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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1940.
No. 244.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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,
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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.