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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939.
No. 174.
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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
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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
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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.
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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."