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Thirty-fourth Year
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Washington, D. C, Jan. 11
First battle of the administra
tion this session to induce con
gress to approve a major policy
of the new deal has commenced
with Cordell Hull, secretary of
state, presenting arguments
why the reciprocal trade act
(it expires Ju.e 12), should be
extended for three more years.
Before the hearings end in the
house and are transferred to
the senate, every representa
tiv and senator of the Pacific
Northwest will have plenty to
say against the extension.
" The extent to which treaties
already made and others in
negotiation, affect Oregon and
Washington is rather remark
able. The man in the street
is paying small attention to
the current struggle over this
issue in congress, but the pro
ducers who recognize how it
is impairing their income are
clamoring for information. In
dividuals and groups are so
worried over trade agreements
that many have come to the
national capitol from time to
time to lay their troubles be
fore the state department and
members of the delegations.
POR instance, Alton Hurley,
,Salem, Ore., came to pro
tect the Oregon turkey indus
try (Oregon stands fifth in tur
key production), from threat
ened competition from Latin
America. R. R. Reter of Med
ford, Ore., came with a group
to save the pear and apple
growers of Hood River valley
and Rogue River valley, from
similar fruits scheduled to be
let in from South America. R.
A. Ward, of the Pacific 'Wool-
Growers Association, came to
show what the depreciation of
the pound sterling has been
doing to the wool market. The
Oregon State Horticultural So
ciety, meeting at Hood River,
submitted to the state depart
ment (copies to the Oregon
senators), resolutions opposing
the trade agreements, citing
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D0HERTY FORTUNE
IS LEFT TD
New York, Jan. 11. (IP)
Henry L. Doherty's great for
tune, composed mostly of cities
service securities and Florida
real estate, has been bequeath
ed in its entirety to his widow,
who before their marriage 11
years ago had nursed him
through a critical illness.
The will of the 69-year old
utilities magnate, who died De
cember 26 in Philadelphia, was
filed for probate today. It was
brief and the only beneficiary
listed was Mrs. Grace Doherty,
the widow.
First Passenger
Rides K. F. Airway
Portland, Jan. 11. (IP)
Former Mayor J. R. Roberts of
Redmond went into state avia
tion records today as the first
airline passenger out of central
Oregon.
He came to Portland yester
day on the Oregon Airway's
trial trip from Klamath Falls
launching the central Oregon
route.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
John T. Eads showing no
intention of slowing down on
his 90th birthday.
Rosalie Leslie being so very
very absorbed in the fashion
ing together of a pert blue
afghan.
Jim (Ned Sparks) Garvin dig-
appointed because swarms of
friends neglected to offer con
Bratulations on his new mem
bership in the Active club.
Doc Walt Hoppe taking up
accordion lessons to satisfy his
craving for the finer things of
life but admitting that it has
always been his desire really
to beat the daylights out of a
xylophone.
DEFENSE OUTLAY
IS DEFENDED AS
Rep. Woodrum Criticizes
Those Who See F. R.
Request As War Step
Washington, Jan. 11. (IP)
The house was asked today to
approve President Roosevelt's
request for $267,000,000 for
emergency defense outlays as a
peace program not a war pro
gram."
Representative Woodrum (D.,
Va.), house appropriations com
mitteeman, made the statement
as debate opened on legislation
to appropriate that sum. He
criticized those persons who
claimed the new funds meant
that the United States was
about to go to war or about
to be attacked.
"Some say, who are we go
ing to ' fight who's getting
ready to jump on us, Woodrum
remarked. "The same reasoning
applies to the question of why
have any army at all.
Anything Can Happen
"If there's one thing that
America has learned it is that
anything can happen anywhere,
Let us not say that it can't hap
pen here'. America is not getting
ready to make war on anybody.
We're preparing for peace. This
is not a war program, it's a
peace program, and America
has always stood for peace."
Woodrum began his remarks
by pledging "100 per cent" co
operation with President Roose
velt's expressed hope of trying
to reduce next year's deficit
and to keep from going above
the statutory $45,000,000,000
federal debt limit.
Congress apparently had sty
mied itself on the anti-lynching
bill and an independent budget
ary ' survey as a house move
gained momentum to keep 1941
expenditures within President
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FELT IN MEDFORD
High pressure areas over the
Pacific ocean and in the Idaho
Utah region sent cold air cur
rents in motion today and put
a slight chill on the balmy
weather Medford has been en
joying since last Sunday. It was
still, however, far from cold
here and the weather bureau
said there would not be much
change in temperature.
