Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 12, 1940, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forvrut: Partly rtoadr. prob able hoert or Ihniidrralarnu tonight and TburnUy, lilt than ft In trmptwtur. Traiprraturo Hlcbeat Yesterday 1( towpct this "f w Try Advertising fry Want Ad Way. Thno Mill Ada a hoars workrra. They do krtnf plraMni remits, Why watt tlma when for very small outlay your Adv. will men thooMuids of homcsT Try adTrrtUtnt; tomorrow. Medford TaiBUNE Full Associated Plata Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1940. No. 70. M A KlMl Nl ro) mm Ml BUS i i IB Washington. D. C, June 12 So swiftly is the American scene changing through acts of con gress, presidential executive or ders and the resurrection of powers delegated to the presi dent back in 191617, that the average citizen has not yet real ized that the old order changeth and things which he regarded as "a right are being taken away from him. The United States is not in war, yet, but many war like precautions are taken by the federal government. Among other items affecting old customs is that Uncle Sam is separating the sheep from the goats; the American citizens from the aliens and both are being deprived of "privileges." A few corners are being torn off the bill-of-rights. Within the past four weeks, in rapid succession, foundation has been laid by congress and the president for a different kind of American life; much of which will be permanent. Taxes alone will make everyone realize he or she Is a part of the govern ment. BEGINNING July 1. our neigh- bors in British Columbia can not visit from Victoria or Van- couver, and cross the line at Blaine or take the boat to Puget Sound unless they have a pass port .vised by an American con tul. These next door neighbors are in the same class as tourists from Russia or Europe. And along the international boundary there will be a patrol to see that no alien is smuggled into the United States. This precaution applies also along the Mexican border and in Florida, where liens have sneaked in. It might be considered viola tion of free speech, but FCC has outlawed portable radio stations (police scout cars excepted), and no radio amateur (a number li censed in Oregon and Washing ton), Is permitted to communi cate with foreign countries. Nor can radio operators on American vessels send unidentified com munications, nor "talk" to oper ators on other ships. From captain to cook (and the (Continued on Pag 81i.) E Two men walked Into Shirley Bros, confectionery store. 307 Ejst Main street, last night and ordered soft drinks. While one of the men paid for the bever, ages with a $20 bill, the other purchased a box of penny matches with $10 bank note. A. B. Shirley, proprietor, told rity police that when he got through making change, and after the men left, he was $10 short. He furnished police with a description of the men and they are being sought. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Caliiornian Florence McGee figuring it would be cheaper to get fined for illegal fishing than to go to all the expense of be coming an Orcgonian to avoid paying the extra charge exact ed of out-of-staters for an ang ling license. Lucille (Wymore) Kuhn breez ing into town with the same blonde loveliness thBt made her a favorite before she moved to Santa Monica and showed Hollywood some genuine grace and beauty. Paul Ilanlin making rash promises and then rashly for getting them. Charles Austin consuming with apparent relish, frog legs for breakfast, he having cap tured a nice mess vl the croak-ex CONFLICT RAGES I WITHIN 13 MILES OF CITY'S GATES Germans Claim Surrender of 20,000 Poilus Isolated at St. Valery, On Channel Paris, June 12 P The gardens of United States Am bassador William C. Bullleti's chateau at Chantilly became a battleground today as fight ing in the Senlis region en veloped the grounds. By the Associated Press. German armies storming to ward Paris today crossed the Marne river and fought French Poilus I2'.4 miles from the French capital, Berlin reported, while other Nazi columns forc ed the suddender of more than 20,000 French troops isolated at St. Valery on the English chan nel. Attacking from the north west, German mechanized col umns drove another rapier thrust six miles past Senlis, 26 miles from Paris. Elements of more than 100 German divisions about 1. 