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The Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Tuesday, not much change In temper- Picks A Snap This mi; be Blue Monday to some people but to the oni who tKs a map from the Clun.lrietl toiler, It will be dif ferent. Thl li always an In lereulm pajt to a lot of peo ple. Why not you? EDFORD MBUNE atun Temperature Highest yesterday Lowest this morning Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirtv-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1939. No. 171. tie mm M M .1 y E ATTHE WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 9 Al though a member of congress hlm aelf, John Main Coffee. Tacoma. Wash., elected In the Roosevelt land elide of 1936, has small respect for congressional committees vnless they ee eye-to-eye with htm, such as the LaFollette civil liberties com mittee. Addressing the League for Peace and Democracy, which Is "sus pect" because It is listed as a com munist front organization, the 42-year-old Coffee advised the gov ernment employes In the league "not to be intimidated or terrorized by so-called congressional committees." Says Martin Dies, whose commit tee Investigating un-American ac tivities will report about December J, the report will unmask commun ists In government sen-Ice who hold key positions. NOTWITHSTANDING the advice of Coffee, of Tacoma. the league la worried and Is appealing to Presi dent Roosevelt, and Attorney Gen eral Frank Murphy to protect them . from the Dies committee and Its ''unlawful and intimidating meas ures" which endanger the civil liber ties of government workers associ ated with the front or "transmission belt of the Stalinltes. According to Coffee, Dies is trying to discredit the Roosevelt adminis tration "and If they get away with It we needn't brag about any dif ference between our government and Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy". (No mention of communist Russia ) . Enrolled In the League for Peace and Democracy are many government workers, especially In the new deal agencies, who came to Washington ' to change traditional American ways. r EPRESENTATIVE Coffee is the current lender of the "liberal" bloc In the house. He Inherited this position when the former self-appointed leader. Maury Maverick, of Texas, was retired by his constitu ents last November, for being too leftlsh. Retired with Maverick were two or three representatives who played the communist "party line". Unrevealed publicly Is how the Dies Investigators obtained a list of 2066 alleged communists on the federal payroll, many names on the list being contributing members of the League for Peace and Democracy, There is a clue, howover: the league wants Dies punished for "illegal search and seizure". t NEUTRALITY debate would end In stantly If the public would re frain from crowding the galleries t.o listen. People, principally women, wait In line for three hours for gal lery doors to open. It Is the first opportunity many senators have ev er had to address such a large and attentive audience and how they love to do their stuff. Veteran senators, wise as the ser- (Continued on Page six OF WASHINGTON. Oct. 0. (API Representative Havenner ID.. Cal.l introduced today a resolution (HJR3B9) to authorize an appro priation of $100,000 to enable the secretary of state to negotiate with Mexico for the acquisition of the Peninsula of Lower California. The peninsula is needed to strengthen the military and naval defenses of the United States, the resolution stated. Havenner said he had discussed the purchase with high naval of ficials and that they agreed that it was desirable from the national defense standpoint. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Laurence Espey loyalty for Med for high school's Tigers being a bit dampened hair way through the game M he noticed his young brother play ing football on the Grants Pass team Helen McAllister apparently being more thrilled by her beautiful wed ding gown than by the actual church ceremony and all. Gordon Green appearing In a chic grren ensemble with all of his gar ments but his shoes being of the various pretty hues. Billy Stran? thinking n thinking for a pcs'lbl" motive the rascal who put nui: In mr might have to do iuco a horrid thlr.g. FOR PEACE OFFER Secretary Hull Reveals U.S. Not Approached For Role Of Peacemaker Propa ganda Probe Is Proposed. WASHINGTON. Oct. 9. (AP) The senate agreed late today to vote by 2 p. m. (EST) tomorrow on a mo tion by Senator Tobey (R., N. H.) to split the administration neutrality bill Into two parts. Tobey's motion would aend the bill back to the foreign relations committee with Instructions to draft separate legislation to repeal the existing arms embargo and to Im pose restrictions on American ship ping and travel. Tobey has contended that the re strictive provisions should be en acted at once' and that embargo re peal should be considered later. