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The Weather ForectM: Fair tonight and rrldav; utile clunft la Ura pent lire. Temperature Hicheat rtTdai- . tt LoneU thlt morning - ,, , M Tribune Want Ads Inll youraelf of this opporto alt to k1t your buying and riling problem. For aomW nal charge you ran eontart thoDMUid of people tb might toe Interested In a hat you aaj. Tribune FORD Full Associated Press Full United Preai Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1940. No. 53. AM. Med I .SMASH -AT WHEiar MIS : I : : - Washington, D. C, May 23. Leaders of organized labor are apprehensive about the national defense program. They may well be. Mr. Roosevelt, who has been lenient and tolerant at some of the things CIO and AFL have done, will "get his Dutch up" if labor leaders at tempt to impede the efforts of the country to equip itself against a potential foeman. The president will not permit the wage-hour law to stand in the way of increasing produc tion. A strike pulled against an Industry which is filling a gov ernment order will be a seri ous matter. Sabotage, which has occurred in strikes during the past several years, will be pun ished; destruction of plant ma chinery required for filling or ders will not be regarded as a Hallowe'en prank. NLRB will have to walk cau tiously and not harass employ ers just because they regard all payroll makers as enemies. Allen leaders of labor will be watched with hawk-like watch fulness. 0 VNE of the first laws labor championed, the Walsh- Healey act, is headed for re peal or suspension. Under this act the secretary of lnbor specl- ties hours and wages to be paid by employers supplying articles to the government. Oregon's Ru fus Holman slipped an amend ment to the act which now comes in handy. The amend ment provides the act shall be repealed In the event of war or when so declared by the president. Naturally, the Walsh Healey act applies to every con cern having a contract to fill a national defense order, from aircraft to shoes; from canned beef to chevrons. Not wages, but hours will be the base of complaints of labor leaders. In some factories the 40-hour week will be stretched, as the president indicated in his personally-delivered message. A president can perform wonders with an executive order. It can suspend, repeal or make laws; has the properties of a magici JT an'i wand. HE ERE Is something else labor leaders will not like. Skilled mechanics are scarce. In the past 10 years there has been so little work for them that they kept the number of ap prentices at a minimum; whacked the available Jobs among themselves, did not want l to train beginners. PRACTICALLY 111 of th ntlwil defense preparation hu to do with mschlnery of one sort or an other. Mechanics are required for making rlflea. revolver, air cratt. air craft engines, tanks, anti-tank suns, antt-alrcraft guns, machine guns, raotorlwd equipment. It requires ntih skill to work with precision tools. Union or no union, thoussnds of capable young men must be edu cated skilled mechanics. It la being y diacuawd In higher circles tbst per haps the army should send enlisted men Into the factories to be given this skill; enlisted men ere assigned to the spruce division In Oregon in the first world war. Because almost every soldier In (Continued on Page Eight ) SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Gordon Pascoe being all ex cited over the arrival of a daughter, the new baby giving him a boy-girl combination, son Douglas having brought him similar thrills five years ago. Ann Van Valzah and Carol Tcngwald explaining the vari ous trials and tribulations con nected with properly barbecu ing a huge swine. Helen Thompson making ear ly morning calls on friend and exuding whiffs ot Old Spice. RETAKE ABBEVILLE, NEAR L England in Fearful Danger Says Duff Cooper Heavy Fighting at Boulogne By the Associated Press The German blitzkrieg, smash ing at 500,000 to 1,000.000 "pocketed" allied troops in Bel gium and northern France today recaptured Abbeville, 12 miles from the English channel and Nazi authorities said it was 'quite probable" they had also taken the vital channel port of Boulogne. Boulogne is just 26 miles across the Straits of Dover from Folkstone, England. The Germans admitted, how ever, that the "real battle" against