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Thirty-fourth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1939.
No. 206.
OPPOSED
Al Capone Freed From Prison
To Last Reward
DEATH COMES TO
. AT ITHE
Washington, D. C, Nov. 18
Under the blankets yet is a
plan to ask congress to author
ize the secretary of agriculture
to issue a half-billion dollars of
securities to finance tenants,
share-croppers and farm labor
ers in purchasing farms under
' the Bankhead-Jones act. This
act is now entering its third
year and congress has author
ized a continuing appropriation
of $50,000,000 a year for a long
time in the future.
The half-billion of securities
iis to speed-up the farm-owning
'program. Other federal agencies
issuing obligations are appre
hensive that if the proposed
plan is approved by congress
their own securities will be a
drug on the market.
Skepticism is expressed by
many practical farmers and soil
experts as to the ultimate suc
cess of this government venture
- in paternalism and prediction
is made that eventually the gov
ernment will have to take back
the land when the tenants,
sharecroppers and farm labor
ers are unable to keep up the
payments. At least, such is the
view coming from the Pacific
Northwest states.
Tied in with the criticism of
the resettlement program is the
policy of Farm Security Ad
ministration's establishment of
ramps for migratory labor in
Oregon, Washington, California
i ana a tew otner stales.
...
"THERE is a farm security, or
resetlement, project in Yam
hill and adjacent counties in
Oregon. One hundred and five
farms constitute the project and
the average cost for land and
improvements is in the vicinity
of $10,000, making the total out
lay by the government of about
$1,050,000.
Farmers placed on these
acres are given 40 years to pay
with 3 percent charged as in
terest. Of the 105 settlers, two
are said to be "making a go of
it" raising poultry.
...
"THERE is no authority under
law for construction of the
camps for migratory labor, but
FSA has proceeded on the the
ory that something must be done
for these underprivileged no
mads on the Pacific coast.
There are no such camps in
f the east, but Oklahoma and
Texas have been given camps
because of the wandering labor
engaged in picking cotton, and
California, Oregon and Wash
ington on account of the crops
of apples, pears, prunes, hops
and sugar beets. The house com
mittee saw the humaYiitarian as
pert and made no censure.
While for years there has been
a flow of migratory labor drift
ing up and down the Pacific
Coast, following the various
crops, their numbers did not
become important until refugees
from the "dust bowl" began
swarming into the three west
coast states. Thousands managed
to reach Oregon and Washing
ton, particularly from the Da
kotas, other thousands went to
California. Now they have be
come a problem.
(Continued on Page Bigot,
'RELIEF CAREERS'
Orcpon City, Nov. 18. UP)
"Relief career men" and relief
pressure groups were flayed by
Governor Sprague last night in
a speech at a council of Clacka
mas cities meeting.
The Clackamas county relief
problem, the governor declared,
was one of the most difficult
in the state to administer "be
cause of relief organizations and
pressure groups, usually found
only in the more metropolitan
centers, whose chief objective is
to raise a lot of hell."
He praised the county's wel
fare board for "refusing to be
stavipcd'd '.'V those chiseling re
lief raciii '.ccrs. who moke a
career out of the dole."
HITS NORTH SEA
MINE, J40PERISH
Germany Denies Blame for
Tragedy British Charge
'Nazi Gangster Methods'.
Berlin, Nov. 18. (IP) Au
thoritative sources, commenting
tonight on the sinking of the
Netherlands liner Simon Bolivar
In the North Sea, said "a Ger
man mine could not have been
responsible."
They declined further com
ment. London, Nov. 18. iff) The
Netherlands passenger liner Si
mon Bolivar sunk in the North
Sea with a possible loss of 140
lives today after striking a mine
which the British Admiralty
charged the Germans had laid
without notifying neutral ship
ping. I
The 8,309-ton vessel carried;
400 persons, including women
and children. A total of 260 sur-,
vivors, of whom 140 were said
to be crewmen, were landed at
an unnamed British port.
Many of the rescued were re
ported "badly injured."
Official sources here ex
pressed fear that all those miss
ing were dead.
Aside from British naval
losses, it was the worst sea dis
aster of Europe's current war.
The heaviest loss to a non
fighting ship previously was in
the smking of the British liner
Athenia, northwest of Ireland
Sept. 3 the day Britain and
France declared war on Ger
many. The Athenia's loss was re
ported at 112 persons.
