Medford mail tribune., October 15, 1939, Page 1, Image 1

OREGON 6
BZARS .0
STATERS 14
) PORTLAND 12
UCLANS .....14
CARDS ...,...,.14
COUGARS...". ...6
HUSKIES 0
TROJANS.-..., 26
ILLINOIS , 0
NOTRE DAME.. 20
METHODISTS. . .19
PITT .14
DUKE 13
PENN 6
YALE 0
HARVARD 61
CHICAGO 0
OHIO STATE ...13
NORTHWEST 0
INDIANA .14
WISCONSIN. 0
TULANE 7
FORDHAM 0
HOLY CROSS... 13
GEORGIA ....... 0
PURDUE 13
MINNESOTA 13
The Weather
Forecast: Generally fair to
day and tomorrow; no change
In temperature.
Temperature:
Hlghet yesterday 82
Lowest thli morning 4(1
No Other Day
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MEDFORDfJfc
Thirtv-fourth Year
1 at JW 1 800 PERISH WHEN
- NJpjWL 'ROYAL OAK' SUNK 0
Qfflft BY NAZI U-BOAT
iNGTON. D. C. Oct. 14.
Cr.: hrads are fearful that organ
ic:! labor will lose the gains It has
made during the new deal. They be
lieve that If the two warring fac
tions, CIO and AFL. do not bury
the hatchet tho movement of labor
will sustain a set-back from which
' years may be required for recovery.
Signs of the breakdown are many,
but can be summed up by stating
that the general public Is fed-up
and dlsf-usied with tho refusal ct
rival leaders to get together. Atti
tude of the public Is all-lmpoitant
at all times.
HERE Is what Is taking place while
John L. Lewis and William
Green are seeking mastery of the
labor world:
Oregon and two other states have
enacted laws regulating picketing.
In several federal court where labor
issues were Involved, the labor groups
have lost. Owing to the administra
tion of the Wai;ner labor act by the
National Labor Relations Board, that
magna charta for labor Is due for a
number of highly Important amend
ments when congress meets in its
regular session. NLRB Is itself under
fire and, what is worse, the three
members of the board are in sharp
dtjyigreement among themselves.
AFL charges the labor board with
being biased and e-uirely too friendly
to CIO. After receiving the "breaks."
CIO is now denouncing the board
for certain decisions which gave an
dee to AFL.
It adds up that employers are de
manding changes in the Wagner act
and both CIO and AFL are express
ing their loss of confidence In NLRB.
THE supreme court has consented
to review the. decision of NLRB
that all Pacific coast longshore busi
ness shall be represented by CIO.
at whose head in the west is Aus
tralian Harry Bridges. This action
by the supreme court was a sur
prise to the two members of NLRB
who made the decision. Every fruit
grower, wheat raiser and lumberman,
and every shipper and ship operator
and waterfront worker and union
man in Oregon and Washington, will
have a personal interest In the ter
mination of the controversy by the
highest tribunal in the land, which
ever way the court goes.
Meanwhile Wagner act and NLRB
are being investigated by a congres-
slonal committee. Twenty thousand
employers have been sent question
naires, invited to relate their ex
perience. If any, with NLRB and Its
examiners and agents. More than
,000 peace officers have been asked
if there has been more or leas vio
lence since the passaee of the Wag
ner act. (Reports on the goon squads
In both Oregon and Washington, are
being received).
0N
VNE very serious item la the
changing attitude of President
Roosevelt. Without the Influence of
the president there would be no
Waener act and no NLRB. Mr. Roose
Telt gave labor its great boost, made
appointment favorable to labor, ap
pointments to the federal bench,
even the supreme court; personally
leaned toward labor and against the
employer.
For a long time the president has
been patient with the warring labor
chiefs, but his patience la not in
exhaustible. His appeal a few days
ago to AFL and CIO for peace met
what amounts to rebuff, and practic
ally deflence from Lewis. Nor has the
threat of Lewia as to what he will
do with his labor following In the
1940 political campalzn been diplo
matic, to say the least.
