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MEDFORD
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Full Astoclaied Pira
Full Unlied Praai
Thirty-fourth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1939.
No. 235.
STALIN
HOSPITAL BUILDING
Dramatic Scene of Columbus Bunting While British Destroyer Watches
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Washington, D. C, Dec. 22.
Strange as it may sound to
groups In Oregon and Wash
ington, there are other sections
of the country where the gov
ernment In the power business
is not regarded as a blessing.
Leading in this resentment of
government ownership are of
ficials who are concerned in the
collection of taxes, of obtain
ing revenue with which to main
tain schools, law enforcement,
fire protection and similar items
of local government which must
be paid for.
Next month the United States
supreme court will hear the
State of Oklahoma protest
against the government under
taking a power and flood con
trol project estimated to cost
$54,000,000 (approximate cost of
Bonneville), for which the con
gress has already appropriated
$5,700,000.
Among other reasons, Okla
homa objects because a contem
plated dam on Red river will
submerge 100,000 acres, wiping
them off the tax rolls. Further
more, Oklahoma believes that
these acres are potential oil
lands which, if true, would bring
In more money to the state than
a federal owned power plant.
IN A southern state another pro
posed power project will
flood a wide area "the richest
land in the state", and destroy
one of the largest stands of
hardwood in the nation. This
project will destroy for taxation
the land and the immensely val
uable forest, an important re
source of the state.
Tennessee taxpayers, as here
tofore reported, will seek a rem
edy from congress because pri
vate utilities acquired by TVA,
paid 17 percent of their gross
revenues in taxes and all they
get now Is 5 percent from TVA;
private utilities paid $4,800,000
annual taxes; TVA pays $750,
000. (Portland General Electric
and Northwestern Electric,
which have contract for Bonne
ville power, pay about 17 per
cent). Incidentally, TVA gave
a 20-year contract to a private
utility in Arkansas with no men
tion of resale rates spent a mil
lion dollars for a transmission
line to supply power to the pri
vate company.
CURTHER federal encroach-
ment, with handicap to the
Hoquiam, Wash., area, is op
posed by lumber industry of
that district and the protest will
become part of the record of
the joint committee now study
ing the timber situation when
the committee returns to the na-
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Berlin, Dec. 22. (IP) Two
Germans lost their heads today
for high treason, increasing to
41 the number beheaded during
the year.
They were Reich Scheer, pos
tal official of Witten, charged
with inciting the public against
the nazi government, and Bruno
Stanik of Beuthen, accused of
providing the Polish intelli
gence department with secret
reports.
SIDE GLANCES
by
. TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Merna Lemery briskly com
pleting some last minute shop
ping in an establishment where
one eventually runs into all of
one's friends, it seems.
And Rosalie Porter being
simply exhausted by her cute
small daughter who accompan
ied her on her final shopping
tour.
Dorothy Marti declaring that
next year there must be more
Christmas toys for poor kiddies,
there not being enough to go
."round generously this Yuletide.
Mary Ann Gates looking all
over for a misplaced Christmas
package.
This Pillar of Playfullne-
wishini! all and sundry a very,
very Merry Christmat.
Commander Blamed For At
tempting Victory With
out Adequate Preparation
Moscow, Dec. 22. (IP) Un
official reports circulated in
Moscow tonight that the Soviet
commandef-in-chief of the Len
ingrad military district who has
been directing the campaign,
against Finland had been dis
missed from his post.
According to these reports, he
.was summoned to the Kremlin
two days ago and asked for an
explanation of his lack of suc
cess. He was reportedly blamed for
trying to secure too quick a vic
tory over the Finns without
adequate preparation.
Copenhagen, Dec. 22. (IP)
Reports from Norwegian border
points today described a Rus
sian retreat in .Arctic Finland
as approaching the magnitude
of a "catastrophe."
Watchers on the frontiers
said the southernmost Russian
Arctic forces now were in the
vicinity of Salmijarvi, a point
they were reported to have
passed in their southward ad
vance of the past week before
the movement reversed.
It Was considered significant
no southward moving supply
trucks had been observed in the
last two days nor any other in
dication of food or munitions
arriving from the north.
Inhabitants who were famil
iar with the bitter cold of this
region said they believed thou
sands of Russians had perished
Helsinki, Dec. 22. (IP) Fin
nish anti-aircraft batteries today
shot down one of seven Russian
warplanes which dropped 20 to
30 bombs on the Helsinki area
in the fourth successive day of
Russian raids.
Numerous villages around
Helsinki were attacked by the
raiders who ranged as far as
Tammisaari, 55 miles southwest
of the capital.
