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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather fonraut Fair ton tt lit nd ndnt4U, Ilttl rhang In temperature. Temperature HijhMt yr terday. ,7t Low ret I Ms """'"f Make It Happen Mhe Halt for something te happenT tut make It happen. I'M the Clalflra pare of this newspaper. The Ad, are wlde It read assuring prompt re suits. The eost It small. Why Bat Mart today? Medford Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Pre Thirty-fifth Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1940. No. 63. isinnMwRnaffiinn UIU CM9MEST 1 r i i s.t mcs r Washington, D. C, June 4. The American people for the time being are experiencing a. hysteria which is sweeping the country fiom coast to coisi like an epidemic. This high tension of emotionalism cannot be sus tained for more than a few weeks, but while the fever runs its course some remarkable de velopments are taking place It is well to direct attention to phases of the Washington scene if a reader is to unoer stand more clearly the under currents swirling in this capi tal, the nerve center cf the American Republic. News from the battlefields abroad, the crumbling of the allies; the sudden and startling program for national defense revealed by the president: dis closure that the United States is vulnerable these and other matters have given the country "case of nerves". TAKING advantage of the public state of mind several things are In motion. (A) Congress Is working on a tax program to meet, in nart, the defense plan. What the taxes will be no one knows nor will know for several wfeks. Any tax schemes now are mere ly tentative. Behind the scenes is a battle to determine wheth- zen pay the bill. (B) With many people ap prehensive of invasion there is a persistent attempt to capital ize this tear and promote the demand that the United States, go to war with the allies War mongers are holding up Hitler as a Boogy-man. The war pro pagandists, for the moment, are a greater menace to the coun try than the "iifth column". e e linTH millions of Ameri."ans " lashed to a nearf,cnzy (anJ they constitute public opin ion), advantage is being taken of their excitement to adopt measures which last rronth would have met admantiriei op position. A few short weeks ago this country would have de nounced a defense bill of bil y lions of dollar?; wculd have ob jected to Increasing the tax load; would have protected pro (Continued oa Pag Four.) British Withdraw From Bodo Region London, June 4. (IP) The British war office announced to night that British forces in the Bodo area of northern Norway were withdrawn by sea during the night of May 30-June 1. KLAMATH POPULATION MAKES SLIGHT GROWTH , . . Klamath Falls, June 4. (IP) Supervisor Catherine G. Nel- son said yesterday Klamath Falls' preliminary census count was 16.359 compared with the 1930 total of 16,093. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Lulu Saulsberry happily stow ing packages away in her car. pleasantly unaware of a pink police ticket on the windshield, warning her of over-parking. Freda Cannon having the time of her life Sunday catching more fish than Hubby George and the largest one in the Pr- convention last night in the y, her angling luck up to then Lnlv opcn session of the three hsving been practical'y nil for day ,tale convention here, the seatnn. Vr rw tiBrimp Buhl re- , . Inorted the 71-year-old Society Josephine Cline tryirg to ex-, PJ1 7?.. Wom,n nas an Plain away a black eye with a , fund nQW unng lunciful story about a Soati,,onnn w.th 63 Oregon girls butting her. Navyman George iPatterson regretting hit approaching de ' parture from these narts. he being fond of Medford s golf- ni anr! Iihhl nnt tn mention ,L . " MUCH WAR BOOT! TAKENJSJLAIM Capture Gives Complete Con trol of French, Belgian Coast to Somme River By the Associated Press German capture of the allies' "escape" port of Dunkerque with 40,000 prisoners and "a vast amount of booty" ending at last the bloody battle of Flanders was announced today by the nasi high command. The fall of Dunkerque, which was admitted in London, gives Hitler's conquering legions com plete mastery of the entire French and Belgian coast on the English channel as far south as the Somme river. Evacuation Completed Only a few hours earlier, London reported the evacuation of allied troops trapped in Flan ders had been virtually com pleted against terrific odds on Monday. The highly