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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Foreravt Fair today and tomorrow, lightly warmer ttimorrow. Tmipfratnr Highest eMrrday -M Lowest jwtrrtUr 49 Take A Peek lUfora joa m the paper atone to the lint iMnbtr af the ImmllT, Jurt take peek At lh Ctawrim Ada, Ne wiling hat toil will tnt. Pernapa th ry thing jam hate ataa Medford TTIIBUNE looking for. Tull Associated Pre? Full United Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1940 Ml WW ii L (EHHaaBaaiBnBBBaBaiBigg(ggggga.'i I No. 55. mm jnHEIsili mMT DDT ir A AT AtHE ' Washington, D. C, May 23. While the forest problem is a national one. the secretary of agriculture, Henry A. Wallace, has decided to give first atten tion to western Oregon. Instruc tions to. that effect have been delivered orally by the secretary to his foresters, after consulta tion with two men from the Portland office. What nature the program will L. assume has not been announced. It may be that private holdings will be acquired where there is accessible commercial timber It may be broadened to include the so-called "distressed timber" In central Oregon. What Secre tary Wallace wants, and also the state of Oregon (likewise Washington state), is to prevent operators removing the trees in an attempt to liquidate holdings, regardless of market conditions. He wishes the forests placed on a sustained-yield production, such as the arrangement in the Ochoco forest which will enable Prinevllle to have a perpetual sawmill industry. DLANS for control may result in charges that the depart ment is fostering monopoly of production by a few operators. for one school of thought be lieves that limiting the number of operators will best conserve the remaining-- stand of com mercial Douglas fir. JT was Herbert Hoover who realized that the lumber industry of the Oregon-Washington area was doomed in a matter of years by the reckless policy of liquidation of private owners, and he appointed a commission to make a study. From this came the Copeland report. However, the report was not completed until 1933. In March of that year Mr. Roosevelt be came president and selected Henry Wallace as secretary of t-griculture. As secretary it became the duty of Mr. Wallace to sign the report, which he did Immediately upon taking office, to be exact, March 27. three i. weeks after the inauguration. Mr. Wallace had no time to read the report (probably hasn't f since), but the foreword which he signed declared that "nothing (Continued on Page Eight.) Eureka. Calif., May 25 Stanley Moslry, Jr., 10, and his brother, Leonard, 5. both of Klamath, 60 miles north of Eu reka, drowned in the Klamath river today. Stanley tried toi null Uiw Hi-ntho- In nfrtv after ' " - ici 1 1 1 1 utr 01 m 1 1 iigniing, equip- Ih. t-niinon hov haH fallen lntni i- 1 the younger boy had fallen into , ping pursuit planes with can the river. I non to blast away at German Searchers located Leonard s body several hour, later, but late today the body of Stanley! u-na till miccinir The 1wa had been playing near the river with,, rnv ....u, ,h. mill. .... ..... r- their aicter. Clara Lou. Th. hnvi ir. children of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Klamath, Cal. .... -- .. Moslcy cf ! force ftr "the magnificent ef Longview, May 25 '.-$ The fort you have made." Cowlitz county democratic ron- Advance Costly vention endorsed President) Through the German corri Roosevelt tonight for a third dor to the sea, nazi artillery term in office. followed armcred car, and A motion for the endorse- motorcycle troop,. Above, allied ment wa, killed in the resolu-. war planes roared, tions committee but was re-; Every turn of the German vived on the floor and paved wheels westward to the sea is fter a heated dcbale. The con-' proving costly to them, a .... elan a-nntinil- ation of the new deal program. but opposed United States par- fidence prevailed in Paris. "The , of Carinthia and Styna, it was population as many northern ticipation in war outfide of the initiative is no longer entirely reported today In a Reuters states, but unofficial guesses territorv covered by the Mon- in German hands." commented , (Bntii.h new, agency) dispatch were that at least several hun rot Doctrine. iLe Temps 'from Pari. idred would lose license,. GERMANY FIGHTS ER TAKE ALL; COURTSDBASIER Weygand Smashes at Corri dor Fail to Halt Nazi Flow Crucial Struggle Near By the Associated Press Paris, May 25. General Max ima Weygand tonight summar ily dismissed IS generals who figured in the French rout from the Meuse front and injected fresh blood into his allied high command for the decisive phase of the battle for the English channel. A