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The Weather Part I j rtondT tonight ftnfl MtunUr. prabablT shawm to ibU little chans 1 tem perature. 1mprratura HlsheU Lowest this "'" A Good Tim u a goae Umo la proaaia that Waal ae far lha Santfar owning edition, eandav la tha kig day for mains. Then toe. thrra It alia lima for ae llon. CkMlni tlma Is t P. M. Saturday, (tart oomtthlnf t Medford IIBUNE roll Associated Prest Full United Prest Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1940. No. 66. IKK FA G)AfnW ALUS' AIVACKE i i Washington, D. C, June 7. Out of the fog and confusion of taxes for national defense, 4Vi billion dollar program to rearm, congressmen are ask ing an investigation to learn why the defense is so Inefficient after the vast sums which have been appropriated in past years. One reason is congress itself, another is the promotion sys tem in the army, another goes back to November 24, 1924, when to prove that it believed in disarmament to bring per manent peace, the battlestvp S. S. Washington (35,000 tons: cost $45,000,000), was sunk by gunfire off the Virginia capes. There was to be no more war, so battleships were unnecessary. Same date the dirigible Los Angeles was dedicated to peace, the dirigible being possible by special arrangement with Ger many, as the news reports stated. From then on the military scene did not advance in the United States for this reason: The older officers thought they knew all the answers because of the world war; they didn't take any stock in mechaniza tion; regarded aviation as more of a sport than an implement of war. I TNDER the existing promo- w tion system an officer ad' vances only as those ahead of him retire or die. A captain knows that if he lives long enough he will eventually be come a general and nothing he (Continued on Pago Ton.) REAL ESTATE OFFERS . INCOME PRODUCTION SAYS REALTOR HEAD Portland, Ore., June 7 (IP) Real estate Is standing on Its own feet and offering a net in come production, Newton W. Farr of Chicago, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, said today. Farr, addressing the North west Realtor conference, assert ed home ownership "is the but wark upon which our democra tic form of government is estab lished." Paul L. McCord of Indian apolis told the realtors that building new homes is less pro fitable than rehabilitating and marketing existing residences. "We have found that a house sells quicker, for a better price, to a better purchaser, and with a better net profit, when a thor ough )ob of reconditioning is done," he said. The competition of old houses has made rehabilitation and its financing "a very important fac tor In real estate marketing." David L. Montonna of Chicago declared. SIDE GLANCES br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Betty Vllm engrossing an audience and glorifying her Toastmistress club with an im promptu speech on forest recre ations at the Carberry camp meeting. The moniker of Barbara Drury appearing in this col. for the last time as she marches altar-bound with Fred Cnder wood tonight. Minnie Bryant pleasing a friend with a gift of a large box of simply luscious, big, red cherries. Prexy Janie V. Smith advis ing all Zonta members to be present at Monday's meeting because she plans to suggest numerous worthwhile project for the club's consideration. T VAST MASSES AT 125-MILE FRONT a . a 1 1 1 1 . L. AaaaaAfll Nazi UP.IIS Wllicn uuooeu Aisne Wiped Out Is French Claim Heavy Losses Paris, June 7 (P) France's high command announced to night that allied advance guards had fallen back all along the Somme front, but that German units which crossed the Aisne river east of Solnons were "wiped out." Without counting their lottos, the Germans thrust vail masses at both ends and the center of the 125-mlle-long front of the Scirme and Aisne. en the third day of the battle of France. (By Associated Press) The German Juggernaut ap peared stalled tonight as cannon equipped allied plane? blasted the all-important advances of German tanks and Paris re ported the Weygand line was holding firmly in the three-day-old battle for the French cap ital. Even Berlin reported that Germans at home accustomed to frequent detailed communi ques telling of sweeping suc cesses in the Nazi conquest of Holland Belgium waited In vain for news of decisive nature. Nails "On Schedule" A terse German high com mand communique said only that the fighting was proceed ing "on schedule" and that In roads had been made in the Weygand line. Paris reported that the en tire area Just north of the cap ital, between the Somme-Aisne battle front and the Seine river, has been sown with deadly anti-tank defense nests such as have wreaked havoc with the German onslaught so far. Nazi warplanes swarmed over France in a new series of raids during the day, the Gennnn high command said, attacking Cherbourg harbor and several airdromes in eastern France. "Big conflagrations and ex plosions were observed on the quays and pier? of Cherbourg France's great Atlantic shipping port, it was stated. 