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. (AP) The senate leadership blocked temporar ily today an effort by Senator John son (D., Colo.) to recess the cham ber to give President Roosevelt free hand to work for European peace. Johnson told the chamber that "the whole world would be grati fied" if the senate would recess for three days. This, he said, would be considered a sign that the United States wanted peace In Europe and that the people were counting on the chief executive to do what he could to effect it. Arbitration Not Asked "We must accept the belief that Germany will listen wJU aceept an honorable peace." Johnson told the senate. "They know how the presi dent stands. When they call htm In they must be seeking an honor able peace." The Colorado senator cited press reports of Germany's willingness to have Mr. Roosevelt act as a nego tiator for peace. Secretary Hull told reporters at his press conference today the Amer ican government had not been ap proached by Germany, Britain or France with regard to interceding for peace in Europe. Asked whether the United States were contemplating any peace move, he said he had not yet discussed this matter with his associates. Propaganda Probe Sought Meanwhile, Representative Wood rum (D., Va.) proposed a congres sional Investigation of the "purposes and activities" of an unofficial "na tional committee to keep America out of foreign wars." headed by Representative Pish (R., N.Y.). In a resolution offered In the house. Wood rum proposed appoint ment of a special seven-man com mittee to investigate the group which he said had been soliciting contri butions in a "propaganda campaign that makes the utilities and Doc Townsend look like pikers." He made public what he said were duplicate copies of letters writ ten on Fish's congressional station ery soliciting funds for the com mittee. The address was asked to send contributions to Walter L. Rey nolds, treasurer, and funds would be used for "printing and distrib uting literature, publishing In news papers throughout the country full pages explaining foreign relations problems as they come up. nation wide broadcasting hookups, a large scale public speaking program, and a national-kecp-out-of-war conven tion to be held In Washington. D. C." Mrs. Roosevelt's Name Used To Aid Communism Is Claim WASHINGTON, Oct. 0. (AP) Kenneth Goff, who Identified him self as the leader of the Voting Communist league, told the Dies committee today leaders of the league used the name of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to advance communism. Goff, whoa home Is Delavan. Wis., said he had heard William Hinckley, chairman of the American Youth Congress and the witness testified a Young Communist league mem ber too. "boast" about having tea with the first lady. Goff said he "understood" the tea was st the White House and ws attended by Hinckley and "five or six other communists,' all of whom were Youth Congress mem bers. "Did this add to their prestige.-' asked Chairman Dies (D.. Tex.). "Sure," commented Ooff, a blonde young man. who testified he was on th" national committee of the Youne Communist league. I was Ic-rtJilru forward to 'he dav -a hen I d hive tea wito her myself British Ponders ,r filer und now president of the limber Pro ducts company. iouay was considering his appointment hy Gov. Charles A. SpniRtie to the tate hoard of aero nautics. Mr. Hurt has been away for the past two weeks and had not had time to deride whether to areept the appointment, lie explained. Governor Spraguc last week dismissed four of the five members of the aeronautics board. Inehnllne Thomas A. Culhert son, Jr., of Med ford, after a meeting of the board nssertertly adopted a resolution praising Allan D. Green wood whose resignation as aeronau t les direct or t he governor had re quested. Mr. Mart Is one of the four new men the governor selected to fill the vacancies. SUSPECT ON TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT Footprints loomed large In the federal court trial today of George Harris, S3. charged In two informa tions with the destruction of trees on two different sections