No casualties were reported
and damage apparently was not
extensive.
On the land fronts, Arctic
fighters pursued retreating Rus
sian forces in Finland's narrow
corridor in the far north but
held fast in the east and south
east..
An official said the Finns had
destroyed 250 tanks on all
fronts since the beginning of
hostilities. The Russians used
1,000 tanks on the Karelian
isthmus, he said.
He said the defense troops
found clubs one of the best wea
pons against the tanks. They
rushed " the mechanical mon
sters, smashed the protruding
machine-guns with heavy clubs
and then tossed in hand grenades.
Reddy's Daughter Awarded
$846,000 Chrome Contract;
Follows Family Tradition
Mrs. Dorothea Moroney has
been awarded an $846,000 con
tract by the U. S. government
for 25,000 tons of chromium
ore to be mined in Alaska, it
was revealed today by tho Min
ing and Industrial News.
Mrs. Moroney is the daughter
of Mrs. Mary and the late Dr.
John F. Reddy. The Reddy, fam
ily resided in Medford for many
years, Mrs. Reddy having left
here only a year or so ago to
take up residence in San Fran
cisco where most of the children
now live. The family has many
friends here and the Reddy
children make periodic visits
in Medford.
The government, the News
explained, entered into the con
tract with Mrs. Moroney under
provisions of the Thomas-May
strategic mineral bill which was
designed to build up this coun
try's supplies of war minerals
for national defense. The pur
chasing is done by the treasury
department.
Father Sold Chrome
Bids on chromium ore were
opened in October, three bids
being entered, the News said.
First contract went to the Mut
ual Chemical company of New
York City for 20,000 tons of ore
from Turkey. The second con
tract was awarded to Mr.. Ma
roney. Only other chromium
Roosevelt Reveals Idea For
First Step in Effort to
Improve Health Status.
Washington, Dec. 22. (IP)
President Roosevelt said today
he was considering a plan
whereby the federal govern
ment would build small hospit
als in states and localities too
poor to provide health facilities
themselves.
The chief executive, discuss
ing his national health program
at a press conference, said the
bills of Senator Wagner (D.-N.
Y.) and Senator Harrison (D.
Miss.) providing for federal
matching of state funds in hos
pital and school construction
would be too costly and would
discriminate against poorer
states.
School Grants Hinted
The fact the president men
tioned the Harrison State-Aid
Education bill in the same
breath with the Wagner health
measure led some officials to
speculate he -might have in mind
also outright federal grants to
the poorer states for school con
struction, although he did not
say so directly.
The Wagner bill would pro
vide an $800,000,000 federal ex
penditure spread over 10 years,
with federal grants on a vari
able matching basis depending
on the kind of aid.
Mr. Roosevelt said the plan
he had in mind was not a sub
stitute for the Wagner program
but a first step in the effort to
improve the nation's health. He
said he thought this would be a
quicker way to get legislation
at the coming session.
The federal government, Mr.
Roosevelt explained, would pay
the entire cost of the hospitals
on condition that a committee
of experts found the communi
ties could maintain them both
from a health and a financial
standpoint.
The federal government
would retain title, however.
The president said no gandl
ose plan of construction was
contemplated and he had been
informed the hospitals could be
built for about $150,000 each.
100 Beds Each
A committee had told him, he
said, such buildings could be
built of wood in one story which
would last from 50 to 75 years
if kept painted, and would have
two wings, one for white and
one for colored patients, an ad
ministration center and clinic,
and an operating room and lab
oratory. The hospitals would have
about 100 beds each.
bidder Was the U. S. Chrome
Mines, Inc., of San Francisco,
operating mines In California.
Through receiving the gov
ernment contract, Mrs. Maroney
becomes the second generation
of the Reddy family to supply
the United States with chrom
ium in time of war. Her father,
the prominent Dr. John F.
Reddy furnished much tf the
mineral to the government dur
ing the World war. The war
ended with deliveries yet to be
made under the contracts and
it became necessary to file
claims against the government
in order to collect, friends here
recalled today. It is believed
some of the claims are still
pending.
Dr. Reddy was considered an
authority on chromium. He held
several chromium mining claims
in northern California and oth
er mining claims in southern
Oregon. The family still owns
the Dorothea, a gold quartz mine
on Wolfe creek in Josephine
county, there being also chrom
ium in the deposit. Also still
held under claim by the Reddy
family is a chromium mine at
Hamburg, Cal., which is not now
in production but on which as
sessment work was done last
year. About a year ago the fam-
jCoauaued eo Ph
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This was the dramatic scene 400 miles at sea at seen from the U. 8. cruiser Tuscaloosa as she arrived to find the
German liner Columbus burning, her crew of 579 in lifeboats, and a British destroyer standing nearby. The burning Col
umbus is at the right, with the British destroyer, identified by survivors at the Hyperion, visible Jutt to the left of her.
