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The Weather ralr tonight and Saturday, tirmer Saturday. Temperature Highest yesterday 60 Lowest this morning 42 Precipitation To 5 p. m. yesterday none To A a. m. today ,oi You Can Learn Road the Want Adt today. If you fall to find what you want, prepare an Adv. for the Sunday morning edition. If you have not yet learned the ralue or these little Adrg. yon can learn by experience. Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1939. No. 193. to M CT AT IjTHE , Washington. D. C, Nov. 3. There are no greater gad abouts in official Washington these days (and nights), than members of the supreme court of the United States. The dignity with which members of the highest tribunal in the land wrapped themselves in other days has been cast aside and associate justices romp around like play boys. Mr. Associate Justice Stone was the diner-out when Hie court was called "the nine old men." There wasn't much but terfly life for Chief Justice Hughes and his colleagues on the bench. Now the court is jazzed up, or rather the mem bers are jazzy. Society reporters record the presence of the justices as they circulate in the social whir!. They attend the theaters (cine ma and spoken plays) they sit in boxes at the symphony con certs. Members of the court are found active at the cocktail hour. They are at house parties, dances and little dinners. The new deal justices are not dedi cating their nights to study of constitutional questions but are getting fun out of their job. lyiR. Associate Justice Felix " Frankfurter, who was a sharp critic of the court 'until President RijotVclt plated Win on the bench; Mr. Associate Jus tice William (Bill to everyone) Douglas, and Mr. Associate Jus tice Hugo Black go pleasuring with the president on a navy yacht. On trips like these, Mr. Roosevelt obtains off-hand de cisions of the supreme court; hears the opinion of the justices on what he can do lawfully in certain cases. There is a law, established about 1874, prohibiting the spending of a dollar for housing troops without an authorization from congress. On one of these boat trips Mr. Roosevelt dis cussed this law (violation car ries a heavy fine and imprison ment) with a couple of court members and then ordered housing provided for the in- (Contlnued on Page Twelve) 19 Boys Accused in Hallowe'en Rioting Glendale, Calif., Nov. 3 (un charges of participating in a riot, refusing to disperse and assembl ing to disturb the peace were filed in police court today against 19 of the 69 youths ar rested on Hallowe'en when near ly 2000 young celebrants blocked downtown traffic. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Venita Campbell being slightly fed up with her friends calling her a feeble old woman twice in the same day, too much being too much, she averred. Fern Chcrryholmes, Jack Mat alack and Jean Bare waiting pa tiently for a glimpse of Boris Karloff after which Fern squeal ed with delight, Jack merely took the occasion as a matter of course and Jean became very frightened. And Florence Boussum nearly fainting when Karloff whipped up to the box office for a ticket. And Dorothy Perl truly dis appointed because the actor didn't look more like "Franken stein." Bill Holloway's egg-gourd trick backfiring when he threw what he thought was a gourd at Everett Brayton. Cliff McCuiston telling about a dangerous Hallowe'en prank near the Chetco river cabin he stayed in Tuesday night, several boys leaving an old model T Ford on the center of the high way where a stage crashed into it, luckily injuring no one. IN ST. LOUIS BASIS OP INDICTMENTS Dispute Between Carpenters and Machinists Held Vio lation of Anti-Trust Laws St. Louis, Nov. 3. (IP) A federal grand jury, which had been investigating the building industry in St. Louis, today in dicted William L. Hutcheson of Indianapolis, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpen ters and Joiners of America, on a charge of conspiracy to violate the anti-trust law. The indictment resulted from a jurisdictional dispute between the carpenters' union and the machinists' union, both of the American Federation of Labor, over the installation of equip ment at the brewing plant of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Others Named In addition to Hutcheson, who is a member of the A. F. of L. executive board, the indictment named George Casper Ottens, general representative of the carpenters' union; John A. Cal lahan, who was secretary of the carpenters' St. Louis district council until his suspension last August 15, and John August Klein, business representative of the district council. Pittsburgh, Nov. 3. (P) A federal grand jury, investigating building costs in Piltsuri'.i, in dicted 13 corporations