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Thirty-fourth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1940.
No. 254.
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Washington, D. C, Jan. 15.
Not since the great gold rush
started in Oregon territory 87
years ago has the total value of
gold, silver, copper and lead re
covered from ores, old tailings
and gravels in Oregon been as
large in one year as in 1939. This
statement was released today by
the bureau of mines and is based
on the San Francisco office.
Value of the 1939 cleanup was
$3,268,134.
Break down of this total sum:
Gold, 91,100 fine ounces, $3,188,-
500; silver, 101,000 fine ounces,
$68,558; copper, 94.000 pounds,
$9776; lead, 26,000 pounds,
$1300. Lead and copper were by
nroducts. As in the days of 1852, when
the miners moved into southern
Oregon (Tckelma, Jacksonville,
etc.) two-thirds of the gold came
from placer operations and one-
third from lodes. Production in
northwestern Oregon was prin
cipally in Baker and Grant
counties. The Cornucopia prop
erty produced more than 66 per
cent of Oregon's output of lode
gold. In southwestern Oregon
Jackson and Josephine counties
contributed chiefly, with the
Benton mine in Josephine the
leading lode-gold producer.
Most of the placer gold came
from Baker,, Grant and Jose-
rjhine counties, being recovered
by dredges of the connected-
bucket and dragline type
AN effort is being made to in
"crease the sugar beet acreage
in Oregon from the present 17,
000 acres to 30,000 acres. Be
cause of the sugar beet produc
tion and the processing, Nyssa
and the surrounding country
has made more rapid growth in
the past 12 months than any
other section of Oregon. In pro
portion to size, there has been
more dwelling construction in
Nyssa than elsewhere.
The matter of being allocated
additional acreage is now in pro
cess of negotiation with the de
partment of agriculture by the
Oregon delegation. The expand
ed acreage would increase the
population of the Ontario-Nyssa
area by a thousand or more.
January 22, at Pocatcllo, Idaho,
the sugar division of the depart
ment will hold hearings for Ore
gon, Washington, Utah and Idaho
(Continued on Pe Pour.)
Little Girl Dies
In Flaming Home
Ontario, Ore., Jan. 15. (IP)
Shirley Ann Rowland, three-year-old
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Rowland, was
burned to death today when
the family home was destroyed
by a fire attributed to an over
heated stove.
The child was alone when
the fire broke out, her mother
being at a neighbor's, 100 feet
away.
New York, Jan. 15. WO
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was
sold for $350,000 today to Pub
lisher Frank B. Schroth.
Schroth, formerly editor and
publisher of the Scranton Tri
bune acquired control of the
corporation publishing the Eagle
Aug. 1, 1938.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Herschel Obye again proving
himself to be a fast-thinking
and thorough news reporter.
Mrs. Prince Silaki Ali Hasson
Mehalikis enjoying her first
trip to Medford in the hope of
seeing hubby rassle rings
around his opponent at tonight's
bout.
Dorothy Orth Barnes and sis
ter Eleanor Robertson being to
tal strangers to certain friends
whom they do not drop in to
see even occasionally.
B. L. Barry looking more like
Faritn Clans every day as his
winter whiskers continue to
sprout
INNER CIRCLE
First Arrests Only Scratched
Surface in Grotesque
Program of Terrorism
New York, Jan. 15. (IP)
Federal officials today declared
the arrest of 17 men and the
seizure of a small arsenal had
merely "scratched the surface"
of a terrorist plot to overthrow
the United States government.
- "More arrests" were predicted
by United States Attorney Har
old M. Kennedy, who said FBI
agents under J. Edgar Hoover
were "virtually forced" to act
now because their investigations
indicated a series of bombing
outrages was imminent.
Bombing Order Issued
Kennedy disclosed FBI agents
closed in on the suspects Satur
day night because they had re
ceived information of definite
instructions issued to one of the
plotters to set off a bomb in a
public place.
The plot, ne said, included
plans to blow up buildings, raid
utility plants and government of
fices, "liquidate" Jews, assassi
nate a dozen unidentified con
gressmen and set u a dictatorship-
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Kennedy said he regretted it
had been necessary to close in
on the men at this time, but
added the type of mind which
would conceive o. grotesque a
program of terroMaaV- would be
capable of perpetrating art- out
rage that might cause great dam
age and bloodsfiafL 1?