important French port of Le Havre was dotted with fires set by incendiary bombs in a new series of raids by nazl bombing planes today, Paris reported elev.en girls were killed at a girls' school just outside Paris four "literally blown to pieces" in yesterday's mass air raid on the French capital. Swiss Down Natls A British radio broadcast said nart bombers struck at Cher bourg, French port of call for trans-Atlantic liners in peace times. The Swiss high command re ported other German planes made new bombing sorties over the Rhone valley in southern France. Swiss fighters reported ly shot down "two or three" German aircraft in an air battle over the Swiss Jura mountains. A Swiss plane was shot down and its pilot killed. Canada may be used as a base for the British empire's fight against Germany in the event of nazi conquest of England it was indicated today by Prime Minister Churchill who told the house of commons: Ntvtr Surrender "We shall never surrender! "And even If this Island or awn a part of It la subjugated and star'. Ing, then our empire across the seas armed and guarded by the British ileet. will carry on the struggle until L In Ood's good nam the new world In all Its strength and might sets forth to the rescue and liberation of the old." Canada would be the nearest point to the conflict among the empires dominions and colonies. (tn August, 1838, President Roose telt assured a Kingston, Ont., audi ence that the United States "will not stand Idly by" If Canada I threat ened with foreign agression, and emphasized that a strong bond of friendship existed between the do minion and the United States.) Churchill told a widely cheering commons that a fleet of 1.000 allied ships rescued 335.000 French and BrHIUl soldier! ls the great retreat ifrom the bloody battle of Flandera vsm tout nt prlnw minister said so.ooo men , t;w British expeditionary lon-e had i Been silled, wounded or were missing, 'but he added that when he first set the time for the withdrawal a week (Continued on Page Fire.) P.E.O. G. Grants Pass. June 4. HP) The philosophy of the Sister hood of P.E.O. Bn "inner self sufficiency" is the best recipe for happiness In a restlesa and confused world, Mrs. Edith Markham Wallace, past sup- ident. told the Oregon now benefitting from it. Two hundred delegates and visitors registered here yester- j... tn.. ,m-.ntinn will con- Oar. " . . c t ia e "hedul'ed through i With trip SCneolllcu uuuu" .... Mtu baseball I American R. H. E. Chicago 7 12 0 New York . 3-7 2 E. Smith and Tresh; Ruffing, Hadley, Hildebrand and Dickey. R. H. E. St. Louis 5 7 1 Boston 3 10 4 Auker and Swift; Dickman, Wilson, Heving and Peacock. 1st game: R. H. E. Cleveland 2 10 2 Washington 7 15 0 Harder, Humphries. Naymick. Zuber and Pytlak Chase and Early. National Score: R, New York 5 Cincinnati 4 H. 11 11 Hubbell and Danning; Moore, Shoffner, Riddle, and Lorn, bardi. R. H. E. Philadelphia 6 8 3 Chicago 12 15 2 Higbe, Si Johnson, Johnson, Smoll and Atwood, Warren; Page, Raffensberger, Root and Collins. OF ALLIED FORCES IS HITLER'S PLEDGE Berlin. June 4. (AP via Radio) Adolf Hitler, in a spec ial message from his western headquarters broadcast tonight on the German radio, was de clared to have "sworn to carry through the war to the final and complete annihilation of all al lied forces." This message from the fuehrer's field headquarters was broadcast to the German people after many minutes of martial music over the Berlin radio. It spoke of the great battle of Flanders as "finished" and de clared allied losses in the war so far amounted to about 1,200, 000 men. MANPOWER MAIN NEED IN AMERICAN ARMY IS STAFF CHIEFS WORD Washington. June 4. (IP) Congress learned from the army's chief of staff today that manpower is the army's "tragic shortage at present and the only thing, in a large measure, that can produce immediate re sults." Despite his earlier statement that procurement of equipment should take precedence over per- -SS2S33H0TL BACKS WARNING timony made public today, that the army's maximum peacetime enlisted strength of 280.000 men would be inadequate to meet emergencies stemming from the current international situation. Marshall opposed suggestions that the citizens' military train ing camps be expanded to meet the army's personnel demands. Instead, he said, he favored a plan, already authorized under the national defense act, but never emp.oyea - "! young men could be recruited for the enlisted reserves, trained lor