Two other ships, their names
and nationalities undisclosed,
were damaged by mines near
the spot where the Simon Boli
var sank. Both made port.
British trawlers picked up
the Simon Bolivar's survivors
who included some British,
many Netherlands and other na
tionalities. Those able to travel
were brought to London.
Stewart J. H. Wristers de
clared the ship was about 20
miles off the English coast
when a "terrific explosion"
shook her.
"The master, Capt. Voorspuiy,
was killed on the bridge," Wris
ters said.
"It seemed as If the explosion
was right under him. All oil
pipes burst and people in the
cabins were smothered."
The ship was listing sharply,
he added, and some of the life
boats could not bo lowered prop
erly. The steward said a second ex
plosion, apparently another
mine, came within fifteen min
utes of the first.
"I saw about 80 people in the
water and the sea was covered
with oil," he related.
The admiralty charged the
Germans laid the mine in the
channel followed by merchant
ships without notice to neu
trals and added that "there is
no doubt that they were laid
for the specific purpose of des
troying such shipping.
The statement added that the
mishap to the Simon Bolivar
"is a further example of the ut
ter disregard of International
law and dictates of humanity
shown by the German govern
ment". Among the survivors hospital
ized tonight was a 11-month-old
baby and a little boy who con
tinuously called "where is my
daddy?"
The British Sunday morning
press with one voice attributed
the sinking to "Nazi gangster
methods" and described it as
"another ruthless blow at peace
ful shipping."
(The last listing of the Simon
Bolivar in the New York mari
time register showed the vessel
sailed Oct. 17 from Barbados.
West Indies for Amsterdam.)
Anti-Trust Victory
Washington, Nov. 18. UP)
The justice department claimed
a "major anti-trust victory" to
day in announcing approval of a
court order for disposition of
$28,000,000 worth of shares of
capital stock of Libby- McNeill
& Libby, owned by Switf S:
Company.
In j 5 iri ;
Al Capone, prohibition era gangland czar of Chicago, is
shown as he left a train at Harrisburg. Pa., en route to Lewis
burg. Pa., where he was freed by the United States govern
ment after spending seven years in prison. For a time he was
in Alcatraz, and later at Terminal Island prison, Los Angeles.
From Lewisburg he was taken to Baltimore by relatives. He
entered the Union Memorial there for observation and treat,
ment. Shown with Capone (left) is a federal officer (center!,
and Frank Smith, a reporter. Picture made by Chicago Daily
Times photographer.
REAL PROSPERITY
TOUCHIS FALL
Briskest Retail Trade in a
Decade Noted Industry
Perked By War Trade.
New York, Nov. 18. UP)
Business is seasoning the na
tion's Thanksgiving this year
with touches of old-fashioned
prosperity.
Payrolls and dividend checks
have fattened on the best au
tumn pickings industry has seen
in a decade.
Merchants from coast to coast
are preparing for a big Christ
mas shopping season. Many are
counting on the extra week
from an earlier Thanksgiving
date to join with the business
upswing in producing the brisk
est retail trade in a decade.
The trend was still moving
forward this week, although at
a slower pace than in October.
The Associated Press index
of industrial activity touched
the highest figure in 10 years,
surpassed the 1937 recovery top.
It has risen 17 out of the past
18 weeks in one of the fastest
marches in the country's eco
nomic history. I
Prosperity, it seems, makes
the trimmings rather than the
whole turkey in the 1939 menu.
War-stimulated industry, more
over, has produced considerable
skepticism in business circles as
to the duration of the feast.
Recent estimates place unem
ployment between 8,000,000 and
9,000,000, although lately some
complaints have been heard of
skilled Ubor shortages in cer
tain machine-making lines.
KILLED IN CRASH
Bend, Ore., Nov.
18. UP)
Gale D. Richardson,
19, of
flranfs Pace wbc Inatuntlv killnrl
about 5 p. m. today when a car'
driven by Jerry Runey, Eugene. '
nhinoorf nff !h marl intn a rnek.
pile on the McKcnzie Pass high-
way near Sisters.