400 Tanks Dattroyed The French said that the 200-mile front was being held firmly against the fury of the German onslaught and that French and British planes de stroyed 400 tanks. In a dramatic order of the day to his troops, Generalissimo Maxime Weygand declared: 'The future of France de pends on your tenacity. Hold tight to the soil of Francei His noilus were reported do ing Just that, fighting fiercely (Contlnutd on Pago Eleven.) Manpower Shortage Forces French to Stay on Defense By Charles S. Foils, Jr. Bern, Switzerland, June 7 (IP) A desperate shortage of manpower Is forcing Allied Gen cralissimo Maxime Weygand to fUht a purely defensive wai along the Somme, informed for eign observers declared today with little chance of material uid from the battered British ex peditionary force for at least a month. Advices reaching both neutral and belligerent legations in Switzerland said that France has superiority only in artillery. as contrasted with a tremendous i advantage of manpower, motor I lzcd equipment and planes on j the German side. I Under these conditions, the 'experts said, any large-scale I French counter offensive is vir I tually impossible for at least a month and declared that then it might be too late to stem the Nazi advance. The best estimates reaching Switzerland gave this summary of the problem facing Weygand: Manpower The French now have 20 divi MEDFORD'S I baseball National Score: R. H. E. Philadelphia 4 7 0 Pittsburgh 10 18 1 Beck, Si Johnson, Smoll and Atwood; Brown, Lanning and Davis. New York 2 10 0 St. Louis 3 6 1 Schumacher, Brown and Dan- ning; Warneke, D a v i I and Owen. Boston . 3.8 0 Chicago 5 11 0 Errickson, Coffman and Lo pez; Passeau and Collins. American St. Louis 2 8 0 Philadelphia 3 9 1 Kennedy and Sw'ft; Potter and Hayes. Detroit 7 10 0 Boston 17 1 Newhouser and Tcbbetts: Rut land, Wagner and De Sautels, Glenn. Chicago 2 8 1 Washington 3 8 1 Knott and Tresh; Leonard and Ferrell. Cleveland 4 8 1 New York 5 9 1 Feller and Hemsley; Bruer, Hadley and Dickey Washington, June 7.- The house passed overwhelm ingly today legislation to re place the national labor rela tions board with a new three- man agency, revamp its pro cedure and bar aliens from col lective bargaining conferences with, employers. The measure now goes to the senate, where some leaders have predicted there was little chance of action this session. The NLRB changes were sponsored by the Smith commit tee which has investigated the Wagner act and the board for several months. They were re vised at the last minute, how ever, to meet objections of President William Green of the American Federation of Labor. Navy Flier Killed in Training Crash Pensacola. Fla., June 7 (IP) One navy flier was fatally in jured and another hurt when a training plane fell four miles north of here today. , Lieut. John E. Dalquest, Seat tle, Wash., an instructor, died two hours after the crash. Cadet E. G. Glidden, flying with Dalquest, was injured, pro bably not severely. sions concentrated along the Alps; 20 divisions on the border from Switzerland to the Moselle river; and 50 divisions along the front from the Moselle to the English Channel. The British are reported to have little more than five combat divisions in France. The remainder of the B.E.F. is being regrouped In England after the Flanders de feat. The Germans are said to be using 40 divisions in the western offensive, including five "pan zer" or armored divisions of about 1.500 vehicles each, in cluding armored motorcycles. Some of the divisions which took part in the sweep through Holland and Belgium now are resting in reserve, with JO divis ions reported ranged along the Siegfried line. Against such odds, the experts asserted. Generalissimo Wey gand cannot afford to spare more than five divisions at dif ferent points for small counter offensives, and even shifting that many was termed dinger- jous to his position. FRUIT-VEGETABLE IS SEEN AS NEED Four-State Conference of Agricultural Officials Agrees On State Unity Agriculture department exec utives of four states meeting at the Hotel Medford today were In complete agreement that uni formity is desirable in state laws and regulations on grades and containers of fruits and vegetables. The conference was a sort of friendly, cooperative round table discussion designed to promote a working basis to' ac complish desirable ends in standardization of grades and particularly containers among the several states. In an inter-! view after the morning session, however, J. D. Mickle, director of the Oregon state department of agriculture who suggested the Medford conference, stated that the meeting had no au thority to make any changes and emphasized that changes are effected by legislation, which is most usual, or by ex ecutive orders. Mr.. Mickle said the . agricul ture department officials, through conferences and hear ings, endeavor to find out what growers, shippers and consum ers want in regard to grading and containers. "We do not try to impose these things upon in dustry," he asserted. "We try to find out what Industry itself wants, and this includes con sumers, too." Confusion In Laws Mr. Mickle was chosen chair man of the conference, which continued this afternoon after lunch. W. C. Jacobsen, assistant to the director of the California state department of agriculture, was chosen secretary. While no Information was given out immediately on spe cific topics under discussion, it