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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939.
No. 187.
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LINEUP IN SENATE
MIME PLAN
Fighting Opposition Quickly
Demands Another Ballot
On Controversial Issue
Washington, Oct. 27. UP)
The senate went on record for
repealing the arms embargo 67
to 22 today, but a fighting op
position promptly demanded
one more ballot on the contro
versial issue before permitting
a final vote on the administra
tion neutrality bill.
Leaders on both sides agreed
the 67 to 22 ballot was a vote
to repeal the embargo, but sub
sequently Senator Clark (D.,
Mo.) said he would seek one
more ballot on this key issue.
The vote, reached on the 20th
day of the senate's history-making
neutrality debate, came on
a proposal by Senator Nye (D.,
N.D.) to discard the administra
tion measure and substitute - a
bill, similar to that of the ad
ministration, except that it
would maintain the existing ban
on arms sales.
Urged By F.D.R.
Repeal of the embargo was
recommended by President
Roosevelt when he called con
gress into special session last
month. Although it was but one
of his recommendations for re
vising the neutrality law, it im
mediately became the crux of
the entire foreign policy fight
in the senate.
All sides agreed the effect of
repeal would be to give aid to
England and France in their
war with Germany, but many
repeal proponents argued the
present embargo is unneutral.
Opponents of repeal, on the
other hand, argued that action
would be unneutral.
Clark Proposal Loses
-Driving toward passage of
the administration's neutrality
bill by nightfall, an overwhelm
ing senate majority turned
aside an amendment to ban
armed merchant vessels and
submarines of belligerent na
tions from United States ports.
The proposal, by Senator
Clark (D., Mo.), lost out 65 to
26, the heavy preponderance of
votes which supported the ad
ministration being in line with
voting on other controverted
amendments earlier in the week.
On the house side, it was
learned that leaders at a long
meeting last night tentatively
agreed on procedure by which
they hope to get final congres
sional action on the bill a week
from tomorrow night.
The senate version a neu
trality bill having been passed
by the house last session is
slated to be called up in the
house Tuesday. An effort will
be made to send it to a senate
hour conference by a simple
order from the rules committee,
which is to meet Monday.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Government Engineer James
Murphy explaining explicitly
upon his arrival here for a
year's stay that his two youngest
children are positively not
twins.
La Verne Stephenson jamming
her trigger finger so she had to
lay off typing for the rest of the
day, a substitute rushing to her
aid.
Bill O'Brien thrilling a group
of feminine admirers with his
various antics while tripping the
light fantastic.
Hazel Swayne averring that
all work and no play tend to
make life not a bit romantic or
something equally inane.
Gene Monaco advising a friend
to turn upside-down to get rid of
hiccups, he not being exactly
sure how one would go about
turning one's self upside-down
though.
The larcest copper smelter in
the world is at Anaconda, Mont.
How They Voted
Washington. Oct. 27. (IP) The
vote by which the Knate voiced
Its approval of arms embargo re
peal by rejecting a motion by
Senator Nye (R-NJ.) to substi
tute for the administration neu
trality bill his bill retaining the
embargo:
for the Nye substitute (22) :
Democrats Bulow, C h a v e r
Clark of IdAho, Clark of Missouri,
Donahey, Holt. Overton. Reynolds.
Walsh. Wheeler 10.
Republicans Capper. Prazler,
Holman. Johnson of California.
Lodge, McNary, Nye, Vandenbcrg.
Wiley 8.
Farmer-Labor Shipstead and
Lundeen 2.
Progressive La Pollette 1. .
Against the Nye substitute
(67):
Democrats Adams. Andrews.
Bailey, Bankhead. Barkley. Bilbo.
Brown, Burke, Byrd, Byrnes. Cara
way. Chandler, Connally, Ellender,
George, Gerry, Gillette, Green,
Guffey. Harrison, Hatch, Hayden,
Herring. Hill, Hughes. Johnson ol
Colorado. King. Lee, Lucad. Malo
ney.McKellar, Mead. Miller, Mlnton,
Murray. Neely. O'Mahoney, Petter,
Plttman. Radcllffe, Russell,
Schwartz, Schwcllenbach, Shep
pard, Slattery, Smathers. Smith
Stewart, Thomas of Oklahoma.
Thomas of Utah. Truman, Tyd
Ings, Van Nuys, Wagner 54.
Republicans Austin, Barbour,
Bridges, Danaher, Davis. Gibson.
Gurney. Hale, Taft, Tobey, Town
send. White 12.
Independent Norrls 1 .
IN DEBTBURDEN
Washington, Oct. 27. (P)
The federal debt went over the
841,000,000,000 mark today,
bringing the treasury within
$4,000,000,000 of its borrowing
limit.
