Medford mail tribune., December 18, 1939, Page 8, Image 8

MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. -MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY,- DECEMBER 18, 1939.
PAGE EIGHT
JAPS TO RE OPEN
YANGTZE TO USE
AS TRADEARTERY
Third Power Traffic Will
Be Permitted on China's
Main Waterway, is Word.
Tokyo, Dec. 18. m The
Japanese forces in China have
decided to re-open the Yangtze
River below Nanking to third
power commerce under military
restrictions, the foreign office
announced today.
The decision was made
known to United States Am
bassador Josenh C. Grew in a
balf-hour conversation with For
eign Minister Admiral Klchlsa
buro Nomura. He was under
stood to figure prominently in
American - Japanese conversa
tions aimed at settling outstand
ing differences between the
United States and Japan.
Main Tradt Artery
The Yangtze River, which is
the main artery 'of trade and
commerce with vast central
China, and opens up to foreign
trade the greater part of China
oroDer. was closed to third
cower traffic in August, 1037
one month after the beginning
of the Japanese war In China.
Now, said a foreign office
communique, the Japanese
forces In China "have decided
to make preparations with a
view of lifting the ban on navi
gation in the Yangtze from Nan
king downward under certain
restrictions for the maintenance
of peace and order and for mili
tary operations.
. . The decision, it was stated, re
sulted from the fact that "abso
lute military requirements call
ing for closure of the lower
Yangtze area have become
emenable to gradual modifica
tion." The communique con
tinued: I
Japs Misunderstood
"It is greatly regrettable In
this . connection that Japan Is
misunderstood in some quarters
as if she were Intending to act
In an exclusive and monopolistic
manner.
"The Japanese government Is
not acting with a view to shut
ting out in the future economic
activities of other powers in
China. As a matter of fact they
are not reluctant to open even
the Yangtze, Pearl and other
rivers. (The Pearl is at Can
ton.) It is hoped in the light of
the above- explanation that
Japan's real Intention will be
understood not only by . the
United . States . but by other
powers."
(A Japanese spokesman in
Shanghai said it would be
"quite a long time" before the
decision would be, put into ef
fect. "I cannot say in terms of
days or weeks or months," ho
aid. "Various problems have
to be solved first."
(American business quarters
in Shanghai were not overly
optimistic over the announce
ment, pointing both to the
vagueness of the date of lifting
of the ban and to the military
restrictions which still would be
In effect.)
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Map highlights recent events in Europe's war, which hai
taken io the water. (1) British flyers, returning from an aerial
fight near the scene of the World war battle of Jutland report- ;
d sighting a German naval squadron (inset), arousing specula- '
tlon as to a possible new battle there. (2) In the north Atlantic ,
British patrols sought the German pocket battleship Deutsch-,
land. (3) There was speculation that the German liner Colum
bus, reported sailing from Vera Crus, might be trying to lure
British warships into a battle trap. (4) The German pocket '
battleship Admiral Graf Spee was sunk at Montevideo, as Brit
ish warships and the French battleship Dunkerque waited
for her to make a dash for freedom. The crippled British
Exeter was expected at Puerto Belgrano. (5) The - British Re
nown and Ark Royal were reported seeking the German Ad-.
miral Scheer off Capetown.
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OF
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Annual banquet for Mall Trib
une carriers was held last night
in the Hotel Medford. The party
is given once a year as a mark
of appreciation of the work done
by the city, motor route and out
side carriers during the past 12
months.
Gerald T. Latham, Mail Trib
une circulation manager, pre
sided and called up the follow
ing carriers for short Impromp
tu talks: Richard Wright, Rob
ert Bryant, Clinton Neely, Joe
Beach, Edward Evanson and A.
B. Allen. Don Krous, assistant
to Mr. Latham, also gave a brief
talk.
At the conclusion of the din
ner, motion-pictures of modern
airplane .transportation .qnd .of
the McDonald basin sports area
were shown, the former by Max
C. Henne, manager of United
Air Lines here, and the latter
through the courtesy of the
Rogue Snowmen.-
The evening ended with at
tendance at the motion picture
show at the Rialto theater where
George Hunt, theater owner,
was host.