England could not begin until the strategic allied pocket" in Belgium and north ern France extending from Abbeville to Ostend had been crushed. Expect Hard Fight "In view of the strong forces encircled there, it will not be done without heavy fiRhting," said DNB, the official German news agency. Prime.. Minister.. Winston Churchill, in a two-minute ad dress to the house of commons, announced the fall of Abbeville. "This country is in fearful danger," declared Alfred Duff Cooper, British minister of, in formation. Heavy fighting is raging around Boulogne, France, on the channel, Churchill said. "It is too early yet to say what the result of this coastal fighting may be, but it evidently curries with it implications of a serious character," he declared French Reorganised French reports yesterday said the Germans had been "chased out" of Abbeville, but once again the Nazi onslaught has broken through to the sea. Paris, however, gave a more hopeful picture of the conflict I'nere it was reported that the French armies, swiftly reorgan zed, were fighting with new fury to reunite their northern (Continued on Page Four.) F EXPORT COUNCIL Portland, May 23 (U.R Rep resentatives of fruit growers, packers, shippers, sellers and exports from three Pacific coast states and British Columbia met in Portland today and organ ized the Pacific fruit exporters' council, designed, they said, "to j promote the common welfare of the industry. Thomas A. Duthie, president of Duthie and Company, Port land exporters, was named presi dent of the council. Duthie said one of the objects of the council will be to charter vessels for the transportation of the cargoes of its members. Other objectives include negotiation of transportation rates and terms; negotiation for services in load ing and unloading fresh fruit, and establishing joint contracts for members. Bucharest, May 23. 'Pi Ru manian railroads and highways were jammed today with nearly 300.000 reservists heading to wards the frontiers as Rumania put into effect the greatest mili tary concentration in her his tory. The general staff yesterday had called up the reservists in a virtual general mobilization for "the highest state of pre paredness" as diplomats here be- lieved the government was ap prehensive lest the Ruian isrmy move into Rumania's Bes-'sarabia. I War Bulletins Pari. May 23. P Tha French armies in a slashing counter-attack tonight crack ed the German salient which had extended to the English channel and reported they had reached the suburbs of their first objective Amiens. London. May 23. iP) The British announced tonight that royal air force bombers and fighters had blasted the Germans' front and rear, dropping 100 bombs on the headquarters of a German armored division and blowing up a nasi ammunition train near the Dutch-German fron tier in Germany. Rouen, France, May 23. A German parachutist, carry ing a bicycle and incendiary equipment, was reported cap tured tonight after he landed in the Gourney region near Rouen, south of the Somme. on a mission of spreading fire behind the allied lines. He said he had been ordered to mingle with Belgian refugees and set fires wherever he could. London. May 23. t!P) Air raid warnings in quick succes sion sent residents scurrying to cover in three east Kent towns tonight as German fliers feinted once more at Britain's east coast. London. May 23 f,TT Lord Caldecote, dominions secretary, tent a message to Britain's dominions today de claring that "the fate of west ern civilization under God is in the hands of the allied peo ples" and "one airplane im mediately is worth ten in six months." , Washington. May 23. rP)' Senator Pepper (D Fla.) urged In the senate today that the United States "turn the scale of battle" in Europe in favor of the allies by sending goods, money and airplanes to their aid at once." Stockholm, May 23. (U.R) Major General Fleischer, commander of Norwegian troops in northern Norway, appealed today for more al lied assistance to halt Ger man forces advancing from Mo, about 195 miles south, to wards Narvik. NEW RELIEF BILL BARS REOS, NAZIS Washington, May 23. IJP) Without debate, the house wrote into the 1041 relief hill today a provision to deny WPA empjoyment to communists or members of "Nazi bund" organ izations. On a voice vote, the