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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939.
Thirty-fourth Year
No. 208.
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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
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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
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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."
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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.