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Full United Press
Thirty-fourth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1939.
No. 186.
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Washington, D. C Oct. 26
Through manipulation behind
the scenes, the new dealers who
advocate public ownership of
power and carry a meat ax to
swing on private utilities, have
been given control of the power'
problem for peace or war.
This was brought about, part
ly, because Louis Johnson, as
sistant secretary of war, as
chairman of the National De
fense Power Committee, was
consulting with executives of
private utility companies on
needs of the industry in the
event of war. Incidentally, the
upset is another setback to the
ambition of Johnson, to succeed
Harry Woodring as secretary of
INVOLVED in the political
maneuver are Bonneville,
Seattle, Tacoma, Grand Coulee,
Chehalis and Eugene power
plants, all either government
owned or municipally owned.
Here is the personnel of the
National Power Policy Com
mittee: Harold Ickes, secretary
of the interior, chairman: Paul
J. Raver, administrator of Bon
neville (an Ickes appointee);
Harry Slattery, EEA adminis
trator (until recently assistant
to Ickes); John Carmody, Fed
eral Work Administrator, for
mer head of REA; David E.Lili
cnthal, director of TVA; Jerome
N. Frank, of SEC; Leland Olds,
of Federal Power Commission
and Johnson, assistant secretary
of war. In the national defense
committee Johnson was chair
man; Ickes just a member. The
tables are turned now.
TJEN V. Cohen, Siamese Twin
" of Tommy the Cork, is gen
eral counsel of the power policy
committee. Between Tom Cor
coran and Ben, the government
ownership enthusiasts reached
the president, resulting in the
whole power program being
turned over to Ickes' group. The
defense committee was author
ized by the president last year
when war clouds were over Eu
rope and a program had to be
evolved for power in the na
tional defense plan.
Johnson being conservative
discussed matters with utility
chiefs and it looked as though
the private utilities would be
encouraged sufficiently to spend
a billion dollars for expansion,
betterments, replacements.
When the president was "need
led" by the public power cham
pions, however, the chief execu
tive put the whole matter into
hands definitely hostile to pri
vate investments in utilities.
That is where it stands now.
A DMINISTRATOR Raver, of
Bonneville, who arrived
here a few days ago, fits into
(Continued on Page Seven )
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bertha Wray coming forward
with a swell buttermilk pie
recipe after a demand for same
had been noted in this pillar of
playfulness.
Bill Jones hoofing it to the
top of Huckleberry mountain
where he was sure the deer were
plentiful, only to learn too late
they had all shifted to lower
levels where he- found them
abounding in great numbers as
he emerged from the woods af
ter the hunting season had
closed .
Scott Davis preparing to go
on his first duck hunting ex
pedition, impartial observers
questioning the wisdom of his
choice of companions.
Lewis Ulrich making a fetch
ing Spaniard in a gay costume
topped off with a huge som
brero, while wifey Marie looked
equally .if fetching as a roman
tic scnonla.
International Law
Is Cited in Cables
To Moscow, Berlin
Washington, Oct. 26 (AP) Secretary Hull announced to
day the American government has demanded of Soviet Russia
the return of the City of Flint and her cargo to her American
crew. The demand, Hull said, was presented by Ambassador
Laurence A. Steinhardt, and no reply has yet been received.
The American demand, he
said, was based on the United . innprani p
States conception of internation
al law on the subject.
Appam Case Cited
Hull said this country's views
of the international law on the
matter embraced a United States
supreme court decision in the
case of the British steamer Ap
pam which was sent by the
German raider Moewe in 1916
into Hampton Roads, Virginia,
with a German prize crew
aboard.
The supreme court's decision
called for the release of the ves
sel on the grounds that Germany
had no right to send a prize ship
into an American port. Mr. Hull
said the American position also
embraced Article 21 of the
Hague convention of 1907 which
said that a prize ship could put
into a neutral harbor only in
case of exceptional circum
stances such as stress of weath
er, break down of machinery or
lack of provisions.
