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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1940.
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Washington, D. C, June 5.
What the American people have
not been told officially is that
the monumental and costly de
fense program is not intended
for the United States principal
ly, but for defense of Central
and South America under the
century-old Monroe doctrine.
That is the milk in the cocoa
nut. While it is not a military se
cret (the war strategists, how
ever, are not discussing it pub
licly), the fact is that trouble
Is expected to strike in the
Latin Americas before North
America is called on to defend
itself. Under the Monroe doc
trine, however, the United
States is pledged to defend any
of the nations in the western
hemisphere against foreign at
tack. In reality the federal gov
ernment is preparing for "in
ternational" rather than "na
tional" defense.
UNDER modern conditions of
warfare, with bombers and
fighting planes, officers of the
high command recognize that
the Latin Americas are wide
open to attack. They believe
that the Latin republic will be
the next theater of war if Herr
Hitler smashes the English and
French empires. In Uncle-Sam's
role of big brother 1i is his
duty to intervene.
Off the record army officers
exDlain the reasons for their
conviction. Properly vouched
for in the Army & Navy club,
a civilian can learn much that
will appear in the press in sub
sequent months. Within the
club walls where army and
naval officers meet and talk
shop, what Uncle Sam must do
in the Latin Americas is the
major topic,
CLUES have been given point
ing to what is expected.
Congress has authorized any
Latin republic to purchase war-
ships, planes, bombers and
other munitions from the
United States at cost. If they
want a fleet, the navy depart-
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Portland. June 5. (IP) Net
tie Brown not only lost her $450-per-month
"spiritual" protege
yesterday, but ran into a $21,
430 circuit court suit as well.
Circuit Judge Robert Tucker
appointed Lamar Tooze to watch
over the nerson and estate of
Maude Cooper Meany, Portland
oil land heiress, who said she
paid Miss Brown to "lead her
sDirituallv" and Drotect her
"from bombardment."
J. M. Meany asked a guardian
for his wife whose bill for Miss
Brown's "sniritual guidance"
came Tooze said to $21,430 in
four years. Upon his appoint
ment Tooze, a Portland attorney,
immediately filed suit in circuit
court to recover the money.
SIDE GLANCES
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Frank L. Charboneau having!
lots of fun persuading a tiny
Pekingese pooch to do fancy
tricks.
Active club members having ' ita) ,hjpj have been bombed,
a gob of hilarity while giving shtci or machine gunned by
John Niedermeyer a pre-nuptial , Cermans.' despite their unmis
showcr party. I takable markings.
I The hospital ship Atlantis was
Audrey Davis averring that ' . mbed ,jve times in Norwegian
women will wear tiny pill box i , Sir victor said.
chapeaus at crazy angles, come
fall.
Clarence English I oo k i n t
mighty haDDV as his Medco
! oftballers whitewashed
lenemj.
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Two Million Engaged
In Colossal Struggle
Along 125-Mile Front
Paris, June S. (IP) French military authorities claimed
tonight thty had sprung a trap on the Germans, catching
their tanks in their newly devised system.
This new defense system, along the Somme, was not de
scribed In detail.
By the Aitociaied Press
Gen. M a x i m e Weygand's
French poilus were reported
"holding solidly" late today in
a titanic battle of 2.000,000 men
raging along the 123-mile Som-me-Aisne
front as Hitler launch
ed a violent blitzkrieg into the
heart of France.
By contrast, authorized Ger
man sources in Berlin asserted
that the Nazi army's right wing
was sweeping forward "on the
broadest front" heading south
and west along the English chan
nel coast toward Le Havre and
Rouen.
Separation Is Aim
Le Havre, the vital link be
tween France and England, was
bombed by German planes in an
apparent "softening up" attack
yesterday. Rouen is about 25
miles inland from Le Havre on
the Seine.
The German thrust was aimed
at separating France from Eng
land. As the struggle surged
to new heights of man-against
man ferocity, London reported
that German "armored vehicles
probably swift-striking motor
cycle vanguards had reached
both sides of Amiens
This .would indicate a typical
blitzkrieg tactic of speeding
around strongly-fortified cities
without attempting to storm or
capture them.
Usually, such German units
are not supported by infantry.
Berlin reported that Nazi dive
bombing stuka planes had
wrought "great destruction" and
an "extremely demoralizing ef
fect" in attacks on French tanks
south of Abbeville, on the Som
me front.
Paris. Seine Objectives '
Many French tanks were re
ported "completely disabled."
Paris and the lower Seine river
were the apparent objectives.
seemingly in a mighty smash to
turn the flank of the main Magi-
not line.
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ASHLAND COUNCIL FOB
COASI DAYLIGHT III
Ashland. June 3 (IP) The
Ashland city council adopted a
resolution Tuesday favoring
coast-wise practice of summer
daylight saving time. Mayor T.