The daily treasury statement
disclosed the debt total had
reached $41,023,872,434 as a re
sult of a $51,955,840 increase in
one day due to borrowing on
short term bills and to baby
bond sales. A year ago, the debt
was $38,424,932,579.77.
Debate Expected
The new peak caused a re
vival of discussion in fiscal cir
cles of how and when the ad
ministration should ask, as it
has said it would do, congress
to boost the limit from the pre
sent $45,000,000,000 to $50,
000,000,000. Mention of such legislation
caused some congressional criti
cism last session, and is ex
pected to bring more debate at
the session beginning in Jan
uary. The debt limit stirs contro
versy because it is the most ob
vious signpost in treasury ac
counting of the deficits which
the federal government has in
curred for 10 consecutive fiscal
years.
$311 Per Person
The federal debt was $16,
026.087,087, or an average of
S129 a person, on Dec. 31, 1930,
but since then has risen almost
month by month to its present
record level, which equals
about $311 a person.
It has increased $2,500,000.
000 in the past year, and is ex
pected to rise almost as much
in the next year. Business con
ditions may dictate what will
happen after that.
The $45,000,000,000 limit,
treasury officials say, probably
would not be reached until
some time in 1941, but they be
lieve the capacity ought to be
increased before the debt ncars
the mark.
New York, Oct. 27 (P)-Two
school children caught in the
crush of merry-making thou
sands at the world's fair were
hurt today and police reinforce
ments were called to handle the
crowd of "nickel day" young
sters. The official gate at 1 p. m.
was 147.757. but fair officials
said at least twice that number
had entered. When the rush be
came too great to sell tickets,
crowds of children and grown
ups got in free.
A Rrnnklvn hieh school girl
suffered a fractured left arm
and a 9-year-old Bronx Do aura
sions of the eye.
Russia
$124 MORE THAN
IN CURRENT YEAR
November 24 Slated As Date
for Public Hearing in
Court House Auditorium
Jackson county's budget for
1940, as approved by the budget
committee yesterday afternoon
calls for raising by tax levy of
$370,715.13. This is $124.47
more than this year when the
budget total amounted to $370,
590.66. Friday, November 24, was
named as date for the public
hearing, in the courthouse audi
torium. November 2 and Novem
ber 13 were selected as dates for
two publications of the budget,
as required by state law. Publi
cation will be in this paper.
More Road Oil f
The general road fund of the
county was increased $7560 to
extend the road ojling program,
and give road work to districts
heretofore lacking Improve
ments. This will be augmented
by a federal $2500 cooperative
donation. It is planned to make
road improvement' general over
the county next year.
Appropriations for relief, for
1940 are listed at $82,100. The
old age assistance fund was cut
from $44,100 to $42,000, a drpp
of $2,100. The allotment for the
county poor farm was increased
$657. Other relief funds remain
practically the same.
In the relief set-up, $30,000 is
allotted for state and public as
sistance; for dependent children,
$8000; for old age assistance $42.-
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AFTER HOT CHASE
Yreka, Cal., Oct. 27. (Ft
John .T. Hansen, 19, Oakland,
was captured here today after
a 90-mile an hour chase for
questioning about an assault on
Victor E. Milton, 37, Oakland
real estate man.
Captain George Daley of the
highway patrol, who fired sev
eral shots during the pursuit,
said Hansen was' driving Mil
ton's car, which plunged from
the rain-soaked highway and
turned end over end down a
steep embankment.
Milton was found in his Oak
land office last Monday. He had
been beaten severely and was
still in a semi-conscious condi
tion.
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Washington, Oct. 27. (P)
President Roosevelt branded as
"sordid procedure" today pub
lication by the Dies committee
of the names of more than 500
government employes on the
"membership and mailing list"
of the American League for
Peace and Democracy.
The committee charged that
the league was a "front" for
communist activity.
Asked to comment on publica
tion of the list this week, the
president told a press confer
ence he had not read enough
of the details of that rather
"sordid procedure" to comment.
He agreed to a reporter's re
quest that direct quotation of
the phrase be permitted, a de
parture from the usual press
conference procedure.
Boost Hop Quota
Washington, Oct. 27. (A')
The agriculture department to
day established the 1939 mar
keting quotas for hops grown
in Oregon, California and Wash
ington at 31,400,000 pounds.
I Previously, the quota had been
set at 29,400,000 pounds.
Withholds Information on City of Flint
Flint Skipper
Captain James A. Gainard
(above) was master of the U. S.
freighter City of Flint, at the
lime of its seisure by a German
raider (A. P. Photo.)
EARTH WILL CUI OFF
ION'S HEAT SUPPLY
IN ECLIPSE TONIGHT
Pasadena, Calif., Oct. 27. (P)
The earth will give the man
in the moon a bad case of shivers
tonight.
At 8:54 PST the earth will
start edging between the sun
and the moon and within three
hours will have run its satel
lite's temperature from the boil
ing point to around 180 degrees
below zero.