and 45 individuals today on charges of conspiracy to defraud the fed eral government. Acting U. S. Attorney George Mashank said the indictment charged "fraud on the govern ment that may total $500,000." A survey by federal agencies showed building costs here were the second highest in the United States. Records of several hundred contractors, unions and govern ment subdivisions had been sub poenaed for the inquiry. HIGH SCHOOL GRIDDER SUCCUMBS TO INJURY Natchez, Miss., Nov. 3. lP) Glenn Steele, 16. member of the Mcadville high school football team, died yesterday of internal injuries suffered in a game Oc tober 24. Horror Man on Holiday Trip Goes to See Medf ord Movie "Frankenstein", in the person of Boris Karloff, was a visitor in Mcdford last evening and like the postman who takes a walk on his vacation, the spooky man of the films, spent the evening attending a movie at the Craterian theater where he sat through almost two performances. The actor, whose business it is to scare the daylights out of his thousands of fans, was enroute to Hollywood after having at tended the last few days of the exposition on Treasure Island and enjoyed a vacation on the Oregon coast near Agate Beach. No Glamor Boy The maker of such thrillers as "Frankenstein", "The Man They Couldn't Hang", and a dozen others is not quite as terrifying appearing in person as on the screen but he certainly could not be classed as a glamor boy nor does he exactly express "omph." Of large proportions, he is stoop - shouldered and walks with a long stride. He has a shaved hear on which grows a smattering of prickly grey hair. He wore silver rimmed glasses which did not hide his large soft brown eyes, a loud checked suit ! and a wrinkled trench coat, and ' his skin was very brown. Speech Charms His speech is probably his most charming point, having a slight English accent, the actor's tones are liquid and soft, and one would never associate this mild spoken man with the hor ror of cinema fame. Mr. Rarloff's wife accompan ied him on the trip and the two Tongue Offends C3 Declaring "I talk too much." Leona Hudock, a nurse, cut part of hsr tongue off with a pair of scissors in San Francisco. She's shown recovering in a hospital. Doctors said that al though severed parts of Miss Hudock's tongue could not be replaced, she might be able to talk again. SUFFICIENT 10 CARRY WAR TO END, IS CLAIM BERLIN, Nov. 3. (IP) The German press published tax sta tistics today which it said showed the reich was prepared financially to carry the war to a "victorious end." Tax revenues for the second quarter of 1939 July 1 to Sept. 30 were reported to have amounted to 6,179.000.000 marks (approximately $2,471,960,000) above revenues during the same period last year. The high command, mean while, reported only "feeble artillery and reconnaissance activity" on the western front. Germany's decision to permit citizens of India caught in this country by the war to leave without being treated as enemies was announced today. Authoritative quarters also disclosed the government has no intention of calling back for re settlement persons of German origin or citizenship who live in Yugoslavia. Fuehrer Hitler's resettlement plan, whereby Germans abroad are being called home to estab lish homes in occupied areas of Poland, is being restricted tem porarily to the Baltic states, it was indicated. Lawrence, Kas., Nov. 3 tP) Lawrence (Slim) Pitzcr, Attica Ind., won the national cornhusk ing championship today, husking 28.39 bushels in the 80-minute 4 w Boris Karloff were overnight guests at the Hotel Medford. Mm. Karloff is a tall and handsome woman who stood in the background while a half dozen Medfordites gath ered around the actor for his autograph. She wore a loud and unbecoming swagger suit of bright green and red checks with s green snood, which like her husband's suit, seemed to he in need of a good pressing ; Mr. Karloff mentioned that he decided to take this Oregon va cation after completing "Tower of London" in Hollywood a fort night ago. He mentioned that he had enjoyed his vacation here and thought the Oregon coast an especially delightful p'acc. BILLION DOLLARS IN PLANE ORDERS AWAITING REPEAL European Purchases Ex pected to Reach Huge Sum; Watch for Sabotage Washington, Nov. 3. JP) A billion dollars worth of Euro pean orders is expected by some officials to be placed with American manufacturers as soon as President Roosevelt signs the arms embargo bill. They estimated that amount would be contracted within a few weeks, with most of the supplies going to Great Britain and France. Enactment of the bill will permit Great Britain and France to obtain some 300 warplanes which have been completed since the embargo was imposed. Cancelled export licenses for