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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday, Utile change In tein peruture. Temperature Highest vestrnlar 70 Lowest this morning 40 The Same Method There art many people who depend upon the Classified rolunnit of thli newspaper MEDFOR Tribun exchuUely to get them what ey want. Vu ran profit jj ually ai well by followtnf D e aame method. I they eq the Full Associated Press Full id Press Thirtv-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939. No. 174. Ml E f ! - 4- ' i AT ATHE NjJjflL WAKHTK-OTOrJ. D. C. Oct. 12 For 15 cents (cadi, not stamps), govern- ment printing office sold the 193C Plan. The 1939 edition, Just com- pleted by War Resources Board . (steel's Stattlnlus, chairman), Is sup-, pressed by order of President Roose velt; an Interpretation of the plan for confld?ntlal circulation may re mit In a shake-up In the cabinet when the neutrality legislation is disposed of and congress meets for the regular session. The inside story li interesting. While the public is aware of in dustrial mobilization as determined in 1936, there is now no way (of ficially) to learning how this year's plana differ. Comparison of the re port mads only 36 months apart would be illuminating. What is in the 1939 plan that was not in the 1936 edition? What was deleted? INDUSTRIAL Mobilization Plan (I. M. P.) "takes over" men and money, controls the lives and ac tivities of the American people in war. The 1936 report explained how It would be done, but until there la a war or Mr. Roosevelt releases the new report, the people will not be aware of the pattern which is to reshape their destinies. Mr. Roosevelt explains he does not expect war in the U. S., so why discuss the report? But when war cornea it will be too late for citizens to discuss the plan, it will then be in oporatton before John Citizen can aay "Jack Robinson." Some weeks ago a sketchy outline of the plan -was revealed in this space, but recently tho subject has become ao sensitivo that a few army and navy officer are losing sleep and two sub-cabinet officers may lose their Jobs. Tax Research Institute of Ameri ca Issued "Adjusting Your Business to War," authored by Leo M. Cherne It analyze the plan of industrial mobilization, giving business advice on getting its house in order against the emergency. Forward was written by Louts Johnson, assistant secretary of war. Author Cherne paid acknow ledgements to Johnson. Acting Sec retary of the Navy Edison and 11 army and navy officers "without whom this volume could not have been written." (Continued on Page Six.) ES DETROIT. Oct. 12. ( AP) Several hours of discussion between repre sentatives of Chrysler corporation and the CIO United Automobile Workers failed today to srlve a dis- rmra thai hn tuoHn mnm than Hfi 000 employes of Chrysler and of the Brtggs Manufacturing company here idle. Robert W. Conder, director of labor relations for Chrysler, said the ne gotiations were "quite friendly" but that no decisions were reached. He said several union proposals were discussed, and ndded that the cor poration presented no proposals. McAdoo Grandson Formally Adopted LOS ANGELES. Oct. 12 The Examiner eald today former United States Senator William O. McAdoo and hta wife had adopted his 4-year old grandson, Richard De Onate. The child Is the son of Rafael De Onate, 43, and Ellen Wilson McAdoo De Onate. granddatighter of Wood row Wilson. The De Onatcs were mar ried at Albuquerque, N. M. In 1934, and divorced three years later. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Alberta Finley giving a sales talk to a group of friends on the nu- mrriin mamK nuuwy rvv n nan' Piwnh itDnmnhl la tt-htrh Id new French automobile which is raustrw so much comment in Med ford but is a common sight In their home town of Hollywood. Dorothy Rogers recalling a friend's marriage ceremony when the minis ters small son persisted in firing a bean shooter at the couple throughout the service. Eurtora F rry whipping 1 '.' mornlna ' 'm hr honv n. Fr' :-1 .: I very smart in 4 dub canst eucuib.a. Hitler's Overtures Termed Too Vague; Guarantees Lacking LONDON. Oct. 12. (AP) told Adolf Hitler today he could mil i musi D6 a real ana seiuea by the German fuehrer in the reichstag last Friday. Hitler's peace over- tures Chamberlain, in his weekly war report to the house of commons, scorned "an uneasy truce Interrupted by constant alarms and repeated threats." He said the proposals of Hitler's speech were "vague and uncertain and contain no suggestion for right ing the wrongs done to Czecho-Slovakia and Poland." Must Go On The German government and the German government alone," Cham berlain declared, stands In the way of the "peace we are determined to secure." The prime minister said lacking "convincing proof" by definite acts and guarantees of Hitler's will for peace Britain and France "must per severe in our duty to the end." When Chamberlain finished his comparatively brief