HEN there la the wage-hour la-v,
1 with Its floor for wages and
ceiling for hours. Many of the regu
lations and interpretations of the
administrator have been confusing,
specifically respecting the fruit and
vegetable canning industry of the
Pacific Northwest, and the small
lumber operations which are season
al. Thia law will be under fire t
the regular session when the Wag
ner act and NLRB are being combed
oner.
On top of ail th foregoing, the
Jurisdictional strikes, boycott and
distentions have handicapped nation
al recovery, and Cat is where the
general public becomes Interested.
Example: Dispute aa to ho should
drive a truck carrying a movinn con
crete mixer, tied up 120.000,000 of
building construction In the national
(Continued ou PAge Ciff.it.)
Germans Rejoice, British
Gird For War in Earnest
After North Sea Disaster
LONDON. Oct. 14. P) Sinking of
the Royal Oak, one of Great Bri
tain's 12 battleships, with perhaps
800 of her men, was announced to
day to a nation steeled for a Ger
man war In earnest.
It was the second major German
stroke of the war against British sea
power to be announced here and
the indicated number of casualties'
far exceeded the 515 men lost when
a German submarine sank the als
craft carrier Courageous on Septem
ber 17.
In disclosing the sinking of the
29.150-ton warship of Jutland fame,
the admiralty said only that It was
believed she was the victim of "U
boat action."
Subsequently, in mld-aftcrnoon. the
admiralty said the Royal Oak's com
plement approximated 1,200 officers
and men and, as far as then was
known, approximately 396 had been
saved.
The first announcement by the
admiralty said:
'The secretary of the admiralty re
grets to announce that H.M-S. Royal
Oak is sunk, it is believed by U-bont-
-action.'-' " " '
A later communique said:
"Tho secretary of the admiralty
announces that so far aa is at present
known the number of survivors from
H.M.S. Royal Oak is approximately
396.
"As already stated, lists of surviv
ors will be published aa soon as the
names have been received. The com
plement of the ship was approxi
mately 1,200. The above figures In
clude both officers and men."
Claims Denied.
(Germans were Jubilant over the
success of their navy. Berlin of
ficials asserted the British aircraft
carrier Ark Royal, an unnamed heavy
cruiser and one destroyer also had
been sunk, besides the Courageous
and the Royal Oak, since the war
started, and that the battle cruiser
Hood had been seriously damaged.
(The British have denied any naval
losses besides the Courageous and
the Royal Oak. The American naval
attache in London reported last week
he had visited the Ark Royal after
the German claim was made and
found her unharmed.)
In a statement tonight the ad
miralty said German reports that
86.000 tons of British warships had
been sunk were Incorrect. It re
iterated that there was "no truth"
in nazl claims that the Hood and
been put out of commission through
German-Inflicted damages.
Veteran of Jutland.
The admiralty did not disclose
where or when the disaster came
to the Royal Oak, which was com
pleted In May, 1010, and was credited
with sinking four German ships In
the World war battle of Jutland
without damage to herself.
But she was attached at the out
break of the war to the second battle
squadron of the home fleet and
thus presumably was in the North
sea.
The adrimaltj'a announcement
came only a few hours after It had
asserted the British destroyed three
German submarines "on Friday the
13th."
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RAINSTUETAST
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: Fair
Sunday, but fogs on the coast and
some cloudlnesa In extreme north
portion; slightly cooler in the interior
Sunday; moderate northwest wind ofl
the coast.
OREGON : Increasing cloudiness
Sunday, probably light rain in the
northwest portion; fog on the coast,
warmer in the extreme east portion
tonight, cooler in the Interior Sun
day; moderate changeable wind off
the cout.
Outlook tbr war west states for the
period Oct. 16 to 21 Inc.: Occasion ii
rain In Pacific Northwest and ele
where latter part of week, otherwise
fair wcAt her; normnl temprrature.
Happy Homecoming for Iroquois
1S - r ft
Smllln? passengers waved a
quois as the boat rame safely
warning, hut did not get full
TURKEY GROWERS
PROTEST CUT IN
Sen. Holman Urged to Act
To Save Farmers of
State, Cattle also Coming.