"We expect more arrests," said
Kennedy. "We .'have merely
scratched the surfaoa in making
arrests thus far., -
Irish Linaf Checked
He said his investigators and
FBI agents were checking to de
termine whether the alleged
plotters had been sending ammu
nition and arms to the outlawed
Irish republican army.
Hoover, in announcing disrup
tion of the alleged plot, said
those in custody were members
of an inner circle of the Chris
tian Front, an anti-semitic or
ganization. More than half the
suspects, he said, served in the
active or reserve branches of the
armed forces of the United
States or were members of the
New York national guard.
One official was asked if ef
forts were being made to learn
whether the group nad influen
tial or moneyed backers. He re
plied "that would be the logical
conclusion."
Eighteen men were taken into
custody in the raids, but one of
them was released a few hours
later when it was discovered
that he was a victim of "mis
taken identity."
All Plead Innocent
Arraigned before Federal
Judge Grover Moscowitz in
Brooklyn, the men pleaded inno
cent and were held in $50,000
bail each for hearing Feb. 5.
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Form New Japanese Cabinet
To Win American Friendship
Tokyo, Jan. 15. WO Japan's
new moderate premier, Admiral
Mitsumasa Yonai, completed a
cabinet today which it was said
would continue Japan's present
diplomatic policy toward the
United States.
Admiral Yonal, a former Jap
anese fleet commander and for
mer naval minister, chose as his
foreign minister the veteran dip
lomat Hachiro Arita, who will
succeed Admiral Kichlsaburo
Nomura.
Shunroku Hata and Vice-Ad-miral
Zengo Yoshlda, who were
war and navy ministers, respect
ively, in the outgoing cabinet of
General Nobuyuki Abe, were re
tained in their old posts by the
new premier.
General Abe resigned yester
day with his cabinet amid reper
cussions over Japanese-American
relations. Admiral Yonai late
last night accepted the task of
forming a new government. In
' forming
a new cabinet he re-
placed all but the ministers of
(the navy and war.
Red Fliers Resume Blasting of
War Bulletins
London. Jan. 15. (IP) A
Royal Air Force bomber crashed
while taking off today. The
crew ran to safety before the
cargo exploded with a blast felt
six miles away.
London, Jan. 15 WO Reu
ters, British news agency, re
ported today in a dispatch from
Amsterdam., that ..The ..Nether
lands steamer Arendskerk. 7906
tons, had been torpedoed and
sunk in the Bay of Biscay. The
crew was reported rescued.
London,. Jan. 15 (IP) The
538-ton British trawler William
Ivey was reported bombed by a
German airplane today in the
North sea. Her crew was landed
at a Scottish port.
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DIES SUDDENLY;
John Wells Johnson, 60, prom
nent Medford jeweler for the
past 26 years, died of a heart
ailment at 5 a. m. today in his
home at 200 Medford Heights.
He became ill at dinner Sunday
evening and failed to respond to
a physician's care.
Funeral services, in charge of
Dr. Sherman L. Divine, will be
held in the Perl chapel at 2 p
irj. Tuesday, The body will be
cremated in Grants Pass and a
plaque placed in Siskiyou Me
morial park.
Active pall-bearers for the
well - known, highly - respected
Medford business man will be
Henry Pringle, Charles Wake
field, Max Peirce, Gordon Green
Lee Bishop, Diamond
Flynn and Dr. R. L. Burdic
of Ashland. Honorary pall-bearers
will be A. H. Miller, William
F. Isaacs, Tom Bradley, J. A.
Perry, Dr. R. W. Clancy, George
Porter, O. O. Alenderfer, Scott
Davis, Gus Newbury, Perry
Ashcraft, M. N. Hogan, Larry
Schade, Frank .Ray, Dr. E. R.
Durno and Everett Brayton.
Born In Wisconsin
John Wells Johnson was born
in Wisconsin January 28, 1880.
At an early age he moved with
his parents to Jackson county,
receiving his elementary educa
tion in the Griffin creek schools.
At the age of 16 he entered
the jewelry apprenticeship with
his brother, O. H. Johnson, who
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Ski Lodge Burns
Wenatchee, Wash., Jan. 15.
