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Bombs The Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Saturday, Uttle change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday 54 Lowest this morning .26 Thirty-fourth Year Washington. D. C, Nov. 10. That the federal government should pay taxes on the prop erty it owns will be the object of a bill sponsored by Oregon's Senator McNary in the coming session of congress. The bill will I exclude such property as post offices and sites, lighthouses. government dams (Bonneville, Grand Coulee, Boulder, etc.) but will seek tax income for the state from national forests and the public domain. Somewhat similar suggestions have been made in the past, but McNary is preparing an air tight bill and enough states needing revenue and having non-taxable federal property are affected to roll Up substantial backing for such legislation. Particularly interested are the 11 western public land states. CITING Oregon as a sample (because data have been assembled for that state by N. S. Rogers, valuation engineer of the state tax commission), 53.03 percent of the 61,168,480 acres is owned by the government. The state owns 3.07 -percent: counties own 2.92 percent and private owners have 40,98 per centthe tax load falling on the 25,079,982 acres in private own ership. Government owns two-thirds of the timber land in the state and contributed in 1938 some $127,799, or .0092 cents per acre, this being 25 percent of the gross receipts from timber sales and grazing. AMONG other reasons for ask ing the federal government to kick-in, more or less on the same tax levy as private prop erty, is the increasing need of finding new sources of revenue due to the spread of public own ershiD. The increase of public utility districts will gradually reduce the tax-paying ability of private utilities. (A Portland pn vate utility pays 2.7 mills per k.w. in taxes). Another reason why the fed- (Continued on Hage 81.) Fred C. Homes of Ashland, was elected chairman of the Jackson County Agricultural Committee for Conservation, for 1940, at a meeting this week. Francis Travis, of Central Point was named vice-chairman, and Chester Wendt of Jacksonville, active member. All were re elections. George E. Dunn of Ashland, was named first alternate, and J. E. Glass of Brownsboro sec ond alternate. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS George Kobertson sending a couple of boy friends beautiful single rose buds with touching condolence cards attached there on. Doc Walt Hoppe telling about Nebraska dust storms with even more force than John Steinbeck but with not quite the same lan guage. Tom Fuson making a football bet and then making another bet that he wins the original bet, or something equally as mixed up Florence Scherrer stacking uo dimes and bigger coins col ecV-J in the DAV Forget Me-Not sale II i; at 'Athe ' to Start MEDFORD Full Associated Presi MA AUTOS SIDESWIPE ' AT HIGH SPEED; 4 SUFFERJNJURIES Survivor Says Driver Angry at Loss of Game, Driv ing Fast and Carelessly Sacramento, Nov. 10. P) A fifth victim died today as authorities began an investiga tion of an early morning col lision on the Sacramento-Stock ton highway one mile south of Elk Grove. John J. O'Leary, 20. said to have been the driver of the sec ond car, succumbed to head in juries in Sacramento hospital several hours after the crash. Highway Patrolman Tom Bir mingham said he believed O'Leary's car was on the wrong side of the highway when it side-swiped a Sacramento-bound machine operated by Jack Cur tis, 17-year old football player of McClatchy (Sacramento) higli school. Attended Gam. The nine passengers in the two cars had attended a foot ball game between McClatchey and Stockton high schools last night. Birmingham said appar ently the O'Leary party, after traveling toward Sacramento, decided to turn around. Dead were: O'Leary, Simeon C. Curtis, 70, grandfather, and Billie C. Curtis, 11, brother of Jack Curtis; Jack Briney, 16, McClatchy high school student; Robert William Russell, 17, Sac ramento high school student. The injured were: Jack Cur tis, who was found wandering a mile from the scene of the accident: his cousin, Elaine Fisher. 16, McClatchy high school student, fractures of the pelvis and right elbow and pos sible internal Injuries; Dorothy McCain, 21, telephone open or, head lacerations; Marcella Kid rick, 17, fracture of the right leg and other injuries. On. Abl. To Talk Miss Fisher, was the only one of the four survivors who was able to tell authorities of the accident. She was quoted by cor oner's deputies Louis McGinnis and Alfred Miles as declaring the Curtis car was going "about 60 miles an hour. "Jack was mad about his team losing the football game and I think he was a little care less." they quoted her story. I "We were nearly at Elk Grove when Jack started pass ing an automobile which was going toward bacramento, too. 