Runey and a third occupant i suicide Thursday in his jail cell
were uninjured. Runey told here, was removed by ambu
state police he gave Richardson ! lance late today to the state
a ride. He said the steering gear: penal farm at Angola to start
jammed and he was unable to , serving a prison term for for
control the car. ' gery
WITH Ml HAND
Martial Law in Prague
People Urged To Obey
Three More Executed.
Prague, Nov. 18. UP) Nazi
Germany used the firing squad
again today and then added mar
tial law to its stern measures to
stamp out anti-German moves
in the protectorate of Bohemia
Moravia. The execution of three more
persons, two policemen and an
unidentified Czech, brought to
12 the number shot to death
in 48 hours. Nine students were
executed yesterday.
Martial law, established in
Greater Prague, Prague-Land,
Kladno, Beraun and Horchow
itz, did not affect German citi
zens. All these districts are near
Prague, Kladno to the West, Be
raun to the southwest and Hor
chowitz to the northeast.
Simultaneous with the estab
lishment of martial law, Presi
dent Emil Hacha broadcast a
warning, that "any further sacri
ficc for the Czech nation serves
no purpose."
Hacha declared that demon
strations would be suppressed
by the "public might" of the
German and Czech governments
and urged the people of the pro
tectorate to "obey with all disci
pline the appeal which I and
the government direct to you.'
Prague appeared calm out
wardly, but reaction to the exe
cutions of the alleged ringlcad
ers in the anti-German acts, and
the closing of Prague academies
and universities for three years
was reported to have spread to
other sections of the protector
ate.
It apparently was for this
reason that martial law was in
troduced in the five areas.
Incidents similar to those In
Prague, were reported to have
occurred In Bruenn (Brno) the
j protectorate's second largest
city.
Prexy To Prison
Baton Rouge. La., Nov. 18.
('P Dr. James Monroe Smith
former president of Louisiana;
state university who attempted
TO SPENDING EOR
E
Money Needed For Relief
Nebraska Solon Holds
Sees Tax Increase.
Washington. Nov. 18 (IP)
Senator Norris (Ind.-Ncb.), who
usually supports administration
legislation, said today that he
would oppose increased defense
appropriations at the next ses
sion of congress because he be
lieved the money could be spent
more wisely for relief of unem
ployment and agricultural dis
tress. Voicing the opinion that en
actment of the present neutrali
ty statute had minimized the
chances that this country would
become involved in the Euro
pean war, the veteran Nebraska
legislator said he thought con
gress should give its attention
primarily to domestic problems.
"If we didn't have any other
troubles," Norris told reporters,
"I wouldn't feel so strongly
against spending large sums for
the army and navy. But we can't
stop the expenditures for the re
lief of unemployment and ogri
cultural distress."
Reports as to the amount that
congress may be asked to ap
proprlate for national defense
have been highly conflicting.
Some well-informed legisla
tors said they understood that
requests for the army might to
tal $1,700,000,000 and those for
the navy $1,300,000,000, but de
partmental experts have pro
tested that these figures were
too high. .
In an interview today, Secre
tary of War Woodring indicated
that the war department's an
nual budget would exceed $700,
000,000 compared to this year's
figure of approximately $450,
000,000. Without mentioning any spe
cific figure, Woodring said that
the departments objective was
"perfect army" of moderate
size and "real striking force".
President Roosevelt has indi
cated that funds would be asked
to recruit, equip and train "an
initial protective force of some
600,000 regulars and guardsmen,
involving an increase of about
138,000 men beyond the exist
ing authorized strength of the
land forces.
Norris said he felt that de
fense construction work offered
no solution to the problem of
providing lobs for the unem
ployed.
Even if Congress pares down
defense expenditures. Norris
predicted that it might find it
necessary to increase taxes to
find needed funds.
"I think congress should in
crease the taxes of everybody
who makes more than $5,000 a
year and get money enough to
Daiance expenditures with in
come," he said.
Northern California: Fair
Sunday; local morning fogs on
the coast; no change in tempera
ture; light northwest wind off
coast.
Oregon: Partly cloudy east
and overcast west portion Sun
day: light intermittent rains
northwest portion; little change
in temperature: gentle southerly
wind off coast. ,
Outlook far western states:
Nov. 20-25 inclusive: generally
fair weather and normal tem
perature except frequent rains
west of the Cascade mountains.
