The Weather
Tarrcntt
roneut: ralr tonlrht end
TnndiT, uttl rhant la urn
prrature. Temperature
Hlfhest terterda; IS
Uaert thli morning tl
Thirty-fifth Year
II Duce in Bombastic
Signals Entrance in
Berlin, June 10. OP) Italian forces marched into French
territory through the Riviera at approximately 6:30 p. m. to
night (8:30 a. m., PST).
This information was given reporters by authorized sources
at a conference at the Berlin foreign office called by For
eign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.
Rome, June 10 (IP) Italy Joined the war tonight at the side
of the German Nazi legions which are pressing down perilously
on France and Paris itself. Notice of the plunge into hostilities,
after months of teetering on the brink, was made in a wildly
cheered, bombastic speech by Premier Mussolini from the balcony
of the Palazzo Venezia.
riis announced war aims
railed chiefly for recovered con
trol of the Mediterranean.
He declared for preservation
of peace in the Balkans and in
Turkey and Egypt, all factors in
Mediterranean control.
"Our will," he said, "is that
Italy does not intend to bring
other people into the conflict.
War On Democraciea
"Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey
and Egypt will take notice of
this fact." He also mentioned
Switzerland in this connection.
Speaking from the balcony to
fascists blackshirts crowded by
the thousands in the square be
low and in other squares thru
out the kingdom where loud
speakers were rigged up at his
urgent behsst to "listen!" the
premier declared:
"We are descending to battle
fields against plutocratic reac
tionary democracies;" " '
Where Italy would strike its
first blow he did not say, but it
long has been said in fascist
circles that the first act of war
would be a surprise, sprung
probably before the actual dec
laration of war.
Italy'! declaration of war,
Mussolini said, had been handed
to the ambassadors of France
and England.
Long Preparation
The fateful step was made
after weeks even months of
hesitation to weld into actual
hostilities the -ends of the long
existant axis between Berlin
and Rome.
It came as Adolf Hitler's Nazi
forces were closing in on France
and gravely imperilling Paris
itself.
Before making his definite
announcement of war on the
allies! Mussolini called upon
"combatants on land, sea and in
the air, blackshirts of the revo
lution and of the legion, men
nd women of Italy, of. the em
pire and the kingdom of Al
bania" to listen.
'I wish to declare," he said,
"that Italy does not wish to drag
into the conflict other people
neighboring and friendly people
The neutrality of these nations
will be severely respected."
He said Italy had tried in vain
for peoce.
Cheered By Throng
After every sentence, the ges
ticulating premier was cheered
by demonstrators who long have
asked for war and have men
aced allied nationals lingering
(Continued on Page Tan.)
Liner Brings 723 Refugees
From Nightmare in Europe
New York. June 10. (.P) boat" at Galway will be picked
The Statue of Liberty became a "P ter in the week by the
, , ... . M ,l u. o. liner nesmngion, wnicn
sentinel of safety and peace to- from , French ga,.
day to new hundreds of Ameri-; urday.
can and alien refugees fleeing' Rough weather and shortages
the widening holocaust of Eu-, of fresh water and diapers add
ropean war. ed to the troubles of passen
Steaming throefgh fog and i gers aboard the President Roose
rain. the commissioned U. S. velt. which was Jammed with
liner President Roosevelt, a ; hundreds of extra cots and life
"floating nursery" with 1501 belts.
children among its 723 passen-1 Half of the refugees were
gers. docked lart night after a j women, many of them wives of
nightmare voyage of storm and American business men who
terror from Galway, Ireland. j remained in England. At least
It was the first of three U. I two had husbands in the British
S. liners racing home with royal air force. Among the
Americans stranded in the path children were 33 babies, whose
of spreading battle tones. I mothers were forced to launder
The Manhattan, scheduled to ' for them in sea water,
arrive late today, will bring! There were also 14 Rhodes
1 904 refugees from Genoa. '. scholars, who agreed the Brit
Italy. Hundreds of clamoring Ish were "confident they'll win
payffpj.'ra who "missed the in tha long run."