The mercury early this af
ternoon stood at 43 degrees as
against 50 at the same time
yesterday. Yesterday's maxi
mum of 52 degrees was only
seven degrees below the maxi
mum in Los Angeles, heart of
southern California's famous
sunshine belt.
HOT CLUE FOUND
Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 11.
(IP) A "metal object" which
might lead to the arrest of the
slayer who bludgeoned Mrs. Dick
Law, CIO leader's wife, to death
Friday night, was found today
by Aberdeen police, Chief Geo.
Dean said here at noon.
Without describing It in detail,
Dean said the object might have
been the murder weapon, and
added that it was "a very im
portant bearing on the case." He
did hot say where it was found.
RIOT OVER ICE PRICE
Buenos Aires, Jan. 11. IP)
A riot at an ice plant marked
the fifth day of one of the Ar-
j gentine capital's longest heat
waves today, but police declined
to make any arrests. They ex
cused the combatant's actions as
being a result of the "sun spots"
which are blamed for the heat.
More than a score of citizens
stormed the plant in pnptcst
against the raising of the price
of 50 pounds of ice from 20
cents to $1.25. Many
needed
first aid treatment after the
fight. ,
Roy Gardner Ends Notorious
Career by Suicide in Hotel
San Francisco, Jan. 11. (P) The notorious career of
mail robber Roy Gardner, who boasted that he could escape
from the law, was closed in suicide today because he could
not escape from the stigma of "ex-convict" after nearly 20
years in prison.
Fashioning a lethal chamber
in the bathroom of his hotel
quarters here, Gardner, about
56, breathed deadly fumes
which he created last night
with chemicals, and died quick
ly, "old and tired" but bearing
"no malice toward any human
being."
Since his release from Leav
enworth federal penitentiary in
June, 1938, he had tried to re
build his life in the world out
side bars, trying the motion
pictures business, writing and
lecturing.
Can't Come Back
"All men who have to serve
more than five years in prison
are doomed," he said in a note,
"but they don't realize it. They
kid themselves into the belief
that they can 'come back,' but
they can't. There is a barrier
between the ex-convict and so
ciety that cannot be leveled."
Gardner, whose final capture
in Arizona came about because
he refused to shoot at his cap
tor he never fired a shot in
a long series of robberies was
solicitous to the last.
On the door of the bathroom,
he posted a note which said
"do not open this door. Poison
gas. Call the police.
Always Played Ball"
Gardner's note, addressed to
newsmen, asked that they "let
me down as light as possible,"
because "I have always played
ball with you all the way, and
now you should pitch me a
slow one and let me hit it."
The ex-convict, whose crim
inal career began with an $80,
000 mail robbery in San Diego
in April, 1920, said he would
have "checked out" then had
he known what the future held
"and saved my loved ones the
disgrace and shame that they
have had -to endure these many
years."
He added that every convict
on forbidding Alcatraz island,
where he served about five
years, "would be better off if
they would jump in the bay
and start swimming for China."
Gardner appended a request
to newspapermen that they not
bring the name of his married
daughter into the story of his
death "because her in-laws do
not know she is my daughter."
His wife, who separated from
him for 15 years by his prison
sentences, obtained an annul
ment of their marriage in 1936,
and later married again, said
"I regret this very much" when
informed of Gardner's death at
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Springfield, 111., Jan. 11. lP)
Gov. Henry Horner an
nounced today he would sign a
requisition for the extradition
from California of William
Eioff, west coast labor leader,
to finish serving a jail term im
posed in Jf'Tt.
Bioff was sentenced to six
months for pandering, but
served only a few days.
Bioff, 41, now Hollywood rep
resentative of the International
Alliance of Theatrical State Em
ployes and Moving Picture Ma
chine Operators, was Indicted
by a federal grand jury yester
day on income tax evasion
charges at Los Angeles.
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Helsinki, Jan. 11
Smashing of Russian attacks on
the Salla and Petsamo sectors
was reported in the Finnish
army's dall; communique to
day. Salla is on Finland's eastern
front and Petsamo on the ex
treme northern corridor to the
Arctic Sea. The Russians were
thrown back, it was said, after
an attack for which they had
prepared by artillery fire.
These we're the only develop
ments reported in the com
munique. 281 New Flu Cases
Portland, Jan. 11. lP) The
: state health department said
i Oregon physicians reported 281
. new cases of influenza for the
J week ending January S.
MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940.
Roy Gardner (above) shortly
before his Incarceration in At
lanta penitentiary for mail rob
bery. HID IN EAGLE PT.