PORTLAND, Oct. 14 (API Asso
ciated Employers of Oregon, Inc., to
day asked Sen. Holman (R-Ore.l to
oppose any reduction In tarrlff on
birds coming into the United States.
'A reduction in the turkey tariff
of even a half cent by the Argentine
agreement will bankrupt Oregon farm
turkey producers," the telegram,
signed by Dan Hay. executive mana
ger, stated.
The message also said that the
Oregon turkey Industry this year
was 30 per cent In excess of the
boomer crop of 1036, with an esti
mated crop of 30,000,000 pounds and
an estimated sales value of 15' cents'
per pound for toms and n'2 cents
for hens "which Just averages the
cost of production."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (AP)
The Commissioner of Customs an
nounced today that an estimated
40,346 head of cattle might be
brought Into the United States at
the reduced rate under the quota
limitations of the trade agreement
with Canada for the flnnl three
months of the year.
The agreement limits Imports of
cattle welching 700 pounds or more,
not Including dairy cows, to 225.000 a
1 year at the reduced rate and not
more than 60.000 in any quarter.
A presidential proclamation In Feb
ruary fixed the quota for the last
8 months of the year at 142,230.
During the past two quarters, im
ports have totaled 101,884, leaving
40.346 for the last quarter, subject
to revision.
The final quarter's quota limita
tion for Imports from other coun
tries is estimated to be 8.S63 head.
TOO MANY PRUNES
AND FEWER PEARS
EATTLE, Oct. 14 . i fly- An un
welcome bumper prune crop and a
reduced pear crop were forecast today
for Washington by federal agricul
tural marketing service statisticians.
They said western Washington had
prospects for a fresh prune crop of
21.400 tons, much of which would
be left to rot on the trees because
of low prices and wrak demand. The
eastern Washington crop estimate
j was 14,300 t-ns.
The state's ,irar crop estimate was
1 5 937,000 bushe!, a decrease, wholly
j In Bartlctts, of 9 pr cent.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1939.
BM BllTH Wf P
cheerful greeting from the rail of the "threatened" Amerlenn liner
up New York harbor. Passengers said they had learned at sea of
details of the "threat" until they reached port.
I BULLETIN I
I !
SALEM, Ore.. Oct. 14 Pi Al Wal
den, 160-pound frosh halfback from
La Jolla, Calif., ran, punted and
passed to give Willamette a 39 to 6
football victory over Lin field in a
Northwest conference clash here to
night.
Halfback Ted Hlppt, Llnfleld's can
didate for little all-Amerlcan honors,
scored the only Wildcat touchdown
when he plunged over from tho one
foot line in the fourth quarter to
end a 48-yard passing and running
attack that he led. That was the
only time that Llnfleld got within
40 yards of the goal.
BELLINGHAM, Oct. 14 f AP)
Western Washington college Vikings
plunged and passed to a 25 to
victory over the heavier Oregon Nor
mal Wolves, of Monmouth, Ore., here
tonight.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 14 (AP)
Fan-Danoer Sally Rand's bubble of
fortune has definitely burst, she ad
mitted today In filing voluntary
bankruptcy proceedings showing she
owes $64,631 she cannot pay.
The itemized schedules filed for
lur under her true name of Helen
Gould Beck by Attorney Francis P.
Walah disclose that the dollars which
flowed Sally'a way for years In a
golden stream did a disappearing
dance of their own.
Her gross Income in 1937, the docu
ments set forth, was 127,1B3, but
by the time she got through pa) lug
everybody that year, the net to Sally
was Just 11,043 a salary a good sten
ographer would laugh at. If you
don't believe It, Walsh sold, you are
harder to convince than Uncle Sam's
tax collectors, who checked I nil
over and said It was so.
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NORTHERN LIGHTS
NEW YORK. Oct. 14 VT New
York was treated tonight to a view
of the northern lights, which hung
acroas the northern sky like an arch
of huge icicles. !
Professor William H. Marton of the
Hayden planetarium attributed the
phenomenon to tun spots, which, at
the same time, disturbed short wave
radio transmission and affected tele
graphic communications.
