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4 DJfiiTlUBUNE Others Do So Same time, save patient I se Mall Tribune CUsslfled Ads to accomplish what you want. Others do and are well pleated with result. Cost Is small compared with rest' Hi. Now Is the time. The Weather Forecast: Unsettled tonight and Wednesday, probably with rain, warmer tonight. Temperature Highest yesterday 55 Lowest this morning .. t6 MEDFOR Full Associated Press Full United Press MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939. Thirty-fourth Year No. 208. Nl fl J mi n m of m BUM .. i i at'Athe Washington, D. C, Nov. 21.- That proposed contract for Bon neville power submitted to the Portland General Electric com pany by Administrator Raver has three neatly concealed hooks in it and these (if inserted by a private utility would be called v jokers) innocent-looking para graphs make the document un- . satisfactory to the prospective purchaser. The first five para graphs, which express the policy of Administrator Raver, are above criticism, but some of ' Raver's subordinates have in serted three other clauses giving the contract a different char acter. For example, one requirement compels the purchaser to permit the use of its facilities wherever the administrator directs. An other permits the administrator to cancel the contract with the purchaser on 30 days' notice whenever the administrator, in his judgment, thinks the power ettmilrt Vim ncorl fni rnlilir ntilitv districts. This provision, in ef fect, makes it a 30-day contract and not one or two years, as appears to the casual eye. THIS is the third contract drafted by Bonneville ad ministrators for selling energy to the P.G.E. The first was prepared by the late J. D. Ross ana was sausmciory 10 Tne pri vate company. However, Mr. Ross died before the pact could be signed it was to have been signed and sealed upon his re turn from the national capital, where he died. The second con tract was drawn up by Acting Administrator Banks, but while that was being ironed out Banks was succeeded by Paul Raver of Illinois, as administrator. Raver did not look at the two previous contract forms (he said Unrestricted Blockade Ordered to Throttle All German Commerce By Edwin Stout London, Nov. 21. (P) Unrestricted sea blockade of Ger many was proclaimed today by Britain in "retaliation" for mine warfare which counted the 11,930-ton Japanese passenger liner Terukuni Maru as its newest victim. A mine-sweeping trawler of, the British navy and two other trawlers also were added to the i (Continued ou Page Eight.) MILL WILL CLOSE THANKSGIVING DAY The Medford Corporation (Owen-Oregon Lumber Com pany) sawmill will shutdown Thursday to permit employes to observe Thanksgiving. Oper ations will be resumed Friday, General Manager James H. Owen said today. No definite decision has been reached on how long the mill will operate the coming winter, beyond the previous announce ment it would be as long as possible, depending on the con dition of the lumber market. ' The plant in the past generally closed down about December 15, for an extended period. Ideal weather prevails in the hills these days for logging op erations, generally closed before this by snow and rain. Many of the small logging camps are still operating. mounting list of maritime losses today. Prime Minister Chamberlain announced an order in council would be issued directing seiz ure of all exports of German origin or ownership on the high seas, regardless of whether they are being transported under neu tral flags. The measure is de signed to throttle German trade by which she could build up currency reserves abroad for purchase of war supplies abroad. Jap Passengers Saved The Japanese liner was be lieved to have struck a mine such as Britain has blamed for the sinking of nine out of ten ships lost off the English coast last week-end. The liner's 180 passengers and crew were saved The mine-sweeping trawler Mastiff was sunk by a mine yesterday and two other trawl ers, the Thomas Hankins and the Sea Sweeper, sunk by sub marines. The sinking of the Terukuni Maru could be seen from shore. Great spouts of water rose from her sides. A lifeboat and other craft went to the rescue Some survivors were brought to shore. Offices of the ship's owners said they had received no word of casualties and believed no lives had been lost. En Route Antwerp New York officials of the Nip pon Yusen Kaisha line, owners of the craft, said she left Shang hai last October 4 for London after loading cargo at Yokohama and Kobe. They added she was due in London November 17 and although they had no confirma tion of her arrival there they assumed she had dropped some passengers there and was en route to Antwerp when she struck the mine. The 507-foot liner was built at Nagasaki in 1930 and was considered one of the finest of her type. Her home port was Tokyo. Her sinking was the first Japanese casualty of the war. U. S. WON'T AGREE TO Tl Gestapo Claim Arrest of Bomb Plotters HAD RIGHT TO TAP Washington, Nov. 21. Wj Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, said today the United States had advised Great Brit ain it was not to be understood as endorsing any principle of interference with its neutral trade. Welles made the statement shortly after the British embassy had disclosed that effective De cember 1 the British would start a pre-sailing system of investi gating American exports to 10 European neutral nations. Apparently the notice to Brit ain that this