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Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940.
No. 58.
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Washington, D. C, May 29.
Here is a tentative outline of
what Oregon can expect from
the national defense program,
bated on information from
memberg of the Oregon delega
tion, navy and army officials
and others who are presumed
to be in position to have an ink
ling. It is all in the "iffy"
(President Roosevelt's definition
of speculation) class, but each
item has a reason for its in
clusion and some are certain to
materialize.
Connection of all power re
sources in the Pacific north
west, government and private
generating facilities, from Copco
in southern Oregon to the Wash
ington Water Power company
in Spokane, and all private
companies In between, with
federal plants on the Columbia
river. Government is afraid of
a power shortage; wants an
ample, uninterrupted supply in
event one or more plants be
put out of commission by sabot
age. Estimated cost of connec
tions is, roughly, $20,000,000,
Development and processing
strategic minerals. Most of those
listed are found in Oregon. Agi
tation for this has been in prog
ress for the past year, but the
war developments may cause
something to be done.
PSTUARY of Columbia river
no longer will be defense
less. Tongue Point will prob
ably have 30 planes, 24 of them
patrolling bombers of the navy.
A bill is now in congress to
authorize the coast guard to
base one or more of its am
phibians at the Clatsop airport,
supplementing the coast guard
surface craft operating out of
Astoria. These navy patrol
bombers and coast guard plane
(or planes). If the latter are
provided, will roam the Oregon
coast.
Heavy guns will be requested
for the coast artillery at Fort
Stevens. Guns were promised
(Continued on Paga 811.)
PRESCOTT CCC TO
The Camp Prescott CCC com
pany will move out of Medford
by train tomorrow night as its
transfer to Jenny Lake, Wyo., is
effected.
The city has put in an ap
plication for re-establishment of
the company at Prescott this
fall.
The 153 enrollees of Prescott
will leave here in four Pull
mans and three baggage cars.
The baggage cars were being
loaded today, one being equip
ped with field ranges for the
preparation of food for the en
rollees during the trip. The
cars will be attached to the
regular northbound evening
train. H. W. Wilson, company
commander will be In charge
of the CCC section of the train
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
The Glen Oak chorus being
severely crippled by the ab
sence of Soprano Mary and
Basso John Obye whom a bad
case of measles has taken out
of circulation for the time be
ing. Al Kagen and Ira Schulci
doing some shrewd buying at
Bill Wellington's emporium.
Merna Lemery being the pic
ture of smartness and prettl
ness in all white and black
Jersey ensemble.
Billy Perl hopping down the
street many miles an hour to
keep the hot pavement from
burning his bare feet
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CHANGE IS SLATED
ON FIRSTf JUNE
Resignation to Governor Fol
lowed by Naming of Cole
man, G. 0. P. Nominee
Earl B. Day, Jackson county
judge, late yesterday mailed his
letter of resignation to Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague, who
today accepted the resignation
and appointed J. B. (Blin) Cole
man, county assessor, and Re
publican nominee for county
judge in the recent primary
Judge Day's resignation is ef
fective June 1.
Assessor Coleman has agreed
to accept the appointment, and
was expected to wire the gov
ernor to that effect this after
noon. He will serve the un
expired term ending next Janu
ary, and if elected in November
will succeed himself.
The appointment of an asses
sor to serve until next January
rests with the county court,
and will probably be made Fri
day. No decision has been
reached. The name of Miss Lin
nie Hanscam, veteran deputy,
has been mentioned.
Day to Work for Countitt.
.Judge Day in his letter of
resignation informed the gov
ernor he would be engaged in
work for Oregon counties in
preparing essential information
to secure contributions to the
counties, in lieu of taxes on
federally owned inconte-produc
ing land. He has been devot
ing his spare time to this work
for several months.
The letter of resignation in
full follows:
"Hon. Charles A. Sprague,
"Governor of the State of Oregon,
"Salem, Oregon.
"Dear Governor Sprague:
. "Aa you know. I have been for
aome time deeply lntereated In the
effort being made to aecure contri
butions to counties in lieu of taxea
on federally owned Income-producing
land, and hare devoted all my spare
time to that subject matter. The
counties have asked me to devote
my full time to this work, which
I believe to be vitally necessary to
(Continued on Page Ten.)
OH LAW FACES
Aberdeen, Wash., May 29.
(if) An argument in a barber
shop resulted in the arrest yes
terday of Dick Law, Aberdeen
CIO leader whose wife was slain
January S, on a justice court
warrant charging him with third
degree assault.
Herbert Irving. Aberdeen IWA
member and a delegate of Law's
own union, accused law of strik
ing him after an argument on
communism.
Alex Rudisky, operator of the
shop, was arrested on a similar
charge. Both were released on
$100 bail.
