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partly cloudy.
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Highest yesterday ft?
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1939.
No. 165.
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WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 3. Re
note aa It la from the Siegfried
Una. the backwash of war Is already
being felt In Oregon and Washington.
Jta a consequence of the war there
la a possibility perhapa a proba
, Wllty of removing the Empire pref
; arentlalft on lumber and once more
i make available to the lumber tn
I dustry of the Pacific Northwest the
i markets of the British empire, al-
? most closed to American exporters
: by the Ottawa treaty.
i One of the first acta of the Cana.
? dlan government after making Its
declaration of war against Herr ail
lar was to take control of all Doug
las fir In British Columbia. With
lower production costs and lower
frwlffhfc rates. British Columbia has
made deep Inroads on the lumber
business of Washington and Ore
; (on. In addition. It has had the
i' adge In aupplytng lumber to England
? mud the dominions.
'
BECAUSE of the governmental ac- j
tion (plus menace of enemy ,
raft), lumber from British Colum
bia is expected to disappear from
the South American. Los Angeles
and Gulf markets and throw these!
consumer markets open to the Pa-.
elflo Northwest shippers. This repre-'
tents no Inconsequential business.
. Believing that the time Is ripe to
renew his fight to have the empire
preferential removed, and 6lve tne
Oregon-Washington Industry a break,
Oregon's Charley McNary has re
vived the subject with Secretary of
State Cordell Hull. The secretary, ex
pressing sympathy with the views of
the Oregon senator, has referred Mc-
"Nary to the swto- department sub
ordinate who handles lumber prob
lems. Looking to the United States as a
aource of supply for war materials.
It Is assumed that British officials
Jn control of the Ottawa treaty may
agree to suspend, amend or modify
the treaty as an expression of good
will. If this Is done, new life will
be Injected Into the lumber export
trade from Puget - Sound to Coos
Bay. Senator McNary has received
Information that lumber Importers
ef London are In accord with the
Idea of changing the treaty.
If necessary, a delegation of lum
ber manufacturers and exporters
will come to Washington from the
west coast to supplement the argu
ments of the Oregon senator.
FROM the open rangelands of the
Pacific northwest several thousand
horses were bought for the British
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PORTLAND, Oct. 2. f AP) Friends
here decided today the neutrality
struggle in congress had Oregon's
Junior senator, Rufus C. Holman, a
little "punch drunk."
For Instance:
Holman addressed a letter to State
Utilities Commissioner Ormond R.
Bean as city commissioner of Port
land's public works, a Job he resigned
In June.
Then came a telegram addressed
to Joseph K. Carson, Jr.. "mayor of
Multnomah, Oregon." Carson is
mayor of Portland.
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Brnmwlch Wins
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 2. ;p) John
Bromwtch of Australia won the Pa
elflc southwest tennis tournament
singles championship today by de
feating Franjo Punceo of Yugoslavia,
4-0, 0-0, 6-3, 6-4.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNK REP0RTER8
Otto DeJarnett spending a cold,
rainy day hip-deep In the Rogue river
and catching only two tiny trout for
his discomfort.
Jean Carman catching on quickly
and graciously welcoming back to
Medford a gentleman she didn't even
know had been away.
Sim Jarvi going out hunting by
himself in the rain and coming back
with a fine buck, his success being
the envy of friends who had hunted
In pairs and quartets without any
luck.
Fred Stennett being glad to return
to Medford from a vacation filled
with the insufferable brat, wind and
rain storms and or her caprices of
Sa.iornla's "unusual" weather.
EMBARGO LIFlGilBCTdollChildren-
1L IAN IRE
AID LATER, CLAIM
Veteran Idaho Senator Says
Law Not Intended to Pre
vent. War in Europe, But
to Prevent Sale of Arms
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. (AP)
Senator Borah (R-Idaho) asserted to
day that If congress lifted the arms
embargo to Europe's warring nations,
he did not "see how" the United
States could refuse to send armies to
help the allies "In their hour of
greater need."
The veteran Idaho senator took the
senate floor to voice the views of the
opposition to the administration's
neutrality bill to repeal the arms
embargo after Senator Plttman (D
Nev) had asserted that retention of
the present law's embargo was "a dis
crimination In favor of Germany."
Plttman, chairman of the foreign re
lations committee, was the first
speaker In the momentous neutrality
discussion.
Seen Aid to Allies
Reading a lengthy prepared address
Borah charged the administration bill
to revise the neutrality law had been
accepted In Europe as an attempt to
aid Great Britain and France in their
struggle with Nazilsm.