The eclipse, 99.2 of total, will
be visible in both North and
South America.
Drs. Edison Pettit and Seth
B. Nicholson, using a thermo
couple and the 100-inch Mount
Wilson observatory telescope,
found that on the central part
of a full moon the temperature
was 214 degrees fahrenheit. At
the edge of the moon the tem
perature was 58 below zero.
When the sun's heat was sud
denly shut off by a total eclipse
in 1927 the astronomers watched
the moon's temperature drop in
three hours from the boiling
point to 184 degrees below zero.
Since some of the sun's rays will
"bend around the earth tonight,
the mercury drop may be slightly
less.
POLITICS HINTED
III ID ESCAPE
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 27 (P)
Dr. Louis J. Saxe, superinten
dent of the Arizona state hos
pital for the insane, charged to
day a former attache of the in
stitution "attempted to kidnap"
Winnie Ruth Judd, trunk mur
deress, last July.
Dr. Saxe would not explain
what he interpreted as an at
tempted kidnaping of the slayer
who fled from the woman's ward
of the hospital Tuesday night
and still remained at large to
day. He hinted, however, it
might have been a political move
to embarrass him.
"I questioned Mrs. Judd re
garding the attempted kidnap
ing," Dr. Saxe said, "but she de
nied it, adding that she would
never think of such a thing as
escaping."
Dr. Saxe said he had no Idea
where Mrs. Judd might have
gone, but named Mexico as a
logical place.
Demand $5 Minimum
Pittsburgh, Oct. 27. fPi A
S5-a-day minimum in all Beth
lehem Steel corporation milli
was demanded today by the CIO
steel workers organizing com
mittee. A union spokesman said
a dozen plant managements had
i been informed 'wc will not ac
icept 'no' for an answer."
W HULL
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State Department Officials
Criticize Soviet for Atti
tude in Ship's Seizure
Washington, Oct. 27. (P)
Secretary Hull said today he
was completely baffled in his
efforts to get adequate informa
tion from the Russian govern
ment on the City of Flint, which
to the state department has be
come a veritable mystery ship.
State department officials
were unanimous in criticizing
the Soviet government for giv
ing information on the City of
Flint through the Soviet news
agency some hours before it
was delivered to the interested
government, the United States.
Hull said Ambassador Lau
rance A. Stcinhardt in Moscow
had tried three different meth
ods of getting in touch with the
American crew of the City of
Flint telephone, railroad and
airplane and thus far had not
been successful in any.
There was a note of bitter
ness in Hull's voice as he re
counted tho efforts of Ambassa
dor Stcinhardt.
Hull seemed to look forward
to German prize court proceed
ings as the only real means for
obtaining the facts.
Moscow, Oct. 27. (un
united States Ambassador Lau
rwirp A. Steinhardt was re
ported unofficially to have made
representations to the Russian
government today concerning
irnntmAnt nrporrlprl the Ameri
can vessel City of Flint while
she was in the Soviet port ol
Murmansk.
Steinhardt called at the for
eign office and talked with
Vladimir P. Potemkin, vice-commissar
of foreign affairs, shortly
before 6 p. m. (10 a. m. EST).
Steinhardt had difficulty in
getting an appointment at the
foreign office and was unable
to learn any more than what
was in the Soviet press simply
a brief report that the City of
Flint had been freed from Mur
mansk. Berlin, Oct. 27. P) Official
advices received here tonight
said the United States steamer
City of Flint was being sailed
from Murmansk to Germany un
der command of a prize crew
from the German pocket bat
tleship Deutschland.
The freiffhtnr was reported
somewhere along the Norwegian
coast, heading slowly into the
British blockade area.
Thp vpsel. seized as a con
traband ship and taken to the
Rnccinn nnrt of Murmansk,
above the Arctic circle, was re
leased last night by Soviet mis
sia. AHuirps rpaphins Berlin said
the Germans lost no time In
lifting anchor for Hamburg
where a prize court was plan
ned to decide on the fate of the
ship and her cargo.
The whereabouts of tne Amer
ican crew of the City of Flint
ctiit was unplpnr here, but Ger
man officials said they "be
lieved" the Americans were
aboard the freighter.
BRITISH TAKE BODIES
Dover, England, Oct. 27. (V)
Between 50 and 60 bodies
were reported today to have
been found by British divers ex
ploring a shattered German sub
marine washed up yesterday on
the Goodwill sands.
The Goodwin sands are more
than five miles out from the
Kent coast, forming a natural
breakwater to the downs road
stead. Heavy firing was heard
off the coast on Wednesday.
