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The Weather It Pays (law I fled Adi brine "Her and buyer together. .Many timet big transact Ion i running Into thousands of dollars are made as a mm It or a small Ad In this newspaper. It pays to advertise. rnftettled with Intermittent Tribune rains tonight and Thursday, little Chang In temperature. FORD Temperature HlRheU yesterday M Lowest till nmriilng ..... To 5 p. m. yesterday, .07 To 5 a. m. today . 0 Full Associated Frets Full United Pratt Tbirtv-tourtb Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1940. No. 244. MED IF" 1 IS' Lfn Wn Ma . AT AtHE Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. Those people of the Pacific northwest who will become ex cited and steamed up when they learn how the President has cut the budget items for their favorite project, should also re member their blood pressure and also remember a few funda mental political facts. Before congress adjourns the session (it opened today) a large part of the cuts-will be restored and everyone1 will be happy, except the taxpayers. a rB SERVATION of White House tactics and the prac tice of congress enables a reas onably certain forecast. "Ele mentary, my dear Watson," as Sherlock Holmes would say. "Politics." explains disillusioned observers. Here is the picture: President Roosevelt is making a great show of attempting to balance the budget by reducing every estimate submitted (Ad ministrator Faver of Bonneville asked for a payroll of three quarters of a million, the Presi dent lopped off $100,000), some cut 50 per cent. Mr. Roosevelt, being a smart politico, knows that congress will disregard many of his re ductions; will appropriate the full amount of the estimates he trimmed. Then the President can say to hjs critics,, whw point to the deficit of billions, that he attempted to reduce expenses and apply economics, but the congress overrode him. Adroit ly, Mr. Roosevelt passes the buck to congress, blames con gress for frustrating his planned economies. DEFORE the end of this week, " as word flashes from the national capital of projects im periled, there will be telegrams, letters, petitions, phone calls from everywhere. (Not except ing Oregon and Washington.) Boiled down these messages will carry the appeal: "Save our project." Remember this is an election year. Here is about the way con gress will react to the constitu ents: Take the flood-control pro gram. There are many such projects from the Willamette Portland, Jan.' 3. (J1) Klam ath county was first among the counties reporting a total of 171 cases of influenza for the week ending December 30, the state board of health said in a weekly bulletin today. Baker reported 3 cases, Jack son 15, Klamath 62, Lake 7, Lane 2, Umatilla 9. Washington. Jan. 3. Secretary Ickes appointed Lee Muck, Spokane, chairman of the new forest industry conference today. Muck has been director of forests in the interior de partment. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Adelaide Swartz still being in a thrilled state over the meld ing of 1000 aces three times dur ing recent pinochle epic. Harriet Haswell having the distinction of being one of the few first Medfordites to view "Gone With the Wind", she thinking it a mighty fine movie, too. Helga Lund whipping down to the depot in the pouring rain to greet a pal. Vern Rolfe not being a very enthusiastic responder to a golf ing chain letter, (the latest Med ford fad), he answering the mis sive with only one golf ball. haSSTw fine cooperation KLAMATH LEADING IN ,., nriipiic' taiimp INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC CENSUS TAKING Message to Congress Calls for Extension Of Reciprocal Trade Washington, Jan. 3. (IP) President Roosevelt coupled an emphatic plea for national unity In the face of war-born disinte gration abroad today with a recommendation that congress vote new taxes to finance "emergency spending" for a "common sense" national defense. Tint hp said in his annual I message, "the permanent secur ity of America in the present crisis docs not lie in armed force alone." He continued: "What we face is a set of world-wide forces of disintegra-j tion vicious, ruthless, destruc-1 tive of all the moral, religious and political standards which j mankind after centuries of! struggle, has come to cherish." Unity Is Safeguard To this he added that "nation al unity is, in a very real and deep sense, the fundamental