inree ur iuui iiiuuin hm, men sugwru uvn w mv civilian pursuits. PILOT T STARTS JUNE 1 5 Seattle. June 4 Wiley R. Wright, senior private flying specialist for the civil dfro- I mint ics authority. rs:d today 1 training of the pacmc nonn-jin ai west s first quota of nearly 300 I of ec .tudents ti part of tl,e C.A's!trade program to provide 45.000 new , world I airplane pilots by Ju'y 1, 1341, would get under way June 15. Preliminary Instruction will be provided at more than 300 I 11 i U' .V, ... ,... T,l .hi Oregon and Montana, designat ' ta as ine aevemn region. TAX BILL BOOST CONGRESS HEADS Talk Broadened Income Tax Base, Higher Rates On In comes Below $60,000 Washington, June 4. (IP) The house ways and means committee voted today to raise the national debt limit from $45,000,000,000 to $49. 000,000,000 and, Chaicjnan Doughion (D N. C.) an nounced, to raise "possibly" an additional $1,000,000,000 annually in taxes. The committee acted while President Roosevelt indicated to a press conference ap proval of lifting taxes to the $1,000,000,000 level. Washington, June 4. VP) Congressional tax leaders were reported authoritatively today to be considering a boost in the pending tax bill to more than $1,000,000,000. One method proposed was broadening the income tax base and increasing the rates on incomes below $60,000. The pending bill, estimated to raise $656,000,000, would in crease income taxes by a flat 10 per cent and would boost most excise taxes. An informed source said a formula discussed today by Sec retary Morgenthau with Chair man Harrison (D.-Mlss.) ana Doughton (D.-N.C.) of the sen ate and house revenue commit tees would increase the present bill's total by around $400,- 000.000. Details of the formula were not disclosed. Washington, June 4. (IP) President Roosevelt asked con gress today for funds to start 68 new naval vessels in sub mitting a defense request for $1,277,741,170 for both the army and navy. The executive said last week he would ask for "over a billion." The presidential request, sent to Speaker Bankhcad and dis patched immediately to the house appropriations committee, was for $507,253,170 cash and $63,560,000 contractual author ity for the navy, and $452,751, 239 cash and $254,170,761 con tractural authority for the army. The vessels for which Mr. Roosevelt asked initial con struction funds were three air craft carriers, 13 cruisers, 22 submarines and 30 destroyers. Another large item in the re quest Included $130,089,395 cash and $109,259,597 contract auth ority for army airplanes. Washlngton, June 4. (IP) Secretary Hull announced tnriav ll,n "I HMtilv annrnv" - olution declaring the United States would not recognize or acquiesce in transfer of any , . . . " . power to The secretary of state made the statement in letter to Chairman Bloom (D.. N. Y.) of the house foreign affairs com mittee. Bloom made the letter public after the committee had discussed the resolution for two hours without taking any ac tion. "The proposed resolution," Hull's letter said, "Is based I squarely upon the idea of full j respect for established sover- eignues. u wouia no imenere any way with continuance equality of commerce and for all nations of the orld In their relations with the countries of tha American continents." The resolution was Intro duced yesterday by Bloom and k. rK.irm.n Dillmin I T"l Vr 1 - jof the senate forign relations icommiura S OF 5TH COLIN ACTS Unfounded Reports of Sub versive Conduct Blamed Largely on War Hysteria The hardest thing to track down is a rumor and for a week or more Medford has been full of rumors fanciful rumors about spying, espionage, sabot eurs and fifth columnists. The Mail Tribune office and the offices of law enforcement agencies have been flooded with rumors about fifth column activi ties of one sort or another in various parts of southern Ore gon. Thus far, however, there has not been a single arrest in this district, and there has not been any reason for an arrest, the Mail Tribune learned in re liable quarters. Explanation of the flood of rumors offered by law enforce ment agencies is that the public has become somewhat hysterical over the war In Europe and par ticularly over talk of fifth col umn activities in this nation and other American countries. It was felt In some quarters that the dramatic way of presenting war news over the radio was in strumental In creating hysteria. All Reports Checked Law enforcement agencies have been checking up