S. Wiley and two councilmen ex
pressed opposition.
England Finds Inspiration
In Challenge by Churchill
tha Associated Press ber of laborite members of par
London, June S.-The British I
puulic, ii n ii i j
tions over the "colossal military
disaster" of Flanders to secret
parliament sessions, found new
inspiration today in Prime Min
ister Churchill's challenge for a
finish fight with Germany
"alone if necessary" and in the
rescue of the B. E. F. from
France.
,o "."craft oSn issued
an urgent .ppeal for "the fullest
""'Cwork'you'do th" week The ministry of economic war
The worlt you oo ui . announced that allied em
...if! ni iirenmnens wci
front f battle next week," said
t r.rA Beaverbrook
c; Virtnr Warrender,
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miraltv financial secretary, told
that nine British hos-
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rection of the French coast were
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SEEK NEW INCOME
TO DEFRAY COSTS
Washington, June 5. (IP) A
house subcommittee, working
out methods of raising about $1,
000,000,000 in defense funds an
nually, voted tentatively today
in favor of lowering individual
income tax exemptions from
$2,500 to $2,000 for married per
sons, and from $1,000 to $800
for single persons.
Rep. Cooper (D-Tenn.), sub
committee chairman, estimated
that lowering these exemptions
would add 2,050,000 persons to
the list of taxpayers and increase
federal revenue yield by $75,-
000.000 year on the basis of
present tax rates.
Washington, June 5 (IP)
The house ways and means com
mittee, bent on raising money
for growing defense costs, di
rected a 10-man subcommittee
tocay to find a way to add at
least $200,000,000 to the $656,
000.000 in the pending defense
tax bill.
The principal proposal laid
tefore the subcommittee was a
broadening of the Income tax
base to reduce individual income
tax exemptions from $2,500 to
$1,800 for heads of families and
from $1,000 to $800 for single
individuals.
Chairman Doughton (D-NC)
estimated the base broadening
plan would raise $80,000,000.
With such a broadening, and
an increase in levies on the mid
die and lower income brackets,
as has been suggested, would
raise a sum estimated unofficial
ly at upwards of $400,000,000.
Doughton said that whatever
funds were derived from the
taxes would be used to retire a
$4,000,000,000 federal debt limit
increase already approved by
the committee. Any excess over
the amount needed to retire this
debt would go into the general
fund of the treasury, he said.
Durham, N. C, June 5 (IP)
Soundest sleeper of the year is
Howard Medlin. He slept on
peacefully while thieves stole a
large cedar chest from bis bed
room. liament was regarded in some
ing the way for the eclipse ol
Neville Chamberlain as a force
in British politics.
The authoritative press associ
ation said some speakers at the
meeting "dealt with the ques
tion of who was responsible in
the days before the war for Brl
tain's apparent lack of fore
sight."
Discussion of pre-war respon
'ibai "'"J"" wou,d
rund the former prune m.ms-
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pires now virtually control the
world production of rubber, tin,
diamonds, nickel, Jute, kapok,
tea. sisal, shellac, and palm oil
The German Invasion of the
lowlands and the resultant alli
ance with the Netherlands em
pire and a similar alliance with
Ifelgian territories have given
the allies a near monopoly of
these materials, he said.
Most of Belgium's oil reserve
v at destroyed before the Ger
n an conquest, the ministry de
clared, but the Belgian steel in
dustry and iron ore mines fell
to the Nazi Invaders little dam
s.'cd
Succumbs
VI
A. S. Bliton.
A. S. BLITON, EARLY
PUBLISHER HERE,
TAKEN BY DEATH
A. S. Bliton, prominent resi
dent of Medford since 1893, died
at his home, 726 West Fourth
street, this morning at 8:35
after six weeks illness, during
which time he underwent two
operations.
Mr, Bliton, ' who wold have
beentfl years of -aire next Sun
day, was born on June 9, 1859
In Clyde, N. Y. In January,
1893, after moving to Medford,
he established the Medford
Mail, a weekly paper, which
later became a daily. In 1909,
it was purchased by the Med
ford Tribune, then published by
George Putnam, and became
what is now the Medford Mail
Tribune.
Before coming . to Medford,
Mr. Bliton published newspap
ers at Wheatland, "N. D., and
for a year and a half at Flor
ence, Ore. In his busy and
colorful career, Mr. Bliton also
occupied federal positions. He
was postmaster at Wheatland,
and in his early Medford days
was United States commissioner
at a time when a large volume
of timber business passed
through the local office.
On July 1, 1937, Mr. Bliton
retired from the California Ore
gon Power company after 20
years service, on a monthly
pension as a reward for long
and loyal labor with the con
cern. Following his retirement from
Copco, Mr. Bliton busied him-
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JOHN ROOSEVELTS
Boston, June 5. lP) Presl
dent Roosevelt became a grand
father again today when a seven
pound, nine ounce son was born
to Mrs. Anne (Clark) Roosevelt,
wife of John, his youngest son.