is generally known that much dissatisfaction and confusion have been created by a multi tude of conflicting laws and rules and regulations. For ex ample, the U. S. government prescribes grades for fruits in inter-state commerce but unless the fruits meet California stand ards they will not be admitted into California even though they meet federal requirements. Likewise other states have their own standards. Berry containers, as another example, that conform to Ore gon laws may not satisfy Cali fornia laws or the laws of other states and hence will not be ad mitted until or unless changed. It was with such state bar riers to commerce as these that the conference here was con cerned. Others Attending Other officials attending the conference were Frank McKen non, chief of the division of plant industry, and W. E. Up- haw. manager of the romana office, Oregon department of agriculture; S. S. Rogers, chief of the bureau of fruit and vege table standardization, Califor- (Continued on Pago sloven.) Portland, June 7. OP) An organization to foster the Re publican presidential candidacy of Wendell Willkie. New York utility executive, opened head quarters here today under the direction of Kenneth L. Cooper. Portland bond man. Cooper explained Willkie would be sponsored as a "sec ond choice" candidate since the Oregon delegation to the na tional convention Is pledged first to support Senator Mc-Nary. QUARTERS POPULATION ROOSEVELT ASKS MUNITION SALES Would Turn Surplus Equip ment Back to Manufac turers for Sale to Allies Washington, June 7. (IP) President Roosevelt disclosed to day that he was asking congress for legislation which would per mit the government to trade in old types of guns and thereby complete the government's power to turn back to manu facturers all kinds of surplus equipment. He said he was sending a request to senate leaders to in corporate the authority in pend- ing legislation While Mr. Roosevelt did not say so, the effect of the pro- cedure would be to make large stores of American war supplies available for sale to the allied nations by private firms The chief executive told re porters that authority already exists to turn back airplanes and ammunition to manufac turers. 50 Planes Turned Back The navy yesterday turned back 50 war planes, most of them dive bombers, for sale to the allies. But the power to turn in equipment does not ' exist for such things as the old .75 can non. One short but possibly signifi cant statement ended the- pres ident's conference. Asked for comment on a newspaper editorial fin the New York Times) which said the time had come for the Ameri can people to adopt a national system of universal, compulsory military training, the president said he had only read the first DaracraDh and that he had liked it. Mr. Roosevelt did not ampli fy that point. The chief executive naa no estimates of' how many planes or guns or what quantity of ammunition might be turned back to manufacturers. Plants Outmoded Soon Asked whether new equip ment could be turned in the (Continued on Page Threo.) ITALIAN VESSELS ORDERED OFF SEA New York. June 7 (IP) The Italian line reported today that all Italian ships on the high seas had been ordered into neutral ports. Italo Verrando. New York manager of the line, said the order cancelled all sailings and that all Italian ships were safe He said the order came directly from Rome. Asked if this meant war, Ver rando said: "I don't know but it looks like It." Airplane Cannon Find Weak Spot in German Tanks Paris, June 7. (IP) The French are proud of the serial cannon and their fa mous 75s, field pieces which fire shells about three inches in diameter, for their per formance against the nazl tanks. The aerial cannon are bolted to plane motors on each side and fire througn the propeller radius. They are fixed guns, aimed by pointing the plane. The shells, exploding on Impect with the tops of the tanks, rend the comparative ly thin armor plate there and are said to kill all the crew- I ah Column ssPect Seized ! According to the French-approved caption of this picture, radioed from Paris to New York. 11 showed a German fifth col umnist and his captor (right), a English Channel port which tha Rote the rifle barrel pointing at AUTO CAMP SUIT WON BY BUYERS H. G. Montag and wife and J. L. , Curry and we were awarded $5,400, the amount sought in their suit against A. Dean Tate and wife by a cir cuit court Jury, Walter Mar shall foreman, Thursday night. The Jury deliberated eight hours, receiving the case at noon and returning shortly af ter 8 p. m. The suit was based upon the purchase by the plaintiffs a few years ago of "Tate's", a tourist resort on Rogue river at Mc Leod. The purchasers claimed the defendants had misrepre sented its value. Purchase price was 118,000. with a down pay ment of (4500, and other con siderations amounting to $5400. It was alleged the Income was below the advertised amount of $7000 and that other claims failed to materialize. The case of Bert Stancliffe against E. C. Corn, for collec tion of $900 claimed for pack ing fruit was started today with the selection of a Jury. Complete Knockout Nazi Aim For British and French Foes Br Louis P. Lochner i Berlin, June 7. (IP) Ger-! many's war aims were