country was re serving its full rights under in ternational law to genuinely ncu tral trade was given when the export checking plan was dis cussed, but Welles did not make clear in what way it applied. or what . eventualities it might cover. ' The acting secretary told his press conference the state de partment had informed Britain that this country naturally re reserved all its rights and the rights of its citizens under in ternational law. It was learned the British em; bassy and the state department discussed the proposed new ex port checking system some days ago. Bundfuehrer On Stand Ad mits 'Love And Kisses' Wires To Florence Camp. New York, Nov. 21. (IP) Fritz Kuhn, on trial for the theft of money from his German American bund, testified today that under the "leadership prin ciple" of that organization he believed he had the power to use its funds to meet his own ex penses, as well as those of the bund. He acknowledged having sent telegrams of "love and kisses" to Mrs. Florence Camp, as charged by the prosecution, ex plaining that he had "a liking for her at the time." In prosecution testimony he was accused of having spent more than $700 of the bund's money in moving Mrs. Camp's furniture about the country. Wife Is Loyal His wife, Mrs. Elsa Kuhn, ap peared with him in the court house yesterday and announced her loyalty to him. The bundfuchrer'r testimony he was not limited in the expen diture of bund funds to strictly bund purposes was in line with that of a number of his associ ates. Kuhn, stout and broad-faced, was thoughtfully chewing a CHOICE OF GLASS FOR NOMINATION Either Well Qualified For Presidency Says Virgin ianMum on Third Term Trolley First Aid Station 1 BRIT tContinueo an Pagr Twelve) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Conrad Wessela regretting he couldn't get away for a little convention down in San Fran cisco, he leaving it to Homer and Bruce Hixon to hold up Medford's honors. Potsdam, Germany, Nov. 21 IP) Former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm said today in a formal signed statement that "all members of the German royal houses in so far as they are able to bear arms are at the front." Although confined to his bed with a heavy cold and fever, the crown prince wrote: "Neither I nor my brothers nor sons nor any member of the Hohenzollern house or any other German royal house has been arrested or shot. "Not a single one had been limited in his freedom in any manner. The folly of caulumin ators goes so far that they let Prince Max of Baden, who died ten years ago, live again as ar rested. It ought to be sufficient to refer to the fact that all members of the German royal houses in so far as they are able to bear arms are at the front." IS DENIED PAROLE Washington, Nov. 21 . fP) Tom Pcndcrgast, one-time big boss of the Kansas City Demo cratic machine, was denied a parole today from the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kas. The federal board of parole announced it was "constrained to the strong conviction" a par ole "would be unjustified and incompatible with the public in terest." The board said its decision was made "after a most thor ough investigation, followed by observation, interrogation and careful deliberation in weigh ing all of the facts and circum stances surrounding the overt act, plea and sentence, as well as taking into consideration the age and physical condition of the applicane and the further fact that he has no prior crim inal history of record." PORTLAND TURKEYS AT LOWER RETAIL PRICES ON HUNGER STRIKE LOCKED IN CELLS Folsom, Calif., Nov. 21. (P) Folsom prison's 2.900 prisoners were locked in their cells and the usual outdoor activities were completely shut down today as the result of the refusal of 000 inmates to cat either breakfast or the noon time meal. Warden Clyde I. Plummer said the situation was under con trol and he did not regard it as serious. The food strike, he said, be gan at breakfast when 900 pris oners refused to eat their mush complaining it was sour and unfit for food. Plummer said his personal investigation dis closed the cook had tried to cook the mush in a new way and it was unpalatable. He said the mush was sour and not fit to be eaten and he was taking steps to correct the situation. At the evening meal, the war den said, only those who say they want to eat will be re leased and permitted to enter the mess hall. The warden said the food strike was not accompanied by any demonstrations or acts of violence and locking up the entire population was chiefly a matter of ordinary prison precaution. A colored cheering section lending moral support to Brother King Kong Clayton at the rasslin riots. Bernicc Crowson Alford aver ring that a number of minor as well as major changes seem to have occurred in this fair city since her previous resi dence of a number of years ago, she nevertheless being quite peppy about returning to the old home town. Catherine Conroy writing mama Helen clear from Uni versity of Oregon outlining the menus she desired during Thanksgiving holidays. Radio Highlights Portland, Nov. 21. (IP) Re tailers offered turkeys freely today as low as 25 cents a pound for No. 1 hens. The wholesale trade reported 22 and 23 cents a pound gen- .lt.. nA - , 1 .. , rr i . morning, was postponed at least around 19 and 20 cents. Buy temporarily Pending nr . nnnT,yii,, nttnnwi conferences between producers Studio Craftsmen Postpone Walkout Hollywood. Nov. 21. (Ft A walkout of 35,000 A.F.L. studio craftsmen, scheduled for this By the Associated Press. t-ontn StnnHnrd Time.) .... .j .. . , and unionists, Mar on kiioumi more man zu cents ior nens . . ,. nr.A wi singer, will be guest artist on ; and la cent3 for tom, I The dc lay w -announced last the CBS Sunday Evening Hour at 4:30 Sunday night, with Wil liam Pelleticr directing the orchestra. At 1 1 T" J i genev conference on the fedcr- Al J OlSOn I irea, !ation's demand for 10 per cent Goes To Hospital i wage boosts Tonight: Europe WABC . . , ' . ' .,. . CBS 5.55, 8. WfcAr-lMBi. r.asi ,,.. A1 ,,. VPtPran .