mem bers accepted without a dissent an amendment by Rep. Walter (D-Pa.) to broaden the prohibi tion against relief employment of aliens to include "commun ists" and members of "any Nazi bund organization." TODZE IS CHAIRMAN G. 0. P. Portland, May 23. (tPt Ore-' gon's newly elected delegates' to the republican national con-1 vent ion, pledged to the presi-l dential candidacy of Senator! McNary, elected Walter L. Tooze, Portland, chairman to-1 day. Tooze was chairman of the 1936 delegation and head of the northwest conference composed of delegates from Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho. SALEM'S POPULATION HAS INCREASED 4,507 Salem. May 23. fP) Byron G. Carney. Oregon census direc tor, said today Salem's popula tion totaled 30,773, a 4 507 gain over a 10-year period. The 1930 population was 26.266. Silver Price Up New York, May 23. M Handy & Harman, bullion bro kers, today announced an in crease of 1 s of a cent in the price of imported bar silver to 351 cents a fine ounce. SCOTLAND YARD IN BRITISHFASCISTS SVr Oswald Mosley Among Prisoners Action Taken Under Dictatorial Power By the Associated Press London, May 23. UP Brit ain's war-time Scotland Yard seized Sir Oswald Mosley and other leading members of Mos lcy's fascist "British Union" to night in a far-reaching swoop designed to stamp out fifth col umn elements within the men aced United Kingdom. The offices of Mosley's organ ization near the houses of par liament were raided and the leaders were arrested there, at their homes, and elsewhere. Five detectives lay In wait out side Sir Oswald's apartment, surrounded him when he emered and took him to New Scotland Yard. M. P. Imprisoned Earlier a conservative mem ber of parliament. Captain Arcnioaid H. M. Ramsay, and a number of other persons had been imprisoned on suspicion of action "prejudicial to the secur ity of the state" and parliament had enacted a death penalty for xreaencry. The home office and its strik ing arm, Scotland Yard, acted within the scope of sweeping, virtually dictatorial powers granted yesterday by parliament to Prime Minister!. Winston Churchill. Churchill summoned to Lon don Viscount Craigavon, pre mier of Ulster, leading to be lief that northern Ireland's de fenses against a possible in vasion by German parachute troops would be discussed. 139 OVER OILMAN Official count In the Repub lican nomination for county commissioner, completed yes terday, gave Arthur E. Powell. editor-mayor of Central Point, a 139 lead over George Gilman, Central Point district dairyman, his nearest competitor. The official count: Powell 1,338 Gilman 1,199 Iverson 1,089 Kubll 1,079 Truax 596 The counting board was en gaged today in tabulating the write-in votes, and precinct committeemen and committee women votes. ALF LANDON SEES L Washington, May 23 OP Alf M. Landon said today, after a conference with Secretary Hull, that he personally was willing that the United States take part in the economic recon struction of the post-war world Landon, the Republican presl dential nominee In 1936. went to Hull for a "fill in" on foreign affairs and received it In a fifty minute conference. Landon said i(te, ..ards they had discussed not only Europe but also Latin America and the Far East. Landon refused to say whe ther, after his talk with the sec lelary of state, he supported Hull's policies, but did remind reporters that he had not op posed Secretary Hull's trade tigrecments program. "We have a stake in Europe' . he told them. BRITISH MINERS STRIKE AS WAR FLAMES NEAR London, May 23. (Pi A strike for higher wages by an undisclosed number of under ground and surface workers at three collieriei In the Manches ter district of Lancashire kept 4,000 miners idle) today. SENATE APPROVES FOR NAVY SPEEDY VOTE Unanimous Action Hastens Roosevelt Defense Pro gram; Adds 2,970 Planes Fireside Chat Washington, May 23 (Pi President Roosevelt will dis cuss defense conditions and needs in a "fireside chat" to be broadcast to the country Sunday night. In announcing Mr. Roose velt's decision to make the radio address at 9:30 p. m. EST, (6:30 P.S.T.) Stephen Early, presidential secretary told newsmen it would be a "straight forward and factual report from the government to the people." He said it would be a "gen ?ral discussion of the defense -itnation