'I saw a car coming in the opposite direction. Jack thought we had tune enough to mane it. But it was coming very fast, too. Then I remember Jack swinging the car to the left hand side of the highway instead of going back to the right hand side. L remember screaming and that'll all. I don't know if we hit the car we were passing or the car coming in the opposite direction. .... "Sometime later I remember coming to. I was on the ground, away from the car. I could see legs hanging out of one of the windows of our car. Then they took me to the hospital." NOBEL PRIZE TO Stockholm, Nov. 10. iP) The Swedish Academy today awarded the 1939 Nobel prize for literature to Frans Eemil Sillanpaa. Finnish author. Sillanpaa's best known work is "Silja." a study of a young peasant woman. His novels have been laid in I the west of Finland and deal with peasant life. Publications include "Hurskas Kuriuus" (Holy Misery) and i "Muorena Nukkunut" (Fallen Asleep While Young). Sillanpaa. the son of a Finnish farmer, was born in 1888. Armistice Day Celebration at 1 1 mi Sportsman Slain Edward J. O'Hare, nationally known horse and dog track oper ator, (above) was killed by assas sins armed with shotguns at h. tried to .lud. lhem In an auio- mobil. rac. down a Chicago bou levard. Three gun charges struck him In th. head, killing him Instantly. EXPECT F. D. R. TO Washington, Nov. 10. IP) Maritime labor leaders said after a White House conference today they believed President Roose velt ultimately would approve a proposed transfer to Panama registry of eight United States Lines ships barred from the European war zone by the neu trality act. A short time earlier at his press conference Mr. Roosevelt had expressed the view transfer of the vessels would be legal, but' he added that the question of whether to pcrmti it still was being studied from a human as well as a property angle. The labor leaders who con ferred at length witii :he presi dent on seamens' unemployment arising from discontinuance of North Atlantic shipping vere Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime union (CIO); Joseph H. Ryan, president of the International Longshoremens as sociation (AFL), and Matthew Dushane, chairman of the Sea- farers International union AFL). Radio Highlights The Oregon-Oregon State foot ball game in Eugene tomorrow will be broadcast, play-by-play, by Medford radio station KMED starting at 1:45 p. m. The radio station will also carry a portion of the Dartmouth-Princeton game starting about 1:15. By Associated Prats (Pacific Standard Time) Tonight: Europe WABC-CBS. 5:55, 8; MBS 6, 7:20. WJZ-NBC 7:15 Keep Amer ica Out of War Mass Meeting, Senator Burton K. Wheeler. MBS 7:45 P. Summeral. Talk, (Sen. Chas. Saturday: Armistice Day fea tures MBS 7:45 a. m., WJZ NBC 7:58 a. m., American Le gion ceremonies at Arlington; WABC-CBS 9:15 a. m., Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Speakers, five foreign diplomats; WEAF-NBC 10 a. m., second division observance; MBS noon. Queen Elizabeth message from London . . . Football WEAF-NBC. Princeton-Dart- mouth: WABC-CBS 10:45 a. m.. Army-Harvard: MBS 12:05 p. rn., Iowa-Notre Dame; WJZ-NBC 12:15 a. m., Texas A. Ic M. Southern Methodist. Yokosuka, Japan. Nov. 10. (P) The destroyer Tokitsukaze was launched today, but details of construction and armament were not announced. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1939. m PARADE, GRID TILT ILL BE FEATURES American Legion 'Dugout Open to Public at 1 P. M.; Annual Ball to Be Climax Bombs will burst in the air over Medford at 11 a. m. tomor row but they will not be bombs of war. They will be bombs of peace heralding the end of the World war 21 years ago. They will signalize the start of Med ford's celebration commemorat ing the cessation of hostilities in the terrible war that was waged to end all wars, to make the world safe for democracy. It will be a general holiday here, with downtown stores, gov ernment agencies, banks and the state liquor store closed. At 11:05 a. m. the annual Armistice day parade will start from city park and the day's celebration will be off to a col orful start. Sponsored by Med ford post of the American Le gion, the day's program includes the parade, "dugout," Mcdtora Ashland football game at the high school stadium here, spe cial attractions at the theaters and a dance St Oriental Gar dens. ... - . .. . v . Organisations Invited All organizations of Medford and other communities of Jack son county have been invited to take part in the parade. The procession will move along Main street to Riverside avenue, north on Riverside to Sixth street, west on Sixth to Bartlctt street, south on Bartlett to Main street and west on Main street to the starting point at city park. Children's pet parade will form part of the regular pro cession. The children are to as semble at 10:45 by the First Methodist church and to leave the procession with their pets in front of the West Main street Safeway stores on the return to city park. Ten cash prizes are to be awarded in this feature, sponsored by the American Le gion. auxiliary. All children are (Continued on Page Seven KUHN'S PRIVATE LIFE L BE EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL New York, Nov. 10. (IP) The state indicated today it would delve into the private life of Fritz Kuhn, German-American bund leader, Including his "keenly sentimental Interest" in a Mrs. Florence Camp, In an attempt to show criminal intent in Kuhn's alleged embezzlement of $5,641 in bond funds. Prosecutor Herman J. Mc Carthy, in his 30-minutc opening address at Kuhn's trial on lar ceny and forgery charges, de scribed the hefty bund "fuehrer' as a powerful leader wun com plete control of the bund s af fairs. McCarthy said the bund itself was a "strong" organization with a number of affiliations including the German-American Settlement league, which early In 1938 established Camp Sieg fried at Yaphank, Long Island. under the leadership of Ernest Mueller. 