At the right, approaching the Tuscaloosa, are lifeboats containing the German crewmen. Another lifeboat can be teen
at the right, coming from tho Columbus. Captain William Daehne (right), said his boat wat scuttled "under orders"
when the British warship hove in sight. (A. P. photos by airmail to Mail Tribune).
TAKERS SELECTED
Mrs. Alice Coppin of 344
South Central avenue and P. D.
McDougall of Ashland have
been appointed to take the busi
ness and industrial census of
Jackson county, it was learned
here today. The census will be
part of the general federal 1940
population enumeration.
Mrs. Coppin will take the
census of the northern half of
the county and Mr. McDougall
the southern half, the dividing
line being Main street, Med
ford. Take Six Months
With several others, Mrs.
Coppin and Mr. McDougall had
been endorsed by the Jackson
county Democratic central com
mittee. All were interviewed
last week by Byron G. Carney,
census administrator for Ore
gon, who made the appoint
ments. It is understood he con
sidered both appointees well
qualified for the work. The
business and industrial census
is said to involve a technical
understanding that few persons
available for the work possess.
This part of the general census
will take six months. It will be
started January 1. Mrs. Coppin
and Mr. McDougall will have
no assistants. They will receive
specific instruction in the task
next week.
The Democratic central com
mittee said it has received more
than 50 applications for the .30
population enumerator jobs in
Jackson county. This phase of
the census will be started April
1 and will last for only one
month. Enumerators will be
paid on a piece basis.
To Name Enumeraiort
. Moore Hamilton, editor of the
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Portlander Mixed
On Flower Which
Made City Famous
Portland, Dec. 22. (IP)
The Royal Rosarians may
greet Arthur Stein at the un
ion station with American
Beauties to convince him
Portland still is the city of
roses.
Stein, Portland resident,
was a guest on a nationally
broadcast quiz program in
New York last night.
"Your city Is famous for
its roses, isn't it?" the master
of ceremonies inquired.
"No," Stein replied, "our
city is famous for its daffo
dils." Portland has staged a rose
festival every year since It
was little more than a village.
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F.D.R. Would
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Washington,: Dec. 22. (IP) President Roosevelt made it
plain today, with a broad smile and a reference to current
foreign and domestic affairs of government, that he preferred
for the time being to leave discussions of third terms, third
parties and 1940 presidential candidates up to other political
leaders.
At his press conference, hel
had been asked to say something
about Vice President Garner's
recent announcement of his
candidacy for the Democratic
presidential nomination, Secre
tary Ickes' suggestion that if
Democrats and Republicans
nominated a "reactionary," a
third "liberal" party might be
formed, and Mayor LaGuardia's
statement that voters should
have a chance next year to
"vote on real issues."
Mr. Roosevelt said he was too
busy witli foreign and domestic
affairs to talk about potential
events a long way off. Then
with a broad smile he reminded
reporters some of them had
been kind enough recently to
intimate he had a sense of pro
portion and a sense of timing.
At the capitol Senator Norris
(Ind.-Rep.) Joined the discussion
set off by Ickes and LaGuardia
yesterday with this remark:
"Millions of men like me
common, ordinary people
won't go along with any party
in support of a reactionary nom
inee." Norris, a consistent advocate
of a third term for Mr. Roose
velt, told reporters that he was
not saying that Mr. Roosevelt
was "the only progressive, by
any means."
But, the Nebraskan added, "I
will not support a reactionary
for president under any political
label."
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New York, Dec. 22. (IP)
Howard Rushmore's job as film
critic for the communist party's
organ, The Daily Worker, was
"gone with the wind" today
blown out the window by his
review of the picture of that
name.
He said he quit the $25-a-wcek
job because after seeing
tho film he couldn't agree with
the paper's order to "blister" it.
The Daily Worker said he
was discharged because his re
view was "a shameless glorifi
cation of white chauvinism and
an affront to the Negro people."
Natis Ban Book
Berlin, Dec. 22. (IP) The
police today banned "Reaching
For the Stars" by the Ameri
can author Nora Wain, No
reason was given. The book
deals with life in nazi Git-
F tri
Leave Political
Other Leaders
AERIAL ACTIVITY
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Paris, Dec. 22. (IP) French
military quarters today report
ed a clash of several French
and German warplanes over the
western front yesterday, a day
marked by heavy aerial activ
ity.