safeguard of all democracy." Personally delivering his an nual message before a joint ses sion of the house and senate, the chief executive called for exten sion of the reciprocal trade treaty program already under firo frnm Reoublicans and some Democrats "as an indispensable part of the foundation oi any stable and durable peace." He disclosed that his budget message to be submitted to the now session of congress tomor row would call for reductions in "practically all other important items" except national defense. He asked for special taxes to that extra cost "in the hope that we can continue in these days of, increasing eco nomic prosperity to reduce the federal deficit." And he declared that an answer must be found "in terms nf work and opportunity" for the unemployment problem be cause we have not yet louna a way to employ the surplus of n,,r lahnr which the efficiency of our industrial processes has created. Political Overtone Then in a paragraph which carried political overtones for many of his listeners sensitive to every hint of politics in this presidential election year, Mr. Roosevelt declared that youth especially has problems of un employment which must be solved. "For they, looking to life, are (Continued on Pago Two ) Moore Hamilton, assistant area manager of the Oregon census, announced today that the industrial census taking got underway yesterday here with P. D. McDougal working in the area south of Main street and Mrs. Alice Coppin north of Main street. Mr. Hamilton checked on the work from time to time and he and the two workers reported that fine co operation was received from the persons upon whom they called. Mr. Hamilton plans to leave Thursday for Grants Pass and Roseburg where he will check on the census progress. He ex pects to be in Portland over the week-end. $271,999,523 for Defense Is Requested Immediately Washington, Jan. 3. W) PrAciAnt nnnenvoll ramioetpn I ! congress today to make avail able Immediately $271,999,523 for the current fiscal year "for the proper observance, safe guarding and enforcing of the neutrality of the United States and the strengthening of na- tional defense." In a letter to Speaker Bank I head. Mr. Roosevelt said the appropriations requested would supplement funds previously j made available for the war de partment, the department of i justice and the coast guard, Program In Brief Washington, Jan. 3. (P) Here in brief is the program recommended to congress by President Roosevelt today: 1. Additional taxes to fi nance "emergency" expendi tures for national defense. 2. Extension of the recip rocal trade agreements act 'as an indispensable part of the foundation of any stable and durable peace." 3. Increased a p p r opria tions for national defense but reductions in "practical ly all other important items'" of the federal budget. 4. Continued search for a solution of the unemploy ment problem. 5. Development of a spir it of national unity, in con- press and out BY SENATOR Nl'NARY Washington, Jan. 3. (P) First Republican comment on j President Roosevelt's message to congress today expressed criticism of the reciprocal trade treaty program, continuation of which Mr. Roosevelt strongly advocated. Democratic comment general ly was favorable to the message. Senator McNary, of Oregon, the senate Republican leader, said the president's- "patriotic utterances were commendable, his foreign trade policy fanci ful." On the other hand, Senator Barklcy of Kentucky, the senate Democratic leader, said he thought the message was "sound in principle and excellent in tone." He added: "T ihink rnntfress will be com pelled to provide revenue if de fense needs run above normal." NAVY SECRETARY Washington, Jan. 3. UP) Charles Edison took the oath as secretary of the navy Tues day, with the observation "it is the team that counts and not the man." Edison, former assistant sec retary, was advanced to the cabinet rank Saturday by Presi dent Roosevelt. He was sworn in at the navy department with Mrs. Edison and Secretary of War Woodring by his side. The son of Thomas A. Edi son; the inventor, he succeeds Secretary Claude Swanson, who died last July 7. for the current year ending June 30. For the war department the President asked $119,999,842, of which $18,000,000 would be spent for special field exer cises, $23,443,290 for army transportation, $319,000 for new military buildings in Puerto Rico. $92,800 for new buildings in the Panama Canal Zone. $200,000 for new buildings and equipment at Chanute field. 