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Mr The Weather Forecast: Fair toulght and Wednesday, til tie change hi temperature. Temperature Highest YeMerday 11 Lonest thli Morning 44 Least Expensive There are many method! used to advertise but the qulc-kect, uret, bel and least expense way H through the rlanMMrd In thli newfuiper. A trial Hill convince you that It pa.it. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1939. Thirtv-fourth Year No. 172. MtpnnvnTi An nM imnn n T- W HEA11 I ' . at Ithe I ADMINISTRATION A -''(mm im nmiicn tcct SPECIAL ELECTION UttEHsBL 111 rUILI 1 10 1 WABHINGTOK. D. C Oct. 10 High officials are keeping mum for the present, but they have discovered that Oregon and Washington are po tential sources of more strategic min erals than any other section of the United States. To develop those ma terials many will require quantities of cheap power and Bonneville dam has that. Catch on? There are 17 strategic materials; listed by the war department. Strate g o materials are those which are not produced in this country in sufficient quantities if at nil to meet domes- tic requirements The United States Is dependent on foreign countries for theie supplies. Last spring congress voted many million dollars to import these strategic material to create stock plies as part of the national de fense and preparedness program. I War Is cutting oft the source if supply for many of these materials, and foreign countries, including bel- I llgerenta and near-belllgerenU. have bet.'n quietly buying and draining the limited amount on hand In the . United States. President Roosevelt! tipped that off when he urged Amerl- t cans not to sell abroad certain mate- ! rials. . So much for background. OF the 17 strategic materials, eight j can be found In Oregon. Of the ; 17 materials nine are minerals and i of these seven exist In Oregon. Exact i check for Washington state Is notj available as It has not been com-' pleted. but Washington contains sev-; era! of the strategic materials. j Strange as It mny seem, one strate gic material is wool, so Oregon has wool and seven minerals. Among the latter are manganese, mercury, tin. mica, chromlte and a low-grade ore from which aluminum Is manufac tured. What is unknown, however. Is the extent of the deposits of thase strate glo minerals. Most are believed to be low-grade, not up to the rich ness of the Imported articles. Mer cury (quicksilver), howevrvr, produced in the Willamette valley and in cen tral Oregon Ls the same quality as that Imported from Spain. There will scon be proposed a sur vey of these deposits to determine quantities and richness. For the lat ter purpose a laboratory may be set tip and experiments made by the gov ernment using, when necessary, energy from the Bonneville gen erators. When the extent of the deposits have been defined and the best method of treating them ascertained in the laboratory, Industries will be (Continued on Page Six) Sabotage Warship Goes To Gun Drill LOS ANGELES. Oct. 10 ,') The Battleship Arizona was back At sea for gunnery practice today. Navy au thorities and agents of the federal bureau of Investigation here re mained silent regarding published ru mors of sabotage aboard. The FBI . Is conducting an Investigation. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 10. (AP) Henry Mlemela of Astoria, executive secretary of the Columbia River Fish ermen's Protective union, told the state fish commission today that he favored roning of the Columbia river for commercial fishermen, allowing them to fish only a specified eone during the year. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Roland Smith missing at 150 feet a big buck deer that had come to his camp for breakfast. 81m Jarvi suggesting that Roland try rat poison the next time. Doc George Dean being delayed for an appointment by having to take care of a dog that was molesting his chickens. Pearl Loeffler and Gladys Hughes remaining quite calm despite the fact a burly rassler almost landed on their laps at the weekly riots. And Bob Keenly having a diffi cult time coaxing wtfey Rosemarle bsck Into her ringside seat after the Impact. Charles Reum being awfully anx ious to s?e Clarlta McCormlck s perky hat described In this pillar of play fulness, he apparently being of the opinion that all feminlr.e fall cha peaus are a bit screwy. Dorothy Orth Brn, pointed our as a H-riy I.t.i - t"ipli?atr. whit w tii hT becoming new hair-do i 44 4t I 65 Against Motion to Sepa rate Shipping Provision From Arms Embargo Re- j peal Issue; 26 for Motion How They Voted WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. &) The vote by which the senate rejected today the motion of Sen ator Tobey (R.. N. H.) to split up the administration neutrality bill: For splitting the bill 26: Democrats Sulow. Clark of Ida ho, Clark of Missouri, Downey, Holt. McCarran, Overton, Walsh, Wheeler 9. Republicans B o r a h. Bridges, Capper, Danaher, Davis. Frazler, Hoi ma n, Johnson of California, Lodge. McNary. Nye, Reed. Tobey. Townsend. Vandenberg lfi. Farmer-Labor Lundeen 1. Progressive La Follette 1. Against splitting the bill 65:- Democrats Adams, Andrews, Ashhurst, Bailey, Bankhead, Bark ley. Bilbo, Brown, Burke. Byrd, Byrnes. Caraway, Chandler. Cha vez, Connally, Donahey, Ellender, George, Gerry, Gillette, Green. O it fey, Harrison, Hatch, Hayden, Herring, Hill, Hughes, Johnson of Colorado. King. Lee, Lucas, Ma toney. Mead. Miller, Mtnton, Mc Kellar, Murray. Neety. O'Mahoney. Pepper. P.ttman, Radcllffe, Reyn olds, Russell, Schwartz, schwel lenhach, Shepard, Smathers, Stew art, Thomas of Oklahoma, Thomas of Utah, Truman, Tydings, Van Nuys, Wagner, Slattery 57. Republicans Austin, Barbour, Gibson, Gurney, Hale, Taft, White 7. Independent Norrts 1. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. (AP) President Roosevelt told reporters today no offers or overtures for peace in Europe had been received by the gov ernment. This was one of the questions posed at his press conference: "Have any offers or over tures of peace'been received?" The president replied with a firm no. WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. (AP) Administration forces In the senate defeated today a motion to separate shipping provisions of the neutrality bill from the arms embargo repeal Issue. The vote was announced as 65 ngalnst to 28 for the motion. There was a division of. opinion among leaders as to whether the ad ministration victory could be counted a test of strength on the neutrality bill itself the most controversial sec tion of which ls that providing repeal of the present embargo on arms. Seen rUrenijtn Tet Majority Leader Barkley of Ken tucky told reporters he regarded the vote as a measuring stick but Sen ator Borah (R-Idnho), a leader of the opposition In the neutrality fight, said it could not be so considered. (Continued on Page Two) Babes Born AlmoM before llielr ee tinned H.iraw. there In He with Ihelr mlh hiuil. nnr nf the hahle. wa more leUiutf ajid hoUim(b.ex, durLni bit C "iwTMM-.r'i f isffW iJtMtil . -. --- ..... F. L. Refuses CALLED FOR VOTE ON BONDPROPOSAL October 28 Set by Council for Balloting On Propo sition to Finance Park Purchase, Development The city council at an adjourned meeting lato yesterday adopted an : j ordinance calling a special election I Saturday, October 28 to vote on a proposed bond Issue not to exceed $30,000 to provide funds to acquire land for park purposes and to de velop and Improve such land. The ordinance provides that the polls be open from 1 to 8 p. m. and that voting be done in each of the city's four wards as precincts, i The council also adopted an ord- j tnance approving a charter amend-1 ment, a necessary legal formality In connection with the special election and proposed bond issue. Vote I'naiiltnouft Vote on the ordinance was unan imous. Councllmcn H. S. Deuel and J. F. Erickson were absrnt. Principal purpose of the proposed park development is to provide em ployment during the slack winter season. Secondary purpose Is to beau tify a strip of land along Bear creek and to provide the city with a park that may be used by residents and visitors as a place of recreation. The project was proposed at last week's council meeting by representatives of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and various civic and serv ice clubs and Individual taxpayers. E.P. DEIS ASSAULT Edgar Dahack of Eagle Point, a high school student, charged with assault and battery ln a complaint signed by C. F. Davles, the school head, entered a plea of not guilty before Justice of the Peace William R, Coleman today. Trial was set for Saturday morning. Through his father, Ernest Dahack. the defendant asked for a Jury trial, which was granted. According to the authorities and the father of the boy the alleged assault occurred in the school yard after an argument in the school, the two coming to blows. Orion McDonald, charged with bur glary not In a dwelling, will be heard in Justice court tomorrow. The com plaint alleges the defendant broke down the door of a building at No. 3 Third street with the Intention of taking goods therein. Loyal Galen Harper, charged with driving an auto with an improper license plate, was fined 2.50 and costs. CHICAGO. Oct. 10. (AP-USDA) Pears: 3 California, 1 Oregon, 2 Wash ington arrived, JO on track, Oregon Bosc 720 No. 1, 1180 ft 2.39, average 1 92. to Tragedy of i 9 s-:! i -m Ihev haltie, were rmhed l Hie hament of a larce women's hn.pltal In uho wept (trul praft lliHr Ihe. mlrht le , pared from Oerinaii iltati In ,tn f.lrt tlif-n till, picture m lal.en In Jnllen llrjan. American Brnl. i-il U laxsa, IUblc ll) ceutej u tKlua. Will Fight Chamberlain Delays Reply to Overture FOES IF By LoiiIh v. LiM'ltner BERLIN. Oct. 10. vP( Adolf Hit ler today declared Germany was de termined to fight the war to the bitter end if necessary and once more laid the responsibility for con tinuing the struggle on the relch's adversaries. In a 21 -minute speech opening the nazl winter relief campaign, the reichsfuehrer said he had expressed his country's "readiness for peace," but if this were declined by the western allies the fight would go on. The winter relief work, he de manded, must attain results never before achieved, not only because great tasks Us ahead created by the j war, but also because the world must be shown, he said, that rumors of j disunion within the relch are un-! founded. 