The heavenly show began early In
the evening with a large, ragged
tjreen arch. In time this turned
silver, yellow, and blue and, In spots,
dfp red.
SALLY RAND ASKS
FOR BANKRUPTCY
Passengers
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NEAR DEFEAT OF
NOTRE DAME AND
TEXASAGS THRiLL
East Regains Position In
Football Pitt Beats Duke
South Methodists Lose.
NEW YORK. Oct. 14. ( AP) The
east regained its place In the football
sun today in another spectacular
series of Intersections! games marked
otherwise by the near defeat of Notre
Dame's Ramblers and a tremendous
scoring performance by the Texas
Aggies.
While Notre Dame Just made the
grade against Southern Methodist,
20-19, and Texas A. and M. was put
ting Vlllanova's Wildcats to route.
33-7, Pitt, Temple, Harvard, Holy
Cross and Catholic scored for the
oast.
Pitt, no longer depending upon
sheer power, came from behind twice
to nip Duke, 14-13, although Indi
vidual honors for 'he day belonged
to Duke's Oeorge McAfee. Temple,
which hadn't scored a touchdown In
two previous games, tallied twice In
one period against Texas Christian
and whipped the visitors, 13-11. Holy
Cross, still smarting from a terrific
beating by Louisiana State the pre
vious week, trounced Georgia, 13-0,
as Catholic nipped Detroit, 14-13.
Harvard handed Chicago an unmer
ciful 01-0 beating.
Southern Methodist, which had
tied powerful Oklahoma earlier in the
season, fought Notre Dame on even
term most of the way and missed
a tie only because of a "blown"
point after touchdown with one min
ute to play.
Texas A. and M., looming as the
southwest's possible powerhouse this
year, scored all Its point against
Vtllanova In the first half and then
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FATHER MISTAKES
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THE DALLES. Ore.. Oct. 14. Wy
Ed Ward, port commissioner here,
shot and killed his son, Ed, Jr., 15,
when he mistook the youth for a
dfer while hunting near Dufur today.
Coroner C. R. Callaway reported.
It was Wasco county's first 1039
hunting fatality.
The Wards had Jumped a buck
and separated to close In on the
animal. The father heard a rustling
In the brush and fired, Callaway
reported. The boy fell, shot through
the heart.
I ND USTRI AL BASE
IN CANADA PLAN
FOR ALONG WAR
U.S. Concerns And British
Confer on Huge Deal to
Supply War Materials.
NEW YORK. Oct. 14. (AP) Lead
ing Wall street financial sources said
todny the British government Is
planning to spend up to 93,000.000,
000 to create In Canada a great in
dustrial empire capable of supplying
much of Britain's needs for a long
war.
Such a plant program could make
Canada a key military sphere during
the war. these Wall streeters said,
and could with proper financing be
converted after the war Into an Im
portant part of the western hemis
phere trade economy.
Not less than half a billion dollars
is available for early use In the
plan, It was said.
The alze of the program would
be determined by two factors the
effectiveness of German aircraft
against Great Britain's factories, and
the amount of necessary material
which can bo imported from the
United States.
Negotiations have already been be
gun, they said, by representatives
of the British war supplies commis
sion and U. 8. industrial concerns
including General Motors and Con
solidated Alucaft.
Concurrent discussions, they said,
have taken place In Washington dip
lomatic circles, and in the financial
sector, here, where England and
France are reported to have not less
than t8. 000. 000 ,000 and possibly aa
much as $15,000,000,000 available re
sources (Including commercial credits
which might be limited by congres
sional action).
The conversations with Industrial
ists, it was said, look to the estab
lishment In Canada of new factories,
owned by Canadian-chartered subsi
diaries of the U, B. companies to
produce in order or priority what
Britain's war machine needs most.
Construction of the plants, accord
ing to tentative plans, would be fi
nanced, they said, by one of the
methods used by Britain here dur
ing the World war, most probably
by loans from the British govern
ment, payable out of profits over
a period of years, unpaid balances
cancellable upon conclusion of an
earlier peace.