Repeal of the embargo, he con
tended, would be likely to put this
country In the position where It
could not deny further help to the
democracies.
"Can we." he demanded, "under
the program we are now adopting and
the reasons for adopting the same,
stay off the battlefields of Europe
with our young men? - ,
"Having changed our laws and -our
( policies that we may, as openly and
repeatedly declared, send there In aid
of the allies our arms because of
their urgent call, will we, can we, In
the hour of greater need, should that
hour unfortunately come, refuse to
send our armies?
"Will We Turn Back?"
"Having put our hand to the plow
and declared the reason therefor
when the furrows are comparatively
smooth, will we turn back when we
come to the roots and stumps of Im
pending defeat?
"I do not see how we could. I
doubt most seriously If we would.
The only way I see that we can stay
out of this war, having taken the
first steps and the reasons for taking
them, Is for the war to end before
we get there."
Borah departed from his prepared
address to say:
Borah appeared to tire aa his
lengthy speech progressed. At times
he leaned on his desk. Near the
close, his voice hoarse, the Idaho
veteran warned European belligerents
not to Infringe on this country's
rights.
"I am a pacifist," he said. "But If
Germany, Great Britain or any other
nation attacks this nation, kills Its
people, destroys Its property. I am
ready to vote for a declaration of
war."
When Borah sat down a number of
senators, including Plttman, came to
his desk to shake his hand. Then
the senate recessed until tomorrow
"This law was not intended to pre
vent war In Europe. It was to pre
vent the sale of arms and ammunl
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LONDON. Ky., Oct. 2. (API-
Judge H. Church Ford today dis
missed federal charges against 52
Harlan county coal companies and
individuals that they conspired to
deprive miners of the rights under
, the Wagner labor relations act.
The government, on the motion of
! Special Assistant Attorney General
1 Welly K. Hopkins, had asked the in
. dtctment be dismissed because "In
I dustrtal peace at last prevails" In. the
, Harlan coal fields.
Judge Ford said:
"The propriety and wisdom of the
government's action seems so meri
torious I have no other action
take."
SMITH TAKES OVER AS
CORPORATION CHIEF
SALEM. Oct. 2. (AP) Lloyd R.
Smith. Portland Insurance broker
and treasurer of the state Republi
can central committee, became state
corporation commissioner today. He
was appointed 10 days ago by Gov
ernor Sprague to succeed James H
Hazlett, Democrat.
The term of Mark Skinner, demo-
-rnttc tate superintendent of banks.
.-tsrday. Thf state banking
Board will meet next week to deter
mine whether be will be retained.
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il ,:.L...i .... li run nasi ill 3
Two of the five rhlldren of drover
Cleveland Bergcloll, world war drnft
evader now In court martial at New
York, are shown as they testified
and corroborated their father's state
ment that he lived In Philadelphia,
secretly, during part of the 19 years
he supposedly was a fugitive In Ger
many. Emma, 11. and Alfred. 12, arc
shown on, the.-jyltncss stand. (A. p.
vnmoj. .v. .
CHINESE PLAY HAVOC
ON JAPANESE FORCE
HONGKONG, Oct. 2. ( AP) Sev
eral .hundred casualties were reported
today In the wake of a surprise Chi
nese attack on Japanese guard posts
along Hongkong's mainland border.
A hard rain grounded Japanese
planea and resulted In comparative
quiet along the front tonight, ex
cept for occasional machine gun fire
near the scene of yesterday's en
counter.
Japanese communications were dis
rupted. Chinese forces were reported
to outnumber the Japanese ten to
one and the Japanese situation was
described by observers aa precarious
unless reinforcements arrived from
Canton or Swatow.
Chinese dispatches from Changsha
today said that the main Japanese
force attacking the Hunan province
city had been repulsed 20 miles to
the northeast with several thousand
casualties and that another Japanese
advance had been checked west of
the Canton-Hankow railroad.
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. (AP) The
United States refused today to recog
nize the disappearance of Poland
which Secretary Hull termed "the
victim of force used as an Instru
ment of national policy."
Hull said "Mere seizure " of terri
tory does not extinguish the legal
existence of a government."
The United States, therefore, hs
added, "continues to regard the gov
ernment Of PolAnd as In existence,
iii accordance with the provisions of
the constitution of Poland."
The secretary of state read the
statement to his press conference.