declaration Clem ent R. Attlee. leader of the labor opposition, spoke in support. Britain, Chamberlain declared, could not accept such a basis for peace as Hitler proposed "without i forfeiting her honor." Chamberlain said that even If Hit-1 ler's proposals contained suggestions for righting the wronga of Poland and Czechoslovakia "it would still be necessary to ask by what practical means the German government In tends to convince the world that aggressions will cease and that pledges will be kept." Look Beyond War Looking beyond the war, Chamber lain asserted, "whatever may be the Issue of tho present struggle and in whatever way It may bo brought to n conclusion the world will not be the same world that we have known before." The prime minister added: "We are not aiming only at victory, but rather looking beyond It to the laying of a foundation of a better international system which will mean that war Is not to be the lot of every succeeding generation." "It Is for Germany to make her choice," he asserted, whether to con tinue the war or show she wants peace by "definite acts and by the provision of effective guarantees" that her undertakings will be carried out. Mum On War Alms Chamberlain refrained from giv ing a specific statement on Britain's war alms despito a widespread de mand in somo political quarters for such a statement. "We must take It that the pro posals which the German chancellor puts forward for the establishment of what he calls 'the certainty of European security' are to be bawd on recognition of his conquest and his right to do what he pleases with the conquered." the prime minister said. It was Chamberlain's first speech since Hitler's reichstag address. ! PUBLIC INVITED TO J'VILLE CEREMONY JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 12 (Spl) The public Is Invited to witness the presentation of a shrine at the high .school gym tonicht at 8 o'clock by the locol Masonic lodge. The school band will play and the Glee club will sing. Rev. Sherman L. Divine of Medford will be principal speaker. Bremen's Thrilling Escape Recounted by One of Crew (Copyright. 1939. by the Associated i at sea he realized the Bremen was Press) AMSTERDAM, Oct. 12. ( AP) A Netherlands seaman on the Oerman liner Bremen declared today the ves sel r?ached Murmansk, north Rus sian port, after a thrilling voyage during which she flew the Soviet flag and preparations were made to destroy her rather than allow her to fall in British hands. E. Post, a cook and only Nether lands seaman on the Bremen when she sailed August 30 from New York, told his story in a copyrighted In- tervlew wltr the Amsterdam news- , paIxr net voik aiier nis return io -. . 1 1 .. yn..r i ; his native country, Ho said Captain Adolf Ahrens ! th( blockllde of tne Brlllm fJwl wUn bam,B of gasollne on ready for burning the vessel rather than allow her to be captured by the British. The voyage was veiled In such secrecy, he said, that the crew did not know the liner's destination, a!! Hiht: ere rxtingulshei d'.irinq : - rth lan-.:c crt!ng nrd tlie : ; ;. red i -j rail. Fq1 said mat alter sos datua lut buau, Prime Minister Chamberlain have peace if he wanted it pence and not mat outiinea WAR IN EARNEST I BERLIN. Oct. 12 Adolf Hitler has derided to begin war In r;irn"t agnlnst lirlUIn and France, Informed quarters Nld tonight after the Fuehrer had conferred for more t hnn t hree hours with his closest advisers on 1'rlme Minister Chamberlain's t.pecch. The Brit Is). 1'rlmc Ml nUt er's address today to the house of commons failed to come up to the expectations of what Hitler believed his broad peace offer de manded, these sources bald. Germany now believes, It was added, that flintier parleys are useless and that guns must speak. SAWMILL 10 RON Jj The Medford Corporation (Owen Oregon Lumber Company) plans to operate its sawmill until January 1, It was announced today by James H. Owen, general manager. The saw mill generally closes down about December 1 0 and resumes In the early spring. Manager Owen said operations af ter January 1 would depend on abil ity to log in the Butte Falls dis trict, generally halted by wintry con ditions. Owen hinted the sawmill "might run as long as possible, after January 1." Improved condition In the lum ber market was given as the reason for the longer run. The; plant in full operation employs close to 400 men. 4 L BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 12. (UP) Officials of San Roque hospital in the vicinity of Mercedes, Snn Luis province, today confirmed that Maria Justlna Lcz, 10 years old, had given birth to a daughter. The child mother's condition waa described as excellent and the birth as normal. Juvenile Judge Dr. Mundet was expected to act on a petition sub mitted by the father of the baby to permit him to marry Maria, despite a law prohibiting the marriage of girls under 13 years of age. salltng far to the north, because of the cold weather, but that he had no idea where she was