England was represented aa being
fairly well stocked with supplies and
war material for a period of months,
but laying plans to cover needs for
a period of years. In event the war
should be a long one.
VALLEJO, Calif., Oct 14. yp) Ap
parently suffering from the "bends."
ailment not uncommon to deep sea
divers, Chris Hansen, 50, of Gold
Hill, Ore., diver at Pedro dam near
Turlock, was rushed to Vallejo here
today and treated at the General
hospital.
Hansen, who was seized with the
malady while diving at the dam, was
rushed here In the belief there were
facilities at Mare Island navy yard
to care for such cases. He was taken
to Napa tonight for further treat
ment. Physicians said they had not
definitely determined If Hansen was
suffering from the "bends." They
said he was paralyzed from the waist
down and apparently In a serious
condition.
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Fur Show Set
TILLAMOOK, Oct. 14. (AP) The
Pacific northwest mink farmers will
hold a fur show and educational
meeting here Thursday.
Tree Cast Found
BEND, Oct. 14. (AP) The Rev.
John B. Coan of Bend, member of
the Deschutes Geology club, an
nounced today discovery of the larg
est cast found In central Oregon's
strange fields of tree molds.
Two Killed, 12 Hurt
KELLOOXI. Idaho, Oct. 14 (API
Mrs. Bud Turnbow. 49. prominent
Kellogg woman, and June Brown,
18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rx
R. Brown, of Kellogg, were killed and
12 others were Injured when cars
driven by Mr. Turnbow and Joe
Fortensky, 27, Kcllofi?. collMfd eight
mt'JM west of here shortly after 1
a m. today.
BERLIN MENACED
BY ENEMY PLANE
IN HIGHFLIGHT
Anti-Aircraft Guns Boom,
Searchlights Flash
Radio Station is Quieted.
BERLIN, Oct. 14. (AP) An offic
ial announcement said an unknown
airplane was fired on over Berlin
tonight.
The plane was flying so high Its
presence was detected only by the
sound of the motors.
The statement failed to say
whether the machine was struck by
anti-aircraft firo or whether any
bombs were dropped.
Before the announcement was
made Brrllnera were startled by the
sound of gunfire.
Newspaper offices were flodoed
with telephone calls from residents
who pointed out that the Berlin
radio station temporarily went dead
at the same time the shooting
started.
At that time a police headquarters
spokesman said troops at Doeberlta
garrison, Just west of Berlin, were
engaged In anti-aircraft shooting
practice.
The Berlin broadcasting station
said its program had been inter
rupted by a technical disturbance.
FOR YEAR 225,101
GAIN OF 34.402
WASH rNGTON, Oct. 14 (yp) flight -seeing
Americans more than lfi,
500,000 of them visited tha parks,
battlefields and monuments main
tained by the national park service
In the travel year which ended Sep
tember 30.
Travel to the 25 national parks
accounted for 6,604,216, or nearly
250,000 more than In 1038. The
national park service noted that
there was an Increase of visitors to
17 parks easily accessible from coast-to-coast
routes between the world
fairs In San Francisco and New York,
and a decline at eight parks "located
outside the fairs' zone of Influence."
Attendance reported at the na
tional parks Include ( 1039 figures
followed by 1038):
Crater Lake, Oregon, 225,101 and
190.690; Oeneral Grant, California,
161,080 and 148,116; Grand Canyon,
Arizona, 305,940 and 336,557; Hawaii,
226,41 and 105,986; Lassen Volcanic.
California, 100,880 and 73.005; Mount
Rainier, Washington, 361.7B7 and
381,876; Olympic, Washington, 42,125
and 75.310; Sequoia, California, 275,
329 and 260,139; Yosemlte, California,
466,552 and 443,325.
EUGENE. Ore., Oct. 14 (AP)
Wayne L. Morse, ex -Pacific Coast
Waterfront Arbiter, remained silent
tonight on the possibility he might
accept reappointment. He confjrred
during the day with Dr. John Steel
man, labor conciliator, but no de
cision was announced..
steelman left to discuss the prob
lem with employers and the union,
remarking only that he had a "clear
understanding" of Morse's position.