He said this government would
continue to recognize Count Jerzy
Potockl as Polish ambassador to
Washington, and the American am
bassador to Poland, Anthony J.
Drexel Blddle. would remain near
the Polish government, which -has
now gone to Paris.
BLITZKREIG OFFICERS
PROMOTED BY HITLER
BERLIN. Oct. 2. (AP) PIrhs
fuehrer Adolf Hitler today promoted
a number of army officers who con
ducted his "lightning war" In Poland.
They Included Infantry Oeneral Jo
hannes Blaskowltz and artillery gen-
(ia!s o urn trier Von Klu-ze and Will-
ther Von Rlchi-nnu. who were given
ttit rank of colonel-gsneraL
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PREY OF NAZIS IN
British Freighter Clement,
Destroyed by Raider Near
Bahia Two Swedish
Ships in List of Losses;
By the Associated Press
Germany struck three times at
British and neutral shipping today.
sinking the British freighter Clement j
and the Swedish steamer Gun and j
capturing the Swedish freighter Al- j
gerla. bound for Genoa with a cargo !
of wood pulp and Iron. I
The sinkings sent the known ship
ping loss to 60 vessels, with a total ;
tonnage of 240,392, exclusive of mil- :
lions of dollars worth of cargo.
1G3 Lives Loot
At least 763 lives have been lost.
Destruction of the Clement by an
"armed raider" near Bahla. BraBll,
raised British losses to 32 and fol
lowed by a day Winston Churchill's
assertion England hadn't lost a ship
in a week.
The Clement, a 5061-ton vessel, was
bound for Brazilian ports with a
load of kerosene and general cargo
from New York and Philadelphia.
The fate of her crew of 49 remained
In doubt.
The Gun, 1198 tons, was torpedoed
off Hanstholm, Jutland. Her crew
of 18 escaped.
The Algeria was seized by Nazi
warships In the baltlc and taken to
Kiel.
Fifth Scandinavian Loss
She was the fifth Scandinavian
ship to be captured by Germany.
Twelve Scandinavian vessels have
been sent to the bottom along with
five other ships of neutral nations.
Arming of- British merchant ships
was expected to force Germany Into
unrestricted U-boat warware. Private
sources In Berlin said U-boat com
manders would begin sinking vessels
without warning.
The Danish news agency reported
11 persons were killed Sunday when
the 11 50-ton Danish steamer Vendla
was torpedoed and sunk In the
North sea.
Six more lives were lost when The
Netherlands mine sweeper Jan Van
Oelder struck a mine off Holland.
Badly damaged, the sweeper was
towed to port.
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PESKY MILKWEED
YIELD SUBSTANCE
TO
MAKE MEATS TENDER
BERKELEY, Cal.. Oct. 3. (UP)
Milkweed, ordinarily regarded as
pest by farmers in the United State?,
may yield a product to take the place
of costly Imports of a substance
used to tenderize meats, three Unl
veralty of California scientists an
nounced today.
Results of the experiments, which
were conducted In an effort to find
a substitute for papain, derived from
Papaya, were announced by Dr. David
M. Greenberg, associate professor of
biochemistry. Dr. Theodore Winnlck,
or tne department of biochemistry
and Dr. Alva R. Davis, chairman of
the department of botany.
The scientists succeeded In Isolat
ing the enzyme- asclepaln from the
milk of the weed and found that
the substance clotted milk and di
gested most proteins In the same
manner as pApaln. Further experi
ments would be necessary before env
commercial raising of milkweed
would be profitable, they said.
The United States Imports an esti
mated 500,000 pounds of the tropical
papaya plant yearling at a cost of
several million dollars. In addition to
tenderizing meats. It has several med
ical uses.
Week Set Aside
For Writing Of
Long-Due Notes
Postmaster Prank DeSouza today
urged Medford residents to write
neglected letters this week In ob
servance of the second annual
"national letter-writing week,"
October 1 to 7.
The "letter-writing week" wa
so successful last year that the
postofflce department decided to
continue the observance this year.
Mr. Df Sours mid. Purpose, he
explained, ts to encourage th
writlng of letters that people
usually keep deferring to a later
date.
"Now Is the time to clean the
Elate and get down to writing all
the letters that we are always
premising ourselves we are going
to write some day," the post
master raid. -
Points in Debate
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. (AP)
Here are the major provisions of
the neutrality bill up for senate
debate today:
1. Belligerent governments
would have to acquire title to ell
goods purchased in this country
before shipping, which would have
to be In their own or other non
American vessels. The embargo
on arms sales would be repealed.