In such cases, Hull said, the
ship must be released and de
part after the exceptional cir
cumstances have been over
come. Argument Cabled
Secretary Hull said the Amer
ican legal position in the case
of the City of Flint had been
set forth in several long tele
grams to Ambassador Stein
hardt. A state department official
said the same legal argument
had also been cabled to the
American Charge D'Affaires in
Berlin for presentation to the
German government.
No instructions with regard to
specific demands on the German
government had been sent, how
ever. The Berlin embassy is
simply to tell the German gov
ernment, as the embassy in Mos
cow told the Soviet government,
that the United States did not
admit the right of a belligerent
to take an American prize ship
into a neutral port except un
der certain exceptional circum
stances.
Derails Lacking
Hull revealed that the state
department is still very much
in the dark as to the status of
the City of Flint at Murmansk.
He did not have authentic in
formation he said, on a report
from Berlin that the City of
Flint had put in to the Russian
port for repairs. He said he did
not know whether Russia had
interned the ship or not, and
he had no information Germany
and Russia had agreed the ship
was to be turned over to the
former.
He had likewise no informa
tion from the German govern
ment as to whether it was insti
tuting prize court proceedings.
he added.
CAA1LMIN
COLLEGE GIRLS
Paine3Ville, O. (UP) Twenty
college girls at Lake Erie col
lege exclusively for women
are learning to fly under the
civil aeronautics authority's
training program.
Lake Erie is one of two wom
en's colleges listed among .'too
institutions throughout the coun
try which have been approved
for participation in the program.
Mills college in California is the
second.
"We think this is a great
idea." said pretty Jan Fulton ol
Pittsburgh, donning a flying hel
met. "Not only do we get free
flying time, but we even get col
lege credit under the name of
physics, which always was an
unpleasant course, anyway!"
A number of girls other than
the selected 20 would like to
fly. but the C.A.A. has limited
the number of students to whom
it will give financial aid.
KUuulA AbKttAbLt
TO NAZIS MOVING
AMERICAN VESSEL
Moscow. Oct. 26 (AP)
The Soviet Russian radio an
nounced late tonight the Uni
ted States freighter City of
Flint had been released. The
brief broadcast said the cargo
had been inspected by SoTiet
authorities at Murmansk, then
freed. The ship was ordered
to leave port immediately.
Berlin, Oct. 26. (AP) Au
thoritative Germans declared to
day Soviet Russia had agreed to
allow the United States steamer
City of Flint to leave the port
of Murmansk in charge of her
German prize crew as soon as
they considered the vessel sea
worthy. A spokesman indicated the
vessel would be brought to Ger
many as a prize.
The German prize crew will
get aboard again," he said, "and
you may rest assured the ship
will not be headed for the
United States."
The United States embassy
said the German foreign office
at noon had '"informally com
municated" to the embassy that
the City of Flint entered Mur
mansk because she suffered
"havarie" (sea damage) and that
her American crew was safe and
unhurt.
(In Moscow, United States
Ambassador Laurence A. Stein
hardt said he had been assured
the City of Flint's crew of 42
was safe aboard. Tass, Soviet
news agency, said the vessel was
taken to Murmansk after a brief
halt at Tromso, Norway, be
cause her machinery had been
damaged.)
rtutnorizea uerman sources
said the case of the American
ship had been clarified between
Germany and Soviet Russia
He said Russian officials had
recognized that the City of Flint
sought refuge in Murmansk be
cause she was unseaworthy Hnd,
therefore would be permitted to
leave again when she had been
put in condition.
KIBBEE AND PARTY
TRY LUCK IN ROGUE
Grants Pass, Oct. 26 (AP)
Reports of steelhead runs in the
Rogue River sent a Hollywood
trio out in a drizzle with rods
and lines here today. They were
Guy Klbbee, portly comedian.
Paul Malvern, producer, and J.