WO Fire of unknown origin
this morning destroyed the big
new $20,000 government ski
lodge on Stevens Pass, at the
summit of the Cascades. Start
ing in the basement at 8
o'clock, the two-story building
was enveloped in flames before
CCC and forest service crews
could reach the scene.
A foreign office spokesman In
dicated in a press conference
that conversations with United
States Ambassador Joseph C.
Grew would be continued to
draft plans for a trade under
standing to replace the existing
pact. The present agreement, de
nounced by Washington, expires
January 26.
The spokesman said a pro
posed method of operation for a
trade understanding had been
presented and "we expect a re
ply before January 26.
The new premier rose from
the ranks to become commander
of Japan's fleet and was naval
minister in 1937 during a naval
expansion program.
(In Washington, authoritative
sources said the United States
government would not enter Into
a temporary arrangement unless
Japan made "effective guaran
tees that American Interests
would receive equal and fair
, treatment in ,'apancse occupicd
I part of China.)
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District Attorney Casts Hat
in Ring After Long Cogita
tion Is Widely Known
District Attorney Frank J.
Newman announced today he
would seek the circuit court
judgeship for the judicial dis
trict comprising Jackson and
Josephine counties, in the May
primaries.
The district attorney will op
pose Circuit Judge H. D. Norton
who last Friday at Grants Pass
stated he would seek renomina
tion. Circuit judges in this state
are elected on a non-partisan
basis, with no political party
designation on the ballot. Judge
Norton has served two terms,
and is 75 years old. District At
torney Newman, completing his
first term in that office, is 65
years old.
Long a Resident
District Attorney Newman
has been a resident of this city
and county since 1908, and has
practiced law for more than 30
years. He is widely known in
this county, and active in fra
ternal and civic club activities,
and is also a Spanish war veter
an. He has been identified dur
ing his career with some of the
leading cases " arising " in this
section.
District Attorney Newman
stated he has had in mind for
several years of running for
circuit judge to round out his
legal career. Last spring when
he heard the report that Judge
Norton would not seek re-elec
tion, he said he told a number of
friends he would seek the honor.
Recently he made the decision
to enter the contest.
Neilson May Run
It is expected that Deputy
District Attorney George W.
Neilson, mentioned for some
time as candidate, will now file
for district attorney on the Re
publican ticket. Neilson has act
ed as deputy district attorney
under three officials, and is well
and widely known.
Attorney William McAllister,
representative in the lower
house of the legislature, said
today he expected to formally
file for re-election about Febru
ary 1. McAllister is a Republi
can, and mentioned as a prob-
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JAPANESE fllY
WITH HEAVY LOSS
OF
LIFE AND PROPERTY
Tokyo, Jan. 15. (Pi Fire
was believed today to have
killed 300, destroyed 4,000
homes and the business district
of Shizuoka, city of 200,000
southwest of Tokyo.
Insurance companies estimat
ed losses at 10.000,000 yen ($2.
342,000) with the fire still out
of control tonight.
A regiment of troops and two
relief trains were rushed to the
city.
Domei, Japanese news
agency, said half of the city,
the center of Japan's tea ship
ping industry, had been des
troyed by 3 p.m., four hours
after the fire was discovered.
It reported the flames spread
on a strong wind despite at
tempts to dynamite fire-breaks
In its path and had consumed
the railroad station, post office,
some municipal buildings and
many railroad cars.
An airplane pilot reported he
felt the heat of the conflagra
tion flying over Shizuoka at a
height of 4,500 feet.
Chicago, Jan. 15. lP) The
date for the ten round bout be
tween Al Hostak, Seattle, rec
ognized as middleweight cham
pion by the NBC, and Tony
Zale, Gary, Ind., puncher, today
j was re-set for Jan. 29 at the
I Chicago stadium.
Lives Spared
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In a forced landing in which four passengers and the two pilots sustained minor Injuries,
a United Airlines Mainliner, en route from New York to San Francisco, came down on the
Rock river near Moline, 111. The stewardess and a fifth passenger were unhurt. The plane,
overshot the airport, slid across the ice on the river and smashed into a concrete retaining wall
on the river bank.
Belgian. Netherland Troops
Ready to Meet Nazi Threat
Amsterdam, Jan. 15. (IP) Under . virtually complete mob
ilization, the armies of Belgium and The Netherlands were
massed today behind frontier defenses to meet any German
threat to the lowlands' neutrality.