Medford
! BULLETIN
i'
Iitanbul. Turkey, Juna 10
(P) Tha Turkish government
tonight prapartd to daclara a
lata o! alart. placing lha na
tion virtually on a wartime
basis, at official quartan ra
portad tha govarnmant deter
minad to fulfill mutual assist
ance pacta with tha allias.
Budapest. Juna 10. (IP)
Talephona communication! be
twaan Turkay and tha ratt of
Europe suddenly wera cut
shortly bafora S p. m. (11
a. m., PST) today. Attamptt
hara to reach Turkay mat with
tha response "lines down." It
was believed the Unas were
hut down on government or
dar as a military precaution."
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, Juna
10. UP) Despite Premier
Mussolini'a declaration that
Italy would not molest neutral
neighbors, tha Yugoslav gov
ernment tonight called up
technical troops in large num
bers and ordered further for
tifications work immediately
on both the Italian and the
German frontiers.
Alhans, Juna 10. OP) Na
val and military precaution
ary measures wera instituted
early this evening by Greece
following Italy's entry into
the war. Fears wera expressed
in highly placed quarters that
either the allies or Italy
would attempt to establish
naval bases on Greek islands
in tha Aegean sea.
BASEBALL
National
Score:
R.
H. E.
13 2
12 2
Casey,
and
Brooklyn ,'. 8
Pittsburgh 7
Hamlin, Kimball,
Pressnell, Fitzsimmons,
Helps, Mancuso; Sewell, Heintz
elman, Butcher, Lanahan, Mac
Fayden, and Davis, Fernandes.
American
R. H. E.
St Louis 7 10 0
Washington 4 10 2
Kramer, Lawson and Swift;
Hudson, Monteagudo and Early.
Medieval Icland. Inhabited by a
few thousand people, produced liter
ature still famous.
Full Associated Preaa
me
Speech
Conflict
ACTION OF ITALY
A STAB IN BACK
London, June 10 (AP via
radio) Alfred Duff -Cooper.
Great Britain'! minister of in
formation, tonight declared Pre
mier Mussolini "the opportun
ist", had stabbed "an old friend'
in the back by declaring war on
France.
He said Italy had aligned
itself with an hereditary enemy
in a war against an hereditary
friend.
"Whatever temporary suc
cesses they may achieve in the
early days of the war." he said,
nhey will be defeated in the
end."
Should Germany win the war
he said, Italy's fate would be
even worse than ir. the event of
an allied victory.
"But we have no need to fear
such an eventuality," he de
clared, expressing confidence
that he axis partners would be
defeated.
"No war," he said, "has ever
been declared with such little
provocation-."
"This indeed is the criminal
act of a common murderer.
' "Murderers very often suc
ceed in the first instance,
but the end of murderers is al
ways painful.
"We know the Italians of old''
he said, "and we know that,
whatever other qualities they
may possess, we can defeat them
on the field of battle."
MINISTER KILLED
Newtonville, Ont., June 10
(IP) Norman McLeod Rogers
Canada'! minister of national
defense, was killed this after
noon in the crash near here of a
royal Canadian air force plane
which was speeding him from
Ottawa to Toronto to speak on
the Canadian war effort in the
air. Three other men were also
killed.
Eye-witnesses said the plane
crashed in swampy, wooded
ground near provincial highway
No. 2 and burst into flames
Wieckage was strewn for yards
in all direction!. Early reports
said one of the bodies was badly
burned.
In addition to Rogers, the
dead were two air force men
and a civilian, not identified Im
mediately. New York, June 10. (IP A
few minutes after Premier Mus
solini's declaration of war, May
or LaGuardia made a hurriedly
arranged broadcast over station
WNYC today, warning that he
would not tolerate "demonstra
tions for, or against" a foreign
power by any group In this city.
In a voice tense with emotion.
LaGuardia addressed himself
particularly to the more than
one million New Ycrx residents
who are of Italian descent. The
mayor said:
"To those who art of Ameri
can birth, being one myself, I
know there is no need for spec
ial appeal, for xt recognize no
i other loyalty."