going. There were no passengers or cargo and every precaution was made to save the crew In event of an attack. The vessel was painted gray as she sped across the Atlantic. She traveled much of the time in heavy mist, which helped to conceal her from any ships near her course. Post said the Bremen flew the Soviet flag and the flag of the North German-Lloyd line, but car ried no Oerman colors. H said Capt. Ahrens railed the crfW together September 3. the day l Great Britain and France declared war, and told thm the war had started. "It doerti't look very good for us. ' he quoted the captain as saying, "for I've sworn that the English won't seize me and my ship while far too great for young soldiers. I'm alive. I would rather sink the : aid Dr. P. S. Burke, chief of medical Bremen." j Investigation for the pensions and Post brought back pictures of crew national health department. Penslon Lir.f ivlty on the Voyage, showing ts who enlisted In the early-age rr'ing other thincs how th7 painted roups greatly outnumber older men f.nll nf the llnor while suspended U.S. Urges R ussia to Go Easy on RED CROSS PLANS OUTLINED AI ME OF AREAUEADERS Coast Information Director Declares War Has En larged, Changed Relief Picture for Organization Plans for the 1939 American Red Cross roll call, considered the most vital since World war days because of the new conflict in Europe, were outlined by Douglas H. Moore of San Francisco, director of roll call and public Information of the Pa cific area, at a seven -county regional conference here today. Mr. Moore declared that the Eu ropean war had changed the Red Cross picture suddenly and com pletely and because of this a pre vious arrangement whereby each chapter was to set Its own mem bership goal this year had been altered. Now, he stated, each of the chapters In Oregon was being asked to set a quota of 10 percent of the population if any quota Is set at all. None Ten Percent None of the 34 county chapters In Oregon attained an enrollment equal to 10 percent of the popula tion last year though several were close to the 10 percent margin, Mr. Moore pointed out. Jackson county chapter's record last year waa 7.42 percent of the population, placed at 32.018 persons. Mr. Moore told of the work that la already being done by the Amer ican Red Cross for war-torn coun tries, tills being confined for the lngs. It has been decided, ho satd, to limit American Red Cross help (Continued on Page Ten ) E.P. BATTERY CHARGE Newell Stanton Seals. 30, of Eagle Point was being held in city Jail today on a charge of assault and battery, following a street fight yes terday afternoon which sent Glen W. Hurst, also or Eagle Point, to Com munity hospital with a large bump on the back of his head and a skinned spot on his scalp. Although still confined In the hospital today. Hurst was not seriously Injured, his attending physician stated. City police reported the fight oc curred shortly before 6 p. m. at Main and Front streets. Hurnt. police said they learned from several witnesses, was knocked down by Seals. Both men had been doing considerable drinking, witnesses told police. Questioned by police, Settla said first that Hurst struck the ilrst blow but later said that Hurst In sulted him. Seals waa slated to be arraigned In city court tomorrow morning. HIKES WPA ROLLS WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. P, The I work projects administration reported today that there were 1.833.202 per sons on work relief roll as of Octo- . ber 4. an increase of 43,388 over the j previous week. I The new total was an increase of 173.202 from the 1939 low of 1.660.000 1 reached last month. I Officials said the Increases resulted I from more numerous relief demands ! as the winter months approached. 1 Among total employment figures and charges by states were: Cali fornia, 78.252. up 1.039: Idaho. 8.479, up 4; Montana, 11.326, up 429; Ore gen. 10.991, up 194; Washington, M.732. up 723. Boys Under 21 Too Young for Fighting OTTAWA. Oct. 12. (UP) Youths mirir thi nt 21 mhntild he snnred trench warfare, the dominion coun- !1 nf health was advised today. I P8t ho reigned Monday after long Statistical records of the last war ! shoremen had refused to pass the r-how that rigors of the field are .n ik:e tables of deaths of veterans, France Speaks With Voice Speaking with the voice of authority, this heay artillery plerc hurls nil explosive shell toward Oermany'a wcstwall from "somewhere In France." French artillerymen are shown bracing themselves against the concus sion. Associated Press Photo from Paramount News. I A FOIIETTE SEESI IF WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (AP) Senator LaFollctte (Prog-Wls.) told the senate today repeal oi me arms embargo, aa proposed In the adminis tration neutrality bill, might cripple the American defense program. i The Wisconsin senator, who usually supports Roosevelt legislation, asserted complex domestic problems were being relegated to the Umbo of