Close to 1,000,000 Belgian
and Netherlands soldiers were i
reported already at ordered to
positions along the meandering
border, a 300-mile wall through
which Germany would have to
smash to outflank the British
French allies on the western
front.
(Germany in the past has de
nied planning any such maneu
vers). In Belgium, there weie dis
turbing reports of new concen
trations of nazl attack troops,
while in The Netherlands, a
government communique spoke
of "certain less favorable symp
toms in the international situa
tion." The semi-official Belga news
agency, however, issued a note
in Brussels denying what It call
ed "alarmist stories" being
"spread in Belgium and abroad"
and said additional mobilization
was proof only of the vigilance
of the government.
OF SEASON HERE
Jack Frost laid a heavy white
robe over the city this morning
and sent the temperature down
to 20 degrees, lowest for the sea
son to date.
It warmed up somewhat later
in the day, the temperature
rising to 37 degrees early this
afternoon in comparison with 30
degrees at the same time yester
day. Maximum yesterday was
39 degrees.
San Francisco, Jan. 15. (!')
Frosts struck California today
in the wake of last week's
storms and the weather bureau
forecast more of the same to
morrow for the entire state.
Below freezing temperatures
early today were reported from
a number of valley stations, as
well as from mountain points.
Santa Rosa reported a below
freezing low of 27 degrees,
while Stockton and Oroville
shivered with the mercury down
to 28.
Freight Derailed
On Natron Route
Eugene, Ore., Jan. 15. (IP)
Southern Pacific offices an
nounced here today that eight
cars of a northbound freight
train had been derailed on the
Natron cut-off, near McCredie
Springs in the upper Willamette
valley.
Traffic was expected to be re
sumed over the route about
noon. Details of the accident,
said to be minor, were not re
vealed by officials. There were
no injuries.
When Plane Lands on Ice
sir
ME SERIOUS
OF SOVIET RELATION
Moscow, Jan. 15. WO Sov
iet Russia warned today of
"danger" in her relations with
Norway "and especially Swe
den," publishing both her pro
tests to them charging viola
tions of neutrality and their
not "entirely satisfactory" an
swers. - In both cases, the Russian
protests dealt with anti-Soviet
attacks In the press and In
quarters close to the govern
ments of the two countries and
with men and material going
from them to the aid of Fin
land. By Max Harrelson
Copenhagen, Jan. 15. (IP)
Official quarters In Norway
and Sweden today took a ser
ious view of relations with Rus
sia after a Soviet air raid on
Sweden's Kallnks Island and
Russia's publication of a diplo
matic exchange with the two
nations.
Russia accused Sweden and
Norway of unneutrality by aid
ing Finland and declared Swe
dish and Norwegian replies to
her protest were not entirely
satisfactory.
The Swedish press said pub
lication of the exchange was
not only a violation of inter
national custom but was strik
ingly similar to Soviet dealings
with Finland immediately prior
! to the Soviet Invasion.
Sweden declared all aid to
the Finns had been of an en
tirely private nature and Swe
dish sympathy for their em
battled neighbors was natural.
The Swedish foreign office
ald a protest "naturally"
would be made to Russia
against the raid on Kallnks
Island but would not say
whether such action had been
taken yet, as some sources re
ported. In Oslo, foreign minister
Halvdan Koht issued a state
ment emphasizing Norway's
neutrality, saying the Norweg
ian reply "must be fully satis
factory to the Soviet govern
ment." Eugene, Jan. 15. (IP) Retail
bread prices were rcducqd from
10c to 9c for a one-pound loaf
today by the Lane County Bak
ers' association. The li pound
loaf dropped from 14c to 13c.
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South Finland
F. D. R. TO ADVISE
Washington, Jan. 15. P)
The prediction was made at the
capitol today that President
Roosevelt will advise congress
any American government aid
to Finland should be confined to
non-military assistance. The
chief executive told his congres
sional leaders this morning he
would send a communication to
Vice President Garner and
Speaker Bankhead outlining his
views on proposals to aid the
embattled Finns.
One senate authority told re
porters Mr. Roosevelt would
discuss the question of advanc
ing an additional loan to Fin
land through the export-import
bank for non-military purchases
In this country.