Iron Fireman Dividend
Portland, May 29. (P) The
Iron Fireman, furnace manufac
turing company, ordered a quar
terly dividend of 30 cents on
359.260 shares June 1.
Secretary Perkins Replies
To Incompetence Accusation
Washington, May 29. (JP)
Secretary Perkins, called a "no
torius incompetent" by Repre
sentative Taber (R.-N.Y.), re
torted today that her regime
had "cleared up Irregularities
and dishonest situations" found
in the immigration service when
she took control in 1933.
Miss Perkins wrote Taber
that she would ignore his opin
ion about her competency, but
that she felt compelled to label
as "not true" his assertion in
house debate Monday that she
"has steadily and steadfastly
failed and refused to enforce
the immigration law and con
tinuously admitted and kept
iNAZIS
Detroit 4 8 3
eveland 7 14 0
Seats, Corsica, McKain and
Sullivan; Feller and Hemsley.
Boston 8 9 1
Philadelphia 3 12 3
Butland and Desautels: Potter,
Beckman, Heusser and Hayes.
R. H. E
Washington
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New York ..... 2
Leonard and Ferrell
Dickey,
National
R. H. E.
Philadelphia 18 2
Boston . 3 6 1
Beck. Hoerst and Atwood, Mil
lies; Errickson and Lopez, Masi.
Cincinnati 4 8 0
Pittsburgh 0 4 0
Walters and Lombardi; Bow
man and Davis.
JACKSON COUNTY
RAI$EDN $4800
Washington. May 29. 0J.F!)
Reports of the urgent need
among Dutch, Belgian and
French refugees has caused the
American Red Cross to raise its
war relief fund goal from $10,
000,000 to $20,000,000.
Red Cross Chairman Norman
Davis has notified all chapters
that their original quotas should
be regarded only as minimum
immediate objectives. As soon
as they are reached, he said,
the chapters should double their
quotas.
Jackson county chapter'a quota
was Increased to S4800 today a the
American Bed Cross doubled Its
national quota from SIO.000.000 to
20.000.000 to carry on welfare work
among the millions of victims of the
wsr In Europe. The chapter's original
quota was S24O0.
A telegram from Red Cross head
quarters asking thst efforts to raise
funds be renewed stated that when
the national quota wss set orlgtn
slly It could not be foreseen thst
"the greatest tragedy In all h"""7 ,
two weeks."
Up to noon today fundi turned
In to the chapter chairman, George
T. Frey. totalled S1334.10.
Meantime additional community
campalgna got under way today In
rural areas. Mrs. R. W. Frame, chslr
man of the phoenix area, said head
quarters for receipt of Voluntary
contributions had been established
In the Mercantile store. Pleld work
ers. Mrs. Prams reported, were to go
Into action today.
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Washington, May 29. (IP)
The house rules committee voted
unanimously today to give legis-
lnfi-,j rtdhlW.tLBV In m hill rli.
reeling the secretary of labor to ?.294; 8 s Per cent increase,
deport Harry Bridges, west coastlThe 1930 "8ur,e wa 7'S,8S- .
CIO leader North Bend population
The committee acted a short ! climbed from 4 012 in 1930 to
time after Rep. Allen (D.-La.)i 274, a gain of 6 per cent.
author of the legislation, testi- &aker Ore May 29 JP)
fied that the house immigration preljmin-a re,eased by
committee had adopted a special Dr c M Tyler, district census
resolution urging the rules com-l , tod revealed that
mittee to give the measure pre-, lation of Baker county
ferred status on the calendar. k comp,red to 18.754
here those . who were not en
titled to stay."
The house voted this week
to hasten the transfer of the
immigration service from Miss
Perkins' labor department to
the justice department.
"The immigration law has
been enforced faithfully and ef
fectively during the last seven
years," she said in her letter
to Taber.
When she took office In 1933,
she continued, she was con
fronted "by clear evidences of
corruption In certain offices."
"It was our duty to correct
these things and we did so,"
she added.
BY CAPTURE
ROOSEVELT PLANS
AD0IT10NAL PLEA
FOR DEFENSE COIN
Supplemental Program to
Add More Than $600,
000,000 to Previous Sum
Washington. May 29. (JP
President Roosevelt and war de
partment officials were re
ported today to be considering
a supplemental defense program
for army aquipment, planes and
mechanization which would add
more than $600,000,000 to the
preparedness expenditures al
ready projected.
Following a conference, in
which Secretaries Morgenthau
and Woodring, Louis Johnson,
assistant war secretary, and
General George C. Marshall,
army chief of staff, reviewed
army needs with the president,
there were indications that Mr.
Roosevelt would ask congress
for the further expansion of the
defense program within a few
days.