planes and munitions probably will be reinstated. Great Bri tain's impounded aggregate $14,- 680.807 and those of France $58,205,739. Trucks Wanted Also British and French purchases are expected to include: Motor trucks and motorcycles, clothing, machine tools, field ranges, explosives, foodstuffs, surgical instruments, search lights, gas masks, pontgon equip ment, water purifying units, ambulances, tents, saddles, tele phones and radio compasses. Officials were informed tha'. even before embargo repeal was voted by the house a French purchasing mission contracted for 4,600 airplane motors from two eastern manufacturers. A British mission has been negot iating for about 1,600 training planes; a Swedish mission for upwards of 250 aircraft and a Belgian mission for 200. Attorney General Murphy disclosed that the justice de partment was ready to protect industry against sabotage if em bargo repeal resulted in an in crease in subversive activities. Los Angeles, Nov. 3. (P) New airplane orders totaling $35,000,000 will provide jobs for an estimated 20,000 more men In Los Angeles aircraft fac tories. This will represent a 50 percent increase in employment, plant heads said in making the announcement. The new orders from foreign ;Continued on Page rnlrtMD.I BURNED TO DEATH Catlcttsburg, Ky., Nov. 3. (P) A coroner's inquest into the fatal burning of the wife and four children of a WPA worker was deferred today while firemen sought the cause of the fire that trapped them in a bedroom of their five-room frame home. The bodies of the five, Mrs. Earl Vaughn, 28, Sholba, 2, Lctha, 3, Billy, 5, and George, 8, caught on the upper floor when flames closed the only stairway, were found in the same room along with the body of a pet dog. Vaughn, who had left a few minutes before the fire last night to go to a restaurant near by, was restrained by firemen from entering the burning house. He became hysterical later while helping recover the bodies and was taken to the home of a bro A or. City of Flint Seen , mj D in Norwegian fori Bergen, Norway, Nov. 3. IIP) The American freighter City of Flint, under command of n German prize crew, entered the Haugesund harbor at 5 p. m. (11 a m FSTi Indav pnroute from Murmansk. Russia, to a German port. The ship did not dock, but remained offshore. Telephonic advices from that Norwegian city said the vessel flew no flag and was painted black Synthetic Rabbit Is Fathered By Solution Of Salt New York, Nov. 3. (!') A healthy doe rabbit, the first mammal known to be pro duced by fatherless birth, was exhibited today at the New York Academy of Medicine. Calmly nibbling a carrot under the close inspection of curious scientists, the russet colored rabbit appeared nor mal in every respect al though its "father" was a so lution of common table saH and the "mother" that bore it was no relation. Dr. Gregory Pincus, 34 year old Clark university bio logist, explained that he had produced the rabbit by fer tilizing the ovum of a female rabbit with a saline solution instead of male cells. He later transplanted the fertilized ovum to another female rab bit, in whose body the em bryo developed to a normal birth. Dr. Pincus said the "syn thetic" bunny, now nine months old, already had borne a litter of rabbits her self by normal reproductive processes. S SEEN IS OF SOVIET MOUTHPIECE HELSINKI, Nov. 3. (P) An abrupt end to Russian-Finnish negotiations was regarded as a oossibility In informed circles today after they received a re port of the attack on foreign Minister Erkko in Moscow's Pravda. Moscow, Nov. 3. P) A note of alarm was injected into Rus-rian-Finnish negotiations today by Pravda. organ of the Com munist party, on the heels of indications the two nations while not entirely in agreement at least had a working basis for reaching a solution of their problems. Pravda declared Finland's for eign minister, Eljas Erkko had "directly threatened" the Soviet union and that his remarks of Wednesday night "cannot be appraised otherwise than as an appeal for war with the U. S. S. R." The Finnish delegation was called to the kremlin for a re newal of their talks with Rus sian officials at 6 p. m. Pravda said Erkko's position was "precisely like that of for mer Polish Foreign Minister Beck. It is known he too made provocative speeches before the Polish-German war, and the re sult was that he provoked war with Germany." On Russia's part, Pravda as serted: "We shall send to hell any and all maneuvers and we shall go directly toward our aims. We shall assure our safety and ob tain our goal, crushing all in our way." E San Quentin, Cal., Nov. 3. P) San Quentin prison was branded "a menace to the peace and safety" of California by at torneys today as they opened prosecution of the entire state prison