forgotten things" by what he described as a step toward partial participation In the European war. Should Aid Recovery Instead of taking this step, he argued, the United States should concentrate its efforts on building up in this hemisphere an economy which would provide the stimulus for a sound business recovery. LaFollctte asserted records of the munitions investigation commltteo showed that when this country went into the World war, it found Its mu nitions plants tooled to turn out for eign products which the army con sidered Inferior to our own. "This experience will moat likely be repeated today If the embargo Is repealed," he declared. "When we. ourselves,, need arms, our factories will be tooled to produce foreign types of arms and munitions. Wc may find our plane plants tooled to make airplanes a year or two old in stead of the most modern type. In short, repeal of the arms embargo may mean a crippling of our own na tional defense program." Course Is Clear "Our patriotic course Is clear," he declared. "It Is to stay out of Europe and the Far East, which would drain our blood, our manhood, and our wealth forever. It Is ao concentrate on making democracy function here In the lat great industrial nation which has a chance of making it function in tho modern machine world." Chairman Bailey (D-NC) of the sen ate commerce committee declared to day shipping provisions of the ad- (Continued on Page Ten ) S.F. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12. Vp San Francisco's latest dock tie-up. which had halted negotiations for a new coastwise waterfront agree ment, was ended today wh?n the C. I. O. Ship Clerks' association agreed to call off lu pickets at the Panama Pacific company dock. Meantime, C. I. O. longshoremen asked Wayne L. Morse to return as i Pftclfl cmiit maritime arbitrator. clerkA' picket to unloftd tho City of Newport News. Panama pnMtngrr and freight vcaacI. BAKER, Ore., Oct. U (UP) Nadle Strayer, Baker, vlM-chalrman of the -itnte Drnocratl committee, raid to- I lev a Dr-niocrntlc Romrn'a Institute j vould b htiA in Portland, Octgbtl X, Crippled, Blind "Mercy Death by rather NEW YORK, Oct. 13. P) A 13 birth, waa found chloroformed to the Bronx. RED CROSS ASKED TO GIVE PLACE ON BOARD SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. ( AP) The international CIO convention hero dismissed today In a one-paragraph resolution the recent request of President Roosevelt the CIO and AFL conclude a labor peace. The resolution stated simply that the CIO had an existing negotiating committee, and recommended this committee "be continued and au thorized to exercise its discretion In any future negotiations" with the AFL toward an accord. Another resolution adopted and enthusiastically applauded requested representation for organized labor on the governing board of the American Red Cross. Lewis was applauded when he declared the Red Cross needed to be "democratized:" that it waa con trolled by those "who set themselves up as the American aristocracy." "There are chapters of the Red Cross that are nothing more or less than exclusive clubs or social organl zatlons," Lewis said, "from which average Americana are debarred." He added ji large part of the revenue contributed to the Red Cross came from labor. The convention laid down a 1040 polltlcat program without reference to a third term for President Roose velt. M'ifiYIUBlNED SALEM. Ore., Oct. 12. (UP) State Corporation Commissioner Lloyd Smith today refused to permit In corporation of the "Charles L. Mc Nary for President Club" as a char itable organization. Smith said he acted on advice of the attorney general's office. The attorney general waa under stood to have ruled that only reli gious and benevolent societies may incorporate as 'charitable organiza tions" under Oregon law. The opin ion held that the applicant did not qualify under '.ther designation. Pear Markets Today CHICAGO. 0:t. 13. (AP-USDA) Peara: A Oregon arrived, 5 on track, Oregon Bone 1464 No. 1 Il.79a2.45. average 11.99; Bartlett 720 extra fancy $2.13.40. average $2.3C. NEW YOI'.K. Oi't. 13 IAP-U8DA) -wHo pew auction CflJubu 4vf. of Authority Boy Given - year - old boy, blind and crippled since death today In his parents' home In The victim was Raymond Repoullle, son of Lewis Repoullle, 36, an ele vator operator at the Columbia Pres byterian medical center. Detectives Harry Roedel and James Harrison, who took the father to the police station for questioning said Repoullle hold them he had taken the boy's life "as an act of mercy.' Police said the case closely paral leled the "mercy killing" last Janu ary of 17-ycar-old Jerry Greenfield, an imbecile since birth, whose father killed him with a chloroform-saturated handkerchief while the youth was semt-conacloua during a seizure of paralysis. Greenfield was acquitted after he told a Jury he had been unbearably tortured for years by the spectacle of his son's affliction. Police discovered the slaying of young Repoullle