800,000 men were reported at tacking on a broad front from the lower (west) Seine to the Argonne forest. Generals Taken. The German high command said the French capitulation at St. Valery had yielded one Brit ish and - five- French generals and incalculable booty. In the onslaught to Paris, Hitler's armies rode over bitterly-contested World war battle fields and reached the closest point to the French capital since Bismarck's German armies marched into Paris in 1870. It outdistanced by IS miles the threat against Paris poised by Von Kluck's German "Death's Head" Uhlans in 1914. While Allied bombers carried the war into Italy, attacking the great Industrial centers in the north, the fast-spreading conflict apparently neared a new theater of operations in Egypt. The Egyptian chamber of deputies, it was reported, ap proved a declaration severing diplomatic relations with Italy. Desperate Defense. Battle-stained French Poilus fought desperately in a "last ditch" defense of their beloved capital, the once gay city now half deserted. They were re ported holding fast on the old World war battlefields of Cha teau Thierry and Meaux along the Marne. "Nowhere have the French defenses been pierced," said a (Continue! on Pag pits.) JAPAN AND BRITAIN REACH AGREEMENT London, June 12 (IP) Reu ler's British news agency, today quoted the Japanese foreign of fice spokesman as saying that an agreement had been reached on questions at issue between Japan and Great Britain at Tientsin, North China. Sen. Wheeler Will Quit Party If War Entrance Advocated Washington, June 12 (IP) Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) de clared in the senate today he would "break with the Demo cratic party" if it became a "war purty" and added that he would not support any presidential candidate "who is going to try to get us into this war." "I don't want to have to break with the administration," Wheel er told his colleagues. "I don't J want to have to break with the Democratic party, but if It be comes necessary to break with the Democratic party, I shall break with it, if it becomes war party. "I'm not going to support any candidate for president who's going to try to get us into this war. Wheeler made his assertion 1 today titer Seat tor Holt 0W War Bulletins Rome, June 1 1 (IP) Italy tonight laid a wide new mine belt around Sicily with the intention of cutting the Medi terranean in half. Alexandria, Egypt. June 12 OP) The allies today choked off Italy's communications with her East African empire by blockading the Sues Canal against Italian shipping with a strong concentration of war ships. London, June 12 (IP)- The Egyptian chamber of deputies today approved a declaration by Prime Minister All Maher Pasha severing diplomatic re lations with Italy, Reuler's (British news agency) report ed in a dispatch from Cairo. Calcutta. India. June 12 OP) The government of India today seised the Italian steam er Calabria. 9.515 tons. Vatican City, June 12 (IP) Eugene Cardinal Tisserani, French prelate who resides in Rome, and other French cler gy took refuge today In Vati can City. LIFE MAGAZINE SUED FOR 'BOOTLEG' PHOTO OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN Hollywood, June 12. (IP) A spokesman for Charlie Chap lin said today the action against LU& magazine was brought be cause it allegedly published a "bootlegged" picture. No still photographs from Chaplin's forthcoming "production No. 8" have been released, the studio said, and any pictures appearing now are "very likely 'blow-ups' from stolen film." Blow-ups are enlargements. New York, June 12. UP) Life magazine was temporarily restrained in federal court to day from publication of its next issue because of the alleged un authorized use of a full-page picture of Charlie Chaplin as "the dictator." The issue, dated June 17, nor mally would come out tomor row. The action was brought by Chaplin and the Charles Chap lin Film corporation, who also filed suit for $1,000,000 in dam ages and asked for a permanent injunction against Time, Inc., and four officers of the Time and Life group. In his complaint, Chaplin as serted that he had spent $1, 000,000 on the film, "The Dicta tor," and that it was not yet completed, released or ready for advertising or publicity. It was ojsenlial, the complaint added, that no part of the film be ex hibited to the public prior to exploitation by the plaintiffs. Chaplin charged that the pic ture magazine obtained