'There they ran afoul of the law," McCarthy said. Portland Facing Record Tax Levy Portland, Nov. 10. IP) The Multnomah tax supervising and conservation commission report ed today Portland property owners would pay 62.5-mill tax next year, the highest on record and three mills more than this year. A IT TIAL ADVISE YANKEES TO SFB SAFETY Netherlander Stand Guard at Flood Line Belgian Soldiers Digging Trenches Amsterdam, Nov. 10. OP) The United States consulate said tonight it would advise Amer icans tomorrow that it was "a good time to get wives and dis pensible American members of their staffs out of the country." In doing so, the consulate said, it would be passing on the ad vice given by United States Min ister George A. Gordon at The Hague in reply to inquiries by American business men there. It was estimated there were about 1.000 persons in the coun try with some claim to United States citizenship. Will Close Border It was understood the legation received information the Belgian border would be closed in event of any German action against the Netherlands. The lowland countries took swift, mysterious defense meas ures today, Netherlands standing guard on their newly-flooded "water line" of protection nd Belgian soldiers digging new trenches in the east. A strange shooting incident on the Netherlands side of the German frontier near Venloo was followed by withdrawal of all Netherlands regular army leaves, placing of guards around public buildings, inundation of water defense areas and strin gent regulation of transporta tion. Reports Vary Reports of the border incident varied, one saying two persons were killed, another that only one was wounded. Both agreed several persons had been carried into Germany after the shooting. Witnesses at the Venloo cus toms station said a German automobile stopped at the bor der, and its occupants walked into the Netherlands and en gaged in a gun battle with occupants of a Netherlands car. Several persons from the latter machine then were carried into Germany, they said. I Venloo Is near the nock of the I Maastricht "appendix," which loops southward between Ger many and Belgium. It is oppo site the German munitions cen ter of Essen. DUE IN MORNING FOR ALL-DAY VISIT HERE A fleet twin-engined U. S. army bomber on a recruiting Jaunt will arrive at Medford municipal airport about 10 a. m. tomorrow for "an all-day stop. The public is Invited to the air port to inspect the big bombing plane, similar in size to United Mainliners. The plane was in Eugene today. Capt. Windfred Paul is in command of the plane, a Doug las craft. The ship carries a crew of six. The flight, designed to stimulate recruiting, will be continued from here Sunday morning. The bomber's radio oper.itor is Prvt. Frank W. Summers, son of Mrs. Laura M. Summers of Mt .Shasta City, Cal. Summers was enlisted in the air corps through the Medford recruiting station. A high school graduate, he was given a radio course In the signal school at Fort Mon mouth, N. J., after he enlisted Upon completing the course, he was assigned to a ly nbn Anient combat crew as plane radio operator. rFTT"DTTlVTT7 Full United Hitler in Beer Hall Before r. h. : b r-r - & v r kcr This radiophoto, transmitted from Berlin to N.w York, shows Adolf Hitl.r (behind ros trum) as h. saluted members of th. Nasi party old guard, gathered at famous Bu.rgerbrau beer cellar in Munich lo celebrate the anniversary of the 1923 abortiv. putsch that failed. A few min utes after Hitler left the beer hall, an explosion killed six persons and injured mor. than 60. Hitler Hater Heaves Missile At Photo in Berlin Window OF INTERNAL STRIFE SAYS HUGH GIBSON Philadelphia, Nov. 10. iP) Hugh Gibson, former United States ambassador to Belgium, predicts that "a lot of elements of unrest in Germany will be touched off "the minute the nazi regime suffers some Important reversal. "Fully one-third of the new and greater reich is marie up of people with bitter and Justifi able hatred for the nazi party," Gibson told the Philadelphia forum last night. "All nf tlinvn fMffnrs nrn fnr- Vncnting under the surface and when they go sour, they will bring unusual developments in a very quick time." The former envoy pictured the German people as "emotion ally tired, keyed up and Jaded." Hobokcn, N. J., Nov. 10. UP) Duchess Eleanora of Bavaria, slstcr-in-law of Queen Mother Elizabeth of Belgium, said as she