and defense need." Washington, May 23 (TV The senate approved the $1,473, 756,728 navy appropriations bill tonay, hastening the administra tion's extraordinary national defense program far toward final congressional action. The roll call vote was unanim ous, 78 to 0. Approval came with a speed like that with which the army's share of the program was swept through the senate yesterday. A total of ' 2,970 airplanes, 2,300 of which would be train ing ships to fill the needs of an expanding training program, would be provided under terms of the navy bill. Proposed aviation expendi tures of $326,000,000 would In clude $45,000,000 also for devel opment of airplane shore facili ties. The fleet would get $65,000. 000 in emergency funds for the expedition of ship building $35,000,000 for armor and am munition and $6,000,000 for modernization of the battleships New York, Texas and Arkansas. Ihese amounts would be in ad dition to $259,000,000 in regular appropriations to speed the work on two battleships, an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, eight de stroyers, four submarines and five auxiliary ships. COOPERATION HAS L Boston, May 23 OJ.P.) For mer President Herbert Hoover fays he favors cooperation be tween the two parties in times of crisis. But he insists that there never should be coali tion government or a one-party syrtem in the United States. He suggested In an Interview at Boston that President Roose velt call in Republican leaders of the senate and house if he wants rb learn the sentiments of the Republican party. If the li.O.P. leaders agree with the president on questions of na tional defense, peace or war. Hoover added, the president Is entitled to their cooperation. Quail Build t Nest Next To Rip Saw At Local Sawmill Unimpressed by a rip saw which yowls and vibrates all day less than two feet away, a valley quail has established her nest in a pile of sawdust in the planing mill shed at the Medford Corporation and is Industriously setting on twelve eggs. The quail pays no attention to the men working about her all day and flys In and out of the nest beneath the saw frame at will. About three yean ago an other quail located herself and brood in the mill and employees report that at the present time there are other nc.rts about the yard of the corporation. Evan as ihese workmen In one of the assembly rooms at the Lockheed aircraft plant at Burbank. Calif, (above), rushed work on Hudson type bombers lor the British Royal Air Force, German troops smashed closer to the English channel, placing England in immediate peril of cross-channel attack. Meanwhile plans were being made in Washington. D. C, to step up American plane production in accordance with President Roosevelt's defense program. Two Students Die in Smashup . AUTOIST KILLED AS E. J. McVeigh, about 21, was a brother of Arthur S. McVeigh, of 526 South Ivy street, Med ford. He was en routu home to Klamath Falls, after visiting his brother here yesterday. He had previously visited here from time to time and was well known. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McVeigh went to Klamath Falls upon hearing of the accident and re turned this afternoon. Klamath Falls, May 23. VP) E. J. McVeigh 22 died this morning of injuries received when his car crashed Into a Greyhound bus on the Green Springs highway west of Keno late yesterday. He failed to re gain consciousness after the ac cident in which he sustained a crushed chest and deep lacera tions. Passengers of the bus, which was being driven toward Ash land by H. C. Smith, Mcflford, received a general shakng up and Mrs. Charles Bculow. Hood nivar u-na trenteri fop arm anH hip bruises. Several others! were bruised slightly. State police said a nearby res ident heard what he thought was a blowout just before the crash. McVeigh'i car, coming down grade, veered to the left and smashed the fender and wheel of the oncoming bus. The motor was thrown com pletely out of the car and the steering wheel was bant through the windshield as the machine bounced back across the highway. All the passengers on the bus were brought to Klamath Falls for examination. U. S. BIRTH RATE IN SLIGHT DROP Washington, May 23. A slight drop In the United States birth rate last year was noted today by the census bureau. Births last year totaled 2.