board on charges of In competency and misconduct at a hearing within the peniten tiary presided over by Gover nor Culbert L. Ohon. Edward P. Murphy, named by th. governor to assist John Gee Clark, state director of penology u,u invi-siiKHwun, asserica , they would prove San Quentin docs no; follow modern or ap proved prison practices. Murphy said that at the close of the hearing Clark would ask the removal of all five mem bers of the board. Board mem- ! b"s said they expected it. San Francisco, Nov. 3. lP) Fifty San Francisco business men met today and organized to campaign for funds to reopen the Golden Gate International exposition in 1940. MARITIME UNION IN FLAT DENIAL OE RED CONTROL Testimony Before Dies Com mittee Continuation of Campaign Is Declaration Washington, Nov. .3. (fP) A Dies committee witness charged again today the CIO's National Maritime Union was run by communists, and the N.M.U. replied with a flat de nial. Moreover, the union said, some of the witnesses heard by the committee belonged to "employer-controlled groups." "We have no doubt," said the N.M.U. in a statement, "that the ship owners will produce many of their group to testify before the Dies committee. . . . The pro duction of these witnesses is simply a continuation of the campaign that the ship owners have carried on against seaman ever since the N.M.U. was formed." i To Eye Canal Zona Among the men listed by the union as belonging to groups supported by ship owners were William C. McCuistion and Frederick C. Phillips, both of whom have told the house com mittee investigating un-Amori- camsm that the N.M.U. was com munist-dominatcd. Phillips' testimony today that the CIO organizer in the Pan ama Canal zone was a commu nist led the committee to order a complete investigation of un ion organization activities in the zone. The canal zone situation drew the particular attention of Com mitteeman Thomas (R., N. J.). Rhea Whitley, committee counsel, was instructed to make a thorough study of the sub ject after a witness, Frederick C. Phillips, former National Maritime union official, told the committee a man named H. A. (Continued on Page Four.) E E Kansas City, Nov. 3. (IP) Otto P. Higgins, director of po lice when Boss Tom Pcndergast ruled Kansas City, pleaded guilty in federal court today to income tax evasion. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment and given five years probation on a second count. A grand Jury last week In dicted him for evading taxes on $65,122 from 1035 to 1038 in clusive. He quit under fire last spring when Mayor Bryce B. Smith launched a cleanup cam paign at the city hall. Guilty pleas to similar charges brought prison sentences for Pcndergast and his henchman, R. E. O'Malley, former state su perintendent of insurance. They are serving terms at Leaven worth; Also in prison there is Charles Cnrollo, who collected the "protection lug" from gam bling spots and had a large say-so in the police department His crimes included tax evasion Portland, Ore., Nov. 3. (U.R) Portland's, troubled school board settled one long-standing controversy today with intro duction of a new efficiency plan, only to have another break out. Frederick G. Lcasure, direc tor of vocational education. wrote the school board charging Assistant Superintendent Nor man C. Thome had created "an intolerable situation" and had sought to sabotage his efforts and to undermine his profes sional standing. Thome was out of the city. Board members refused com ment. Tells Red Plan Shown testifying before Dies committee in Washington. Mrs. Dollie M. Crawford of Frederick, Md.( said Joseph Curran, na tional maritime union head told her that communists were plac ing so many members in key Washington positions that it hoped to take over the govern ment in a few years. Mrs. Craw ford it the mother of William McCuistion, another Dies wit ness, now being detained for questioning in a New Orleans slaying. YORK'S TIED UP BY WALKOUT OVER DOCKERS' WAGES . New York, Nov. 3. OF) Sail ings of at least six shins, affect ing about 2000 persons, were cancelled today as coastal ship ping here was tied up by a strike of 500ii' ineshoremen and dock workers. The walkout, rntmpri hv n WAffn diSDUte. was felt in other sea ports along the eastern coast and in me uulf of Mexico. The strike, called hv .Tnao'nh P. Rvan. nrpsiflpnt nf thn Tnlni-- national Longshoremen's associa tion (ArL) at midnight, was less than 12 hours old when the can cellations began. Rvan torlnv rpipptnrt an nffnr by the maritime labor board to act as mediator and said the union could settle matters itself with the employers. Simultaneously it was learned the comnanics have nlnppH in embargo on all cargo entering ana leaving this port. This drew from Ryan the comment