an nounced by authorized sources today as two fold "the annihil ation of France and the annihil ation of England; all else is be side the point." Germany, according to an authorized spokesman, "always wanted peace and offered it again and again." I "Eneland and France, how ever, declared war on us. Our aim therefore is annihilation un til capitulation, until a knock out." "Everything beyond that as Von Rclchenau (General Wai ther Von Relchenau, command ing a group of German armies on the western front) is fond of saying can only be revealed at the autopsy. "It is useless to discuss the future while you are fighting in the present." p This authorized spokesman i said all questions concerning NOW French sailer, at Dunkerque, the Allies yielded to the uormans. the prisoner (ion). Washington, June 7 JJP) Army arsenals have been ord ered to operate where feasible on full (24-hour basis, officials disclosed today, to speed the production of munitions. Major General Charles M. Wesson, chief of ordnance, sent the order to commanders of the army's six ordnance manufac turing arsenals. These establishments already employ more than 17,000 men and additional employes will be added locally as required. Navy shipyards and other shore establishments were ord ered put on a two-shift, six-day a-week basis last month. The army order applies par ticularly to the arsenals at Watertown and Springfield, Mass., Watervilet, N. Y.. Pica tinny, N. J., Frankford, Pa., and Rock Island, III. Wesson's order directed three eight-hour shifts, six days a week, with time-and-one-half for overtime beyond 48 hours. war or peace alms will be an swered categorically in the same manner. As one evidence of Germany's will to force .England to her knees another authorized source added that the blockade situa tion now is completely reversed: it is England which is being blockaded, not Germany, he de clared. England Is practically crowd ed off the continent, according to this source. England cannot get supplies from Norway, Den mark, Holland and Belgium and soon not from France, he said Supplies, especially articles of food from these countries, have been standardized for years to suit the British taste. Now they are no longer avail able, it was said. Accordingly England now In troduces many rationing meas ures, the nature of which caused her statesmen to laugh when Germany put them into effect even In peacetime. 11,548 INCREASE OF 541 Chamber Manager Says Su burban Area Gets Major Portion of New Residents The 1940 population of Med. ford, as shown by a preliminary count of the returns of the 18 to, census. Is 11,548, it was an. nounced today by Mrs. Merle C. Stuart of Eugene, supervisor of census. This figure represents an hv crease of 641 over the 11,007 population In 1930. The percent age of increase Is 4.91, Mrs. Stuart, in releasing thai census count as of April 1, stated that while .the 1940 figures were preliminary and subject to cor rection, they were believed to be substantially correct. Although the Increase In popu lation here during the past 19 years wai not so large aa ex pected, Frank Hull, manager ot the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, expressed satisfac tion with the growth "consider ing the widespread movement ot families to the suburbs Just out side the city limits, not only la Medford, but throughout the en tire west." . Many to Suburbs Mr. Mull pointed out that mora and more persons were transput, ferrlng their residence from the city proper to outlying districts, and that because of this the in crease in population was not to great as anticipated. A .comprehensive picture of the suburban movement was given by Gerald T. Latham, cir culation manager of the Mall Tribune, who said: "Since 1937 there has been a tendency among; many mill and orchard workers employed seasonally to move) from the city to small acreage within a radius ot two or three miles of Medford. "Prior to 1937 there were many vacancies in the suburbs, but most of the houses have now been remodeled or repaired, and occupied, and many new resi dences constructed. Our motor route .circulation now Is about 16 per cent greater than it waa in 1937, due to this movement to outlying areas." 1,800 More la Suburbs Mr. Latham said that many new houses had been built In (Continued on Pate Baron.) SNEAD AND LITTLE REGISTERJ41 TIE Canterbury Golf Club, Cleve land, June 7 (IP) Sammy Snead soared to a 74 in the second round -of the national open golf championship today and wound up in a tie with Lawson Little with an aggregate ot 141 at the half way point. This was the leading score with most of the field in, but Horton Smith, who scored a 6 In the first round, had an excel lent chance to tie or lead both of them. Other scores included: Walter Hagen, Grand Rapids, Mich., 78-78-152. (X) John Goodman, Omaha, 82-79-161. Al Watrous, Birmingham. Mich., 79-80-159. (X) Marvin H. Ward, Spokane, Wash.. 78-77-155. Henry O. Plcard, Hershey, Pa. 7.73-146. OUn Dutra, Loa Angeles, 78-77-155. John Montague, Beverly Hills, Calif., 80-82-162. Paul Runyan, Whit Plaint, N. Y., 74-79-153. Harold L. McSpaden, Win chester, Mass.. 74-72-148. Ben Hogan, White Plaint, N. Y, 70-73-143. Johnny Revolta, Kvanston, III.. 73-74-147. CXJ Amateur. ,