2. Belligerents could obtain
credits up to 90 days, but If pay
ments were not made In that
period, no further credits would
be granted until all Indebtedness
was cleared up. There would be
no restriction on credtts to private
companlea and Individuals In war
ring countries.
3. The president could designate
combat areas In which AmeiUan
ships and citizens could not trav
el. Americans could not travel on
vessels of warring nations.
4. Belligerents could not solicit
contributions In this country.
5. The president could prohibit
foreign aubmarinos or armed mer
chant vessels from entering Amer
ican ports.
6. American ships and planes
could carry passengers and mail to
belligerent port in Latin America
and the Caribbean. Planes could
carry passengers and mall to all
ports In the Pacific and Uie China
sea. All traffic to Canada by rail
air and Great Lakes jhlps would
be pertnttted.
FOR SEPTEMBER
HIGHEST OF YEAR
Med ford's building activity In Sep
tember rocketed to a peak for the
year, with permits Issued from the
city Inspector's office amounting to
959.360. Previous high month for
the year was April with 24,130.
Last month also showed a tre
mendous increase over tho same
period In 1938, when permits to
talled $10,580, and over August of
this year, when value of construc
tion work was 99350.
Largest single permit issued In
September was to the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company, for
the construction of a new building
at 41 North Bartlett street at a
stated cost of 940,000. The telephone
exchange structure will house equip
ment and employes for the switch
over to the dial system. The build
ing, to be of concrete and brick, will
be 66 by 36 feet In dimension.
All told, there were 26 permits
Issued during the past month, six
of them calling for the construction
of new residences at a total cost of
912,000. These home-builders were
Frank Howell, Mrs. George Schnedle,
L. H. Sutherland, Mrs. Grace Collins,
George Currier and A. C. Knudson.
The remainder of the permits were
for remodeling, repairing, rerooflng
and private garage construction.
MEDFORD PEARS BRING
CHEER FOR FAMILY IN
WAR-MENACED BRITAIN
A letter from England to Southern
Oregon Sales, Inc., today told how
Mcaiora pears restored cheer to '
family of Edgeware, Middlesex, de
pressed by the war necessity of
blacking out their home against air
raids.
The letter to SOS. signed by Dor
othy Newbry, follows:
"Will you kindly forward on to
the above address (00 Montrose ave
nue, Edgeware, Middlesex, England)
your free booklet of recipes for serv
Ing pears?
"I feel I must tell you how we
have enjoyed your pears. They were
delightful. We had Just finished
blacking out our rooms and were
feeling none too cheerful when
brought out a large bag of pears.
'The faces of the family brightened
, as If by magic. Now we all feel fit
i for anything that may come along."
DEAN MORSE ACCEPTS
POST AS ARBITRATOR
EUOENE. Ore., Oct. 2. (AP )
Wayne L. Morse, dean of the Unl
1 verslty of Oregon law school, has
accepted the appointment as arbitra
tor for the dispute between employers
' and the union which tied up f'try
boat service In Puget Sound recently.
It was announced here today,
j Dean Morse, who for the past year
j has been coast arbitrator for long-
shore employer-employe labor rela-
lions, will be the third member of
;i board that will Include a represrn
l tatlve of the union and the em
' ploy era.
FAVORS REPEAL IF
T
President Green Opens Con
vention With Declaration
Labor Is Willing to Ac
cept Word of Roosevelt
CINCINNATI. O., Oct. 2. (AP)
President William Green declared to-
dav the American Federation of
Labor was willing to support prest
dent Roosevelt's plan for repeal of
the arms embargo if such action
would not Involve the United .States
In war.
In his keynote speech to the fed
oration's 59th convention, the veteran
AFL leader reminded delegates of
President Hoosevelt's . message to the
special session of congress recom
mending repeal of the arms embargo
to safeguard the peace of this na
tion. Take F. U.'s Word
We are willing to accept his word
and give him support In his legisla
tive program," Green said, "with
the understanding that It Is for the
purpose of keeping us out of the
European war."
Green warned United States In
volvement would mean "labor will
be regimented" and "labor's gains
will bo wiped out overnight."
"We will be reduced to a regi
mented force at home," he said,
"compelled to serve under a war
emergency program."
"Can we afford to do that to help
sot tie the differences between Eu
ropean nations? There Is no one
whose blood we are willing to shed
on foreign roll in a European war.