Roy Gardner made a person
al appearance on the stage of
the Rialto theater here and
gave a lecture on "Crime
Doesn't Pay" on October 9,
1938. A feature film especially
booked for the Gardner ap
pearance was "King of Alca
traz."
..-A few days pfior-to his Ri
alto engagement, Gardner ar
rived here and was interviewed
by the Mail Tribune, the story
being published October 6. He
was then en route to Grants
Pass and Roseburg to fill thea
ter engagements.
Visit Recalled '
It was Gardner's first vlsii
to Medford in 17 years, he re
called. His previous visit was
in September, 1921 when he
was a fugitive from McNeil
island penitentiary. At that
time he holed up in an Eagle
Point boarding house until bul
let wounds in both legs, re
ceived during his escape,
healed. Once during his stay at
Eagle Point he came to Med
ford to have his hair cut and
in the barber shop heard pa
trons discussing his escape and
relating what they would do
if they could get their hands
on him.
It was wjiile Gardner was
here for his Rialto appearance
in 1938 that he wrote the let
ter to a newspaper woman in
Lodi, Cal., that subsequently
led to his arrest on a charge
of sending obscene matter
through the mails. 'It was
brought out that he had en
tered into an agreement with
the woman to write a story of
his life and arguments ensued
which led to the writing of the
abusive letter. The charge was
later quashed.
Postmaster Frank DcSouza
recalled today that he resided
in Phoenix, Ariz., when Gard
ner was caught there in an at
tempt to rob a mail car on
November 15, 1921. The mail
clerk attacked Gardner and
overpowered him. It was then
discovered that Gardner's pis
tol was made of wood. The
train robber always boasted
that he never physically In
jured anyone in any of his
crimes.
TO
Palo Alto, Calif., Jan. 11.
IIP) The appointment of Clark
D. Shaughncssy, 47, of Chicago
as football director for five
years, was announced today by
President Ray Lyman Wilbur of
Stanford university. Shaugh
nessy succeeds Claude E. "Tiny"
Thornhill, recently dismissed.
Shaughnessy is coach at Chi
cago university, which an
nounced football would be aban
doned next season. The brief
announcement by Dr. Wilbur
1 made no mention of what salary
I had been offered the Chicago
mentor
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nrcniir nr Aimrno
Kcobuc ur KIHOO
TOMBED BY BLAST
Crews Struggle to Reach 87
in Coal Mine Depths At
Least Four Known Dead
Bartley, W. Va., Jan. 11. (IP)
As rescue crews struggled
through debris and gas toward
87 miners entombed by an ex
plosion that killed at least four,
a mine official expressed hope
today "50 or 60" would be found
alive.
The crews, which have pushed
almost a mile and a quarter
through the blast-wrecked cor
ridor in the Bartley No. 1 mine
of the Pond creek Pocahontas
Coal corporation, were reported
within a few hundred feet of the
men trapped by the blast yester
day.
Manager Hopeful
G. J. Stollings, general man
ager of the corporation, reported
at noon the crews might reach
the men within six hours and
added:
"We're very hopeful that pos
sibly 50 or 60 can be found
alive."
Veteran miners in this squalid
southern West Virginia coal vil
lage shook their heads, however,
and expressed fear all had per
ished. George Pile, company
auditor, said the "chances are
heavily against finding any of
the men alive."
The known dead:
Roy Evans, 41, imotprman,
married, four childreniro';1 -
Roy Hyatt, 32, ..jnotarman,
married, four children.
ijharley Moffitt,, 1XJ negro,
married, four children)
One man still. unidatittfied.
The body of EvMf Was dis
covered as rescuey"';W. ad
vanced tt within; 9 ttW-6T
the estimated cento. r ,'lfie ex
plosion which tore ttuoagh three
sections of the pit:'- '(iWv
Wives WatttlWwaYy
Wives and ebJMranl of the
trapped miners and hundreds of
curious who gathetwd - ftear the
mine stood dumbljjs in'j a cold,
sleety rain waiting for word
from the eight rescue crews.
Occurring at 2:20 p. m. yester
day, the explosion at first was
believed a slate fall and it was
more than an hour before se
riousness of the accident was
known above ground. Forty
seven diggers in an eastern sec
tion of the workings came out
at 4 p. m., unaware there had
been a blast.
Cause of the mishap was
not determined immediately, al
though District Mine Inspector
W. C. Sturgiss theorized it might
have resulted when the men cut
through to some long unused,
gas-filled entry. The stpte de
partment of mines reported the
Bartley No. 1 was gaseous, but
was thoroughly rock-dusted.