arrived today on the S. S. Vecndam from Europe there was "likely to be a revolution in Germany." The duchess expressed belief the war would not last and said Belgium would remain neutral "if England docs not try to get over there. Germany, she said, "seemingly" would not invade Belgium. T OF Klngsport, Tenn., Nov. 10. UP) A baby boy born October 17 with two heads, one of which was later removed, is "coming along nicely" and may develop Into a normal youngster, Dr. J C. Statzer, Bristol, Tenn., physic ian reported today. Dr. Statzer said the baby weighed nine pounds at birth and had a second, abnormal head at the base of the normal head "It had the outline of a head with eyes, nose, mouth and hair but no ears," the physician de clared. Dr. Stutzer. with a record of 3.500 deliveries in 35 yours of practice, asserted he could not recall a similar case in medical history. He said he had made a careful study of the case be Ifore performing the operation. a. m. Saturday Press IfnlllPMPF By Louit P. Lochner. Berlin, Nov. 10. iP) A, large plate glass window In the store of Hclnrich Hoffmann, personal photographer to Adolf Hit ler, was smashed today by a missile apparently aimed at a hug. picture of the fuehrer. Hoffman returned yesterday from Munich, where he attended the celebration of the 1923 putsch anniversary and nar rowly escaped being caught In the blast which wrecked the his toric Buergcrbrau cellar. Police dug piece by piece through debris nine feet deep searching for telltale fingerprints and metal scraps in the wrecked nazi shrine and held an undis closed number of persons, at least on suspicion. Set by Experts Authorities were convinced that experts set the time bomb intended for Hitler. Monsignor Cesare Orsenigo, papal nuncio in Berlin, visited the fuehrer, meanwhile, to ex press felicitations of Pope Plus XII on his escape. Officials canvassed the wholo nation for information that might lead to the assassins who set off the explosion in which six men and a woman were killed and 63 other persons in jured. Nazi suspicions turned toward the British secret service and Jews, but searchers hunted at home and abroad for clues that might fix the blame for the blast which missed the fuehrer only II minutes Wednesday night. Germans who heard a broad cast of the fuehrer's address at the beer hall celebration of the 1923 nazi putsch were asked lo report any radio listeners who might have commented, "noth ing happened," or who asked, "why did the fuehrer speak so briefly?" He spoke for 58 min utes. HOT TIE TONIGHT Eugene, Ore., Nov. 10. (A') To the applause of home-coming alumni and at the signal of the din of a gigantic noise parade on downtown streets, University Frosh will light their bonfire tonight and start the week-end celebrants on their way. The pile of trash to be ignited is as high as a two-story build ing and contains 1,500 gallons of crude oil. The advance guard of alumni is already In the city. Campus officials have announced there'll be a crowd of 20.01)0 in the sta dlum Saturday afternoon to see the Oregon State game, almost as large a number as the popu lation of Eugene Don't Forget This U Jnt a reminder to pre pare that Classified Adv. for the Sunday morning edition. Atit In In? f n re 3:30 p. in. tiulur dny will be properly classified, on ClaHftKled wge. lon't forget. No. 199. Explosion SWITZERLAND CALLS TO COLORS AS Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 10 IIP) The Swiss government to day called to duty an unan nounced number of troops, in cluding two Infantry battalions, 30 squadrons of cavalry and complete staffs of certain reserve brigades and regiments. No reason was given but the Swiss high command and the government have matched mili tary precautions with European diplomatic and military develop ments. The federal council Issued th. order on advice of Generalissimo Henri Gulsan. Although Switzerland had been In a state of complete mo bilization since August 28, number of units had been re leased. (Mobilization of 100,000 men August 28 increased to 900,000 the number under arms in a na tion of only four million inhabi tants. The number released Oct. 4 for 30-day leaves, and later freed from military service until further notice, was not known.) Herbert Marshall On Divorce Docket Hollywood, Nov. 10. IP) Few were surprised today at a studio announcement Edna Best would divorce Actor Herbert Marshall. The British couple, married in 1929, has been estranged for many months. Miss Best, who has deserted the English stag, and screen temporarily for film work in the city where her hus band long has been successful, said through her studio she would establish residence at Reno, Nov., after completing pic ture assignments December 1. Iraq Gives Douglas Big Airplane Order Santa Monica, Cal., Nov. 10. IP) Douglas Aircraft com pany announced today that it has received a $1,000,000 order from the kingdom of Iraq, Bri tish protectorate on the Sue! canal, for 15 light attack bomb ers. The planes are fast, slngle englned bombers of the 8A ser ies, similar to those Douglas re cently sold to Peru. I