on every report received regarding sub versive activities, the Mail Trib une learned. Spokesmen for the agencies said that the public should report any evidence of law violation pertaining to sabot age, spying or plots against the government, but it was empha sized that a distinction should be made between hearsay or Idle rumors and genuine evidence. The law enforcement agencies. It was indicated, are not over looking anything pertaining to law violation. It was pointed out, however, that it is not a vio lation of any law to say ' Hell, Hitler," or "Down with Eng land," any more than it is to say "Down with Hitler," or "Hail, France. It should be re membered, it was stressed, that this country it not at war. Mentioned In idle rumors, au thorities said, have been promi nent pioneer families whose patriotism cannot be questioned. In addition to hysteria, malice might be the motivating force behind some of the rumors, au thorities declared. Calm Suggested Meantime, as part of a general plan to be prepared for contin gencies, private companies and governmental agencies have adopted a policy of stricter sur veillance at their properties. No specific dangers are in mind, it was declared, and the precau tions taken are Intended to ward off any damaging acts by morons as much as by any organized saboteurs. The saieguards, it was emphasized, are simply pre cautionary. The best help that can be of fered, law enforcement officers said, is for the public to remain calm and thoughtful, ever on the alert but never hysterical, a ways ready to spike rumor bciufC it spreads and Injures . me patriotic American family Washington. June 4. (JP) President Roosevelt accepted to day the resignation of Charles Edison, secretary of the navy, ef fective June 24. Edison resigned to run for the , governorship of New Jersey on , the Democratic ticket. - .rOWaea lAnzr Depart For U. 5. Genoa, Italy. June 4. (& The United States lli.tr Presi dent Harrison, with i capacity passenger list, tailed lor home this morning. The liner Excamblon, also Jammed with American refugees I from war torn Europe, sailed Ik. IT-lluI C.I I ior tha United States yesterday. These French Soldiers Escaped Pocket L -"ir -r-n i y ii a eassiV- hi.,, n n iia biHi'i iHina anfaawnMiiai r rriaai This picture, radioed from London to New York, shows French soldiers who avacuaied the Flanders pocket as they marched away from London railway lermlaaL according to the British-censored caption accompanying tha picture. Witch Hunt Seen Probable - In Fifth Column Hysteria Chicago, June 4. (JP) A college psychologist asserted to day that anti-fifth column activities in the United States might result In the establishment of concentration camps. The psychologist, Dr. Robert ' " N. McMurry of the Chicago Cen- tral Y.M.C.A. college, said in an interview that such activities could assume the proportions of "national hysteria." "I venture tne prediction, . at saia, anai Deiure mis uynvena runs Its course you are likely to see the worst witch hunt in American history and possibly the establishment of cencentra- tion camps. "It is not a matter of Intel ligence. It is a matter of people letting their emotions get so much control they can't do any thing about it In an hysteria the veneer of civilization Is stripped off and when this hap pens all of the public's sadistic tendencies come to the fore. "Reason is stopped. Logic goes down the rat hole." Dr. McMurry said fifth col umnists should be curbed but that it should be done by the federal bureau of investigation or "other constituted authori ties," and not by "self-constituted groups or individuals." "The probability," he said, "is that the hysteria Is going to run wild. Everybody Is going to see a fifth columnist under every bed." NAZIS CLAIM ALLIES SENDING AGENIS TO SO. AMERICAN POINTS Washington, June 4. '.'Pi Germany has Informed the United States that it has infor mation that the British and French governments have sejit agents to South American coun tries and the Panama Canal zone to give the Impression that a great many German agents were operating there. The notice is in the form of a memorandum presented to the state department by Hans Thomson, charge d'affaires at the German embassy. The memorandum, officials said, merely gave a general indication that the German gov ernment was In possession of the Information. Also today, th American embassy In Berlin telegraphed the state department it had been handed a copy of