of the Kla math Indian reservation last July 13. Harris went on trlnl this morning before Judge Claude McCoUoch and a Jury. In his opening statement to the Jury. Carl C. Donaugh. U. S. attorney In charge of the prosecution, said the government would present evi dence to show that Harris destroyed the trees by setting fire to the forest in two different sections. He asserted that testimony would be Introduced regarding tennis shoes the defendant wore, called attention especially to the tread of the shoes and referred to tracks found at the scene of two fires. Henry I. Campbell, one of three government witnesses who testified during the morning session, told of finding the shoe prints leading to and away from the fire scene. He said they were the only fresh shoe prints near the origin of the fires Campbell testified he saw Harris walking away from the scene as he arrived In a truck with firefighters. Later, Campbell stated, he traced the footprints In an effort to apprehend Harris. The fires, the wltnew said, were clearly incendiary In origin. The Urea burned over S.102 acres, it was brought out. Other government witnesses at the morning session were B. G. Court right, Klamath Indian agency super- (Continued on Page Seven ) Dies asked the witness to explain further bow "th'se communists Im pose upon the good Intention of prominent people." Referring back to Mrs. Roosevelt and the tea, he said: "They'd say to prospective mem bers. 'Why are you afraid to Join the communist party. Look at the people we associate with'." "In other words." Dies commented at one point, "tlicy have deceived even some of the most influential ' people." . j Goff alAO said he personally had j used a letter from President Roose- ( relt to the American Youth Con- ; greu to promote attendance at a youth meeting in Washington spon sored by the Youth Congress. The executive committee of the congress, he asserted, was "dominated" by communists. Previously, Ooff testified two "na tional board secretaries" of the Y.W.C.A. were members of the Young Communist In. rue and had trtndd : natim.l training school of the communist yariy. pi M Howl Ihirl. urlcl Warships Battle Arbitrator iiuiisr WHEN STEVEDORES m,AifW 7 1 IGNORE MANDATES 'A: 1 Dean Wayne L Morse Tele" graphs Resignation To Secretary Perkins Had Ruled On 41 Disputes. SAN FHANCI8CO, Oct. fl (API Dean Wayne L, Morse of the Uni versity of Oregon law school resigned today as Pacific Coast waterfront arbitrator because longshoremen failed to recognize an arbitration award he made Saturday requiring them to work a picketed Panama Pacific Line ship. Morse, who has ruled on 41 cases in a year In settling West Coast waterfront disputes, refused to hear another case set for this morning and left Immediately to telegraph his resignation to Secretary of Labor Perkins. "I am more Interested In carrying out the principles of sound arbitra tion than In any particular case," he said. "Arbitration Is a judicial pro cess and the Judicial system cannot survive unless the parties Involved carry out Its mandates." He repeated the remarks of his ruling on Saturday that longshore men were guilty of "collusive' picket ing In refusing to go through a pick et line of the ship's clerks, affiliated with the CIO longshoremen's union, around the intercoastal passenger ship City of Newport News. Henry - SdunUtt, -.-San. .Francisco president of the International Long shoremen's association, told Dean Morse he had advised the men to go through the lines but they had refused for their personal safety. Morse remarked the "collusion" was not by Individual pickets, and the longshore leaders could, by con ference with ships clerks' leaders, see the ship was worked. He said the longshoremen's action necessitated his resignation In the interests of self-respect and the fu ture of arbitration. f PLANS FOR TRANSFER OF BALTIC RESIDENTS BERLIN. Oct. S (AP) In line with one of Adolf Hitler's declara tions in his Reichstag speech of last Friday. Germany today worked on plans for negotiation with the smal ler Baltic states for Immediate trans fer of German-blood residents to some section of the Reich. The chief difficulty appeared to be the question of how to recompense these Germane for property, especial ly real estate, that they would leave behind and how to effect the trans fer of their capital assets without embarrassing the economy and fi nance of the Baltic states on the one hand and Germany on the other. Work on this problem went on as authorized sources said they had nothing new