One theory was that the sub
marine was sunk either by depth
charges or aerial bombs and
drifted aground
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The American freighter. City of Flint (top), seised In the north Atlantic by German
raider, the Emden (lower), and taken to the Soviet harbor of Murmansk, was reported from Ber
lin today to be enroule to Germany under command of a German prize crew. U. S. officials
have been unable to obtain information on the fate of the City of Flint's American crew.
(A. P. Photos).
Foreign Policy Critics Guilty
Of Shameless Fake-Roosevelt
New York, Oct. 27. (tP)
Strongly reaffirming American
neutrality, President Roosevelt
last night said critics of his for
eign policy who have warned
it would force American boys
to shoulder arms abroad were
guilty of "one of the worst fakes
in current history."
"It is a deliberate setting up
of an imaginary bogey man,"
he added caustically.
The president spoke last night
on the closing program of the
ninth annual New York Herald
Tribune forum on current prob
lems, after King Leopold III
of Belgium declared it was vital
for his country because of eco
nomic reasons to remain at
peace but Belgium was ready
to fight, if necessary, to preserve
its independence.
Speak From Capitals
The heads of the two nations
spoke from their respective cap
itals. The speeches were broad
cast nationally In this country.
In sharp tones President
Roosevelt rebuked "orators and
commentators and others" in
and out of congress who he said
have been "beating their breasts
and proclaiming against sending
the boys of American mothers
to fight on the battlefields of
Europe.
"That, I do not hesitate to
label as one of the worst fakes
in current history," he declared.
"The simple truth is that no
person In any responsible place
in the national administration
in Washington, or In any state
government, or in any city gov
ernment, or in any county gov
crnmont, has ever suggested In
any shape, manner or form the
remotest possibility of sending
the boys of American mothers
to fight on the battlefields of
Europe.
Dishonest Argument
'That is why I label that arg
ument a shameless and dishon
est fake."
Acknowledging It was impos
sible for Americans to ho neu
tral In thought as well as in
i act, the president said:
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"The fact of the international
situation the simple fact, with
out any bogey in it, without
any appeals to prejudice is
that the United States, as I have
said before, is neutral and does
not Intend to get involved In
war."
The president said democracy
was threatened by two groups
those who "seek the fulfillment
of ideals at a pace too fast for
the machinery of the body pol
itic to function" and "that small
minority which complains that
the democratic processes are in
efficient as well as slow."
Values Realised
"Extreme rightists and ex
treme leftists should not be
taken out by us and shot against
the wall," he continued, "for
they . . . make us realize the
value of the democratic middle
course especially If that mid
dle course, in order to keep up
with the times, is 'just a little
bit left of center'."
King Leopold, speaking in
fluent English during his six
minute broadcast, said Belgium
stood side by side with Hol
land, "an Island of peace In the
Interests of all."
"We are prepared to exert
our entire strength In order to
uphold our independence," he
added.
"Exactly 25 years ago, day
for day, the Belgian army un
der my father. King Albert, ar
rested after a hard battle the
progress of a cruel invasion.
Belgium Stronger Now
"If we were attacked and
pray God this may not happen
in violation of the solemn and
definite undertakings that were
given us In 1937 and were re
npwed at the outset of the nre
i sent war we would not hesi
tate to fight with the same con
viction, but with forces ten
times stronger."
President Roosevelt at the
start of his speech said he
wished to "throw bouquets to
the majority of the press and
the radio" for their objective
reporting of International affairs
I in the past few weeks.
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TAKEN BY THIEF
An archery bow valued at $35
was stolen from a bedroom in
the Charles Alberts residence,
236 South Central avenue, be
tween 8:15 and 9 last night, Mrs.
Alberts reported to city police.
Mrs. Alberts told police that
she had no idea how the bow
was stolen, as there was someone
In the house during the period
the bow was stolen. ,
The bow was described as
being six feet long, over all; five
feet 10 Inches between the
strings, and made of yew wood.
It had cow horn tips and was
painted silver and red.
Radio Highlights
Radio Station KMED will
broadcast the University of
Washington-Stanford university
game in Seattle Saturday after
noon, going on the air at J
o'clock.
Br Associated Press
(Time is Pacific Standard)
Tonight: Eclipse of the moon,
WJZ-NBC, 9 p. m WABC-CBS
and MBS, 10:30 p. m. Europe,
WABC-CBS, 5:55, 8; MBS 8,
7:15; WEAF-NBC-east, 8. Na
tional defense, WJZ-NBC, 8:30,
Secretary of War Woodring on
"Rearming For Peace." Neutral
ity, WJZ-NBC, 7:15, Sen. Theo.
F. Green.
MBS, 7:30, Gov. Baldwin of
Connecticut on "For Youth in
National Affairs."
Saturday: football, WJZ-NBC,
WABC-CBS, MBS, 10:45 a. m.,
Cornell-Ohio State; WEAF-NBC,
10:45, Yale-Michigan: MBS
about 1:15, Illinois-Northwestern.