when they went to the apartment house to Invest'gate a telephoned report of a gas case there. Detectives found the boy's body neatly laid out In a double bed with a chloroform-soaked rt;? on the floor nearby. Members of a police emer gency squad worked over the victim for half an hour In a vain effort to resuscitate him. A friend of the family was quoted as saying : "The boy Is better off dead." Police said Repoullle appeared to be on the point of a breakdown as he answered their questions at the station house. Hla eyes were bloodshot and he moved his hands nervously. Police quoted the father as saying: "He was Just like dead all the time. He couldn't see or talk or walk." BIG NAZI VESSEL LONDON. Oct. 12 01'. The British navy was reported today to have cap tured the 13. 61 5 -ton Oerman steam er Cap Norte. The report, Issued by the British prcM association, said the Cap Norte, a ship In trade between Germany and South America, had sailed from the Brazilian port of Pernambuco Sept. 17. The capture of the Cap Norte had been hinted In yesterday's remarks by Winston Churchill. First Lord of the Admiralty, in the house of com mons. The Cap Norte was built at Ham burg In 1922 and was believed to have been carrying a cargo of food stuffs and petroleum products. Alaska Wants No European Refugees FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Oct. 12 (UP) The Fairbanks) chamber of com merce announced It would "vigorous ly oppose" any attempt to colonize Alaska with European refugees. The chamber's declaration specific ally cited a proposal tentatively ad vaneed by Secretary of Interior Har old L. lekcs to establish colonies of refugees 1a Alaofe Finland j j D 0 N ' TAGGRAVATE WAR SITUATION IS ENVOY'S REQUEST COPBNHAOKN, Oct. 12. (AP) Norway, Sweden and Denmark, In representations to Moscow, have expressed the hope the negotiations with Finland will bring no danger to that coun try's Independence or neutrality In view of the European conflict. MOSCOW, Oct. 13. (AP) United States Ambassador Laurence A. Stein hardt called at the Kremlin today fop talk which reliable sources said urged Soviet Russia to refrain from making excessive demanda on Fin land. It was understood Stelnhardt asked, Premier-Foreign Commissar Vyaches laff Molotoff not to aggravate th European war situation by such de mands. Precedes Finn Stelnhardt'a visit cam only two and a half houra before Finland's) special envoy to Moscow, Dr. Juho Kustl Paaslklvl, entered the Kremlin for a conference at Russia's behest. The Finnish representative remained, In the Kremlin an hour. Finland waa known to b hoping for American support, to ward oi any demands such aa made Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania virtual soviet protectorates in the past two weeks. (In Washington It waa learned aua thorltatlvely the United States govs. ernment was expressing to Russia tta "earnest hope" that nothing may oc cur calculated "to affect Injuriously peaceful relations between Russia and Finland. Instructions on the reprew dentations were sent to Stelnhardt.) By the Assoclnted Press Norway, Sweden and Denmark wens understood today to be ready tm mako a move to preserve peace In ths north. Finland prepared for ths worst by moving civilians from her capital and perfecting air raid defenses. Ths Finnish press expressed dcteimlna tlon to preserve the nation's neu trality. FIREBlJGTOSERVE 2 YEARSJN JAIL Oeorge Harrla, 113, waa sentenced thla morning to one year In a county Jail on each of two Information charging him with the destruction of trees on the Klamath Indian res ervation laat July 13. The sentence aro to run consecutively. While th Jail Is to be designated by the at torney general, court attaches thought It would be the Multnomah county Jail, Horrla was sentenced In federal court by Judge Claude McColloch, after denial of a defense motloa for arrest of Judgment. Harris was found guilty by a Jury late Tuesday afternoon of setting fires that bumed over S.192 acres of forest land on the Klamath reservation. LOS ANGELES IN NEW HEAT WAVE LOS ANOELES. Oct. 12 (AP) 1 waa officially 93 degrees at 11 o'clock with the weather bureau mercury still rising, and the streets below the bureau considerably warmer to day. The weather man, aa beads of perspiration appeared, consolingly said It wasn't an October record, the mercury having topped 100 here In past Octobers. SAN DIEOO, Cal., Oct. 13. (AP) This was the warmest October 13 on record here, with a temperature of 94 degrees being recorded at 11:19 a. m. The previous high on tnte date waa 80 degrees, In 1893. Radio Highlights LONDON, Oct. 12. ( AP) Prime Minister Chamberlain will give a broadcast address on the International situation on Saturday night, It waa announced today. lly Associated lre, (Time Is Pacific standard) Tonight: WJZ-NBO, 8:30, Town Meeting, Col. Prank Knos and Philip r. LaPollette; MBS, 1:18, Capt. Al Williams. ' WJZ-NBC. 7:30, Postmaster Oen nral Farley on "The V. . Postal Servlca."