' Bpssd Tax Program i
The Wnite House conference
met as a congressional commit
tee decided upon prrcedure for
speeding all possible the $3,
000,000 tax program laid down
yesterday by administration and
congressional leaders.
Chairman Doughton (D-N.C.)
of the house ways and means
committee, revising the earlier
estimate of $683,000,000 said
the administration hoped to
raise $656,000,000 for defense
taxes In a new tax bill which
he will introduce tomorrow.
Doughton said the adminis
tration bill would raise $656,-
000,000 annually as follows:
(Contln ed on Page Three.)
Eugene, May 29. (Tl Pre
liminary official population to
tals of Corvallis, Roseburg ind
North Bend were released to
day by census director Mrs.
Merle Stuart, whose headquar-
I ters are in Eugene.
' Roseburg leads the three ci
ties in percentage of Increase,
with a gain of 10.1 and a total
of 4.854, compared with 4,362
in 1930.
Corvallis ranks second with
in 1930 and 17,929 In 1920.
Additions to the census of
Baker following the prelimin
ary announcement bring the to
tal to 9321, which Is still a pre
liminary figure.
GRAND JURY REPORT
LOOMS LATE TODAY
It was expected the new
grand Jury, Oris Crawford, fore
man, drawn at the opening of
the May term of court last
Monday, would make a report
late today.
The grand Jury Is composed
of three men and four women.
They have been Investigating a
number of criminal cases that
have been pending for several
months, and the Gold Hill dog
case, and the Stevens street bee
row.
Value of insula produced In Utah
In the last IS jeui exceed 12.050,-
000,000.
TIGHTEN FLANDERS
Nazis Say Belgians Caused
Berlin described this scan a a vlsw oi a Mellon of railway Una destroyed by retreat
ing Belgian soldiers, somewhere In Belgium. Germans and Allien, meanwhile, wars locked In
the Battle of Flanders.
T!
SUGGESTED IN CONTROL
OF FIFTH COLUMNISTS
Washington, May 29. (F)
In a new blow at "fifth col
umns," Attorney-General Jack
son suggested today that con
gress immediately enact legis
lation to require registration of
ail firearms In the United
States.
"Such a step," Jackson said
in a letter h Speaker Bank
head (D.-AIa.), "would be of
great importance in the interest
of national defense, as It would
hamper the possible accumula
tion of firearms on the part of
subversive groups."
He sent the- speaker a pro
jwsed bill calling for registra
tion of firearms, recording of
firearms transfers and a nom
inal tax on each transfer.
As drawn, the law would ap
ply to firearms already owned
by individuals, as well as to
all future purchases. Firearms
would be registered with the
nearest Internal revenue office.
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Frost danger season In
the
Rogue river valley, will offic
ially end June 1 with departure
of Roy Rogers, frost meteorolo
gist, who has been on duty
here since last March. Rogers
will return to duty at Petaluma,
I Calif.
During the frost period now
coming to a close, there were
only three smudge pot firings,
and they were not general.
There was no damage to pears
to speak of. It was one of the
lightest frost danger seasons In
the history of this section.
Measles Epidemic
Showing Decrease
Portland. May 29. (JP Ore
gon's measles epidemic fell be
low 500 new cases for the week
ending May 25, the state depart
ment of health announced to
day. Of the 498 cases. Baker re
ported 1, Clackamas 92, Jose
phine 107. Lane 78, Marion 14,
Multnomah V3, Klamath 4, Polk
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LILLE
Successful Escape by Sea
Is Seen for Trapped Allies
BY J. W. T. MASON
Unltad Press War Expert
Germany has failed to surround the Allied Flanders ar
mies. Indications point to successful retirements across the chan
nel back to England, continuing for several days. It is now
becoming apparent that the desperate fighting of the allies tills
week has been rear-guard actions on a very largo scale, cov
ering the transportation of British troops returning to England.
It may be that a part or the Belgian army also was rescuea Dt
fore King Leopold surrendered
Germany announced the cap-,
ture of Ostend only today. Dun-'
kirk remains open to the allies
as apparently does the strongly J
fortified port of Gravellnes, be-,
tween Dunkirk and Calais. Al-!
lied evacuations through these J
exists still may be successfully;
continuing. 1
General Weygand's strategic
plan from the beginning of the
Flanders battle Is now seen to
have envisaged an eventual re
tirement from the Flanders
pocket. He did not order a ma
jor counter-offensive not only
because he had no time to re
organize his armies after the
German break through at Se
dan. Also, the Inevitable casual
ties would not have been justl-j
fied by the territorial gains.
Since the Belgian king s sur
render, German pressure
against the greatly inferior al
lied forces has not developed
such strength as might have
been expected. The Germans
have been on the offensive
throughout the Flanders cam
paign, and casualties are norm-
, ally at least three to one against
attacking troops.