Self-Control Aim
"We are determined wo shall main
tain our equilibrium; that we shall
never be moved by war psychology:
that we will exercise self-control and
self -discipline."
The convention opened amid fore
casts of stormy debates on such Is
sues as labor peace, threatened sus
pension of two of its oldest unions,
and a proposal the United States
offer to bring about peace In Eu
rope.
FIVE MORE RECRUITS
PORTLAND, Oct. 2. (API The
Oregon national guard filled Its new
recruit quota of 991 Saturday, five
days after the recruiting drive started,
Major-General George A. White.
commander, learned from the war
department.
Me tl ford's Company A, 18oth Infan
try, still has five vacancies which
executive are eager to fill, Capt.
Car! T. Tengwald, commanding offi
cer, announced today. The company's
authorized strength was Increased re
cently from 60 to 80 men.
Medford'a two national guard com
panies, Company A and headquarters
company, will hold their regular
weekly drill in the armory at 8 p.
m. Tuesday.
Any eligible young men interested
In Joining the national guard here
were Invited by Captain Tengwald to
call at the armory for Information
at any time.
SNOWSTORM CLOSES
CALIFORNIA PASSES
SACRAMENTO. Oct. 2. (AP) A
heavy snow storm today forced the
division of highways to close four
mountain highway passes Carson,
Ebhette, Luther and Sonora.
The division reported the storm
had deposited six inches of snow and
unless It "clears up" soon, the passes
will be closed for the winter. Carson
pass Is on state route 34, Ebbets 24,
and Luther and Sonora, 13.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 2. (AP-USDA)
Penra: 3G can arrived: 30 California,
H Oregon, 6 Washington unloaded:
21 on track: market nightly itronger;
Oregon Bartletta 1,440 boaea extra
fancy 12.00 x 3.39. average 12.18; 2.189
boiea fane; II.65B 2. 10. average 11.95;
Boaca 2.880 bones No. 1 1 .00 a 2 45.
average 82.12.
CHfCAOO, Oct. 2. (AP-U8DA)
Pears: 6 cars California, one Mueourl,
one New York, 6 Oregon. 3 Washing
ton arrived; 26 on tr'.;.; Orcnon
Bartletta 3,184 noxea fam-jr 12.003
3 30, average 12 01.
Pear Markets
Today j
Cardinal Passes
CARDINAL AUNDE.LtN
1OtiAt CO lM4l (jf) kVtCCH4
CHICAGO. Oct. 2. l AP) George
Cardinal Mundelcln, the Catholic
church's first cardinal of the west,
died unexpectedly today at the age
of 87 In his country residence at
suburban Mundeleln.
He was found Uc;'.d In bed by his
secretary, the Very Rev. Msgr. Pat
rick J. Hayes at 7:45 a.m. The con
dition was diagnosed aa coronary
thrombosis.
The cardinal had been In good
health and had spent a normal day
Sunday.
Close friend of President Roose
velt and outspoken critic- of Adolf
Hitler, Cardinal Mundeleln was best
known for his piety and hla great
building program which made the
Chicago archdiocese one of the largest
and wealthiest In the world.
One of the best known of the
Catholic clergy In the United States,
Cardinal Mundeleln was mentioned
as a papal candidate on the death
of Pope Pius XI this year.
The cardinal attracted world wide
attention In 1037 when he referred
to Adolf Hitler, in' a public address,
aa "an Austrian paper hanger and a
poor one at that'
THREE OREGONIANS DIE
THREE IN WASHINGTON
By the Associated Prrs
The opening salvo of the 1030
deer hunting seasons killed four men
Sunday In Washington and Oregon
while shotgun accidents claimed the
lives of an additional two Oregon
bird hunters.
The Washington victims were:
Peter Carollo, 21, of Cle Elum, a
bridegroom of two weeks: killed by a
hunter who said he shot at a deer
and did not see Carollo; John W.
Martin. 43, Seattle, killed by a shot
from an unidentified source near
Port Angeles; Albert Hartnett, about
35, wounded fatally by a shot from
hla own gun after returning to his
ranch home near Havlllah.
The Oregon victims:
Lylt Pat ton, 17, of Lake view, who
District Attorney C. H. Coombs said
was shot by a brother-in-law who
mistook him for a deer when he
Jumped behind a stump. The brother-
in-law, Earl Boorman, was held on
sn open charge.
Archie S. Bond, 45, killed near
Pendleton when a companion's shot
gun discharged as he crawled through
a fence on a pheasant hunting trip;
Robert Burnett, 15, La Grande high
school student, who bled to death
from a shotgun wound inflicted
accidentally by a companion.