Dr. Charles G. Shedd, who de
livered the child at the Richard
son House, said both mother and
infant were in excellent health.
Mrs. Roosevelt's mother, Mrs.
Lloyd Wiltse, the former Mrs.
F. Haven Clark, and young
Roosevelt were at the hospital
when the child was born.
The young father announced
the baby would be named
Haven, after the mother's late
father.
PRO AMERICA OPPOSES
POWER TO CALL GUARD
Portland, June 5. (IP) Op
position to presidential author
ity over the national guard and
reserve units, except after dec
laration of war, was voiced
yesterday by Oregon chapters
of Pro - America, Republican
women's organization.
Portland. June 5. ) Sale
of a minimum of 1500 kilo
watts of Bonneville power for
distribution over Pacific Power
and Light company lines to
Clatsop county was announced
today by Paul J. Raver, Bonne
ville admlnbtrator
Woodford Approved As City
Judge During Vacation
Absence of Allen Curry
"All monies have been prop
erly accounted for," Leland J.
Knox and G. Q. D'Alblnl, pub
lic accountants, stated in an
audit report submitted to the
city council at its regular semi
monthly meeting last night 1 he
audit covered city finances for
the calendar year 1939.
"The city financial records
are not particularly well or
ganized but they are efficiently
maintained with all ordinary
detail readily available," he re
port stated.
N.Y.A. Authorised.
The council authorized the
city superintendent to apply for
a national youth administration
project at Lake of the Woods,
similar to one, involving recre
ational improvements, carried
out last year.
The council concurred In the
recommendations of Mayor C.
C. Furnas that Ralph Woodford,
city employe, serve as city Judge
in the absence of Allen D.
Curry on vacation.
Councilman J. Frank Rein
hart was absent.
LARGER REGULAR ARMY
IS PROPOSED TO AVO
NATIONAL GUARD CALL
Washington, June 8. (IP)
General George C. Marshall
proposed today that the regular
army be enlarged to 400.000
men, an increase which he said
he hoped would avoid any neces
sity of calling the national
guard into active service.
The chief of staff told re
porters that plans were com
plete for organizing 335.000
men of a possible augmented
army into 12- divisions, two of
which would be fully armored,
mechanized divisions such as
have played a spectacular role
in the European war.
Of the remaining troops,
many would be assigned to the
air corps, Marshall said.
Pending defense legislation
calls for expanding the regular
army only by about 50,000 men
to the full peace limit of 280,
000. General Marshall said that
"by augmenting the regular
army we can strengthen, our
forces more quickly than by
calling on the national guard,
QEEN OF ROSE SHOW
I
Portland, June S. (IP) Port
land entered the fanciful realm
of Rosaria today and prepared
for the coronation of Queen
Virginia Rothenberg, Jefferson
high school, at Multnomah Civic
stadium tonight.
Favorable spring . weather
brought blooms to a peak for
the annual rose show and the
floral parade Friday. The Junior
rose festival parade will be
Saturday.
GRANTS PASS RADIO
GETS POWER BOOST
Washington. June 9
The federal communications
commission nas authorized the
Western Radio corporation to
construct a station at The Dal
les, Ore, to operate on 1200
kilocycles, with night power of
100 watts and day power of
150 watts.
Other rulings by the commis
sion Included:
Authorized KUIN, Grants
Pass, Ore., to Inc-rase power
from 100 to 230 watts
Apartment Hit by Bombs
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This picture, sent by radio from Paris to New York, shows an
apartment building wrecked by the German bombs which killed
some 45 persons and wounded many. Location of this building
was not given.
War -Eager Italian Students
Balked in Consulate March
- Rome, June 5. (P) Fascist students attempted to organize
new anti-allied demonstrations today aa Italy marked time on
the edge of war but were disbanded by police In the vicinity
of the British consulate.
The youths formed a proces-
sion in the downtown streets.
After they were dispersed,
armed troops were stationed at
doorways near the consulate,
and the guards at the French
and British embassies were
reinforced.
An Athens dispatch to II Ms-
saggero reported that lurxey,
despite her denials,, had sought
permission to disembark troops
on the Greek Islands In the
Aegean sea. The troops were
said to be already concentrated
and ready to embark while
allied war vessels were cruising
among the islands.
The papers said that the,
Greek government ad selected
the request, but that it had
been urgently renewed.
ROUNDUP QUEEN'S
FRACTURED
Pendleton, Ore., June 8. (IP)
The queen of Pendleton's 1940
round-up Is swathed In bandages
and in a hospital today but
she'll be back In the saddle for
the big show late this summer,
The queen, Marian Hughes,
suffered fracture of both sides
the lower Jaw in crash against
a round-up gate. Her horse,
Patsy, plunged forward while
being led and knocked the top
pole flying.