- 262.726. This was at the rate of I 17.4 for each thousand persons, against 17.6 in 1938 and 17.0 in 1937. New Mexico had the highest! 1939 birth rate, preliminary fig : urea showed, with 33.7. Other ! high states were Arizona, Mia-1 sissippl and Utah. The lowest; rate was In New Jersey, 13.0. 1 Figurea by states on the' birth rates for 1939 and 1938 1 showed: California, 16 8 and 16.5; Oregon, 16.3 and 15.8; Utah, 25.1 and 25.5; Washing ton, 16.0 and 16.1. BASEBALL American R. H. E. New York .. 2 6 1 Detroit 3 7 0 Ruffing and Dickey; Newsom and Sullivan. Philadelphia ... 4 16 4 Chicago 13 IS 0 Babich, Heusser and Hayes; Lee and Trcsh, Natlunal Chicago at Philadelphia night game, (others all postponed rain, wet grounds). LIST OF EXPENSE Four candidates have filed their expense accounts for the primary election campaign, as required under Oregon law Most of the expense was for po litical advertising, other items being travelling, gasoline, and campaign match boxes. Ralph Sweeney, unopposed Democratic county treasurer candidate spent $46.50, and Geo R. Carter, unopposed Republi can candidate for county clerk, expended $43.92. County Super intendent C. R. Bowman, who won renomination spent $36.88. J. B. (Blin) Coleman, who won he Republican county judge nomination by 14 votes, expend ed $173.55. FAMED YUKON HOTEL GOES UP IN HIES Dawson City. Y. T.. May 23 (U.R) Fire has destroyed cne of the most famous landmarks in the Yukon territory. It is the Yukonia hotel In Dawson City, where the Floradora girls made their home when they Invaded the gold-fields In 1898. .The hotel was burned to the ground today in a fire which razed a theater, restaurant .and two smaller buildings. The Yukonia was one of the Yukon's most famous spots dur ing the gold rush it the turn of the century. GANNETT WILL SPEAK IN PORTLAND MONDAY Portland, May 23 (U.R) An eastern chain newspaper pub lisher, Frank E. Gannett,' will v:slt Portland Sunday apparent ly to further his hopes for the I; publican presidential nomina tion. Gannett Is scheduled to speak Monday night before a Republi can rally. He will leave Tuesday for Salt Lake City. Ssn Francisco, May tr unchanged. -(AP) But- PASSENGER AUTO SIDESWIPES TRUCK NEAR JEFFERSOM Albany, May 23. (IP) A P. clflc highway automobile-truck collision killed iwo students and Injured four others three) miles north of Jefferson today. The dead: Charles Marshall, 20, Port land, junior at Oregon Stat college, Kenneth Hanklns, 21, Bend, lunlor at the University of Ore gon, The Injured: Donna Brown, 18, Portland, Ore., State college sophomore. Clark Weaver. 19, Klamath Falls, University of Oregon. Ted McMurren, 18. Jennings Lodge, University of Oregon. William Bloodworth, 19. Portland, University of Oregon. State Police Officer Wallace! Hug said the passenger car car rying the students south from Portland attempted to pass on truck and collided with another on the crest of a hill. The stu dents left Portland at 12:30 a.m. McMurren advised the officer he was in the back seat with Hanklns, Weaver and Miss Brown. Bloodworth and Mar shall occupied the driver's com partment. The patrolman under stood from the students' report that the car waa owned and operated by Bloodworth. Hug learned the Bloodworth car passed a slowly moving ce ment truck, sideswiping the north bound truck loaded with 1500 chickens. The crash tor) off the aide of the passenger car and spun the chicken truck across the highway. The poultry was released from the crates. I uuy u. roreman of Portland. chicken truck driver, suffered slight injury and shock. Of tha students, only Bloodworth'a in juries were reported serious. His head was cut and his body badly bruised. Weaver also re ceived deep head gashes. The university and college group, McMurren reported, had been in Portland visiting the Marshall, Bloodworth and Brown homes. He explained that hs waa asleep and did not havs full details of the accident Rebekaht Elect Grand Officers Corvallls, May 23. UP) The) Rebekah assembly of the I. O. O. F. elected Vernisha Newby. Amity, president of the grand lodge at the annual convention here yesterday. Other officers Included Myrtle McAlpin, Eugene, vies presient; Hallie Ingle, Corvallls, secretary; lbs B. Knight, Can by, treasurer; Madalens Ross ner, Dayton, warden.