war ministry communique published under the heading of "penalties" said the IS com manders of full armies, corps, divisions and other army serv ices had been removed from their posts. Their names were not announced. Their commands already have been taken over by new men chosen by General Wey gand in his flying trips to the front to lead the campaign against the German corridor to the sea. The Germans fought on a winner-take-all basis along the channel coast, running the risk of complete disaster If they should fail to consolidate their corridor position. Until now the light mechan ized German forces and infan try had formed the spearhead. The movement of heavy forces from the rear indicated the crucial struggle was near. Cain Channel Ports The Germans were reported holding a line of small channel ports including Le Touquet and Paris Place, French sum mer resorts. The nazis poured masses of heavy tanks and Infantry through their breach between the northern allied forces and the central French army in an effort to tighten their hold on the English channel coast. On the northern sidei of the corridor the Germans occupied Vimy Ridge and other crests northwest of Arras, making contact with the new British- Belgian positions, and pressed ?r7. "JJ , r", the '" straits port of Calais. n ,? ST , .u On the southern side of the German salient French opera- tions along the Somme river .yr com.nu.ng "wun success, ...... . nignt high command The communique said the situation in the north "was undergoing no important change." It added I that the French were inflicting heavy losses on the enemy all encounters" and th be tween the Aisne and Meuse rivers the allies held domina- tion over the Germans i Both the British and French - .... ,air forces were active in the channel conflict. The French shifted to r. 1.1 ""'J"."'"' " - . ui -. : armored columns. Heretofore Krcnch pursuits had carried onIv machine-eunS. . j , 1 ue use 01 av.auon 10 ae- !. . ' . t - t ....... tary expert of Le Temps, "has , . . ' long oeen aoutsni in rrance. seems that success has now been obtained." The British air forces tinued their tenacious paign In France against German air superiority. TOn" General Alphonse J. Georges, one of the allied commanders, telegraphed thanks and con gratulations to the royal air French spokesman declarea. An atmosphere of grim con Both Allies and Nazis Try 'Pincers7 ENGLAND"- -3- DOvia OSTEND? JSC VNIt PARIS c -rr-t -aa l .Vf Ak DIS"I - W-rL I ' STM1CHU I ." Amiens i 1 sr-. a The German BUiikrleg. having opened a gap in Allied lines between Arras and Bapauma. hat captured Abbeville, 12 miles from the English channel. Meanwhile fighting occurred near Boulogne as the Nasis. according 10 German sources, sought to apply a pincer (black arrows) around the Allied forces in north western France. Germans claimed to have bombed Dover, England, and Dunkerque, France, channel ports. As map shows, Boulogne is only 28 miles from England. London said Germans had crossed the Scheldt river near Audenarde in another thrust toward the channel. Meanwhile. north near Si. Quentin, attempting to meet Allied northern forces near Cambrai and pinch off (white arrows) the Nasi western spearhead. Germany admitted some forts at Namur, Belgium, were holding out. CRATERS 7-5 WIN Rocky Peterson's looping single Into right field scoring two runners In the eighth Inn ing broke a 5 to S deadlock and gave Medford's Craters a 7 to 5 victory over Hills Creek i -i,r, c:tt. 1..,,,. hoee. ball game bt the fairgrounds field last night. The two teams collide again at 1:30 this after noon. Big Bill Lannlng worked the entire game for the Craters and ...... i . 1.1 - 1 . . in ,the fiftn inning when tne Hill- billies tallied twice, and in the , , , when ,n exploded for " run, to tie the .core. He allowed sevcn nits and fanned ieMt The Crater, scored five times , , the first inning on singi by Cook, Wray, McLean and ; p.,,, -j c.VA -i nnn a j ,rifi. h,.,t v lh fjpM j From then unti, tne eignth the wall wnn two mates aDoara I locals couldn't do anything with the southpaw slants of Bun Kel I say, who went the distance on ithe Hills Creek mound. The 'Billies, handcuffed by 7,," A ' .L" "" f ' .'uL 'MI IV fUUHU lilt; IdllKC 111 IIIC ,if,K H, n,i,.' .1 1 . 'walk to Greenfield and Homer Parks' double to right account- I ' arKS ao j i d or Pair of Tuns- In the eighth the visitors tied I U . ...... the score on a walk to Nichols, T aw " and. ?' Kelsay 1 trlple t0 left" Cenxer. t-. . ; .... . i I . . V . : "ippen reacnea tirsi on an er- ror, went to third on Tommy ii,Hawkinn' single to right, and the latter took second on a stolen base. Peterson then loft ed a fly Into right that Second 1 Baseman Fleishman got his glove on but couldn't hold, and Crippen and Hawkins came!r.. .ii. he cancelled im'h nun me winning runs. Al Wray, Medford center fielder, had a perfect day at the plate with a double and two singles in three trips. Score: R Hills Creek 5 H. E. 7 1 11 0 Kelsay; Medford 7 B. Kelsay and G. Lanning and Hawkins. Nasi Wounded 10.000 London. May 26. (Sunday Zi, r ..... . . an Ann -.