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I The Weather Some Fine Values Want to kuy a goo4 mw4 tmrf roMlbly may tint tb wry car you ar looking for la tha For Bale Ada. Then art aoma fine values adTrrtltrd and! bow la tha tlrna U Check them bow. Medford Tribune rartlp cloud? lo- i(ht ma4 WdnMdj, temper Blurt abot BormtL Temperatur BlghMt ycslaroav M Lot thl morning 41 Fall Associated Press full United Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 21. J No. 51. INVAKBS (ear mm. m SU 9 ! Washington, D. C, May 21. Every taxpayer in the Pacific Northwest is unwittingly fi nancing part of Hitler's expense in waging war. This may sound fantastic, but it is a fact. It was 11 o'clock at night. Word had been received that the Germans were dropping parachutists in Holland. As President Roosevelt conferred with state department officials at the White House there was a hurried assembly of high treasury officials. A representa tive of The Netherlands was with them. "We have in Holland $650, 000,000 of United States secur ities, obligations of the govern ment, and they are negotiable." began the diplomat. "We do not want this fund to fall into the hands of Hitler. We have decided to destroy the bonds; burn them to ashes. What we wish to know is, with the se curities destroyed, what kind of evidence . will you require as proof that they are destroyed and we can eventually collect on them." While the treasury officials were discussing this problem: the need of witnesses to the destruction, etc., the Hollander was called to the phone. Re turning to the group, the pic ture of distress, the diplomat said: "Gentleman, it is too late. The Germans have already seiied the securities." , THE stolen bonds are negoti- able. The United States must redeem them whenever they mature, no matter who of- (Contlnued on Pag Seven.) ON G.O.P. BALLOT Jackson county republicans decorated their primary ballots with the names of Thomas E. Dewey, Robert A. Taft, Wen dell Wilkie and Gracie Allen, the radio comedienne, as write in choice for president. Dewey, who led the list, received seven write-in votes in the Eagle Point precinct and four in Northeast Medford precinct. In half dozen rural precincts re publicans also wrote in the name of President Roosevelt. t . . th. .T. pTT k v Prec,n the name of Ralph E. Sweeney was wnuen in oy repuoucans for county treasurer. Sweeney was unopposed on the democra tic ticket. uHi PL. m.mt...A ki m, i,to Judge L. G. Lewelling today dis- . . ... J missed a suit by Emmet Rogers' of Portland to compel Secretary of State Earl Snell to audit the accounts of the state unemploy ment compensation commission. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Cliff Garnett's first vacation In the old home town In years being marred by a case cf hay trver. first-class Gloria Getchell slumbering until noon only the day after ; the breach forced by the Ger she had convinced a group of , man thrust." the Berlin corn friends that she started the duys' munique said. toll at the crack of dawn. Frank VanDyke, the Ashland barrister, getting a taste of metropolitan life, he having to stop at red traffic lights as be aotored axound town. mam mm, n Incredible Faults Brought Disaster Declares Premier By the Associated Press Adolf Hitler's blitzkrieg legions stormed today within sight of the Eiffel tower in Paris, 69 miles away and scored a 25 mile break-through in the west to capture Amiens and Arras in the race to the English channel. Small detachments of German I motorcycle troops also pene trated to the outskirts of Abbe ville, just 12 miles from the channel, a spokesman admitted in Paris. The nazl high command re ported the capture of Abbeville. Premier Reynaud of France assailed the French high com mand for "incredible faults," which permitted German arm ored columns to inflict "disaster . , . total disorganization" on the French army defending the Meuse river front, the gateway to Paris. Bridges Left Intact. Specifically, Reynaud blamed the high command for failure to blow up Meuse river bridges to stall the mechanized German on slaught. Dramatically, he cried to a grave-faced French parliament: "France cannot die! If a mir acle is needed to save France I believe in miracles ; . ." " Painting a dark picture, Rey naud admitted the Germans had seized Amiens, site of the his toric cathedral of Notre Dame, and Arras in the drive to the channel, "We must take immediate de- cisions," Revnaud , told the French senate, freelv confessing I that the classical French con- ccpt of war had been jarred by swift-striking nazi mechanized j raids and parachute troups. Smash to Abbeville The German high command , also declared its forces had smashed their way to Abbeville 12 miles from the English chan nel. If true, it would imperil the position of more than 550,-1 000 British and Belgian troops in Belgium. I In L o n d o n an authorized spokesman termed the claims of the German communique "gross ly exaggerated." The German high command reported that the ninth French army, defending the Meuse front from Namur to Sedan, has been crushed in "the biggest at tacking operation of all time." By contrast, a British spokes man described the battle on the western front as "more confused than ever, with everybody be hind everybody else's lines." It was apparently a wide-open scrimmage, as confusing as parts of a football game, A British spokesman said there were "bands of German; tanks wandering about, living on the country" in a wide salient SlrlKlIlK UllO CIttHVC. ilC BOiu, however, they were "becoming more vraNe to counter at- ; xq Commander Captured The nazi high command re ported that "General Giraud. nuneno commanuer oi we ' seventh French army, who as- .m, " A Kikn fantliraH With ?rmy' had been captured withiThe Red Crosg cabled another ; his general staff. (Presumably, the high com - mand referred to Gen. enri Honore Giraud, recently idcnti-l tied as commanding "groups of armies" in the "battl: of the bulge" in northern France.) - ' " . ! . ZlVJ saiu unlets i in -Tt... "crowding toward the channel' coast all the French and Bel-' gian armies still to be found north of the Somme." Earlier German estimates said 1.000.000 French and 230.000 Belgians were fighting in this area, with some 300,000 British 1 soldiers to the north of these. , "German divisions flow into Boettlger's Fslher Dies ordered on Dozenberg's insist-1 It was disclosed that the war San Diego. Calif., May 21. ence shortly after he began test-, cabinet had instructed Gibral oPi Adam C. Boettiger. 74. Ifying at an open hearing. I tar s governor to put the pre tather of John Boettiger. Kin-in- Guards immediately cleared the pared tiansfer scheme In opera- law of President Roosevelt, died last U-ihU ITALY SPEEDS UP ENTRY SEEN NEARt678 VOTES, SHOWN Rome, May 21. fP) Pre mier Mussolini today had long talk with the German colonial chief. General Von Epp. By Richard G. Mastock Rome, May 21. (JP) Italy, Germany's non-belligerent ally, appealed today to be preparing to enter the war as she ordered blackouts and air raid drills in her chief industrial areas ion 4 three-day test beginning to night. Speeches of Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano in Milan and Cremona, in which he said that Italy awaits only "the order of the day" from Premier mussoiini - wnenne win nave decided upon it, increased the feeling among Italians that they m'Bht be called shortly to fight on one of their frontiers, Hour I "ear Diplomatic circles attached significance to an article by Giovanni Ansaldo, editor of Count Ciano's ne-.vspaper II Telegrafo, saying "The hour is near when our influence on the course of events must be more active." when Italv does move, he added, one of its objectives will be "territorial increases.' He declared that, although Britain and France undoubtedly would react differently now to Italian claims than they did 18 months ago, it would be "too late." Telephone connections b e tween Rome and London, mean while, remained suspended. Along with these prepara tions for war there continued demonstrations against Britain and France which brought out troops and carabinieri. A shout ing group of young Italians : marched toward the British consulate, but was held back by I helmeted soldiers, Wfiihinirtnn Mar 2! half million dollars for the aid i . rr.n.h snd Belcian refuuecs today upon receiving word from its European representative that suffering was "impossible to ex aggerate Simultaneously, the Red Cross announced its S10.000.000 drive for war-relief funds had passed the $1,000,000 mark. SECRET DIES SESSION HEARS RADICAL LEADER Washington. May 2i. 'UP) The Dies committee today ordered a secret session to hear Nicholas Dozenberg, the com munist leader, testify on com munist military Intelligence ! activities in the United States The executive session was room of more than 100 specta- (tors and newtmen. War Bulletins 1 London, May 21 U.P.i Ger man planes have- been sighted e in southeast coast of Eng land. Anti-aircraft batteries went into action against them. London. May 21. (.JP) The Duka of Gloucester, brother of King George VI, was dis closed tonight to be suffering from cuts caused by bomb ex plosions on the Franco-Belgian front. Skoplje. Yugoslavia, May 21 The frontier between Yugoslavia and Italian-held Albania was closed late today by Italian order. LSON'S IN OFFICIAL TALLY The official count completed for district attorney today shows George W. Neilson, in cumbent deputy district attor ney, defeated Joseph F. Fllegel, for the republican nomination by a majority of 678 'votes. The vote: Fliegel, 2.346. The official count for repub lican national committeeman, shows Ralph M. Cake of Port land with a comfortable lead over his nearest competitor, Thurlow McN. Weed of Wash ington county. The vote: Cake, 2.320. Weed, 1.362. Geary, 1,120. Klepper, 340. For republican national com mitteewoman, the