1 Germans must make common cause, the fuehrer said, "in battle, in victory and finally In peace." "Germany must once and for all convince the world that It must be allowed to live undisturbed within Its own living space." "In a few weeks the state which thought it could threaten German Interests most Insolently (Poland) has been demolished thanks to our soldiers and our military strategy," the fuehrer declared. "What the future may bring we do not know. But of this we are certain: No power on earth ever again will be able to force Germany to her knees. "They will not defeat us militarily, economically or psychically." . Tremendous cheering greeted his declaration, delivered In a speech in Berlin's huge Sportspalast opening the annual nazi winter relief cam paign. "Before us stands the eternal life of our people," he said. "Nothing can shake us. Nothing can bring (Continued on Page Pwo ) BY FRENCH FIRE PARIS, Oct. 10 (JP) French troops were reported today to have turned back numerous Gorman as saults south of the strategic city of Saarbruecken with hand grenades and rllle fire. The Nazi thrusts, these reports In dicated, apparently were aimed at breaking French lines tightening on three sides of Saarhruccken. German raiding parties also sought to take prisoners to obtain Information on French advance positions, It was said. In both objectives. French dls patches said, the Germans failed. War Siege Endorsement to Bitter FRIGHTENED HELSINKI, Oct. 10. (AP) All civilians who can go were urged to make immediate preparations to leave the environs of Helsinki and Viipuri in a broadcast tonight by Minister of the Interior Urho Kekkonen. He said the measure was purely precautionary but the sooner carried out the better. me warning was given as a rinisn mission was on Its way to Moscow at the Invitation of the Soviet Rus jan government to discuss unspeci fied economic and political prob lems. Russia has gained sweeping concessions from similar missions from smaller Baltlo states. The Finnish mission ls expected to reach the Soviet capital tomorrow. Viipuri is a port on the Gulf o( Finland, almost directly north of Llcnlgrad. (Russian warships were re ported massed today at Kronstadt, huge naval base near Leningrad, and hundreds of thousands of Russian troops are on the frontiers of the Baltic states.) The official decree calling on civil ians to leave was scheduled to bt issued tomorrow, but the departures were left on a voluntary basis. The government will give free rail way transportation to all who can not afford tickets and will otherwise give material aid. Even before the Interior minister's broadcast trains and buses were crowded with women and children leaving Helsinki for the country and the railways added extra trains. The radio and newspapers have bean Instructing the populace In air defense: measury. end volunteer have boon' ItftflrincT rn tha Atari .i--.--. service. Gas masks sales are mounting. At Intervals today the city resounded with the noise of giant air raid warn ing sirens being tested. A blackout test was scheduled for tonight. ANXIOUSLY EYED BY NORTHERN NEUTRALS STOCKHOLM, Oct. 10. (AP) Eu rope's northern neutrals anxiously watched the approaching showdown between Soviet Russia and Finland today for a further lgn of the new order In the Baltlo region. Confronted by Russia's quest for supremacy In that part of Europe, the northern countries which had not already signed on th Soviet dotted line wondered how Finland would make out. Finland, Sweden. Denmark and Norway were drawn together at Hel sinki In a dlcussion of how to side step the war and carry on their vital commerce In the Baltic and North Seas. Sweden, aside from Finland the most Immediately concerned In the expansion of Soviet power, strength ened her defense forces and hastened construction of air raid shelters. Flnlnnd herself practiced air de fense while a delegation headed by Dr. Juho Ktistl Paaslklvl, minister to Btockholm. entrained last night I for Moscow In response to the Krem i Iln's Invitation as Finnish officials put It to exchange opinions about political and economic problems. The problems were not specified. The Finnish party waa expected to reach Moscow tomorrow morning. "Never shall our land bow before the foreign tyrant." sang the crowd at Helsinki'! station last night as the delegation set out. It was part of the national anthem of a people Russian-ruled until 1917. ORANTS PA3S. Oct. 10. P) A. 0. Ford of Ferrydale who shot himself by accident thla morning waa re ported In critical condition. When the 79-year-old peach grower pulled a shotgun through a gata by Its muzzle. It discharged, tt was necessary to amputate Ford's left hand at the wrist and to remove