Physicians predicted the
queen's complete recovery in
six weeks.
CROSSED GABLES
Santa Monica, Cel., June 5.
(!P) The Douglas Aircraft Co.
said today tSit crossed cables
in the control cabin caused its
DC-5 transport plane to crash
last Saturday. The four men
testing the plane were killed.
The statement said that de
spite a careful and minute ex
amination no explanation for
the crossed cables could be
found.
21 KILLED IN MAY
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Salem, June 8 (IP) Twenty
one persons were killed In traf
fic accidents in Oregon during
May, compared with 24 during
May, 1939, the secretary of
state's office reported today.
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OF ALLIES
RUSSIA BELIEVED
London, June 8 UP) Soviet
Russian circles in London said
today that Russia views her in
terests in the Black sea and the
eastern Mediterranean aa paral
lel with those of the allies.
These sources, surveying the
International situation In the
light of Moscow's acceptance of
Sir Stafford Crlpps, left wing
laborite member of parliament,
as Britain's new ambassador,
hinted that there at least was a
good possibility of diplomatic
cooperation between the Krem
lin and the allies in the Near
Cast.
France's move to name Erik
La bonne, former French resi
dent-general in Tunisia and am
bassador to republican Spain, as
ambassador to Moscow in place
of Paul Emlle Nagglar, also was
cited as a factor in Improving
Soviet-allied relations.
Schenck Indicted
Joseph Schenck (above), board
chairman and executive director
In charge of production of 20th
Century Fox film corporation,
has been indicted by a federal
grind Jury on 24 counts of In
come tax fraud, conspiracy and
making false statements to
government Investigator.
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TRANSIENT HELD
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Lloyd Harlan Miller Charged
With Assault and Robbery
South Highway Scene
Lloyd Harlan Miller, 21, who
gave his home as Oakland, Cal,
and said he spent five months In
the U. S. army at San Pedro,
Cal., was being held In the coun
ty Jail today under $2,500 bail
on a charge of assault and rob
bery while armed with a dan
gerous weapon. Miller, arranged
in Justice of the peace court thla
morning, waived preliminary
hearing and was bound over to
the grand Jury.
Miller, acco.-dlng to state po
lice, assaulted and robbed Am
pere A. Young, of 220 Talent
court, Medford, a driver for the
local Yellow Taxlcab company.
The alleged assault and robbery
occurred about 10:30 last night
on the Valley View road Just
south of the Chateau and about
300 feet off the Pacific highway.
Taxi Hired Here
Police said they learned that
Miller hired the taxi here and
told Young to drive to Ashland.
At the Intersection of Valley
View road and the Pacific high
way, Miller requested the cab
driver to turn off and drive htm
to his "aunt's" house, where ho
said ha would spend the night,
police stated. -
A short distance from the Pa
cific highway Miller allegedly
pulled a gun from his pocket
and commanded Young to stop
the vehicle, police explained,
whereupon Young resisted and
a battle ensued during which
Miller beat the taxi driver over
the head with the butt of his
gun, overpowered him and rob- .
bed him of (2.78.
Young, police said, finally got
out of the cab and made his way
back to the highway, where ha
nas picked up and brought to
Community hospital here and
three stitches taken In his scalp.
He wm not seriously Injured.
.Machine Wrecked
Meanwhile, Miller took the
taxlcab and wrecked It on the
old Pacific highway which runs
in back of the Chateau and past
Jackson Hot Springs, police stat
ed. A short time later Steve
Zarka of Ashland, traveling
south en tha Pacific highway.
(Oontlnuad ea rate SU.)
Chicago, June 8. (IP) Sears)
Roebuck and company today re
ported May aalee totaled 8S,
978,370, an increase of $8,384,
902, or 10.7 per cent over the)
$59,813,468 reported in May,
1939.
New York, June By (IP) F.
W. Woolworth Co. today report
ed may sales increased to $28,
087,184 from $24,725,427 In
May last year, a gain ot 8.4
per cent.
BASEBALL
American
R.
H. C.
3
12 0
Chicago
8
New York
7
Lee and Trash; Pearson, Mur
phy and Dickey.
Score (14 Innings): R. H. E.
St. Louis 4 12 1
Boston S 12 2
Kramer, Bob Harris and
Swift; Harris, Bagby and De
sautels, Peacock.
Score:
Cleveland
Washington
R. H. K.
.14 1
. 10
Dobson, Naymlck and Hems
ley; Masterson and Early.
Nalleaal
R. H. I.
Philadelphia 2 9 1
Chicago I I
Mulcahy and Atwood; French
and Collins.
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