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 19-
El MABEL
fl TDK
A
F.D.R. REVEALS EFFORTS
TO DISSUADE MUSSOLINI
II. S. Will B1END
INENL AID TO
ALLIES, IS PLEDGE
President Declares Italy Has
Scorned Rights and Se
curity of Other Nations
Charlottesville, Va., June 10.
(IP) President Roosevelt assert
ed tonight that Italy had scorn
ed "the rights and security of
other nations." and said that
the United States would ex
tend its material resources "to
the opponents of force."
Mentioning nations specific
ally in his discussion of the war
abroad, Mr. Roosevelt said in
an address at graduation exer
cises at the University of Vir
ginia that:
'The needle and government
of tha United States have seen
with utmost regret and with
grave disquiet the decision of
the Italian government to en
gage in the hostilities now rag
ing in Europe."
Sympathy With Allies.
The President declared that
the sympathies of the Ameri
can republics "lie with those
nations which are giving their
lifeblood in combat" against the
gods of force and hate.
Two obvious courses will be
p u fs u e d simultaneously, Mr.
Roosevelt said:
"We will extend to the op
ponents of force the material
resources of this nation and,
at the same time, we will har
ness and speed up the use of
those resources in order that
we ourselves In the Americas
may have equipment and train
ing equal to the task of any
emergency and every defense.
"All roads leading to the ac
complishment of these objec
tives must be kept clear of ob
structions. We will not slow
down or detour. Signs and sig
nals call for speed full speed
ahead."
And the chief executive, his
words reaching the nation and
the world by radio, called upon
Americans for effort, courage,
sacrifice and devotion.
Efforts Revealed.
Mr. Roosevelt brushed aside
the secrecy surrounding hli
communications with Premier
Mussolini of Italy to relate
how the government had tried
to swerve Italy away from
war.
He said he had proposed that
if Italy would refrain from go
ing to war, he would be willing
to ask assurances from "the
other powers concerned" that
they would execute faithfully
any agreement made to effect
readjustment! desired by Italy
"Unfortunately," he asserted,
"the chief of the Italian gov
ernment was unwilling to ao-
(Continued on Ptf Tea.)
MAY WITHHOLD RELIEF
FROM SINGLE PACIFISTS
Harrisburg, Pa., June 10. IP)
Pennsylvania relief officials
advised county authorltiei today
they have the right to withhold town, Saturday night after mem
relief from unmarried menjbers of the sect (Jehovah's Wlt
un1er 40 years of age who refuse nesses) had refused to salute
to enlist for military service.
Find Prospector's Body
Sand Point, Idaho, June 10.
(IP) The body of Fred Carlson,
48-year-old prospector, was dis
covered lata yesterday where
he had been trapped by a slide
In his mine on a small claim
east of Cltrk Fork. Sheriff W
D. Rapp reported today.
SENATE
MMDS
OF
ITALIAN ENTRANCE
Sen. Lee Appeals for Send
ing of All Help Possible
to Allies, Short of Men
Washington, June 10. (IP)
Secretary Hull said today that
Italy's entry Into the war would
"prove a great disappointment
to peoples everywhere and a
great human tragedy."
Washington, June 10. 3P)
Crowded galleries violated sen
ate rules today to applaud loud
ly an appeal by Senator Lee
Lee (D.-Okla.) that the United
States "send the Allies every
thing we can except men," to
"pool defenses against a com
mon enemy."
Lee declared that Premier
Mussolini waited until France
was helplefs and then sent Italy
into the war.
"That finishes France," he
shouted. "How long can she
hold out?"
Hoarse from an hour-long ad
dress, Lee took his seat amid
applause from all parts of the
galleries. Senator Chandler
(D.-Ky.), presiding, had to rap
his gavel a full minute before
order was restored.
Like Land-Grabber.