nega tives without permission for use in its already prepared June 17 issue. Hugh Pendexter Dies Johnstown, Pa., June 12 (IP) Hugh Pendexter, 65, noted auth or of boys books, died last night Va) had asserted that the sale of army and navy equipment to the allies had ben accomplished "under subterfuge and under hypocrisy." Also today Senator Connelly (D-Tex) declared that CCC en. roues should have had military training from the very begin ning" and urged the senate to make it available from now on. He argued in behalf of a controversy-causing proposal to emend the si 073.584 918 relief bJi by providing permission for lh president to order elemen ts ry military training for CCC boys who desired it. Senator George D-Ga) start ed the dispute by proposing "voluntary elementary military training" for the 300.000 boys. In addition to training in non combatant services recommend eJ by the administration. E URGES SUPPORT FOR U.S. DEFENSE Preparedness Advocated in Telegram to Oregon Con vention; Unity Need Told Salem, Ore., June 12. CU.R) Lewis J. Taber of Columbia. Ohio, national master of the I priation bill designed to pro Grange, today urged the state J vide new planes, tanks and war convention of the Oregon ships for the army and navy Grange to support the national defense program. Taber made his appeal in a telegram to the State Grange, meeting here. He said: "In this hour of world tra gedy the Grange faces its great est opportunity for constructive service. We must support ade quate national defense and com plete preparedness. The Grange should proclaim its faith in democracy and the American way of life and keep away from the battlefields of Europe. Unity Needed "The national welfare de pends on national unity," he continued. "As master of the National Grange I challenge the Granges of the great northwest to set an example to the nation in fighting for our program in patriotism and progress." The elections committee an nounced the re-election of Glenn L. Adams of Polk county as state treasurer, and the election of Max Kleigle of Multnomah county as gate-keeper. The conx'entton will meet next year at Newport: TO Budapest, June 12. (IP) Turkey's call of 200,000 addi tional reserves to the colors was interpreted in Balkan capitals today as indicating that she is preparing to fulfill her pledges to the allies and enter the Eu ropean war provided Soviet Russia stays out. Informed sources estimated that Turkey now has approxi mately 600,000 men under arms, and the small nations of South eastern Europe looked anxious ly to their own defenses as the war clouds grew blacker. SENATE DEFEATS Washington, June 12. IP) The senate refused by a vote of 47 to 35 today to approve volun tary military training for civil ian conservation corps enrol lees. The chamber rejected a pro posal by Senator George (D-Ga.) that "voluntary elementary mil itary training" be added to pro posed noncombatant training of CCC youths as cooks, mechan ics, photographers and the like. Harold Lloyd New Shrine Outer Guard Memphis. Tenn., June 12 (IP) Harold Lloyd, bespectacled movie comedian, was elected im perial outer guard of North American Shrinedom In an elec tion today in which all imperial council officers were advanced in rank. George F. Olendorf, Spring, field. Mo., became the new im perial potentate, succeeding Walter D. Cline, Wichita Falls. Tex. Sprague To Visit Medford June 25 Salem, June 12. HP) Gov. Charles A. Sprague will head a delegation that will tour the state by air on June 25 to ad vertise the Salem centennial celebration, to be held July 31 ruit In common pleas court to to August 4. I day for divorce from Boake Car I The delegation will stop at.ter, radio commentator and i Eugene. Medford. Klamath' columnist. Grounds were not Falls. Bend. Pendleton and I Portland, START IS ORDERED ON 22 WAR CRAFT AS BILL IS SIGNED Two 45,000-Ton Battleships On List Swift Action in $327,000,000 Order Washington, June 12. (IPy A $1,708,053,908 defense appro- won house passage today after less than five hours of debate. The measure, which would boost the total provided for army and navy expenditure in the year starting July 1 to $5. 