a press announcement by the German official news organization, DNB, that Britain and France Intend ed to sink the American liners Washington. Manhattan and President Roosevelt, which are now engaged in removing Amer icans from Europe, MAY IS BANNER MONTH FOR JACKSON CO. CUPID Thirty marriage licenses were Issued in Jackson county In May, th largest number In any single month sine the Oregon meriiralxamination law went into effect tn December, 1938.1 IS ASF. 11. SO. CAROLINAN WILLING Washington, June 4. W) A Democratic ticket of President Roosevelt and Senator Byrnes of South Carolina was being discussed throughout congres sional circles today as result of the two offlclels' week-end cruise down the Potomac. Byrnes would say of the re port only that "the president, at no time in my life, has ever discussed with mo the vice presidential nomination on either the Democratic or Re publican tickets." Regarding the general situa tion, however, some of Byrne's friends intimated that he had received virtual assurance that Mr. Roosevelt would accept a third term nomination. It was said authoritatively on Capitol hill that Bvrnei indi cated willingness to be the president's running mate, al though he had declined only three weeks ago to let the South Carolina Democratic con vention endorse him for that post. TO SAVEFISH LIFE Salem, June 4. (IP) T h e Rogue river coordination board today ordered that there be no mining operations in red soil on Galice and Rocky Gulch creeks, tributaries of the Rogue river in Josephine county, between June 7 and November 1. The board's engineer, after 10-day Investigation, found that mining operations were endan gering fish life In the river, where there are more than 50 parts solid matter In 1,000.000 parts of water. The turbidity of the two creeks is more than 1,000 parts solid matter In 1,000,000 parts of water. LEISURE ART CLASSES AT The Junior huh school leisure arts shop opened yesterday for summer classes until July 12. Classes begin at 8 a. m. and continue until noon. All stu dents in th city from fourth to ninth grades ar eligible to Join tha classes. Persons interested In work ing out new projects ar urged to attend. Mrs. Conrad Wessela and Mrs. L. A. Ogl ar duec- tors of th schooL CORONER'S JURY CONCLUDES PROBE Aberdeen, Wash, June 4. (IP) A coroner's Jury today re turned verdict that Mrs. Dick Law, wife of CIO union lead er, "wai murdered by an as sailant or assailants unknown to us." Th verdict, reached after half an hour of deliberation, closed on chapter in th mys terious case which opened last January S when Mrs. Law, a leader among labor women of Grays Harbor, was found bludg eoned to death and stabbed seven timet with a ttllleto-typo instrument In her Aberdeen home. Closing testimony, however, brought to light another new lead when th final witness re vealed an ice pick and three, piece of work clothing had been found "about month, ago" hidden In an Aberdeen hotel. Ends First Chapter Th verdict closed th twice recessed, f o u r-m ont h-old ire quest. It brought from Law's attorneys signed statement that "The verdict ... Is at least a partial answer to public In dignation against efforts ... to frame Dick Law. However, tha verdict reveals the necessity for Intensified public demand both to apprehend the murders and restore law and order." How the Ice pick was found hidden behind a radiator In an Aberdeen hotel a few week ago was detailed by the final inquest witness, Schelle Math ews, chief sheriff's deputy. Mathews also revealed he had in his possession shirt, coat and pair of pants found hidden in a bathroom at th same hotel. As the jury began deliberat ing its verdict. Special Prose cutor Paul Manley said h would "begin working on thl new, possible evidence immedi ately." More than 1,225.000 federal duck stamps, which hunter must buy, were sold In 1939. Guy Kihhe Find Boyhood Friend At Trail Resort Trail, June 4. (SpU Screen Actor Guy" Kibbe of Hollywood and Publisher Fred Wagner of San Fran cisco, Cal boyhood friends, saw each other for the first time In many years last week end when they met at Call-fornia-On-The-Rogue. Mr. and Mrs. Kibbe had gone to th Rogu river r sort to nloy a few days' fishing, and to Mr. Klbb'i surprise and delight h learn ed that Mr. Wagner was stay ing thcr for the same reason, Mr. Kibbe wasted no time In looking up his old friend, and th two spent' many hours together, flvlilnf aad recalling the days gone by. we girta. I - - "