hi, right eye. HOLMAN'S NAME ADDED TO EMBARGO ADVOCATES WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. fAP Sen. Holman (R., Ore.) added his name yesterday to. list of Oregon congresnlonal representatives who op posed lifting of the arms embargo lause of the neutrality law. He said he was "Inclined" to vote to wum U embargo, - End Says Hu'er; FINNS FLEE AOOLF HITLER OF BREAKING PLEDGES PARIS. Oct. 10. (AP-via radio) Premier Daladler, In a radio speech broadcast to the French nation, to night accused Adolf Hitler of re peatedly breaking promises and said the French would not lay down their arms "until the world has certain peace." "Neither France nor Great Britain has embarked on any war of con quest," the premier said. "They ac cepted that war because Germany wanted to Impose domination of Europe. . . . "The peace that Germany offers now ls one of ruse and violence, There will, however, be a real peace In the future." He- reminded his audience of the German conquest of Austria, Ccecho Slovakia and Poland. After each of these conquests, Daladler declared, Hit lor had asserted he had no more territorial demands. Daladler's ad dress was an answer to Hitler's peace proposals of last Friday. "Every six months Germany makes new territorial demands and then says she Is satisfied. "Far from bringing about a re duction of armament, this system makes other nations Increase their armament. "In order to bring about a last Ing peace ... we must fight against the abuses of force. A security of nations can come about only by mutual understanding devoid of all surprises. The time has passed when a tcr rltorlat conquest brings happiness to people. "Wars bring about bread cards and food cards, and our eating ls lim ited. France holds In horror such servitude. "I affirm again solemnly that we are fighting and win continue to fight until we obtain a guarantee of peace. "If we demobilize now, again In six months we might have to face another aggression. ' GERMAN-MADE TOYS ARRIVE IN AMERICA NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (P) War has not stopped the shipment of Christ mas toys from Oermany. A cargo of 1,200 tons of German- made toys arrived yesterday on the Holland American line freighter Bottchdljk. A ship official said the toys were shipped from the Reich to the Neth Hands In 20 freight oars after the outbreak of war. 4 PORTLAND, Oct. 10 fP) Al though Baker was the only point reporting a sub-freezing tempera ture to the government weather bu reau, frosty atmosphere covered most of Oregon today. First Lady Sees No Reason For Barring Reds From Teas WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, center of a tea party tempest blown up yester day by the Dies committee's unamer ican Investigation, observed today she knew of no reason why communists should not have come to tea with her. At the same time she challenged the testimony of a Dies witness that one former tea guest of hers should rightfully bear the communist label. The witness, Kenneth Ooff. testi fied William Hinckley, chairman of the American Youth Congress, and other members of that organization were communists when they sat acrc a White House tea table from th4 first lady two years ago. ; Hinckley denied In New York last night that he was a communist or i wmber of the young communist league, as OoXl testified, au4 for New JAKE E FOR' CONFERENCE LONDON, Oct. 10. (API Prime Minister Chamberlain today post poned from Wednesday until Thurs day the house of commons speech in whtch he is expected to reply to Adolf Hitler's peace overtures. Sir John Simon, chancellor of the exchequer, told commons that the postponement had been decided on in order to allow further consulta tion with the dominion govern ments. The prime minister's speech thus Is scheduled for the same day David Lsioya ueorge. Britain's world war prime minister, has called a meet ing of his council for peace and reconstruction. Lloyd George has advocated an International conference to settle European issues. Immediately after Sir John's an nouncement, Air Minister Sir Kings- ley Wood told the house that the ! royal air force had made a "com plete photographic map of the Sleg- inea line," wnich forms Germany s west wall fortifications. Reporting on Brltlah air activities In the war, he said submarlnea were sighted , on 72 occasions during the first four weeks of war and 84 at tacks were made, some of which were "undoubtedly successful." Sir Klngsley asserted the' latest British fighting planes were "defin itely better than German counter parts." ROW WITH CIO HALTS OPERATIONS IN TWO CHRYSLER FACTORIES DETROIT, Oct. 10. ) A dispute between the Chrysler corporation and the C. I. O. United Automobile Work ers, which closed two plants and made more than 18,000 employes Idle, spread to a third unit today. Approximately 3,000 workers were sent home from the Kercheval plant, which supplies bodies to two divi sions of the corporation. The closing of the Kercheval plant, the spokesman said, followed "a strike on the arm rest assembly lino and among the conveyor loaders." William Marshall, president of the U. A. W.