111., $320,000 for land in Puerto Rico, $300,000 for land at Mc- Chord field, Wash., and $200, 000 for land In the vicinity of Hamilton field, Cal. InnnonriT yreoAPL KUUOLVLU IVILOOHUL PRAISED. CRITICIZED 1 1 1 Roommate Slain After undressing quietly to keep from disturbing her ap parently sleeping roommate, An na Oscilowski (upper), 25, of Philadelphia,., crept.. Into ..bed, then- found her friend, pjtetty Mary Vila (below), 25, dead. Her body, had been mutilated after the was knocked unconscious. then smothered, police said. OR. PASKE'S SAFE In a burglary that apparent ly left no clews, the safe of Dr. C. H. Paske was broken open in his dental offices, 319 Liberty building, sometime between De cember 20 and yesterday morn ing, police revealed today. In the absence of Dr. Paske police did not know whether anything of value was stolen, though it was surmised that whatever gold might have been in the safe was taken. Dr. Paske has been away since December 20. He left a sign on his door saying . he would not be at his office until after New Year's. The transom was left open and it was thought that perhaps the opening gave an en tree to the office. The burglary was discovered yesterday morning by Ken-. ncth J. Thiede, janitor, when he went in to Dr. Paskc's office to deposit mail. Police found that the dial of the safe had been knocked off and the combination tumblers punched out to get into the safe. Nothing inside the safe was disturbed excepting a drawer in which it was thought he dentist kept his gold. Nothing about the offices was apparently disturbed. It was the first safe "job" at tempted in Mcdford in a long time. HELP FOR FINNS Salem, Jan. 3. (IP) Gov Charles A. Sprague. urging Ore gonians to contribute to the Finnish relief fund, said that "not only is Finland a friendly, competently governed republic, but we have in Oregon several thousand persons of Finnish birth or descent whom we re spect rs industrious residents of the state. "Our gifts, therefore, will carry a measure of neighborly sympathy as wel las provide relief for a stricken people." 1 L n i 18 Perish .n Apartment Holocaust Helsinki, Jan. 3. (P) The Finnish high command announc ed today a powerful, Russian in fantry attack on the Karelian isthmus had -been repulsed "with heavy losses." Russian fliers bombed Turku and Hanko today in their con tinuing campaign against Fin nish centers, but it was an nounced officially there were no casualties in Turku and few casualties and little damage in Hanko, Both cities arc in southwest ern Finland. The high command commu nique on yesterday's fighting said the isthmus attack by the Russians occurred yesterday afternoon in the Taipale river zone after heavy artillery pre paration. The defense repulsed the in vaders, it said, with infantry and artillery fire. Widespread successes also were reported in fighting on the eastern front. The communique said Finnish defense units repulsed the Rus sians also north of Kuolamajarvl and defeated a company at Ait tajoki. ' In the central part of the east ern front, at Suomussalmi, the capture of five tanks and two armored cars was reported. L Portland, Ore., Jan. 3. VP) Walter A. Duffy, regional Farm Security administrator, announc ed today the availability of a limited number of loans to fi nance 1940 orchard production in Oregon, Washington and Ida ho. The administrator explained funds would not permit expan sion beyond the 1939 program but efforts would bo made to reach "every grower where a real opportunity for rehabilita tion exists." No loans will exceed $5000 and in Washington they cannot be made on more than 20 acres. Loans will be made to present borrowers whose total produc tion, harvest and packing costs, including indebtedness from pre vlou s loans, do not exceed $7500. The borrower, however, must show progress in rehabili tation. Bank Call Issued By Comptroller Washington, Jan. 3 (IP) The comptroller of the currency is sued a call today for the con dition of all national banks at the close of business Saturday, December 30. Similar condition reports were requested by the federal reserve board and the federal deposit insurance corporation. REPUBLICAN DECLINES JACKSON DAY INVITE Washington, Jan. 3. (IP) Senator Austin (R.