The German high command
now has to consider the partial
exhaustion which always fol
lows a long major offensive.
This Is why no blitzkrieg stroke
has been directed against the
slowly-retreating allies. Time
has been given to a very large
proportion of the allied forces
to get away.
The expectations of Berlin
that up to a million allied
troops in Flanders would be
forced to surrender or die are
not being Justified by the turn
present events are taking. Ger
many will get the channel ports,
but their future value la yet to
be determined. Any major ad
vantage to the Germans will
have to await future develop
ments. Actress Dies
London, May 29. Mary
Anderson de Navarro, 80-year-
old American-born actress, iJ
several years, died In Worcester
shire today.
AND 0STEND
This Havoc
Hopper Blitzkrieg
Planned by Hitler
To Harass Britain
Rome, May 29. flJ.R)
Adolf Hitler la said to be
planning a grasshopper blitz
krieg on England. Yes, we
said grasshopper.
A report circulated in
Rome says Germany Is ex
perimenting with a new and
ravenous type of grasshopper
which devours all kinds of
grain particularly wheat,
barley, corn and rye.
These grasshoppers the
story goes could be flown
to the British Isles and
dropped by the millions onto
farms In an effort to starve
the British people.
NAZI SUBS RESUME
Vigo. Spain. May 29,
The German submarine offensive
on allied shipping was resumed
today with an attack on two
ships five miles from Salvora
Island, off Spain's northwestern
coast.
A Trench merchantman, the
Marie Jose, about 5,000 tons, was
torpedoed and sunk. The British
tanker Telena, of 7,400 tons, was
battered by shellflre, but re
mained afloat and was being
towad into Vigo.
WILL OPEN BIDS FOR
LANDSCAPING HERE
Salem. May 29. P The
state highway commission today
called for bids on 22 road pro
jects costing 11.000,000, the bids
to be opened in Portland June
13 and 14.
Projects include:
Jackson county Landscaping
Medford maintenance station on
Pacific highway.
TRAP
ALLIES RETIRING
SEEKINGjSCAPE
Ostend Capture Narrows
'Back Door to Width of
40 Miles; Ypres Stormed
Br the Associated Press
In three pulverizing smashes.
Hitler's nazl legions today
stormed Ypres famed World
war battlefield and captured
Lille and Ostend, the high com
mand announced, to tighten the
steel-jawed trap on 700.000 al.
lied troops encircled In Flanders.
On the strength Of these re
ports, it was apparent that the
allies were now retiring to the
English channel seeking that
means of escape from the Ger
man "surrender or die" on
slaught rather than attempting
to break through the German
salient to the south.
Ostend Key Base
Lille is a manufacturing city,
about 18 miles southeast of
Ypres. The Berlin short-wave
radio reported the capture of,
Ypres, 20 miles from the coast.
Ostend la the strategic Bel
gian channel port, one of the
main bases of supplies for the
harassed French and British
forces.
The Nazi high command said
desperate French counter-attacks
had been beaten off "with
the bloodiest losses."
The British Admiralty, mean
while announced the capture of
Narvik, Arctic Iron ore port In
Norway, where a German garri
son has been under siege more
than six weeks,
German capture of Ostend nar
rowed the "back door" of the
trapped allied forces to a width
of about 40 miles.
Wave after wave of nazl bomb
ing planes roared over the
French and British forces falling
back to the sea, but the British
expeditionary force was reported
"still fighting as a unit" in the
harried withdrawal.
Retreat Acknowledged
London military circles said
the B. E. F. had retreated "some
miles toward the coast."
This was the first Indication
that the encircled allies were at
tempting to escape by channel
ports ven at the risk of un
dergoing a "hellish fire" such aa
! attended the British embarka
tion from Boulogne rather than
trying a break through the Ger
man corridor to reach the main
French armies in France.
Fighting In the streets of Dun
kerque was reported by Berlin
sources, who intimated that the
swastika flag might be hoisted
(Continued on Pag Ten.)
PARACHUTIST TOW
HEAVY IN HOLLAND
New York. May 29 P) Out
of 10,000 parachutists employed
by the Germans In the conquest
of Holland approximately 7,000
were killed, the British govern
ment radio reported today in a
French language broadcast
picked up here and translated
by the National Broadcasting
company.
Some of the parachutists
were shot down by the Dutch,
the broadcast said, but large
number were killed when they
landed "too vehemently."
GERMAN TANK LOSSES
ESTIMATED AT 2,000
Paris, May 29. Pr French
military experts said today Ger
many has lost at least 2.000 of
Its estimated total of 8.000 tanks
and at least 2.000 planes, or
nearly halt the first line aviation
believed held by the nazil at the
outbreak oi the war
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