Senator Connally (D.-Tex.)
likened Italy's entrance into
war to the action of "a hungry
land-grabber" at a time when
owners of the land were handi
capped by "distress and weak
ness."
To Chairman Pittman CD.-
Nev.) of the senate foreign re
lations committee it meant that
the United States would acceler
ate efforts "to see that the Al
lies get every possible resource
in this country short of man
power.
At one point Senator Lee de
clared that If Germany Is vic
torious in tha broadening con
flict "then war will com to
America."
Senator Adams (D.-Colo.) In
terrupted him to say that "in
my Judgment Adolf Hitler
couldn't land a regiment on
our soil, even in our unpre
pared itate, and keep it there
three dayi."
Senator J o h n I o n (R.-Cal.)
commented, "I think it'i hor
rible, that i all."
HAILED INTO COURT
Kennebunk, Me., June 10.
(IP) Six members of a religious
sect were summoned into mu
nicipal court today to answer
charges of assault with Intent
to kill aftet wild week-end dis
orders in which two men were
shot and wounded, the sect's
headquarters razed by fire, and
two men beaten.
State Policeman George P.
Beckett said the disturbances
originated In Sanford, a nearby
the American flag, maintaining
that their religious beliefs for
bade allegiance other than to
the deity.
Vancouver, Wash., June 10
(IP) A fire that smouldered In
the Columbia national forest for
early nine months has been ex
tinguished. George Hager, state
district warden, said today.
Tribune
full United Preaa
new Me
KB WIS
Tommies Taken by Nazis
m
German caption for this picture said that
prisoners being brought behind tha lines to
weapons. They hold their hands
stated, until they hare bean examined,
pany the column.
JOAN BL0NDELL BREAKS
UNDER HEAVY WORK LOAD
San Francisco, June 10. UP)
Joan Blondell, the motion pic
ture actress, rested in a hospital
today from "nervous and physi
cal exhaustion" which forced
postponement of her scheduled
opening here last night In a stage
play, her first in 10 years.
"A plain case of overwork,"
was tha way doctors here de
scribed the actress' illness.
ROGUE RIVER P. M. IS
SUBMITTED TO SENATE
Washington, Juna 10. (IP)
Oregon postmaster nominations
submitted to tha senate today
included Gladys M. Heath,
Rogue River.
Italy Best Fitted for Short
Hard Blow. War Experts Say
Br iha Associated Press
Italy, by the nature of her geo
graphical position and resources
for war, is more eligible for a
victorious sprint than a mara
thon. Her greatest value ai a blitz
krieg partner of Germany is
bound up with the blitzkrieg
idea Itaelf the idea of the swift,
paralyzing blow rather than the
battle of endurance.
Thus, the conflict for Italy re
solves itself into questions of
geography and potential for war.
Geography:
The Italian boot dangles Into
the sea "our sea," the Italians
caS it with tha Mediterranean
on lone side and tha adriatic on
the other.
At the knee It hinges Into the
most mountainous section of the
European continent, with fron
Hers on France, Switzerland,
German Austria and Yugoslavia
Unless Italy could smash her
way Into Franca or create sul
ficient diversion elsewhere and
provided the French wera not
too distracted by Germany,
French mountain troops and bor
der forces In tha Nice region
might amputate the Italian boot
while. th allied Mediterranean
U showed British
be searched for
In this position.
German guards accom-
Dive Bomber Falls
En Route Canada
New York, June 10. (IP A
Curtiss diva bomber, en route
to Canada for shipment to the
allies, crashed In bad weather
near Marlavllle, N. Y., late to
day, killing the pilot, Allan B
Lullman, 26, of St. Louis.
MOSCOW IS MUM ON
ITALIAN ENTRANCE
Moscow, June 10. (VP) Italy's
declaration of war against Brit
ain and France was announced
briefly by the Moscow radio
tonight without comment. Of
ficial circles were silent on
Italy's action.
j fleets cut the tenuous lifelines
from the Italian African em
Dire.