021,619,622, now goes to the senate. It went through the house without single amendment. Washington, June 12 (IP) The navy announced today that work was ordered started on two new 45,000-ton battleships and 20 other warships and aux iliaries last night, within an hour after President Roosevelt signed the navy's $1,400,000,000 appropriation act. The two battleships were as signed to the New York and Philadelphia navy yards, re spectively, and the other vessels were divided between govern ment and commercial yards. Swift Action Officials said the navy acted with swiftness unmatched' even in the world war. The contracts for 9 warships assigned to com mercial shipbuilding plants had been negotiated while final ac tion an the appropriation was awaited. The ships will cost more than $327,000,000 to complete, it was estimated. The speed wltb which the navy acted found its army coun terpart in measures which were said to be designed both to strengthen defenses and furnish substantial assistance to the British and French allies. A group of 93 airplanes and millions of dollars worth of munitions were being made available to the allies by the army under the government's trade-in plan of aid. Concentrate in Main The 93 war planes, Northrop attack ships, were being concen trated at Houlton, Me., on the Canadian border. The Douglas Aircraft corporation of Burbank Calif., successor to the Northrup company ,was reported to have agreed to accept them in pay ment of new planes to be deliv ered later to the army. The concentration at Houlton was said to have been decided upon as the most direct way oi getting the ships, which are 6 or 7 years old, to the allies. Germans Worried About Paris Fate ' Berlin, June 12. (P) Au thorized German sources said today that it would be a "crime" for the French to de fend Paris as the Poles defend ed Warsaw and they expressed their utmost concern for the fate of the capital in the event it should be so defended. Warsaw, besieged and under attack for nearly a month last fall, was largely in ruins before it was surrendered. First Lady Favors Compulsory Drill New York, June 12. (IP) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said today she favored universal compulsory training for men and women of all ages In civil ian lines of endeavor which could. In time of national emer gency, be directed toward the prosecution of war. She said, however, that she still was opposed to conscription for military service. Boake Carter Is Sued for Divorce Philadelphia. June 12 (IP) Mrs. Olive Richter Carter filed - disclosed. Th Carters ha v two 1 children. Randolph With more than 7.000 pilots annually the goal of the Army Air Corps under the new expan sion program. Randolph Field, West Point of the air. is today on of the world's busiest training schools. Her is a noon seen at the field, which is near San Antonio, Texas, showing air ships a the line as cadets mill about. British Bombs Fall in Swiss Towns BASEBALL American R. H. E. Chicago - 2. 0 Philadelphia 3 8 0 Lee and Tresh, Silvestrl; Pot ter and Hayes. R. H. E. Cleveland 8 13 1 Boston 9 11 1 Milnar, Harder, Naymlck and Hemsley; Harris, Bagby and De saute Is, Peacock. R. H. E. Detroit . 8 7 0 New York 7 12 1 Newsom. Benton, McKain and Sullivan; Breur, Hadley and Dickey. St. Louis 3 S 1 Washington 3 8 0 Auker and Swift; Chase and Early. HttTlEMATS Medford's fever broke today and the temperature eased down ward several degrees after reaching a new 1940 high at an even 100 yesterday. Prospects for a further drop seemed good as the official fore cast was for partly cloudy weather, probably with showers or thunderstorms, tonight and tomorrow. At 2:30 this afternoon the weather bureau's thermometer stood at 91 degrees as compared with 98 at the same time yester, day. After setting the pace for Ore gon for two days, Medford yes terday had to be content with a second-place tie with Grants Pass where a maximum temper a'.ure of 100 degrees also was registered. Roseburg led with 102. At 98, Salem yesterday had it hottest June day in 14 years Temperatures throughout the state eased off today. CONGRESS TOO BUSY FOR PENSION BILLS Portland, June 12. (IP) Congress Is too busy with na tional defense to consider pen sion bills this session. Senator McNary (R-Ore.) notified Elbert Eastman, Portland proponent of hlcher state pensions for the aged, yesterday. Finders Keepers Pittsburgh, June 12. ) A worried man called at the lost and found department of the Pittsburgh Railways company to ask if anyone had returned his lost gall stones. He explained that the stones souvenirs of his operation were in a little bag he had left on th street car