that "it now looks like an extended strike." . The walkout was ordered by Ryan after the union's enmnri.. mise proposal for a 5-cent hourly wage increase was rejected. Nine companies with a total of 70 ships, many of them now at sea, were affected. AT MEDFORD P. 0: Mcdford postoffice stamp sales last month totaled $10,338.88 as compared with $8,929.85 in Octo ber last year. Postmaster Frank DcSouza announced today. This represents an Increase of $1409.03, or 15.7 per cent. Exceptionally large gains, Mr. DcSouza pointed out, have been made In airmail volume. For the 12 months ended October 31 the record shows 20.633 pounds of airmail as against 18,121 pounds for the 12 months ended Octo ber 31, 1938. This is a gain of 2512 pounds. Gain in airmail has shown an acceleration In the past three months, Mr. De Souza said, citing the volumo of 2338 pounds last month In com parison with 2130 pounds in October, 1938, an increase of 206 pounds. Heppner Sawmill Razed By Blaze Heppner, Ore., Nov. 3. tP) Fire starting at 2 a. m. today destroyed the Heppner Lumber company sawmill but the Hepp ner fire department, using chemicals, and a hundred vol unteers dipping water from the log pond saved the sheds and piled lumber. The loss was put at $25,000, insured. The plant, which emp'oyed 25 men, had a daily capacity of about 50,000. It was believed the machinery could be salvaged and restored to use. PATH PAVED FOR Joint Conference Committee Approves Measure; Presi dent Voices Gratification Washington, Nov. 3. (P) The house completed congres sional action late today on the administration's neut r a 1 1 1 y bill repealing the arms em bargo. The White House an nounced President Roosevelt would sign it into law at noon tomorrow. Washington, Nov. 3. (P) A joint senate-house conference committee approved the adminis tration neutrality bill today, pre paring the way for final congres sional action today or tomorrow. The conference commit tee agreed shortly after Presi dent Roosevelt expressed, to the, press, gratification at the con gressional decision to repeal the embargo against arms sales to belligerents. "I'm very glad that the bill has restored the historic position of neutrality in the United States," Mr. Roosevelt said, au thorizing the direct quotation. Frames Proclamations He announced simultaneously an intention to work today on proclamations necessary to give the new legislation effect when it becomes law by his signature. Only assured final approval by the, senate and, house was neces-, sary' it.-nd the measure to' President Roosevelt. The senate arranged to vota this afternoon. Leaders wers hopeful the house would act Im mediately thereafter, but some declared that chamber might wait until tomorrow. By the Associated Preas There was undisguised delight in Paris and London today over United States congressional ac tion in voting to lift the arms embargo. In Berlin an official spokes man said there would be no Ger man government comment until the embargo actually was off the United States statute books. A semi-official note issued after a French cabinet session at which Premier Daladier was understood to have devoted much of his analysis of the situa tion to the prospects of buying equipment in the United States said the action of congress "is re garded in Paris as an event of great material and moral Import ance." U. S. Arsenal for Allies In London, Supply Minister Leslie Burgin, who is responsible for providing for every material need for the British fighting forces, declared the embargo ac tion transformed the United States into "an arsenal of unlim ited resources" for Britain. He said Britain probably (Continued on Page Pour.) London, Nov. 3 (U.R) Queen Elizabeth, visiting Queen Char lotte's hospital today, spied fortune -telling . machine, bor rowed a penny and inserted it In the slot. The pointer vhirled around and stopped at "happy marriage." Radio Highlights Through cooperation of hundreds of Medford fans and the Elks olub, the Medford high-Eugene- high foot ball game In Eugene tonight will be broadcast play-by-play by radio sta tion KM ED. A leased telephone wire will connect the press box In Eugene with the local station. Russ Acheson, a Mcdford high coach, will give the play-by-play account of the game, which starts at B o'clock. Saturday afternoon, KMTO will broadcast the Oregon State-Southern California game in Portland, it fir ting at a o'clock. By Associated Press (Paclflo standard time) Tonight: Europe W ABC-CBS 5:55, 8: MBS 6, 10:30; WE AT-NBC-East 8. WJZ-NBC 8:30 talk. Sen. Styles Bridges, on "Challenge America;". 7:30 Notre Dame rally. Saturday: Football WABC O B 8 WJZ-NBC 10:18 a. m., Army-Nfctre Dame; WEAF-NBO 11:45 a. m., Ala bsma-Kentucky; MBS 1:15 p. m, Michigan-Illinois. ft