-Vt.) declined today an invitation to attend the annual Jackson Day dinner of the Democratic party, Janu ary 8. Austin, Invited In a precedent breaking move, wrote Homer S. Cummings, Jackson Day com mittee chairman, that he would refrain from attending because of his "high regard for the In stitution of party responsibility In the American political sys tem." Jantitn Dividend Portland, Jan. 3. (A') The Jantzcn Knitting Mills, bathing suit and sweater manufacturer!, declared a dividend of $1.25 per share today on the 5 per cent cumulative preferred stock. The dividend Is payable March 1 to ret Olds of February 25, E EXTENDED TIE-UP San Francisco, Jan. 3. (JP) An agreement ending San Fran cisco's long port tie-up was signed this morning and work gangs were notified to begin moving cargo at 1 p. m. Without fanfare, representa tives of the striking C. I. O. ship clerks and employers signed the agreement, and set Friday as the opening date for resumption of contract negotiations. Acceptance of the settlement plan was voted late yesterday by the union members. It pre viously had been approved by employers. The strike has tied up major shipping on the San Francisco waterfront since November 10 when iongshoremen refused to cross the newly-posted picket lines of the clerks union. Under the seven-point settle ment formula, the clerks will drop temporarily their prefer ential hiring demands and re turn to work under the same conditions prevailing when the strike was called, pending achievement of a new work contract. T FATAL EOR YOUTH Richard L. Shclton, 23, Camp South Fork CCC cnrollce, died in a local hospital last night from injuries rcceivedshrdlu r from Injuries suffered In a col lision of two CCC trucks on the Butte Falls road. Shclton was the first Jackson county accident victim to die In the new year. The accident occur red at 6:30 p. m. last Sunday, final day of the old year. The body will be taken back by train tonight to Shelton's home in Aberdeen, Ohio. The youth had been at Camp South Fork since last October. Two investigations of the fa tal accident were under way today and a third appeared probable. Col. Harvey H. Fletcher, Medford CCC district commander, this morning ap pointed a board of officers to conduct a hearing into Shelton's death and another CCC board was already investigating cir cumstances of the accident which happened In a heavy fog. Coroner Frank Perl said he had conferred with District Attorney Frank J. Newman and that a coroner's inquest or hear ing was pending. The two CCC trucks side swiped as they were traveling in opposite directions. One was coming to Medford with 17 men aboard and the other was going from a side camp to Camp South Fork with three men in it. Six of the cnrollccs were hurt. The other cnrollce hospitalized, Joe Martin, 21, was discharged from the hos pital and taken back to camp yesterday. He suffered a broken nose. Shclton sustained internal in juries, broken ribs and a frac lured jaw. SOCE LOSES 5W7 Eureka, Calif., Jan. 3. (IP) Field goals by Forward Bill Lee and Center Haven Howatt In the last two minutes gave Hum boldt State college quintet a 50-47 victory over Southern Oregon College of Education last night. It was the second game of a two-game scries. Oregon won Monday night, 59-41. Hitler's Admirer Reaches England Aboard Stretcher Folkestone, Eng., Jan. 3. Unity Valkyrie Free-man-Mitford came home to English shores on a stretcher today, ending a curious war time journey from enemy Germany, but her troubles were not at an end. An ambulance taking her from the Folkestone docks to home in High Wycombe, Bucks., broke down ten miles from Folkestone. So the ail ing blonde and her family re turned to Folkestone for the night. CITY DEPARTMENT AT COUNCIL MEET Three annual reports for the calendar year 1939 were read and filed at last night's regular semi-monthly meeting of the city council. The fire department's report, submitted by Chief Roy Elliott showed that the total fire loss for the year was $43,781.99, equal to $3.64 per capita. This compared with $2,375.45 or 19 cents per capita In 1938, record low ycari The 1939 loss 'was caused principally by one fire, the blaze at the Medford Ice & Storage company on South Fir street early last summer. Esti mates placed the damage at close to $40,000. It will bo re called that there was a pipe line explosion which Ignited ammonia fumes and immediate ly enveloped a unit of the large plant in flames. 