E. Bernard, actor.
McNary Tosses Hat in Ring
But With String Attached
Washington, Oct. 28. (AP)
Senator Charles L. McNary of
Oregon tossed his hat into the
1940 Republican presidential
ring today with a string at
tached. The Republican leader in the
senate said he had informed
western supporters he was will
ing to have his name placed
before the party's national con
! vention for the purpose of aid
ing agricultural areas in selec
tion of the Republican candidate
and platform.
"In no sense am I interested,
he added, however, "except for
the purpose of getting together
on some candidate before we go
to the convention."
"I have no interest in the
matter, no ambitions, nor any
illusions." McNary told report
ers outside the senate chamber
"But if it it thought best for
BRITAIN IS READY
FOR GERMANY'S
FIGHTT0 FINISH
Chamberlain Uncompromis
ing in Weekly War Report
To Chamber of Commons.
By Edwin Stout
London, Oct. 26. (AP)
Prime Minister Chamberlain de
clared today that Britain was
ready for Germany's "fight .to
the finish" while Foreign Sec
retary Lord Halifax declared
Soviet Russia occupied eastern
Poland only after Germany had
"started it and set the example.''
Lord Halifax said Britain's
pledge to Poland had been only
"to provide against the case of
aggression by Germany" though
he admitted it is quite true
that it makes no difference to
the Poles whether they are in
vaded from the east or west. '
"The last thing I would wish
to do in this matter," he told
the house of lords, "would be
to defend the action of tiie So
viet government at the particu
lar time at which they took it."
Germany Set Example
"But it is right to remember
two things," he said. "First, that
they would never have taken
that action if the German gov
ernment had not started it and
set the example that they did
set when they invaded Poland
without any declaration of war.
"In tle second place, it is
worth while recalling that the
action of the Soviet government
has been to advance the Rus
sian boundary to what was sub
stantially the boundary recom
mended at the time of the Ver
sailles conference by Lord Cur
zon." Raids Admitted
Chamberlain gave official
confirmation the German pocket
battleship Deutschland sank the
British freighter Stoncgate, in
dicating the swift warship was
operating on the high seas far
outside the British blockade.
Chamberlain said "It seems
now to have become the rules
for merchant ships to be sunk
without warning," but declared
enemy submarines were being
destroyed "at a sufficiently higli
rate" to give Britain confidence
their menace eventually would
be halted."
M'NARY FOR PRESIDENT
Portland. Oct. 26. (AP) An
Oregon "McNary for president"
club with a membership of 200
was formed here yesterday.
Governor Sprague suggested
Oregon back Charles McNary
senate minority leader, for the
White House in a recent address
to Oregon Republicans.
A. R. McKinley, president of
the club, said 27 up-state
branches and a membership of
10,000 to 15,000 were major ob
jectives. the interests of the Republican
party in Oregon, or any part of
the west, in order to provide
party solidarity I would accept
the responsibility."
McNary said this acceptance
was conditioned upon elimina
tion of "a contest or efforts on
my part" to line up state dele
gations. Friends of McNary, who has
served in the senate since 1918,
have formed McNary-for-prcsi-dent
groups in several western
states and pleaded with him to
accept delegates in an effort to
have farm and reclamation
states active in the 1940 con
vention. McNary formerly served as
chairman of the senate agri
culture committee under Rcpub
Mean administrations and has
been r.inority leader in the sen-
late for more than seven years.
Thanksgiving Day
Will Be Nov. 23
For Oregonians
Portland, Oct. 26 (API
Governor Sprague reasserted
his intentions in a letter to
the Portland Retail Trade
bureau last night Oregon's
Thanksgiving would coincide
with President Roosevelt's
proclamation.
The president announced
recently Thanksgiving would
be observed on November 23,
a week earlier than the date
previously fixed for the an
nual holiday.
JOLSON 10 KEELER
LOVE SONG ENDS ON
Hollywood, Oct. 26. (AP)
The love song of Al Jolson and
Ruby Keelcr is ended, but for
Al the melody lingers on.
Singer Jolson sadly confirmed
today reports Miss Keeler had
left him and would sue for di
vorce. They celebrated their
tenth wedding anniversary with
an elaborate night club party
last September 21.