to add to the question of peace or war. They said Hitler had made his statement and now It was up to neutrals and the belliger ents on the other side to make the next move. Many Germans believed peace was Just around the corner. L WASHINGTON, Oct. 0 (AP) The supreme court agreed today to pass on three controversies between the Amrlcan Federation of Labor and the CIO over Interpretation of the National Labor Relations Act. In addition, the tribunal refused to review lower court decisions sus taining orders by the labor board that; The Cudshy Packing company mtist opase recognition of the Packing House Workers' union of St. Paul an independent union, at Its New port, Minn., plant. The Louisville Refining company must bargain collectively with the International Association of Oil Field. Oas Well and Refinery Workers of America. The Crowe Coal company of Henry County. Missouri, U under the Juris diction of the labor board and must reinstate discharged employe. First Pictures Show Woe jpj Vl m ' lj)? Chester Carter end William Chrls tean of Fort Jones; Les Shoemaker, of GalLf Creek, and William Flem ing of Foot Creek, are held In the county Jail, charged with ' larceny of five chickens belonging to J. B. Fanchlnl. a mining man of the Rogue River district. The four men attended a dance at Rogue River last Saturday, and according to a signed statement by one of them, psrtook of wine and beer. On the way home It was de cided to have chicken for breakfast. They drove to the Fanchlnl place, parked the auto, and two proceeded to the Fanchlnl barn where they took a coop containing five chickens. In course of fattening for canning. A short distance from the barn, the necks of the chickens were wrung. Later the fowls were fried and eaten at breakfast and dinner. Fanchlnl signed a complaint to day against the quartet. Deputy Sheriff William Grenbemer made the arrest Sunday. GERMAN SHIPS TAKE El RIO A. Latvia. Oct. fl AP) Ten German steamer were In Riga har bor today, and four others, at Lei paja (Llbau) and Ventspll (Wlndau) were loading Oerman emigrants from Latvia for removal to Germany. Four other ships arrived at Tal linn. Estonia, to take German from that country. German Aerial r v - tL'-'V TWO DIE IN CRASH DUE M F. EOG KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 0. (AP) Two Che mult loggers were killed on The Dalles-California highway six miles north of Baud creek this morn ing when their car crashed Into the rear of a freight truck in the fog. The dead were Harry Sturm and Stewart Fisher, seasonal employes of the Chiloquln Lumber company camp at Lcnz. They made their homes at Chemult. Reports of the accident Indicated the truck had stopped on the high way to clean fog from the windshield Driver of the truck was James Plana. 40, of Bend. FINNIfVESSEL HITS MINE. SINKS AMSTERDAM, Oct. 0 (AP)-Res-cue boat from the Netherlands re ported the Finnish freighter Indra, 2,029 tons sank today after striking a mine off the island of Terschelllng. Only wreckage of the sunken 1 freighter wa found but the entire ; crew of the Indra was believed res cued by nearby Finnish ships which proceeded on their way, Netherlands' sailors said. CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo., Oct. (AP) Major D. D. Watson. 42, miss Ing army air pilot from Randolph field. Texas, was found dead In his wrecked plane IS miles from here today. The plane hAd crashed In t corn field. of Warsaw Fourteen were killed Sent. 1.1 In the collapse of the apartment (above) In a Warsaw suburb, when the Ger man line was less than a mile away. People are shown trying to dig out bodies after the bomb fell. Below: Heven women were In a field on the outskirts of Wnrsnw, digging potatoes wlten German machine gun bullet, killed two of them. A sister of one of the vlctlmi li shown bent over one nf tlia vlrla tvlin nn Itlllnif. Unit lr- p. u res were made by Julien llryan, lecturer, during his Hept. 7-21 stay In Warsaw after the government had fled. llryan arrived In New York on the S.S. Hergctisfjord. He left Poland via East Prussia, Hlga and Stockholm. 