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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
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MEDFORD
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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
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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.
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Full United
Hitler in Beer Hall Before
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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.
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