Jolson said just before Ruby
left he told her:
"I hope everything will work
out all right. I hope you'll come
back right away."
"Maybe, she replied.
Miss Keeler and Albert Jol
son, Jr., 4, the boy they adopted
from a Chicago nursery, were
in seclusion at the Toluca Lake
home of her parents.
Jolson, a member of the Jew
ish faith, said that in discussion
of the separation he offered his
Catholic wife $400 a week for
life and a settlement of $50,000
in the event she re-marrieel,
with a $100,000 cash trust fund
for Al Jr. Miss Keelcr rejected
the offer as insufficient, he
added.
The singer said family trou
bles which he had not consid
ered important enough to cause
divorce brought about the sep
aration. BY STEVE EARLY
Washington, Oct. 26. (AP)
A White House secretary said
today Secretary Wallace should
have consulted President Roose
velt before advocating his re
election for a third term.
Informed of Wallace's state
ment in San Francisco and ask
ed for comment, Stephen Early,
press secretary, said:
"It would have been kind and
polite of the speaker to have
consulted the victim before he
spoke."
"Is the victim tho President?"
a reporter asked.
"He's the third term subject
of the statement," Early replied.
Told reaction to Wallace's re
marks at the capitol had been
somewhat critical In view of ad
ministration requests that poli
tics be adjourned during con
sidcration of neutrality lcgisla
tion. Early said:
"It could have been timed
better if it had to be timed at
all."
Wallace said in an Interview
Europe's war had made plain
the desirability of a third term
for Mr. Roosevelt.
VETERAN TEACHER IN
Ashland, Oct. 26. (AP) Miss
Ila Myers, a veteran of 36 years
In the city schools, died here
Wednesday. She resigned the
principalship of the Ashland
Junior high school last June.
Wins Mural Job
Washington, Oct. 26 (AP)
A mural depicting American life
will be painted on the walls of
the Burns, Ore., postofflce by
Jack Wilkinson of San Fran
cisco, a University of Oregon
graduate. He won the commis
sion in a content conducted by
the federal fine arts section.
ANTI-POISON GAS
PROPOSAL LOSES
IN SENATE VOTE
Effort To Forbid Sale of
I Materials Used in Chem
ical Warfare Loses 54-36
Washington, Oct. 26. (AP)
The senate defeated, 54 to 36,
today a proposed amendment to
the neutrality bill which would
have forbidden the sale to for
eign nations of poison gas, flame
throwers and other materials
used In chemical warfare.
Offered by Senators Danaher
(R., Conn.) and Vandenberg (R..
Mich.), the amendment was op
posed by Democratic leader
Barkley and Senators Tydings
(D., Md.) and Connally (D.,
Tex.). The latter three argued
a belligerent nation would hesi
tate to use poison gas if it knew
that supplies from the United
States were available to its en
emies.
Flag Limit Approved
Proponents of the amendment
contended it would be unhu-
mane to provide other countries
with poison gases and the ma
terials of chemical warfare.
The amendment was rejected
after the senate had approved
a proposal to prohibit vessels of
foreign nations from flying the
American flag.
Arguing for the anti-poison
gas proposal, Danaher told the
senate:
"Abroad at the present mo
ment, people are walking about
the streets wearing gas masks.
Certainly we don t want to
be a party to the gassing of
innocent women and children.
Danaher quoted General John
J. Pershing as saying that gas
and chemical warfare should be
outlawed.
After Vandenberg, Danaher
and Senator Holt (D., W. Va.)
had urged that this country take
leadership in trying to keep
warfare humane, Barkley, Con
nally and Tydings argued
against the amendment.
All Or Nothing
"We should send them (the
belligerents) everything or send
them nothing. Tydings argued
Vandenberg said this country
for 20 years had sought elimin
ation of "air bombardment of
cities, and use of chemical, bac
teriological, or incendiary wea
pons of war."
He added that 41 nations had
agreed to this at a Geneva con
ference in 1938 "all except
Germany and Soviet Russia,''
he said.