-,. MBS 8, Rep. Martin Dies on - ,rHfli "Americanism. Nazis Seek Oil London, Nov. 21. (fll Ger many is seeking a monopoly on Rumanian oil. Oliver aianicy. hospital. Friends said he had president of the British board iMnniir Fnrnne XBC- been ill. unable to cure a cold, of trade, told the House of Corn- Chains 5 a. m.; WAEC-CBS 5 since Ruby Koeler sued him fori mons today, as part of a trade J a. m., 3:30 p. m.' (divorce last mouth drive in the Balkans. Washington, Nov. 21. (IP) Senator Carter Glass disclosed today he has two choices for the 1940 Democratic presiden tial nomination Vice President Garner and Senator Byrd (D, Va.). "I know of no man better qualified for the presidency than John Garner or Harry Byrd," Glass told reporters. The 81-year-old Virginian de clined to discuss his views re garding a third term for Presi dent Roosevelt. Although Glass generally has been understood to oppose a third term, his friends reported he did not wish to say anything which might create party friction. Garner To Give Views It was said authoritatively, however, the senator would work to have the Virginia dele gation to the Democratic con vention instructed for Byrd but Glass would support Garner if Byrd wore unable to obtain the presidential nomination. Garner's associates here pre dicted today that the vice-presi dent would make a comprehen sive statement of his views on national problems early next year. They said he probably would emphasize the desirabil ity of ending federal deficits, but might uphold accomplish ments of the Roosevelt admin istration in general terms. Campaign managers for tne vice-president are planning to make an aggressive drive for delegates in the state primaries next spring. Some of them were said authoritatively to have con vinced Garner that he should make known his views before the primaries In order that voters might have a clear un derstanding of his position. Spending Curb Needed Glass, discussing Democratic prospects for 1940, said that if the party is to win, the admin istration "ought to stop spend ing more money than it col lects. Receiving reporters in his ho lei apartment, he asserted that he would make a battle for re duced federal spending at the next session if there appeared to be any prospect of success. "But I'm too old to devote a lot of energy to a futile fight, he declared. Meanwhile, senators Interest ed in farm and pension pro grams contended that those is sues would be of major import ance in fixing the political drift for 1940. Senator McNary of Oregon, the Republican leader, told re porters that the Republican party could be successful in the next election "if it demonstrates to the farm vote and to those dependent on the farmers that the party is Interested, as form erly, in their welfare." For Trade Act Repeal He proposed the party sup port a "practicable plan cover ing soil conservation with bene fit payments justifying the con tinuation of that practice ana under which "all benefits and privileges must accrue alike to all producers, irrespective of crops produced." "I am also convinced," he said, "that the reciprocal trade agreement act, which expires in June, 1940, should be repealed. While some Industries may have profited by these agreements, It has been done at the expense of the products of the soil." Senator Downey (D., Calif.), who returned with Dr. Francis E. Townsend, old-age pension advocate, from a speaking tour in Pennsylvania, said that pen sion groups would seek to write a favorable plank into both Democratic and Republican platforms. COIN FOR ATTEMPT SAYS POLICE HEAD wo British Secret Agents Nabbed While Attempting To Flee To Netherlands. Fire drove residents from a Brooklyn tenement In early morning hours, and a street car was commandeered as a first aid station. At top. a girl is questioned after receiving first aid. Lower, police remove a 74-year-old woman from the improvised hospital. One fireman was killed in the fire. ADMIT VIOLATION OF New York, Nov. 21. (IP) Eleven of the country's major knitted garment manufacturers and sellers acknowledged in federal court today that they had violated the wage and hour law. As a result. 10,000 home workers will receive approxi matcly $250,000 in wage ar rears. The companies consented to the entry of a permanent In Junction restraining them from any further violations of the law, cither directly or by subter fuge. Those involved were: Regal Knitting, Inc.; May Knitting Company; Blue Bird Knitwear, Inc.; Newport Knitting Co., Inc.; Fay Infants Wear, Inc.; Cupid Knitwear corporation; Stern berg Knitting Company, Inc.; Morris Bernstein and Samuel Bernstein, doing business as In fanta Sweater Mills, and Julius Berger. The government's complaint charged the defendants with evading the law by devising a purchase and sales plan from which it appeared that their former home workers had lost the status of employes and had become "Independent manufac turers and producers." ,s. TO ARGENTINA'S FRUIT Washington, Nov. 21. (IP) Secretary Wallace told Senator McNary (R.