-! -7 n nnn wounded German soldiers h'ave'ed, or to estimate the value been sent from the western front - , to the former Austrian provinces Aw &HCNT. J U tVl 4P.0 I I W M. IB- C - SEDAN. -os-aatjjsl Paris said French were moving SILENT GETAWAY; OFF FOR ALASKA Anacortes, Wash., May 25. (IP) "The Ark of Juneau," a 40-foot oddly-designed cruiser in which Paul Satko, Jobless Virginian, hoped to take his wife and seven children to Alaska, chugged toward "parts 1 unknown" t o d a y leaving a l I Itl 1 1 1 lit I ui vuiiuiinkc 1 m i committee and a Seattle Juve nile Judge's restraining order In the lurch. Whether the 4f)-y ear-old Richmond machinist's six minor children were aboard with Mrs, Satko and their eldest daugh ter. 18. In disobedience of Judge William G. Long's order, was undetermined. Paul Luvera, of the chamber committee planning a bon voy age festival, said that all the chamber knew was that the family vacated an apartment rented for it about 3 a. m., and the Ark set out about 30 min utes later. He said that the sanitation and seaworthiness improvements ordered by the Judge had not been completed. Judge Long was not available at Seattle for comment. Fishermen told Luvera that, from questions Satko asked yesterday, they believed he would put In first at Nanalmo, B. C, on Vancouver island, en route north. Atlanta, May 25. (-PV In an unprecedented move aimed at "fifth columnists". Governor E. D. River, directed today that the business, occupational and nrnfMiinnnl licenses of all June 1. In giving oral instruction, to revenue commissioner T. Grady j Head to revoke the licenses, 1 ---l4 MILES !, I tne governor maae no mention 1 tne meeting, held In conjunc I of any exceptions, but after altion wilh gewions of the Oregon conference with Head ne at. nounced aliens wno naci ap- plied for citizenship by June 1 would be exempted. The revenue department was unable to say at once how many persons would be affect - I businesses Involved. Georgia 1 ooea not nave ...:.. BERLIN REPORTS n MVPTcnv uiL xnriK p dd 1 v m rni 11 rHr nil! in iin DOOM TO ALLIES Ready to Destroy Trapped French Army, Spokesman Boasts; Great Secrecy Berlin, May 2S. (Pi Ger many has trapped and is ready to destroy the entire attack army of France, an authorized source declared tonight. A Joint maneuver will bring encirclement within encircle ment, which he estimated, would cut off the bulk of Bri tish and French troops per haps 700.000 men who will be "sponged up." Further to the north a loop will be drawn outwards to Ghent to absorb the bulk of Belgium, he declared, and after that, the remainder of the trapped allied force would be crowded up against the channel coast and captured. Belgium, like Ceasar's Gaul, will be divided into three parts. enabling the Germans to carry t the age-old military man- euver divide and destroy. This source predicted the mopping up of the trapped al lied forces within the next few days. And then, he continued, Ger many will resort to her much discussed "secret weapon" and In operations on an "exciting scale" will bring about "great things. The statement on the Nazi secret weapon came from a source whose information here tofore has been well-nigh of ficial. As to this secret weapon, the spokesman declared, it is more important than tanks, gas, or the famed 42 centimeter how itzer proved to be In the World war. "On the authority of the high command of the armed forces. I say this weapon exists," he said. "It still is entirely secret. It is not gas. nor a speedboat, nor parachute troops, nor a glider, nor a flame thrower, nor troops landed from planes. "Adolf Hitler knew he could win with this new weapon. In a few days you will see great things because that weapon is in general operation." He declined to say whether it had been used so far In this war. It was reported widely that some secret device was used in the Nazi capture of Fort Eben Emael above Liege early in the German drive Into Belgium. Some doubt was cast on this report when a film of the cap ture of the fortress disclosed it had been blasted to pieces by air bomb, and the heaviest ar tillery. FURNAS NAMED AS Astoria, May 25. (IP) The League of Oregon Cities elected City Manager J. L. Franzen of Oregon City its president at the annual convention yesterday in Seaside. James O. ConvlII, Astoria city manager, became first vice president; C. C. Furnas, mayor of Medford, second vice presi dent; J. W. McArthur, Eugene water" board superintendent, treasurer; R. E. Riley, Portland city commissioner. Mayor W. W. 1 Chadwlck. Salem, and Mayor H. w Hand, Corvallla. director,. Two hundred and seventy j delegates and guests attended finance Officers' association. London. May 2S. Brit ish military sources, asserting the position of the allied armies In France was "very grave . 