The Mediterranean may be a
"mare nostrum" to the Italians
but tha French and British bat
tle fleets have a pretty secure
lease on It, confronted only by
Italy's power in the air, Italy
relatively small fleet and the
Incipient threat of an assault on
the Suez canal and Gibraltar
bottle up the allies' navy. i
War potential:
Nine million soldiers, by Pre
mier Mussolini's claim. He said
on March 30. 1938, he could mus
ter that number of men between
the ages of 18 and S3, of whom
5,000,000 would be first line
combatants. Many of these
would be deployed through the
empire, however, not all on the
European front.
Eight thousand warplanes, by
authoritative estimate, of which
2,160 are of first line caliber.
About 1.000.000 tons of naval
strength. Shortly before tha war
Italy's naval strength was esti
mated at 717,920 tons, as com
pared with 2.079 80S for Great
Britain and 735,570 for Franca.
Italy has concentrated heavily
on submarines and motor tor-pedoboauh
tha caption
Do It Now
It II fur for not ec n
chancer Make tha facta Soma
Ihrouik the classifies Ada la
Ihla newspaper, why wait?
Oet actloa. Do It Now. Tha
eoac la amall romp ml with
fMlilts you will get.
No. 68.
NAZIS EXECUTING
Invaders Now 35 Miles From
Paris Weygand Expects
Blitzkrieg to Wane Soon
PARIS. JUNE I0P) THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT LEFT
PARIS TONIGHT. "PAUL REY.
NAUD, PREMIER, HAS GONE
WITH THE ARMIES," SAID A
COMMUNIQUE.
PARIS. June 10 UP) MAR.
AUDINO GERMAN TANKS
WERE REPORTED TONIGHT
TO HAVE REACHED THE
PARIS REGION ITSELF1
WHILE MAIN COMBATS
RAGED IN THE SEINE VAL
LEY TO THE WEST AND IN
THE OURCO VALLEY TO THE
NORTHEAST.
By Associated Press
Britain rushed fresh troona (a
France today in her darkening
inn nour as 1,800,000 tank-led
German troops plunged forward
to new successes on tha 200-mile
western front and reached two
points within 35 miles of Paris
Hitler's high command said
German troops were moving
toward the lower Seine appar
ently in a sharp circling move
ment in the Rouen-Glsors sector
on the western road to Paris
and toward the historic Mania
In the Soissons-Relm area,
northeast of Paris. .
'Operations are proceeding
on schedule," the high command
asserted, while Berlin declared
the 7-day-old battle for tha
French capital was now "enter
ing the decisive stage."
Mora To Coma
In the heightening emergency.
Prime Minister Churchill In
formed Premier Reynaud of
France that an unspecified n um
bel of British troops have al
ready been landed in Franca
and that "further extensive re
inforcements will shortly bo
available."
With the French reported
sacrificing ground only "when
covered with German dead."
Generalissimo Maxima Wey
gand sounded a heartening not
with this declaration:
"The enemy has suffered
heavy losses. Soon ha will com
to the end of his effort."
Trading on tha Paris bourse
was suspended by order of the
board of governors an hour
alter the day's session opened.
The order annulled the latest
quotations established in heavy
trading.
It was not yet known whether
the bourse was to be transferred
outside Paris.
'Chutists Dropped
Tha Germans Sunday extend
ed tha fighting front to tho
Argonne forest, throwing S.500
new tanks and 600,000 fresh
troops into that sector and drop
ping parachute soldiers behind
the lines.
The French, however, said tha
(Continued on Pes Tn.)
SIDE GLAIiCES
by
TSIbuHE REPORTERS
J. Oust call me Joe) Early
wearing a beautiful tie creation
various pastel hues on a whit
background.
Dorothy Peirce's brilliant red
wedgies and matching too nails
causing much favorable com
ment from gathering of
friends.
Jacque Lenox and hubby
Elbert celebrating their wedding
anniversary by having luncheon
together.
The petit Jn Nealon giving
up In despair in trying to get
boat at a popular lake resort,
she getting, nevertheless, a be
coming sprinkling ol tan.