FEOERlSrlDING
OVER FIVE BILLION
Washington, Jan. 11 UP)
Federal expenditures for this
fiscal year have passed $5,000,
000,000. The treasury said today that,
including transfer of S288.000.-
000 of social security tax money
to me oia age reserve fund, it
spent $5,012,026,993 between
July 1 and January 9 slightly
over six months.
President Roosevelt estimated
in his recent budget message to
congress that the spending total
exclusive of the social security
transfers would total $9,109,
253.641 by June 10.
The spending total was nearly
twice the size of the revenue
figures for the same period. By
January 9, the treasury had
taken in $2,851,085,159, leaving
a $2,160,941,834 deficit. This, in
turn, was responsible for a rec
ord high debt of $42,040,
575,811. WYOMING RETRIEVES
SEIZED SN0WPL0WS
Jackson, Wyo., Jan. 11. (IP)
The stale of Wyoming has re
trieved its purloined snowplows
by promising to keep Teton pass
open "as long as possible" this
winter.
Two hundred Jackson Hole
citizens', some carrying pistols
took the Idle equipment Tuesday
night to clear the 26-mllc pass
that winds over the Tctons to
their closest rail point, Victor,
Idaho.
RECIFROC iRADEl
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CRITICS ASSAILED
Secretary Says Choice Lays
Between Ruin Or Heights
of Economic Progress
Washington, Jan. 11. (P)
Ascribing "flagrant and unscru
pulous suppression and misuse
of material facts" to critics of
the reciprocal trade program,
Secretary Hull declared today it
had expanded markets for Amer
ican farm and manufactured
products.
He appealed to the house ways
and means committee to renew
the expiring trade agreements
act in order to aid in worldwide
economic readjustment after the
European war.
"The choice before us," Hull
said, "Is whether we shall lead
the way toward the slough of
despair and ruin for ourselves
and for others, or toward the
heights of economic progress
sustained prosperity and endur
ing peace for our nation and for
the world.
Democratic Method
He took issue with members
of congress who are demanding
senate ratification of each agree
ment, by asserting the method
followed In state department ne
gotiations "is democratic in
every sense of the word."
Hull's statement, opening the
congressional fight over tho reci
procal trade issue, was voiced
in familiar atmosphere. For 18
years as a representative from
Tennessee, he was a member of
the ways and means committee,
historically, the battleground in
congressional tax and tariff
fights. Some of those who heard
his plea had served with him.
jtlQ concluding the pacts, Hull
said, American tariffs have been
lowered only - where they are
"unduly burdensome" and where
other countries have agreed to
accord better treatment to
United States exports in return
for tariff adjustments.
CHATTY BURGLAR
Santa Monica, Calif., Jan. 11.
(IP) Wendy Barrie, 27-year-old
screen actress, was held up by
a burglar In her home today,
but instead of taking loot he
promised to send her a diam
ond. The red-haired actress said
she was awakened by a hand
over her nose. Screaming and
struggling, she was finally
quieted when the man drew a
gun. For 20 minutes the Intru
der, whom she described as
about her age, sat on the bed
and told of his exploits.
"He asked where my money
and jewelry were, and I told
him I had none at home," she
told detectives. "He said he
guessed I was right, because
he couldn t find any,
"He was about six feet two,
smooth shaven and wanted to
talk about himself.
"You've been so nice, I'm go
ing to get an unset diamond
from one of my jobs and leave
it in your mailbox for you,
he said."
She said he left quietly. She
Immediately called police.
PORTLAND CONTRIBUTES
$4356 TO FINN RELIEF
Portland, Jan. 11. (IP) Port
land displayed its friendliness
to Finnish war refugees today
by Increasing its share of a na
tional contribution campaign to
$4356.
Soviet Officers
Because of
Copenhagen, Jan. 11. (IP)
Reports were received here to
day that more than 100 Soviet
Russian officers had been called
back from the Finnish front,
some of them to face trial be
fore special court.
The reports, which reached
Norwegian and Finnish quarters
from numerous sources, said the
officers would be tried before
courts consisting of people's
commissars.
T h Russian commissariat
Western Romeo
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With a court order, which ha
hoped would fore Mrs. Louise
Deihler to present her daughter.
Isabel (above) in a San Fran
cisco court, John B. Adams
(lower), San Francisco's "Ro
meo voted I ra going to marry
her If I have to go to the sup
reme court to do it." Ha said
Mrs. Dashler was preventing
him from seeing her daughter.
SWEENEYWLSEEK
I
Ralph E. Sweeney, county
treasurer, announced today his
Intention to file for renomlna-
tlon for the office, In the May
primary of the Democratic
party.