The air battle occurred,
French informants said, when
Frnch planes went to the aid
of an observation plane attack
ed by German fighting craft.
Military authorities were
waiting for further information
before announcing results of
the fight.
(The Berlin communique re
ported a fight between German
Mcsserschmitts and French pur
suit planes In which one of the
latter was forced down.)
S. F. TIEUP
S UP
San Francisco, Dec. 22. (IP)
San Francisco's waterfront im
broglio was dumped on Gov.
L. Olson's doorstep again today.
A resolution adopted at a gen
eral membership meeting of the
San Francisco Employers coun
cil turned the problem back to
the state's chief executive.
It called upon the governor
"to support the recommenda
tions of his own committee and
urge the ship clerks association
to immediately return to work
in accordance with the plan
suggested in the (fact-finding)
committee's report." t
HANES RESIGNATION
ACCEPTED BY F.D.R.
Washington, Dec. 22. (IP)
President Roosevelt today ac
cepted the resignation of John
W, Hanes, undersecretary of the
treasury, effective December 31
Hanes told the president he
had decided the time had come
when he must carry out his long
expressed intention to return to
private business.
Hike Tax Levy
McMinnville, Ore., Dec. 22
(IP) Yamhill county's 1940 tax
assessments will be based on a
levy of 17.285 m'!'?, an increase
of .45 mill from the basic rate
this yea
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DISABLED VETERAN
Indictments charging T. J.
Enright, an attorney, and his
brother, John Enright, with al
legedly obtaining money under
false pretenses were returned
Tuesday by the last grand Jury,
and have been kept secret until
today, it was announced by Dis
trict Attorney F. J. Newman.
John Enright voluntary sur
rendered last nfght, and T. J.
Enright telephoned Sheriff Syd
I. Brown last night, he would
appear today.
According to District Attor
ney Newman, the complaining
witness is a war veteran, resid
ing In the Eagle Point district,
who receives monthly compen
sation from the government for
war injuries. It is alleged the
brothers, induced the veteran to
make out checks to them, and
then cashed them. The district
attorney said several checks
were involved in evidence pre
sented to the grand Jury.
The district attorney said T
J. Enright, claimed the checks
were in payment for legal ser
vices. The veteran declared he
had not retained him as coun
sel. It is anticipated the two bro
thers, will be arraigned today,
Both have been residents of this
city for several years.
The Medford corporation
(Owen-Oregon) sawmill will
close Saturday for the Christmas
holiday and resume operations
Tuesday morning, James H.
Owen, general manager, said to
day. This will give the workers
a two-day Yule holiday.
Manager Owen said he had
no definite word, whether or
not, there would be a winter
shutdown. Usuolly, tho mill in
.recent years has suspended at
Christmas time for several
weeks, resuming in the spring
when market and weather con
ditions permitted.
Cancer Victim Dies
Before Experiment
The Dalles, Ore., Dec. 22.
(U.R) Friends learned by tele
gram today that Frank MeCor
mick, 49, died at Pryor, Okla.,
before the experimental refrig
eration therapy treatment for
cancer could be extensively
tried.-
The treatment was directed
by Dr. V. D. Herrin;ton, a pio
neer in the use of ice to destroy
cancer cells.
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70 DIE IN CRASH
OF NAZI TRAINS
Berlin, Dec. 22. (JP) Twe
passenger trains crowded with
Christmas travelers collided in
the station at Genthin today,
killing 70 persons and injuring
100, German authorities esti
mated. The wreck occurred when th
Berlin - Neukirchen Saar) ex
press, traveling at top speed,
plowed into the Berlin-Cologne
train, which was making an un
scheduled stop, about 1 a. m. (7
p. m. Thursday, EST).
The locomotive and six cara
of one train and four cars of the
other were derailed.
The wreck caused the great
est loss of life of any of a series
of German rail disasters, of
which it was the eighth since
the war began. It raised the
casualty toll to 193 dead and
more than 158 injured.
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Paris, Dec. 22. (IP) Two
persons are known to have been
killed and at least three se
riously Injured today when the
St. Louis bridge behind the
famous cathedral of Notre Dam
collapsed after a heavy barge
knocked out its central arch.
The bridge connected two Isl
ands in the Seine River, the Il
St. Louis and the He De La Cite.
Police said a gas main ex
ploded after the barge struck
the bridge, plunging the struc
ture with pedestrians and ve
hicles Into the stream.
Plan Swim Pool
McMinnville, Ore., Dec. 22.
(A) City authorities considered
a plan today to submit a $20,000
bond Issue for a municipal
swimming pool at a special election.