The senate inserted the flag
provision after being told that
British vessels flew the stars
and stripes during the World
war to escape German submar
ine attack.
The flag Issue came up as
the senate sped along toward a
final vote on the neutrality act
tomorrow.
The Democratic leaders let It
be known they hoped to dis
pose of the neutrality bill finally
by the end of next week and
adjourn the special session im
mediately. Moscow, Oct. 28. (AP) The
Russian government today pro
tested against the British con
traband list, calling it a viola
tion of the principles of inter
national law and reserving the
right to claim compensation for
Russian losses resulting from Its
enforcement.
The note, handed to British
Ambassador Sir William Seeds,
declared that merchant ships of
the U.S.S.R., being state prop
erty, "for this reason alone
should not be subjected to any
measures of compulsion applied
to privately owned merchant
ships.
Scrambled Seasons.
Winfield, Kas., Oct. 26. (AP)
Protracted summer heat was re
sponsible for this sign today at
a Winfield market: "Christmas
I trees and watermelons."
Dummy Hides
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To hide her escape from the Arlsona stale hospital. Winnie
Ruth Judd, trunk murderess, left a dummy-like form In her
bed. Y. C. White (at top), executive secretary of the gover
nor. In charge of the investigation, throws back the sheet of
Mrs. Judd's bed to show boxes, bottles and cakes of soap of
which the dummy was constructed. Below. Dr. W. C. Judd
(left), husband of the slayer, is shown at Los Angeles as he
discussed her escape with a reporter and made a plea for her
return. (A. P. photos by airmail to Mail Tribune).
ESCAPED MURDERESS
STILL IN PHOENIX IS
BELIEF OF OFFICIAL
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 26. (AP)
Investigators concluded today
that Winnie Ruth Judd, 34-ycar-old
trunk murderess, escaped
through an unlocked door from
the Arizona state hospital for
the Insane.
' Y. C. White, executive secre
tary to Gov, Bob Jones, said
an all-night investigation re
vealed that one door from the
woman's ward leading to the
outside was unlocked Tuesday
and remained unlocked through
out yesterday.
The slim, blonde slayer of her
two best friends, who dismem
bered their bodies and stuffed
them into trunks which were
shipped to Los Angeles, refused
to attend a hospital dance and
was left unattended In the ward.
White expressed the belief
Mrs. Judd was still in Phoe
nix. WashlngtonT'Oct. 26. (AP)
The Federal Surplus Commodi
ties corporation announced to
day it had arranged to purchase
approximately 700,000 barrels
of flour for distribution among
relief families.
Judd Escape
Radio Highlights
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Tonight: N. Y. Herald - Trlbuna
Forum, theme "War's Challenge to
the U. 8." WJZ-NBO 5, King Leo
pold from Bruwela: WJZ-NBO, to
8:10 and WABC-CBS and MBS 8.
President Roosevelt, Senators H. Ca
bot Lodge and Jamee P. Brynw and
others. Europe WABC-CBS, 6:65;
MBS. 9: WEAP-NBC-East. 8.
Friday: Europe NBC-chalns, 6 . a.
m.; WJZ-NBC, S a. m.: WABC-CBS,
5 a. m., 3:30 p. m. Alfred M. Landon
addreaa MBS-chaln, 9 a. m., at In
stallation of new president of Cor
nell college. Iowa.
WABC-CBS 3:18 p. m. Nary day
program, Aealatant Socretary Charles
Edlfton.
MBS 11:16 a. m., talk, Represent
ative Mnrtln Dies.
No Truce Seen Soon
In Chrysler Strike
Detroit, Oct. 26 (AP)
James F. Dewey, United States
labor department conciliator, re
ported "no possibility of an Im
mediate settlement" late today
in negotiations on a union dis
pute in Chrysler corporation
plants which has made close to
100,000 automotive, rubber and
glass workers Idle.
Secret sessions which have
been conducted by Dewey were
abandoned today and the execu
tives who had participated in
them, lolned with other negotia
tors in a general conference.
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