-C. I. O. Chrysler local, said the management of the Kercheval plant had attempted to remove 78 women employes from seniority rolls and the union protested.' Company spokesmen said their ac tion In closing the plants came when union employes began a "stow-down" strike, cutting production 60 per cent by allowing every other car to go by them In the line untouched. To Release Capone When Fine Settled CHICAOO, Oct. 10 P) Al Capone will be released from Terminal Is land. Calif., on Nov. 10, federal court house sources said today, provided a dispute over a tS.OOO chunk of bis fine was settled. this Mrs. Roosevelt added her own denial today. She said since the much-publicized tea she had become personally ac quainted with Hinckley, Joseph Cad den, executive secretary of the con gress, and other persons active In youth movements, "Those I have known since are cer tainly not communists." she declared. Some one asked whether she would set up a censorship for persons she Invited to tea, and she said she cer tainly would not. Then a reportei inquired directly whether there was any reason communists should not have had tea with her and the first lady said no. Whereupon a questioner asked was it not true Mrs. Roosevelt had re publicans and members of other par ties to tea and she couldn't know the politics of alt guevts. She ax wetted, agreement, Deal CONVENTION VOTE BALKS EFFORT TO LAUD ROOSEVELT Committee Report Points Out Criticism Against Na tional Labor Relations Board and Its Appointees By T. K. Cuman CINCINNATI. Oct. 10. (AP) The American Federation of Labor con vention voted non-concurrence today with a resolution calling for endorse ment of President Roosevelt and the new deal. , Without debate or the tumult that attended previous discussion of the Roosevelt administration, the con vention upheld a resolutions com mittee finding that the federation, could not give the 'blanket endorse ment" called for In the resolution submitted by the Connecticut State Federation of Labor. Criticisms Cited In the voice vote on the com mittee'a recommendation for non concurrence there appeared to be a close division of "ayes" and "nays,'' and A PL President William Green, rutod the vote supported the com mittee. The committee pointed out the Con necticut proposal drew no distinc tion between congressional and ad ministrative action In Its plea for a new deal endorsement. It also voiced opposition to the "conserva tives of both parties." The report pointed out the APL'a record of criticism against the . na- tlonal labor relations board. Its bin"1 polntees, the removal of the pre vailing wage from the relief bill and the first executive reorganization bill. "Your committee ls fully conscious of the many legislative and execu tive acts which have proven most , beneficial to labor," the commute said, "some of them, such as socUl security, providing a neceaiary pro tection to labor which should have been enacted many years ago. Opposition Necessary "Your committee, however, has cited several Instances where tfaa American Federation of Labor In Us efforts to protect labor's right and welfare, has been forced to oppose legislation understood to have been originated by the 'new dealer.' "The hearty support which the trade union movement has given to a largo number of 'new deal' meas ures should not lead this conven tion to give Its blanket endorse ment to all legislation which has been proposed or enacted by the so-called 'new deal, neither should our opposition to certain 'new deal' legislative and administrative acts permit us to voice condemnation, of the 'new deal'." John J. Egan, the Connecticut Federation of Labor delegate, waa the only speaker in behalf of the resolution. He told the convention he regretted some action was not taken on the proposal to "give credit where credit was due. BARTON WOULD WAGER WAR OVER THIS YEAR NEW YORK, Oct. 10 P Hep. Bruce Barton (R.-N.T.) aayi ha to willing to make a "small waiter" tba European war will be over by Christ mas. Barton told a T.M.O.A. Founders' day dinner last night that the peopla of every nation had been dlsslllus sloned by the World war and wera eager for lasting peace. KLAMATH INDIANS GET FIRST MONEY FRIDAY KLAM4TH FALLS. Oct. 10. (AP) The 1491 Klamath Indiana who were on the Judgment roll of the Yamsey land case will get their firs division Friday of the 5 ,000,000 damages awarded by tha federal court of claims. The Klamath agency received part of Hit money yesterday and will distribute ioo checks to tha In dians. , Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time ls Paclflo Standard) Tonight: World Trade Dinner WJH-NBO 7 p.m., MBS 7:15 Sec. tt State Cornell Hull on "New Prob lems In Commercial and Economla Relations with Other Nations." Europe WABC-CBS S:S5, 8: MB 9: WJZ-NBO 7: WEAP-WJZ-NBC l:0. WABC-CBS 7:30 Beo of Labor Perkins annual report. Wednesday: MBS-Chaln 1 :10 p.m. Talk Rep. Wright Patman. . . Euro- nesn WEAP-WJZ-NBO I liJB.I IwABCCBillgfetiMfrt,. , J