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PROBLEM IN U. S.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2. (AP)
Joseph SealaJ, Polish seaman, was a
problem today for Immigration of
ficials, who had htm listed for de
portation. The problem: How to get him
through the German army to his
home territory.
"Poland still exists officially and
has an embassy in this country,"
puzzled officials explained.
Bra Is J, who "Jumped" ship at New
York and hitch-hiked here, probably
will be placed on some foreign-bound
vessel officials said. He said he hoped
to get to England and fight the
nazls.
AUTO TIRE BLOWOUT
CAUSE OF INJURIES
BEND, Ore.. Oct. 3. ( AP) An ac.
cident, caused by an automobile tire
blowing out, Injured David U. Moaa,
retired Seattle banker, and George
Dunham, Portland printing company
representative, yesterday on the
Rend-8lstera highway. Both were
hospitalized.
GERMANY, ITALY
SEEN IN ACGORD
ON MOT MOVES
Count Ciano's Visit to Ber
lin Fans Belief Musso
lini to Take Mediator
Role in Peace Offensive
By Louis P. Lochner
BERLIN, Oct. 2. (AP) Retchi-
fuehrer Hitler today sent to his ally.
Premier Mussolini, what nazts said
were the three main points of his
conversations with II Duce's son-in-law,
Italian Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Clano.
These points were given authori
tatively as:
1. The possibilities of the future
In Europe, Including Italy's share In
what will or may happen.
3. Germany's conception of various
spheres of Interest In eastern Europe.
3. The possibilities of giving effect
to the Gorman thesis that the Euro
pean war should be ended now.
III! lor To Give Peace Ideas
These sources Intimated further
that Hitler, In his speech before the
relchstag some time this week, would
give the world Germany's conception
of the peace possibilities. f
Count Clano left Berlin today for
Rome, concluding the first conversa
tions between the Rome-Berlin axts
partners since the outbreak of the
war.
Although there was no official com
ment on the result of Ciano's con
versations with Fuehrer Hitler and
German Foreign Minister Joaohlm
Von Rlbbentrop, the speed with
which they were conoluded Indicated
to observers that both countries were
In complete agreement , on future
moves. :,.
-Olono arrived -here only last eve
ning. Italian circles said they believed
the conversations had resulted In full
clarification of questions arising from
the present European situation, es
pecially the new relations between
Germany and Soviet Russia. '
Some observers saw In Ciano's visit
new reason for believing that Premier
Mussolini may assume the role of
mediator In a "final peace offensive"
by the reich.
By the Associated Press
Diplomats took the offensive In's
European war devoid today of major
military developments.
The British air ministry reported
scouting planes had made night
flights over Berlin, but did not say
when.
On the eastern front a German
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E RIVER P. M. TO
AT
PORTLAND, Oct. 3. ( AP) Four
Oregon postmasters will actively par
tlclpate In the 39th annual conven
tion of the National Association of
Poetmastera October 10, 11 and 12
at Washington, D. O.
They Include Oladya Heath, Rogue
River, program speaker.
Winifred O. Wlsecarver, McMInn-
villa, will bead the Oregon women
postmasters' reception commute at
White House luncheon with Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the
president.
Heavy Tax Sought
On War Profit
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. (flV-A Ul
of 7A per cent on net Income derived
from transactions In munition! waa
proposed In legislation Introduced
today by Representative M unlock
(D Aria,).
Radio Highlights
The world aeries baseball games be
tween New York and Cincinnati will
be broadcast direct from the field by
Medford radio station KM ED. aa a
result of arrangement made by that
local station with the Mutual Broad
casting system. The first gam, tat
be played In New York Wednesday,
will go on the air at 10:18 a. m,
Medford tlm4.
(By Associated Press)
(Time la Paclflo standard)
Additions announced for radlo'f
further participation In the neutral.
Ity debate:
' Tuesday night. Sen. Oeorge W. Mor
ris of Nebraska at 7, WJZ-NBO; Sen.
Rush D. Holt of West Virginia.
1:49. WABC-CBS.
Wednesday night. Sen. Robert M.
LaFolletta of Wisconsin at 7:30, WJZ
NBC, In the Radio Forum, replying
to last week's talk by Sen. Key Pltt
man of Nevada.
Tuesday night, Col. Henry L. Burn
son, secretary of state under P resi
dent Hoover, WABC-CBS at T.