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MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1940.
No. 66.
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ALUS' AIVACKE
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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. ,