Morse telegraphed to Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins that 'lf cm
ployen and union agree to Settle
their pending differences by re
establishing arbitration and the sec
retary of labor offers me a reap
pointment I shall probably accept
if my superiors at the un'vcslty
give consent."
Morse is dean of the University
of Oregon law school.
Lithuania Kutlflri
KAUNAS, Lithuania. Oct. 14. P)
Parliament ratified the newly-concluded
Russian -Lithuanian pact to
day after a speech by Foreign Min
ister Juozas Urbsya In which he
asserted that Russia gave assurances
she would not Interfere In Lithua
nia's internal affairs.
No. 176.
LUNDEEN FLAYED
Pacifist Senator Stirs Bit
terness In Debate By
'Jingo' Stand Lindbergh
Is Scolded.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. (AD
Senator Lundeen (FL-Mlnn.) sug
gested during senate neutrality de
bate today that the United States
seize British possessions in the Carib
bean in payment for the war debts
and let himself in for a denuncia
tory barrage from administration
supporters.
In the course of a speech opposing
repeal of the arms embargo, Lundeen
said that If United States armed
forces took over the British West
Indies "there would nt be a shot
fired" because of the European con
flict. "They (England and France) are
pretty busy on the western front,"
he observed.
When he had concluded, white
haired Senator Conally (D.-Tex.)
arose to speak, on behalf of embargo
repeal and promptly lashed out at
Lundcen'i proposition.
"He's opposed to wax," Conally ob
served acidly, "but he wants us to
send our navy down to take the
Bahamaa by armed force this man
of peacel If he wanted these Islands,
the way to get them would be to
negotiate for them at the conference
table by peaceful means."
"It seems to me we've been wait
ing around the conference table lor
20 years," Lundeen Interjected.
Conally asked Lundeen to confirm
that he had advocated taking the
Islands by force while England was
fighting Germany,
"I'm thinking about the United
the Mlnnesotan declared. "These are
States, not the position of England,"
"These are American Islands, we need
them for naval bases and air bases,
we don't want Germany to get them,
and now's the time for us to get
them."
"Now that England has a knife
at her throat," Conally supplemented.
"Now's a lofty time for a great na
tion like oura to take them."
"It reminds me," put In Senator
Schwellenbach (D.-Wash.) "of what
Molotoff of Russia told Latvia and
Finland and the other Baltic na
tions we need them, therefore, no
matter what happens, we're justified
In taking them."
"Why not take France'! posses
sions In the West Indies, too?" Ma
jority Leader Barkley (D.-Ky.) con
tributed. "I don't know whether
Italy has any Islands down there, but
If she has, she owes us money and
let's take them, too."
"Certainly Conally agreed. "Why
not go over and take Ethiopia and
settle some of our population thcref"
At length Conally terminated the
discussion by saying he wanted to
express "my utter dissent" to Lun
deen's project.
When suggesting that the United
States should take over Britain'!
West Indian possessions. Lundeen
made no direct reference to Ool.
Charles A. Lindbergh's statement In
a radio address last night that the
United States, sooner or later, must
"demand the freedom of this cong
tlnent and its surrounding islands
from the dlstates of European pow
ers." The flyer's Implied demand for
England to get out of this hemi
sphere and his proposal for an em
bargo on sales of "offensive" weap
ons to warring nations brought from
other legislators, however, varied and
emphatic comment, which overshad
owed other phases of the neutrality
debate.
Chairman Plttman (D.-Nct.) of the
senate foreign rotations committee
said In a statement that Lindbergh'!
suggestion was "most unfortunate"
because "it encourages the Ideology
of the totalitarian governments and
Is subject to the construction that
he approves of their brutal conquest
of democratic countries through war
or threat of destruction through war."
Although saying that "Colonel Lind
bergh Is patriotic beyond a doubt,"
Plttman added that the flier "sees
that the present law Injured Great
Britain and France and that Its re
peal will remove such Injury."
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VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 14 JP)
A companion was held on an open
charge today pending outcome of
Injuries suffered by Robert Johanson,
19, of Portland, In an automobile
evident last night