Jackson coun ty official vote was: Runyon, 2.345. Gerlinger, 2,184. Runyon majority, 161. Grants Pass, May 21. (41 Josephine county's vote on cir cuit judge was officially tabu lated today, reducing Don New bury's margin over W. T. Mil ler for a place on the fall bal lot to 132 votes. The official Josephine county vote: Herbert K. Hanna 835, W. T. Miller 2186, Don New bury 973, F. J. Newman 479. The revised total for the ju dicial district of Jackson and Josephine counties: Hanna 4926. Miller 3401, Newbury 3533, Newman 1919. PRESIDENT VETOES E! ..!, ti m. 9tfllPi President Roosevelt today ve- toed a bill which authorized' S109 984 000 for rivers and bar-l bors Droiecf . The president said that the work must be super lrd bv urcent national defense preparations. The measure authorized the future appropriation of funds I inr 151 nrnlpcU and surveys of ; tin nthprn. It on dear to the i hearts of many senators and; ' congressmen in view of the forthrnmlna national elections. I The president declared that! lie would gladly approve scpa- rate items in the bill which! would aid defense, but for the present time, the non-military activities of the war department imust be concentrated on wie jpr Gibraltar Prepares For Coming of W ar Gibraltaw May 21. Wo- I men and children of Gibraltar began to leave for French Mor occo today under a compulsory i scheme of transfer. tion forthwith "at tha gover- luor s ditaeUon." 199 TO FRIDAY EVENING AT HIGH SCHOOL Dr. Bruce Baxter, Willam ette President, Will Give Commencement Address One hundred ninety-nine graduating seniors of Medford senior high school 97 girls and 102 boys will gather in the school auditorium next Fri day evening, May 24. to receive their diplomas and listen to the 47th annual commencement ad dress by Dr. Bruce Baxter, president of Willamette univer sity. The program will start at 8 p. m. i This year's graduating class is slightly smaller than that which completed its high school studies in 1939. Last spring 208 seniors received diplomas. Admission By Ticket Public admission to com mencement exercises will be by snpoinl ticket onlv. accordintf to I Principal Leonard Mayfield. Seating capacity of the audi torium is limited, he explained and those wishing to attend the program must obtain a ticket from one of the graduates, each of whom are given four, very few extra tickets are available at the office, Mr. Mayfield said. All seats in the auditorium will bo reserved. The commencement program will open with the high school trumpet trio playing "The Three Kings," by Walter Smith. This will be followed by the invocation by the Rev. Werner Jessen. The girls' ensemble will sing "On The Steepe," by Gret- chanlnoff, and Dr. Baxter will then give his address. To Receive Awards Scholastic awards will be presented by Principal May field, and diplomas will be given out by Dr. R. E. Green, member of the school board. The male octet will sing "Sons of Men," by Cadman. and the program will be ended by the (Continued on Paga Eight.) NEW JERSEY PRIMARY Ml TEST STRLNGTH OF W1LLK1E EFFORT Newark, N. J., May 21 (JP) New Jersey's primary elec tion today, last in the nation at ! which presidential delegates will be chosen, was expected to test the Impromptu vote-getting Jength of Utilities Magnate Wendell L Willkie, republican "dark horse possibility for the , presidential nomination. Willkies sudden appearance i on the New Jersey political scene expanded election Inter- est which otherwise had been confined to the bitterly waged I fight between former Governor Harold G. Hoffman and state Senator Robert C. Hendrickson for the republican gubernatorl- I al nomination. A "write-in" campaign under taken on Willkies behalf by independent groups almost on the eve of the election was glv- i en impetus yesterday when 500 New Jersey republican leaders turned out at Somervllle to hear the 48-year-old Wilkie blast the new deal as "incap able" of preparing the nation's defenses. Parolee Arrested Baker. Ore.. May 21. W) William E. Bennett, on parole from Folsom prison, was ar rested In Baker Monday night by state police officers on a charze of burilarr not In a 1 dwelling. District Attorney C. T. Godwin said Bennett admit ted burglarizing several offices here aw l V ,,"-4 .! I X.) The British-approved caption on this picture cabled from shows a Belgian woman dead beside a wagon with which she escape from an "open town" ahead oi German air raid. Tha gathered belongings. POYER IS VICTOR OVER CASTER IN E. B. Poyer, of Ashland, de feated Otto L. Caster, of Phoe nix, by a vote of 1,453 to 1.295, for the democratic nomination for county commissioner, ac cording to figures compiled to day by the county clerk's of fice. Poyer's majority was 158. It was the only contest for county office on the democra tic ticket. Congressman James Mott de feated Kenneth A. Brown for congress from this district by 4.192 votes, according to the official count completed this af ternoon. Mott received 4,710 votes: Brown, 518 in the 69 Jackson county precincts. The official count on dele gates at large from the first district, ahows Reter in the lead with Guy Cordon of Roseburg, second in this county. The ount: Reter, 2,083. Cordon, 1.851. Lamport, 1,776. Norblad. 