Sweeney Is serving his first
term. As yet no Republican
candidate for the office has ap
peared on the horizon and It Is
not expected the treasurer will
be opposed In his own party.
Candidates have started to
stir in the county, but are not
expected to be In full bloom
until the first of March. This
will give nearly three months
In which to meet the voters, as
the primary election will be
held May 17.
It was reported this week that
Otto Caster, of Phoenix, former
county commissioner, would run
again for the berth on the Dem
ocratic ticket. Caster served
one term, and was defeated tn
the last general election by
William Perry, Republican, of
Eagle Point. The commissioner
ship held by Ralph Billings of
Ashland is up for a contest this
spring.
MINERS' BODIES TAKEN
FROM HUGE ORE SLIDE
Bingham, Utah, Jan. 11. (IP)
The crushed bodies of two
miners were recovered early to
day from tons of ore loosened
by an unexplained explosion tn
the world's largest open cut cop
per mine.
A third victim's body was
found last night.
The dead:
Teofilo Martinez, 27, Copper-
field.
. Gluseppl de Marchl, 38, High
land Boy,
Nikola Tomas, 24, Highland
Boy.
Face Purge
Finland Debacle
dealing with supplies was re
norted especially to be under a
penetrating Inquiry, which, It
was said, already has led to
executions.
Immediate verification of the
reports was lacking.
There were persistent report
the Russian forces were, being
reorganized because of weak
nesses shown up in the invasion
of Finland.
These reports reached not
only Helsinki but several Mother
Scandinavian capitals.
JDM1NATI0N FOR
COUNTY TREASURER
No. 251.
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Traffic Assn., Fruitgrowers
League Name Commit
tee for Local Survey
Announcement was made to
day of the appointment of a
committee "to make a study of
ranch and fruit industrial power
rates" in the Rogue river valley.
The committee represents
jointly the Rogue River Valley
Traffic association and the Fruit
growers' League, Inc., and was
appointed by the presidents of
the two organizations acting to
gether. Appointment of the com
mittee was authorized by both
groups. Jack Spalding, sales
manager of Southern Oregon
Sales, Inc., is president of the
traffic association and S. G. Nya
heads the league.
The committee, the announce
ment said, has authority to call
in outside experts if it is deemed
advisable or necessary.
The committee is composed of
David Holmes, chairman, Bear
Creek Orchards co-owner; S. M.
Tuttle, general manager of the
Southern Oregon Sales, Inc.; Ma
jor Morris, manager of the Med
ford Ice & Storage company;
Martin Luther, manager of
Rogue River Orchards, and H. S.
Deuel, a co-owner of the Del Rio
Orchards.
German mm
DROP NO BOMBS IN
WIDESPREAD FORAYS
L6ndon,"jah." 11. (rf") Ger
man warplanes ranged from
Scotland to the southeast coast
today in the third day of
stepped-up aerial warfare.
No bombs were dropped on
land and no alarms were
sounded and, in contrast to the
heavy Nazi attacks on ships
off the coast Tuesday which
started the aerial spurt, the
only victim was a small coastal
vessel set on fire by a bomber.
There were two additional
marine losses, however, as a
ship believed to be Italian
struck a mine off the east
coast and an unidentified vessel
sank after collision off the west
coast,
The three victims brought
the toll for the last three daya
to 15. The 10,000-ton liner Dun
bar Castle struck a mine and
sank Tuesday and 11 smaller
vessels were bombed and ma
chine-gunned.
The British retaliated yester
day with an attack on the Ger
man Island of Sylt, and a sub
sequent clash between British
and German warplanes over
the chill North Sea brought
conflicting accounts from the
two capitals.
AS AIDE FOR NAVY
Washington, Jan. 11. (IP)
The senate speedily approved
today the nomination of Charles
Edison as secretary of the navy
after Senator Borah (R-Idaho)
had protested against legislation
recommended by Edison to give
President Roosevelt certain
broad peacetime emergency
powers.
The senate also confirmed the
nomination of James H. R. Crom
well, husband of the wealthy
Doris Duke, to be minister to
Canada.
Grants Pass, Jan. 11 (IP)
Mora tourist than ever before
wore guided through tha marble
labyrinths of the. Oregon Cave
in 1939. Manager George Sabtn
reported to the Oregon Cave
Resort company today that 48,.
513 persons made the trip, an
Increase of 6,156.
The figure are only for those
entering the caves and do not
Include the total entering the
national monument area.
Frank Mashbum was reelect
ed retort president.