's game. The boy told
no one he was hurt. The doctor
suggested, Cheadle added, the
boy probably had Internal In
juries. . . . .
Postpone Jacksonville Meet.
Jacksonville, Oct. 31. (Spl.)
Because of conflict with date of
the Southern Oregon Symphony
concert at Mcdford, the P.-T A.
"Dads' Night" meeting scheduled
for Wednesday has been post
poned to November 8 at 8 p. m
in the high school auditorium.
T
SEEN LESSENING
NAZI
Mussolini Reorganizes En
tire Leadership Cabinet,
Party and Army Affected
By Richard C. Maiiock
Rome, Oct. 31. (IP) Premier
Mussolini reorganized the entire
leadership of the fascist regime
today in a shakeup of cabinet,
party and top military posts un
precedented In Its sweeping
scope.
Seven cabinet ministers, the
secretary of the fascist party, the
chiefs of staff of the army, air
force and fascist militia and four
undersecretaries of state were re
placed in the drastic reshuffling.
In addition, Mussolini himseir
yielded the portfolio of minister
for Italian Africa to General
Attilio Teruzzi.
Army Chief Ousted
II Duce removed his army
chief of staff, General Alberto
Pariani, who a few months ago
carried out military consulta
tions with German army offi
cers under the Italian-German
military alliance signed last May,
but now no longer mentioned tn
Italy.
Pariani, for whom no new post
was announced, was replaced by
Marshal Rudolfo Grazlani as
head of the army staff and by
General Soddu as undersecretary
Of war. - ' "
Also among those shifted were
two fascist notables widely cred
ited with pro-German tenden
cies, Lieut -Gen Achille Starace,
relieved of the secretaryship of
the fascist party "at his own re
quest," and Dino Alfleri, min
ister of popular culture (propa
ganda). Starace was named chief of
the general staff of the fascist
militia; Alfieri, ambassador wait
ing assignment.
Opinions Differ
Although some observers saw
in the shakeup evidences of a
lessening of German influence
in Rome, foreign diplomatic cir
cles here generally attributed it
to conditions within the fascist
party and government and con
sidered it without bearing on
foreign policy.
However, it was noted it came
shortly after the German ambas
sador, Hans-Georg Viktor von
Mackensen, had left for Berlin
on Sunday for, his embassy said.
"an extraordinary reason.
(In Paris French diplomatic
quarters welcomed the Rome
shakeup, asserting II Duce's pur
pose was to create a "govern
ment of neutrality." The shifting
of Starace and Alfieri was cited
as evidence of a partial lessening
of Nazi influence in Rome).
Salem, Oct. 31. (IP) Lester
W. Barr, auditor, told the Salem
city council last night an investi
gation of the books of City Re
corder A. Warren Jones, missing
since Oct. 21, showed $4081.39
unaccounted for. The council in
structed City Attorney Paul R.
Hendricks to take "appropriate
action."
Jones, last seen tn Eugene
after the Oregon-Gonzaga foot
ball game, formerly was state
president of both the Eagles and
Elks lodges.
Radio Highlights
By Associated Press
(Pacific Standard Time)
Tonight: Europe WABC-CBS
5:33, 8; MBS 0; WEAF-NBC-East
8 . . . Neutrality: NBC Blue-chain
4:43, Rep. Jennings Randolph;
WJZ-NBC, 7:15, Rep. John M.
Vory.
WABC-CBS 7:43, Rep. F. A.
Harness on "Reciprocal Trade
Follies."
Wednesday: Europe NBC
chains 5 a. m.; WJZ-NBC 9 l. m.,
WABC-CBS 3 a. m., 3:30 p. m.