PRESIDENT'S TALK
AT
New York, Nov. 18. UP)
Three networks, CBS, NBC and
MBS, will relay the address of
President Roosevelt at the lay
Ing of the cornerstone of the
Roosevelt Memorial library nt the villuge of Martigny to a
Hyde Park, N. Y., at 12 noon depth of 45 feet. The popula
(PST) Sunday. ' lion escaped.
TO
13-9
Missouri Wins Big Six Title
Tennessee Keeps On
Winning Other Scores.
New York, Nov. 18. Ok
lahoma's Sooners and the Tar
heels of North Carolina bounced
out of football's dwindling un
defeated class today, but the
headlines belonged to Iowa's
sensational Hawkeyes.
Paced as usual by the great
Nile Klnnick, Iowa spotted Min
nesota a 9-0 lead and then ral
lied to whip the Gophers. 13-6,
before a crowd of 50,000 at
Iowa City. Kinnick, completing
his sixth successive game with
out relief, passed for both Hawk
eye touchdowns.
Oklahoma suffered its first
regular season defeat in two
years as Missouri's Tigers
squeezed through to a 7-6 vie
tory and virtually clinched the
Big Six crown. Ronald King,
a sub back for the Tigers, stole
the show from his more famous
team-mate, Paul Christnian, as
well as from Oklahoma's Beryl
Clark.
North Carolina was decisively
outplayed by Duke's Blue Dov
lis, whose second-half drive
buried the Tarheels under a 13 3
score.
There was no stopping such
other unbeaten arrays, however,
as Tennesee, Tulane, Cornell
and Texas A. and M. as well as
oncc-beatcn Ohio State, Notre
Dame, Holy Cross, Nebraska
and Princeton.
Tennessee, top-ranking team
In the Associated Press poll or
several weeks, whipped Vandcr
bllt, 13-0, but had to make one
early goal-line stand to main
tain intact Its unscored-upon
record. Tulane pushed Columbia
around almost at will to win,
25-0, while Nebraska chalked up
another intcrsectional victory a.
the east 3 expense, beating Pitt
in a great duel, 14-13.
(Continued on Paga rwo )
GOVERNOR LAUDS
EDUCAT
Corvallls, Ore., Nov. 18. UP)
The unified administration of
Oregon's system of higher edu
cation has proven successful,
Governor Charles A. Sprague
told Oregon State college alumni
at a home-coming' banquet to
night. "There is a better feeling be
tween the units of the system
and certainly higher respect for
the schools than formerly," he
said.
He called upon the state board
of higher education to apply
"real educational statesman
ship" in bringing about changes
that may be needed in the fut
lire to meet new conditions.
He credited the Morrill act,
which created land grants for
colleges, with making possible
the democratizing of education
and bringing high schools and
colleges within the financial
grasp of many more students.
E
AT A THIRD TERIi
Portland, Nov. 18. (.'P)
Charles E. Baird, Baker, was
elected president last night of
the Association of Oregon Conn
ties. Others elected Included
Guy Boylngton. Clatsop, vice
president, and Roy S. Melson.
Marion, secretary-treasurer.
Earl B. Day, Medford declined
a third term as vice-president.
Mud Avalan-h-j
Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 18
(!'; An avalanche of mud and
"tones caused by rains roared
aown e o.uuu-iooi slopes oi
Mount unavaiara tociay covering
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Delroy Getchell
IN OREGON' DEAD
Portland, Ore., Nov. 18. (P)
Bishop Wallace E. Brown, ill
with a heart disease the past
two days, died today, less than
two weeks after arriving to take
charge of the Methodist church
in Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Alaska. He was 71.-
He came here from Chatan-
ooga, Tenn., November 7.
Death came a few minutes
after he was stricken with a
heart attack following break
fast in a hotel dining room. At
his bedside were Mrs. Brown
and Dr. William Wallace Young-
son, Portland area director of
world service for the Methodist
church.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. Monday at First Meth
odist church and burial will be
at Syracuse, N. Y.
Bishop Brown was the suc
cessor here to Bishop Titus
Lowe, transferred to Indian
apolis.
He was a member of the
Methodist general conference
from 1012 to 1916 and from
1920 to 1924. He also was a
delegate to the 1921 ecumenical
conference in London.
FOUNDER PASSES
Baltimore, Nov. 18. IP)
Isaac Fuld, 74, the ouija board
man, died tonight.
