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Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1940.
No. 70.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.