1 declared today that "a coordin- ofated allied effort still can 1 trleve the situation. 11 snouia ox irvniviiircicj that the form of warfare em ployed by the German, ha. Its weaknesses a, well as Its strength," these sources said. VICE-PRESIDENT LOTS DRAWN TO CONGRESS PLANS I ON ALIENS AND 5TH COLUMNS Private Industry to Have Voice in Rearming Ac tion Due Monday. Washington. May 25. (IP President Roosevelt's intention to call private experts into the government 10 'P extraordinary $3,297,011,352 de- fense program was announced at the White House today. Stephen Early, press secre tary, disclosed that Mr. Roose velt planned to create a national defense emergency coordination group composed of both private individuals and government of ficials. The chief executive intended to draw experts from industry, agriculture and labor, trans portation, communication, fi nance and consumers, Early said. They would assist but not supersede the government of ficials, he declared. While this announcement was being made at the executive of fices, legislation aimed at fifth column" activities in the United States increased in scope and rained momentum on Capitol Hill. Recommending senate passage of a house-approved bill provid ing drastic penalties for subver sive efforts among the armed force,, a senate Judiciary sub committee added to it a section requiring the finger-printing and registration of all aliens in tins country estimated to number 4,000,000. Chairman Connally (D-Tex.) of the subcommittee told re porters the revised legislation was a necessary part of the pre paredness program and would be placed before the full com mittee Monday. SEES TRADE PLOT Moscow, May 25. UP) The newspaper Pravda, organ of the communist party, declared to day that behind "a screen of friendship" a bitter rivalry for world trade markets Is under way between Great Britain and the United States. Pravda mentioned United States gains In Latin-American trade since Britain declared war. Discussing the possibility of America entering the war, Prav da said the United States lacked trained army and naval reserves. Despite Its wealth of raw ma terials, the paper continued, the United States must Import rub- -ber, lead, nickel and other ma terials; therefore the Nether lands East Indies are "objects of platonic longings of the United States." DECIDE VOTE TIE Ontario, Ore., May 25 John Molenaar of Ontario and Harry Wells of Vale, who tied In the primary election for the democratic nomination for county commissioner, decided the race by lot today and Mole naar won. He will oppose Irwin Troxell of Ontario, republican nominee. The lot-drawing formality took place before County Clerk Harry S. Sackett at Vale. NEW QUAKE HITS El Centre, Calif., May 25. (IP) Sharp earthquake shocks were recorded late today In the Imperial valley, scene of des tructive earthquakes last Satur day. No damage wa caused by the shock today. War Bulletins Paris, May 26 (Sunday) (PV A lone German plane early today drew the fire of Paris anti-aircraft batteries, which blasted away at the raider for a half hour. No bombs were dropped. London. May 28. (Sunday) (PV German warnlanea ware believed to have dropped bombs i oti the southern coast ol Eng land early this morning but no damage was reported. In East Kent residents hur ried into shelters and basements during an air raid alarm in effect for 105 minutes. British fighter planes were seen flying out to sea and antl- aircraft guns were heard .. ." ..,. , Kant is on the southeast coast 1 of England. The port of Dover. In Kant, is only 22 miles across the English channel from Cal ais, where heavy fighting la In progress. Another report said residents of an east coast town had its third air raid warning In four days and that anti-aircraft gun fire was heard there. Searchlights then picked out German planes flying off the coast and anti-aircraft guns biased away at them for several minutes. Dublin. May 25. Jn Pre mier Eamon De Valera an nounced tonight the formation of a new volunteer force for "local security work" In Ire land. "We are within the war sons." he said in an address to his Flannaa Fail party followers at a meeting in Galway city, "Wa must prepare to defend the