165 Fire Alarms. During the year the fire de partment responded to 165 alarms, Chief Elliott's report showed. The fires were listed in 34 different classifications. Leading in number at 43 were flue fires, a third less than in 1938. There were 17 residence and 14 auto fires. Estimated value of the prop erty involved in the fires was given as $1,700,069 on which there was insurance of $1,404, 214.60. Acting Mayor H. S. Deuel commented that citizens here were fire-lnsurance-mlnd-ed and said the high ratio of insurance was Interesting. The report disclosed that Chief Elliott made 305 personal inspections of buildings during the yea r, accomplished the elimination of nine fire haz ards, inspected all the schools and attended fire drills at each one. 421 Court Cases. Annual report of City Judge Allen D. Curry showed that 421 cases were handled In 1939, 89 fewer than in 1938. Cases of drunkenness led all others by a wide margin at 197. (Continued on Pag Five.) JAMES OJIILL, FIREMAN, PASSES James O. McNeill, 35, city fireman, died in a local hospital this afternoon. He had been ill since Christmas and was re moved to the hospital yesterday. He resided at 207 North Peach street with his wife and their two small sons. Dr. Warren Hunter, patholo gist of the University of Oregon medical school was to come to Medford tonight by plane or tomorrow morning by train to perform a routine post mortem examination to determine the exact cause of death. Mr. McNeill was severely gassed by ammonia fumes while fighting the fire at the Medford Ice St Storage company plant on South Fir street last July 1. He was hospitalized at the time. He had been with the fire department ' since April, 1935. BY OF MORNING FIRE Fcjur Leap to Death From Third Story; Intense Cold Hampers Fire Fighters. Minneapolis, Jan. 3. (IP) At least 18 and possibly 20 persons lost their lives today when an early morning fire ravaged the Marlborough apartment hotel. One victim, identified as Mrs. Mabel Brown, 34, died In Gen eral hospital of a fractured skull. She had jumped from a third floor window with her husband, who was in poor con dition. Three victims had been iden tified as Otto Franke, about 25; his sister 16, and his mother, about 50. The only other body identi fied even tentatively was that of Florence Hesse, 30, who Jumped to her death out of a third floor window. Search for Bodies Firemen, who fought the blaze in sub-zero weather, were still searching for bodies four hours after the alarm was sounded., . ' . .. Four of the victims were killed as they jumped from top windows in the three-story brick building. Others were trapped In blazing hallways, or dropped to their deaths when the floors burned through and fell. The number of injured was tentatively set at upwards of 25. No one knew how the fire started. Some residents said they were awakened shortly be fore 6 a. m., by the sound of an explosion, but its source was not immediately discovered. Most of the occupants awoke to find the 85-apartment build ing already an inferno, smoke and flames blocking halls and stairways. Bias Spreads Fast How the blaze spread so rapidly through the 45-year-old structure puzzled firemen as they poked about through the wreckage In search of more bodies. The building is In three sec-, tions, and firemen said the fire appeared to start simultaneous ly in all three. A caretaker said 100 to 125 persons lived In the building. Two firemen were injured, one suffering a possible broken back when he fell through the roof, the other suffering unde termined injuries. One woman, hysterical from fright, was seriously Injured when she writhed out of a fire man's grasp as he carried her down an ice-coated ladder from the third floor. T SELLS STORE INTEREST William Barker announced to day his purchase of the Interest of Frank Relnhart In the firm 1 of Relnhart St Barker, men's clothing store, located in the Fluhrer building. Mr. Barker has assumed complete charge of the store, with jack Barr and Bud Fuhrman as members of the staff. The general business policies which have made Relnhart St Barker's store one of southern Oregon's leading concerns, fea turing men's clothing and ac cessories, will be continued un der William Barker's manage ment, It was announced. The firm will be known as "Bar ker's." Frank Rcinhart, former mem ber of the firm, has not an nounced his future plans, but It is understood that he will con tinue to reside in this city. He is member of the city council and the Mcdiort Rotary club.