15,000 CARS STALLED ON S.F.BAY BRIDGE IN TO SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9. (AP) The Golden Gate Exposition attract ed 187,730 visitors yesterday In a rush that broke all attend dance records at Treasure Island and caused r jrhaps the biggest traffic Jam In the history of the bay region. The previous attendance record record was 126,697, set the day the fair opened, last February 18. Traffic congestion began at 9 a. m. on the 8Vi -mile San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge, from which island bound automobiles turn off at a mid way point. By 2 p. m. the exposi tion's 16.000-car parking lot was filled, several thousand other cars were parked In other spot over the island, and 16,000 more machines were stalled on the bridge. Hundreds of cars were held on 'the bridge for as long as three hours. In addition to the visitors who went to the fair by automobile, thou sands of others arrived on ferries from San Francisco and Oakland. CITY BDDGETDUE FOR AIRING OCT. 31 Public hearing on the Med ford city budget for 1940 will be held In council chambers on the top floor of city hall at 7:30 p. on. Tuesday, October 31, It was an nounced today by M. L. Alford, re corder. The city council will meet at that time to give final consideration to the 1040 budget. Purpose of the hearing Is to give taxpayers the op portunity to express their views on the budget and to express objections thereto If they have any. FIND HUNTER'S BODY AFTER 8-DAY SEARCH SKATTLK. Oct. S (AP) The hertff'i office received word that CCO youth found the body of Cecil N. Ftoa, Tncoma meat cutter, In Ooat Creek ravine, near Mt. Rainier today, apparently he had shot him nelf whn he atnmbtrd while deer ' bunting eiht daya ao. Forces NO DAMAGE DONE TO SAYS ADMIRALTY Repeated Actions In North Sea Area British Planes Scout Big Troop Move ments at Aix-La-Chapelte LONDON. Oct. B-UPI-Rmm. encounters between British Warship and German planes in the northeas areaa of the North Sea were reported oy tne admiralty to have occurred, today. The admlraltv annnnnrmn clared that the British had suffered no casualties. Uut that thv hm know how the Germans had fared. At the same time, "Eyewitness. the oflclal correspondent with Brltlsbi forces in France, reported four Bri tish plane had made successful day light scouting flights along the Ger man frontier from Fmnr t North Sea. Escape Barrage One pair of nlanes was mm have flown safely through two antl- ircnui Barrages. The admiralty also disclosed a rw man naval squadron had escaped from the British naval patrol off the south coast of Norway yesterday. vir lorces endeavored to engage It, but darkness enabled the enemy to escape," said an admiralty com munlque. "DM ring today repeated action have taken place over the northeaai area of tl Noi-th Sea between Oer man bombing planes and British cruisers and destroyers. "No British Shlru urnr ri-m-M Casualties to the enemy are not known." Eye Troop Movements "Eye-witness" said the plane over Germany had Invest inn "r--- recelved by headquarters' concern ing me evacuation of- Important cities, big troop movement near Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), aignlficana concentrations of aircraft, and inten sive building of fortification neat the Luxembourg frontier." The correspondent did not disclose what were the findings of the flight, but said the scouting planes had landed in England with photograph1 taken. E ON WESTERN FRONT IS REVELATION OF FRENCH PARIS. Oct. 9 (AP) For the firs time since the war started five week ago, an official French communique today gave indications that more or less general operations were under way on the western front. The communique described Ger man patrol activity as "very great and said it was taking place all th way from the Moselle River valley on the end of the front to Saar bruecken, where the Saar river bend back from Germany Into France. A French patrol boat was reported by the communique to have at tacked "an enemy submarine with success." (It did not say whether the un dersea boat was sunk or captured). The communique, also for the first time, reported artillery actios along the whole northern flank. Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time Is Pacific Standard) NEW YORK, Oct. 0 The addresi of Secretary of State Cordell Hull at the World Trade dinner of tha National Foreign Trade convention tomorrow night will bt broadcaat on WJZ-NBC starting at 7 o'clock and WOR-MBS IS minutes later. Amerlca'e Town Meeting will take, up the arms embargo question on WJZ-NBC at 6:30 p.m. Thursdny. rn favor of repeal will be Col. Prank Knol. 1036 Republican vice-presidential candidate, and In opposition, Philip P. LaFollette, former Wiscon sin governor. . Tonight: Mobilization for human nMds WEAP-WJZNBC, WABC-CBS, WOR-MBS 7:60, President Roosevelt. Tuesday : European WEAF- WJZ NBC 6 a.m.: WABC-CBS t a.m.. 1:30 p.m. WJZ-NBC a.m., J. Edgar Hoover on "Problems ol Law Enforcement. NAVAL SQUAD