With his brother, William,
Fuld held the original patent
on the little "talking boards"
which swept this country and
foreign nations as one of the
strangest fads on record. In the
early 1920's, when the craze put
pressure on the Fuld factories
here, William once said:
"The ouija told mo to 'pre
pare for big business' and on
that advice I called in architects
and planned a factory of much
greater capacity."
No figures were available to
show how many of the boards
Improved and streamlined
from time to time were ship
ped out of the factories, but esti
mates ran into the millions.
ON 10-HOUR DAY
Berlin, Nov. 18. UP) Nazi
Germany increased the laborer's
working day in essential Indus
tries today from eight to ten
hours.
Robert Ley, leader of the Nazi
labor front, announced the long
er working day and said that
pay for the ninth and tenth
hours, although at the same rate
as for the first eight, would be
tax free.
Women will not be asked to
work nights and an extra pay
rate will be established for night
and holiday work.
Liner to Braill.
New York. Nov. IB. UP) -
The Moore - McCormlck liner
Scanyork was turned over to the
Brazilian government today
the first of 14 ships the com
pany recently sold to the South
American republic lor $3,-
500,000
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DELROY GETCHELL,
Varied Career Of Local
Resident Closed Resi
dent Here For 30 Years.
The Farmers and Fruitgrow
ers Bank will be closed all day
Monday in respect to the mem
ory of Delroy Getchell, presi
dent of the institution.
Death early Saturday morning
closed the long and active career
of Delroy Getchell, president of
the Farmers and Fruitgrowers
bank since 1912, and one of
Mcdford's best known and most
public spirited citizens. Mr.
Getchell succumbed to pneu
monia after only a few days'
illness.
He was born October 27,
1861, In Galion, Ohio, the son
of Edwin and Mary Ellen
(Smith) Getchell. His mother
died when he was four years
old. At the age of 13, while
away at school, he learned his
father had suffered financial re
verses and young Getchell in
sisted upon returning home and
going to work to help his father
recoup his fortune.
Was Newspaper Man
Mr. Getchell first engaged In
the newspaper business in Cin
cinnati, Ohio, training himself
through extensive reading for
journalistic career. At the aga
of 20 he was president of the
Minneapolis Typographical . un
ion, and for distinguished serv
ice to this organization was pre
sented, upon retirement from of
fice, with a gold-headed can
inscribed "Sans Luche, Sans
Peur et Sans Reproche."
His newspaper experience In
cluded service as reporter and
associate editor of the St. Paul
Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tri
bune and Minneapolis Journal.
Eye trouble, resulting from sev
eral hours in the icy waters of
a Minnesota lake when a launch
capsized, forced abandonment of
his newspaper career.
Next, becoming interested ia
lumbering, he engaged In thai
wholesale branch of that indus
try for about two years, devel
oping a remarkable faculty for
judging land values. This abil
ity brought opportunity to enter
the banking business in Minna-
(Continued on Pane fweivai
Portland, Ore., Nov. 18. UP)
An explosion in a small oil
refinery tonight blew John P.
Feldman, 59, solitary attendant,
through a sheot metal wall and
converted him into a human
torch.
Deputy Sheriff George Min-
icily said Feldman was so se
verely burned his recovery was
doubtful.
Feldman, after being blasted
through the wall, fumbled for
a rainbarrel and dived in. Ai
he climbed out his clothing ig
nited again and residents of the
district found him rolling in the
grass trying to extinguish the
flames.
Minielly said Feldman had
been distilling crankcase drain-
ings when a 50-gallon drum of
oil exploded, igniting eight
others.
Rancher Held
Roseburg, Ore., Nov. 18. UP)
Henry Denley, rancher residing
east of Sutherlin, was in custody
here today on a charge of grand
larceny.
CCC's Rewarded
Roseburg, Orlo., Nov. 18. (P)
One hundred and twenty-five
CCC enrollces at Steamboat
CCC camp were rewarded today
for their work on the North
Umpqua road with trip to
Diamond and Crater lakes.
FiryDath
Shabonna, 111., Nov. 18. OP)
Two Wheaton college divinity
students, one of them the ion
of a World war flier, burned to
death today in the crash of an
airplane whose owner was rid
ing as a passenger.