-Ore.) In a letter to day that because the European war had shut off the European markets for American apples and pears, "the United Stales markets arc in no position to absorb any Important quantity of the same fruit from Argen tina." The agriculture secretary also said Europe in the past had been the principal market for Argen tine apples and pears. Wallace replied to a letter from McNary and eleven other members of congress protesting against any concessions being made for Argentine apples and pears In a trade agreement which the state department is negotiating with that country. ROUTINE BUSINESS ON CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Only routine business is on the formal calendar to come be fore the city council at its regu lar semi-monthly meeting to night. The meeting will be held as usual at 7:30 In council chnmbcrs on the top floor of city hall. The Pacific northwest ac counts for 35 percent of the nations lumber output. Berlin, Nov. 21. (P Hein- rich Himmler announced tonight the arrest of a man named George Elser who was charged with the November 8 Munich beer cellar bombing, and also the arrest of two agents of the British intelligence service. (Official announcements. however, did not connect the arrest of Elser and the British agents). Himmler, director of the Ges tapo (secret state police), charged, however, that Otto Strasser, old-time opponent o Hitler, had organized the bomb ing plot and the British Intel ligence service had supplied tha money. Accomplices Held In addition a number of Ri ser's accomplices were declared under arrest. A communique charged The Hague, capital of The Nether lands, was headquarters of tha British intelligence service for western Europe, and the two agents were arrested as they were attempting to cross tha German border into The Neth erlands on November 9, one day after the Munich bombing. The communique accused tha British headquarters at Tha Hague with attempting "to or ganize plots" in Germany. Among other suspects, Elser was seized as he attempted to flee "illegally" Into Switzerland November 11, Himmler's an nouncement said. The borders had been ordered closed tem porarily after the attempt on Hitler's life. Six-Day Tim Bomb Himmler's summary was as follows: During a week long tinkering in a manner unique in crim inal history." Elser built a six- day time bomb into a pillar of the Buergerbrau ceuar. After laying plans in Septem ber and October, 1938, Elser be gan work in- August, 1939. Seven days before the nazl anniversary meeting in the beer cellar, the explosive change was brought into the building. After two failures on Novem ber 2 and 3, he succeeded in building his detonator into tha bursting chamber of a bomb la the night from November 4 to November 5, the Gestapo chief tain said. Then, he added, Elser depart ed for Switzerland to join his employer, but Instead returned to Munich November 7 In order to convince himself everything was In working order, that "the clock was ticking" and to deaden the sound. On the morning of the ex plosion, Himmler said, the plot ter departed by way of Ulm for the border where he was ar rested that night. Hugh Johnson Names Ideal Candidate for Presidency New York, Nov. 21. (P) The ing can stop him, but If he name of Wendell L. Willkie, chairman of the Commonwealth & Southern corporation, was ad vanced by Gen. Hugh S. John son today as an Ideal "business man" lor president of the United States. Johnson, former NRA admin istrator, voiced whole-hearted approbation of Willkie In an ad dress before an overflow meet ing of bankers at the Bond club of New York. After delivering his prepared address, Johnson answered ques tions. One was whether he thought the President would seek a third term. "That's a catch question," the general chuckled, "and 1 have a trick answer. If ho is sure he can get away with it, then noth thinks he can't he will say: (Here Johnson adopted the President's manner of speaking) 'my friends, nothing can compel me to break this sacred tradition Atlanta, Nov. 21. (IP) Wen dell L. Willkie, utility executive and long-time opponent of gov ernment competition In business, had a ready response today to Gen. Hugh S. Johnson s sugges tion that he would make an idea! "business man" president of the United States. "If the government continues to take over my business I may be looking shortly for some kind of a new job," said the chair man of the Commonwealth and Southern corporation. "General Johnson's is tha best offer I have had so far." Fuehrer Hitler and other high members of the nazi party, with Air Minister Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering an exception, had assembled at Munich's his toric Buergerbrau cellar to cele brate the 16th anniversary of the abortive nazl beer hall putsch, which was staged there. Hitler spoke for about an hour, and then, because of pres sure of business, left for Berlin well ahead of the schedula usually followed at the annual occasion. Most of the high party officials left with him. The blast occurred 11 minutes later. x Those killed and injured In cluded no one well known. German officialdom Immedi ately posted rewards totaling $380,000 for Information lead ing to the Brrest of those responsible. Early Thursday Paper. In order to permit employes to enjoy Thanksgiving activ ities, the Mall Tribune will go to press at noon Thursday.