liberties we have won." He said the new volunteer corps would be apart from the regular army and would be as sociated with the police force "to watch over the security of the people and to watch for the first sign of attack against us." T TAKE BERRY JOBS Portland, May 25. (IP) WPA workers must accept bona fide offers of employment, E. J. Griffith, state administrator, said today in answering appeals for strawberry pickers. "WPA employes must be ca pable of performing such work and the wage must not be less than the prevailing wage for such work in the community where the employer resides," Griffith said. He added that workers taking seasonal private employment would be given preference on WPA projects after the season al work has been completed. FOR COMING WEEK Northern California: General ly fair Sunday. Washington and Oregon: Gen erally fair Sunday and Monday; slightly warmer Monday; mod erate northwest wind, off the coast and gentle to moderate northerly over the Inland wat ers of Washington. Outlook for far western state, for period May 27 to June 1, inclusive: Fair weather but scattered showers in Pa cific northwest and over moun tain, latter part; temperature above normal In Interior 1 tion, after Monday. HEARD 30 MILES London, May 25, (IP) The central crater of Mount Etna erupted at 3 . m. today, shoot ing a fountain of lava lt feet high, the Exchange Telegraph news agency said in dispatch from Catania, Sicily. A loud roaring was heard for 30 miles, the dispatch said, and flame lit the landscape. About half an hour later the eruption calmed down. No damage was reported. NEW DEALER RAPS STAND OF LANDON UPON THIRD TERM BymeS Claims G.O.P. MiS represented; Vandenberg Holds Elimination of FDR Needed for Unity. Washington, May 25. t. Senator Byrnes (D., B.C.), an administration supporter, de clared today that Alf M. Lan don had "misrepresented" the Republican party when he call, ed on President Roosevelt to renounce any third term inten. tion in order to strengthen the president's position for national defense. Strong support for Landon'f stand came, however, from Sen. ator Vandenberg (R., Mich.), Republican presidential aspir ant. "I happen to agree," Vanden berg told reporters shortly after Byrne, had made hi, statement, "that a presidential denial of a third term idea would be the greatest invitation to unity which the country could enjoy." Byrnes asserted that "when Mr. Landon states In so many words that Republicans will not support the president unless he eliminates himself from consid- cation for a third term, he misrepresent, the views of the Republican, Id congress who have shown by their vote this week that they would ' support the defense program without insisting on any political trade." Even as Byrnes criticized the Kansan's stand, word circulated on Capitol hill that Landon was determined to have a strong voice in the formulation of the platform at the Republican na tional convention starting In Philadelphia June 24. Vandenberg. who voted for emergency defense appropria tions asked by the president, said he and other Republican had been glad to east their votes as a contribution to unity In behalf of national defense. We will have unanimously supported the appropriation sought by the president, but we have not hesitated to question the efficiency with which pre vious defense appropriation have been spent and to demand better method in the future," he declared. It would be desperately un fortunate If this were not true. Unity In final action must be preceded by free and vigorous exploration to be sure that the final unity doe not mask fate ful mistakes. The Republican opposition most emphatically needa to continue to be critical In these respects." Ren. Fish (R.. N.Y.) aald tn an address prepared for radio delivery that It would be "to the lasting credit" of the presi dent if he would remove him self from the presidential race with clear statement. T NDEF By the Associated Pre London. May 25. Britain. Jarred into militancy from it centuries-old groove of ease and empire, called tonight upon it peace-born generation, boy of 18 to 19V4. to fill the gap In home defense force against the danger of Invasion. The war office asked for vol unteers from the age group Just under the conscription rang after German bomb thumped on English soil over a 200-mile stretch of coast and while German guns echoed from Just across the channel. Recruit gathered by tonight' call will have to enlist for the duration of the war In home defense battalions. Uniaatreeted Delegation Tacoma, May 25. jP) The Washington state Republican convention tonight voted to send an unlnstrucUd delegation to the national part' convention at Philadelphia.