SLATED LATE TODAY
The grand jury reconvened
this morning after a recess since
Thursday, and was expected to
filo Its report late today on a
number of matters investigated
the past ten days.
The district attorney's office
reported the grand Jury was
scheduled to hear a "short mat
ter" today, before making its
report.
The grand Jury has been look
ing Into the fatal shooting of
Zera E. Dehack, and matters
left over from a previous session.
Closing time tor Too Lata to Clas
sify Ada la 1:30 p. m.
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A Jury of six men and two
alternates, has been drawn for
the justice court trial Wednes
day of Irwin Dahack, charged
with illegal possession of deer
meat.
The jurors are: Frank Lind
ley, Sam Colton, George Eads,
Everett Car kin, D. T. Lawtoa.
and Homer H. Harvey, with
Robert Taylor and Ed Lamport,
as alternates.
Dahack, with his attorney,
Tom Enright, appeared Satur
day in justice court, entered a
plea of not guilty and requested
a jury trial, which was granted.
The deer meat Involved In the
action was seized by- the state
police at the Lake Creek district
cabin where Irwin Dahack lived
with his brother, Zera E. Da
hack. The latter protested the
seizure, when he met tyo state
policemen . departing wih t fllS
meat. A gun battle f ollaweA. In
which Zera E. Dahack was
killed. ,
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SAWING UP
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Baby Smothered Wednesday
Is Hidden in Closet Until
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v Philadelphia, Dec. 18. P
A newspaper puzzle contest re
turned a murder charge, instead
of a prize award today for a 35-year-old
mother, who,- Detective
Captain James Ryan said; con
fessed suffocating her 20-month-old
son; sawing up his body and
hiding the torso, wrapped in the
newspaper, near a cemetery.
Ryan quoted the woman, Mrs.
TUlie Irelan, 1 as ' saying she
smothered the --baby last Wed
nesday -night with a - blanket
and pillow. For- two days the
body' lay hidden in a closet of
her- room at a boarding house.
Saturday she bought a saw, dis
membered the boy and carried
the torso to ; the cemetery, a
block away. , ',
Kept Her From Parties '
She told police she had been
separated from her husband for
eight years. Unable to obtain
steady work -as a children's gov
erness, she said she decided she
could ,not' raise the boy. Ryan
also quoted her as saying the
boy interfered with her work
and kept her from' attending
parties.
Mrs. Irelan's appearance be
fore Coroner Charles H. Hersch
last night followed only 25
hours after a motorist, attracted
by a bundle In a street gutter,
found the torso. Detectives
later found the missing head,
arms and legs packed nearby in
a small suitcase in the rooming
house closet, awaiting disposal.
Pencil impressions of a name
and address, written under a
picture puzzle in the newspaper
covering the torso led detec
tives to the woman. All except
the words "TiMe" and '1750"
were obliterated. ..
; - - ' Conf ewes All
; After scientific efforts to
bring out the -unreadable parts
failed, detectives made a house-to-house-
check of all homes
bearing the number "1750," un
til they located Mrs. Irelan.
Taken to police headquarters
for questioning, Ryan said she
said "Well, I guess I might as
well tell you all about it. I did
it. That's my baby."
Ryan said Mrs. Irelan had
placed- her baby In the care of
IC of R Chief
Guy H. Johnson, ' (above),
grand chancellor of the Knights
of Pythias lodge. Domain . of
Oregon, will "meet with local
Talisman ' lodge .-members this
evening for a special session at
8 . o'clock . in the . Knights . of
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a friend - when she - took the
room in the boarding house, a
little more . than a week ago.
Wednesday she smuggled ' the
baby into her room. , . ' .
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EXPLOSIONS
T WRECK OF
NAZI BATTLESHIP
(continued irum.page one).'
the cannon of British warships
lying in wait outside the Monte
video breakwater.
It saved German naval pride
of ignominy of seeing the once-
mighty Graf Spee out of battle
for the rest of the war, tied up
in internment by Eurguay.
Those were the only other al
ternatives.