A $10,000,000 loan of this na
ture already has been advanced.
The president was represent
ed as believing any direct loan
which would be used for mili
tary purposes might conflict
with this country's neutrality
policy.
The United States' own de
fense needs continued to occupy
the house naval committee. Ad
mirul Harold R. Stark testified
before It that the navy needed
submarines larger than those of
some foreign- powers because
undersea operations might be
required in the south Atlantic.
The senate Judiciary commit
tee approved the nominations of
Attorney General Frank Mur
phy to be a supreme court Jus
tice, of Solicitor General Robert
H. Jackson to be attorney gen
eral, and of Judge Francis Bid
die of Pennsylvania to be solici
tor general.
Edward J. Noble, undersecre
tary of commerce, testified that
the administration's reciprocal
trade program had a dollars-and
cents value and, also, had
opened up new avenues for the
exchange of goods and services
upon which world peae and
prosperity depended.
Noble was the third adminis
tration witness to appear in be
half of the program before the
house ways and means commit
tee. It is considering legislation
to extend the program three
years beyond the June 12 expi
ration date.
PETITIONS FILED FOR
VOTE ON RUM REPEAL
Astoria, Jan. 15. (IP) Pet!
tions asking a vote on repeal
of the Oregon liquor law were
filed with county clerk J. C
Clinton Saturday for checking
against registration rolls.
The sponsor, "Common Sense
Inc.," asks a law permitting
private sale of alcoholic liquor.
EFFORT 10 CRACK
DEFENSE MORALE
SEEN HUNG
Worst Aerial Offensive of
War Inflicted Sunday
Worst Damage at Vasa
Viipuri., Finland, Jan. 15
lP) Twenty-one Russian
bombing planes attacked
Viipuri today, killing two
persons, injuring many and
leaving a whole street of
stores demolished.
Newspaper correspondents
In a private home 50 yards
from where the first bomb
landed had difficulty in
reaching air raid shelters
amid falling debris.
Helsinki, Jan. 15. (IP) Tha
Russian air force, attacking
again after unleashing yester
day the worst aerial offensive
of the Russian-Finnish war, re
sumed bombing raids on south
Finland today.
Two air alarms were sounded
In Helsinki shortly after noon.
No damage was reported down
town, but some bombs were re
ported to have fallen in tha
outskirts.
It was Intensely cold and tha
Soviet planes flew extremely
high.
300 Planes Engaged
As a result,, of jesterday'a
widespread attack Finnsr feared
Russian strategy called for a
powerful assault on behind-the-lines
morale to break military
resistance at the front.
The general staff in its com
munique today said more than
300 Russian . planes took part
in yesterday's raids, and three
were shot down and three more
reported shot down.
The Finns charged some of
the Russian bombers over the
far northern front had come
"by way of Norwegian terri
tory." Vasa, west coast town, suf
fered most from the raids Jan.
14, the communique said, with
eight, including women and
children killed and considerable
material damage done. Damage
to other towns was compara
tively slight.
Civilians of a score of south
ern Finnish cities and towna
surveyed the ruins of homea
and public buildings caught in
the sweep of Sunday's far
flung air raids.
Flames spread In a number
of smaller towns where fire
fighting equipment was inade
quate. It was believed nearly 10
towns and cities were bombed.
Washington, Jan. 15. (IP).
Soviet aerial bombs narrowly
missed the new $300,000 Amer
ican legation building In Hel
sinki in which two state de
partment officials were work
ing, the state department was
informed today by the Ameri
can minister to Finland, H. t,
Arthur Schoenfeld.
Schoenfcld also reported
small incendiary bomb struck
a villa which he had occupied
at Kiklax until January 7
when he and legation secre
taries Lahtahntus Randolph
Hlggs and Robert Mills McClin
tock moved to Grankulla.
AIR FORCELEAVES
London, Jan. 15. (IP) The
British Royal Air Force in
France cancelled all further
leaves today to keep at full
strength against any possible
German move against The
Netherlands, Belgium or
France.
Previously, the British expe
ditionary force suspended all
leaves for soldiers at the front.
Washington, Jan. 15.-
Employes in the office of Sena
tor Taft (R-Ohio) are using new
red, white and blue pencils
bearing the words: "Taft for
PrcstdeDt."