on th way horn from th hospital. Rio De Janeiro, June 12. Th United States cruiser Quincy, dispatched to South America on a "good-will cruise," arrived at Rio D Janeiro today Pilots in Mass Production Bern, June 12 (IP) The federal government of Switzerland announced officially today that examination of aerial bombs which killed four persons and wounded many others around Lake Leman this morning showed them to be of British origin. ITALIAN GARRISONS IN BY SELASSIE'S FORCES London, June lii (IP) The laborite Daily Herald declared today that 200,000 Ethiopian troops, wearing the' uniform of former Emperor Haile Selassie, are battling the Italians in fascist-occupied Ethiopia. Tbe Herald, which did not give the source of its informa tion, said that the negus, now in England, "is prepared to return a id lead his troops against the Italians" with British help. "In th northwest provinces of Gojam and Harar, four garri son towns are surrounded by Ethiopians, and the Italians dare not venture out," th Herald said. "The Ethiopians are equipped with rifles and machine guns. "Under Abeb Arragai, for mer commissioner of Addis Ababa, now commander-in-chief in the south, a constant war is being waged. IS Grants Pass, June 12. (IP) Grants Pass chamber of com merce directors told R. J. Wil son last night that if his plan appeared to have a reasonable chance for success they would welcome heartily th 200 fami lies he proposes to bring to southern Oregon but they don't believe It will work. Directors discouraged Wilson, president of the Long Beach Calif., "Pioneer Club" at a special meeting Tuesday eve ning, but their advice had little apparent effect on his good hu mor and intention to bring 800 migrants to make a cooperative livelihood from logging In this region, to be followed eventu ally by agriculture and indus try. Atlantic Cable Cut Buenos Aires, June 12 (IP) The trans-Atlantic cable linking South America and Rome was reported cut today. Informed sources said normal service to South America from Rom by way of Spain had been disrupt ed. Salem WPA Holiday. Salem, June 12. (IP) All WPA Jobs will be shut down In the Salem area tomorrow until June 19 to release 800 workers for cherry picking and other emergency farm work, WPA headquarter announced today. Geneva, June 12. (JP) The Swiss counted four dead, includ ing two women, and many In jured today in bombings of cit ies and villages by foreign pihiiea. - The identity of th bombers was not known. At least 18 persons were hos. pltalized with serious wounds in Geneva, wher five bombs were dropped in a residential subur ban district, killing two persons. Five bombs wr dropped on a railroad station and a nearby hotel in Renens, north of -Lausanne. A woman in a wheel chair was killed, her .husband's foot was torn off, and a man, asleep in bed in the hotel, was fatally injured. While all Switzerland moved to strengthen both defenses and neutrality, the Geneva state council yesterday banned public meetings and warned foreigner and Swiss to "abstain scrupu lously from any discussion sus ceptible of disturbing th peac or - creating incidents," under penalty of arrest. IN FIRST ROUND Riverside Golf and Country Club, Portland, June 12. UP) The medalist and the defending champion, aided by moderation of high temperatures, success fully traveled the first round of the Oregon amateur golf tournament today. Louis Jennings, public link star who led the qualifiers, de feated Marty Leptich, Peninsula, 4 and 3 .while Lloyd Byerly, 1939 champion, posted a 4 and 3 victory over Reg Ott, Oswego. Vlnce Dolp, veteran Oregon ace, fell 1-up on th 19th in his match with Harold Salva dor of Columbia. Bud Haskel of Olympta de feated George Harrington, Med- 4 and 3. D.A.V. Commander Cites Vets Care Roseburg, Ore., June It. (IP) It is a duty and obligation of the veterans of past wars In the United States to urge that th country shall not again engage in warfare unless facilities are provided to take care of met) disabled as a result of that war, Louis J. Murphy, South Bend, Ind., national commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World war, declared hare last night Pianeer Daughter Diet Portland. June 12. (IPh Mrs. Addie E. Wqod, 84, the last sur vivor of an Oregon circuit rider's 16 children, died here yesterday. Mrs. Wood, a native of Browns ville, was the daughter of th Rev. C. Sperry, pioneer Baptist minister.