Too, , it seemed the choice of
prudence. Safely hidden in the
glowing furnace she became. be
neath the waves . were : the
secrets the Germans had -built
Into this fighting ship 10,000
tons of speed and power no al
lied ship of comparable size
could match. ' " :
Crew Reaches Safety '
Before the Graf Spee went
under, apparently broken almost
in two, every member of the
crew which went out to scuttle
her had reached safety. They,
including their captain, went
aboard other boats. , .
The rest of the crew except
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those left dead and wounded In
Montevideo after the battle with
three British warships from
which the. Graf Spee fled rid
dled to this port last Wednes
day had been' put aboard the
German freighter Tacoma.
The master of the Tacoma
was arrested last night for vio
lating a. port-closing order when
his ship, which had followed the
Graf Spee's . course, returned
here. - : ; ' -. .
The Graf Spee's chief en
gineer and three members of the
crew who were among the last
to leave the ship were brought
into the port captain's office un
der ' government '. arrest. ' Off i
cials said they were wanted for
questioning about exactly how
the blasting was done.
Six Chinese cooks from the
Graf- Spee- were- brought into
port aboard the Uruguayan
minelayer . Lavelleja and ar
rested. -
Officials said it was uncertain.!
when the Spee crewmen aboard
the Tacoma,- an undetermined
number, would be landed. The
Tacoma was anchored, off shore.
. : Captain Bitter
Sacrifice of the marauder
which, had - cost Great Britain
nine merchantmen, although it
disposed of the issue of what to
do '.about her, left , to Uruguay
the bitter protest of Captain
Langsdorff that . she had left
him "no other solution than to
sink my ship." ;
Left to all the American re
publics was the question of rep
resentations to the 'European
war's -belligerents to avoid a
repetition of the sea battle with
in their 300-mile neutrality belt.
rorcea Dy an expiring Uru
guayan time limit to leave her
neutral refuge, the Graf Spee
headed toward the sea Sunday
at 6 p. m. (1:30 p. m PST).
vine hour and 25 minutes
later, a thunderous explosion in
the bows sent flames and smoke
towering to the sky.
Two . more rumbling blasts
quickly followed. They echoed
for many miles and sent thou
sands of startled Uruguayans to
their roof-tops to witness what
they thought was a second great
naval battle off . America's
shores.
Quick Destruction
In three minutes at 7:28 p.
m. (2:58 p. m., PST ilie G.-af
Spee was a scuttled ship, a fear
ful, burning hulk, steaming and
hissing under 25 feet of water.
All Montevideo saw or heard
her blow up, the nazi swastika
still proudly flying, as a sun
set haze drifting in from the
sea was about to hide her from
the shore and from the guns of
British warships waiting below
the horizon.
. Soon only her superstructure
showed, and even this - sank
from view about a half hour
later when a second series of
explosions shot a column -'of
flame and smoke from the
wreckage, apparently as flames
reached munitions and fuel un
touched by the first blasts.
The ebbing tide early today
uncovered parts of bow, stern
and some remaining superstruc
ture. This correspondent, mak
ing a two-hour launch- trip
around the water grave, found
the Graf Spee almost split , in
two, but still upright.'
. Last Move Seen -
""From the ' tower of Monte
video's tallest building, , I saw
the Graf Spee first move out. of
the ' harbor limits as though
headed toward sea, where pow
erful telescopes could see a Bri
tish cruiser identified' by. one
official as the 10,000-ton Cum
berland on patrol.
When three miles offshore
and still well within Uruguayan
territorial waters,' the German
warship went hard to starboard.
She moved slowly for a time
with the slower Tacoma in her
wake. Then she appeared to
anchor as a pair of tugs from
Buenos Aires, one of them tow
ing a barge, drew alongside.
My telescope picked out what
looked like seabags'and small
bundles of supplies being
thrown into the barge. Within
a few moments, the crewmen
came tumbling overboard Into
the barge, the tugs and the
launches.
They swiftly moved away.
. Then came the explosion.
Thousands ashore watched In
open-mouthed astonishment as a
great plume of smoke rose over
the wreck. Then a second ex
plosion, and a third, and the
Admiral Graf Spee settled to
her death with flames, bursting
above her.
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