1,153. Schellberg, 1,050. Swenson, 912. Bain, 806. The counting board, was ex pected to start counting the vote for county Judge tomor row, Auto Industry May Be Asked To Help Washington, May 21. W) The automobile industry may be called upon to help speed a 50-thousand-warplane prognm estimated to cost 7-billion dol lars. Government experts said that it might be feasible for automo bile manufacturers to ure part of their facilities and manpower for production of airplane en gines. Balkans Expecting Red Intervention Budapest, Hungary, May 21. (U.R) The belief is growing in I tha capitals of southeastern Eu- rope that Russia will intervene should the war spread to the Balkans. Reports today of Russian troop movements near the Bee- sarabian district of Rumania and Hungary's province of the Carpatho-Ukrine, have strength ened this conviction. St. Helens. Ore., May Jl (JP) Mrs. Francis O'Neill, res cued last night from a blazing davenport, died today. Investi gators said the couch caught fire from a cigarette as Mrs. O NeiU napped VI IVI UU Refugees Machine Gunned by German Planes Says Roosevelt Washington. May 21. (U.R) President Roosevelt today charged that refugees fleeing Europe are being machine gunned by pursuing pianes. The president made the state-1 ment during his press confer ence. At the same time he pledged that neither capital nor labor will become enriched by Amer ican defense preparations. He said the new deal's social reforms will be zealously guarded.. Mr. Roosevelt presented three-point policy In connection with the defense program: Not a single war millionaire will be created in this country as a result of the world disas ter. Labor will not seek to take advantage of the situation and interfere with the defense pro gram by strikes and other methods which would enrich it. And, under no circumstances are the social gains achieved by the new deal to be weakened. He said he would like to see a universal 40 or 42-hour week maintained. 58 PER CENT VOTE According to the county clerk's office, 58 per cent of the registered voters of Jackson county cast ballots in the pri mary election. This is the high est on record, according to po litical observers. Pre-primary predictions esti mated the vote would be from 20 per cent to 40 per cent. The record outpouring was not indi cated by the campaign calm that preceded the voting. Mahoney To Renew Left Wing Attack Portland. May 21. U.R Wil lis Mahoney, former mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon, and twice a candidate for United States senator, has renewed his attack on the Oregon Common wealth Federation. In a telegram received In Portland today Mahoney de clared: "The real Democrats are awakened. There must be a complete purge of common- i wealth Influence. No real Demo- crat will accept a commonwealth endorsement. Raver Carries Bad News Portland. Ore., May 21. (JPl Bearing the news of Port land's rejection of a peoples' utility district to Secretary Ickes. Bonneville Administrator Paul J. Raver left by plane yesterday lor Washington, D. C. iMnNiim " i ULTUUXJL London to New York says II and other civilians sought t wagon Is filled with hastily before the German advance ia QUIT EGYPT BEFORE ITALY. ENTERS WAI Alexandria, Egypt, May 21. OP) Americans were advised today by the United State le gation to leave Egypt "while there still remains an opportun ity to do so," because of tha possibility of the war spreading to the Mediterranean area. There are approximately 909 Americans in Egypt, mostly missionaries and teachers, with a few business men. Belief in allied-Egyptian cir cles that Italy's entry Into the war is Just a matter of time brought further defense mesa urea. Egyptians have been warned to watch for possible Invasion by parachute troops and to re port immediately the landing of any suspicious planes any where In the country. Special police squads wera assigned to surveillance of all persons suspected of espionage. Beirut. Lebanon, May 21.- (jp) United States Consul Gen eral E. E. Palmer tonight ad vised Americans in Lebanon and Syria "to give careful thought to the advisability of returning to tha United State with the least possible delay." The same advice was given to Inquirers at Jerusalem. Ap proximately 8,500 Americana are estimated to be living in the Holy Land. BASEBALL National Score: R. S 4 and Todd; H. K. 11 6 1 Wyatt. Franks. Chicago . Brooklyn Passeau Mungo, Pressnell and American New Vork 10 Cleveland - 2 Russo and Dickey; Eisenstat, Humphries, and Pytlak. R. IS 1 i a Mllnar. Suber H. X. II 0 Boston .11 Detroit S IS 1 Gatehouse. Hickman and De- sautels; Trout, Pippeo, Seats, Benton and Tebbetta. O
