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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Porvcttt: Fair today an to morrow; no rhang In temper at lira. Temperature Hlchett vwfwiiy at Lonect v , , , JU Certainly Not Cartainlj yo an not ffotnff ta terlook th ClaMlfled paf thU mornlnf. There ara aa many things advertlied yoa aurely will find what to want. Don't overlook the "Too Utc to CUMlfy. (Tribune FORD Full Associated Press 1 United Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1940. No. 73. TALK W KAC MED . 1 4 - AT ATHE . Washington, D. C, June IS. Opportunity will be given hun dreds of young men in Oregon to become members of a reserve which will receive military training this summer. Planned by the war department, this re serve will include about 100, 000 and they will be put under canvas within a couple of months, as soon as the depart ment can complete arrange ments. Details will be an nounced later. Proposals that CCC enrollees be given military training do not meet with favor in high ad ministration circles, although proponents of the idea wished to incorporate the provision in the relief appropriation bill, the measure which provides funds for operation of the camps. Army officials are not Interested in teaching enrollees to march or the manual of arms, but they would like to have the timber troopers know how to service a truck (the technique of serv- icing trucks, tanks and motor ized equipment is very similar); learn the art of communication by radio and telephone and how to repair the instruments; pho tography. One of the central headquar ters for teaching truck repair ing and kindred matters will be established in Oregon. There will be 60-odd such centers throughout the nation. These centers will, in effect, be schools for auto mechanics. "VTHER Oregon lads will have a chance to learn to fly. Oregon's quota distributed among colleges and schools and one or two chambers of com merce last year, will be larger than the first group. The new rules will waive the require ment of a college education. Youths who cannot qualify for wings can join ground crews, and more mechanics are re quired to service planes than is the need for fliers. A good "grease ball' is more important than a sharpshooter. Boys with garage or filling statioif experi ence will have the Jump on ground crew jobs. DUREAU of Mines is cold to the plan submitted to Secre tary Ickes by Paul J. Ra,ver. Bonneville administrator, for establishment of pilot plants to experiment with various stra tegic minerals which are scat tered throughout Oregon from one length of the state to the (Continued on Prga Eight.) STATE EMPLOYEES HONOR TOU VELLEil Col. Frank L. TouVelle of Jacksonville, former member of the Oregon state highway com mission, was the guest of honor at dinner. Thursday, June 13. in the Multnomah hotel in Port land, by the employees of the state highway commission. Upon the occasion. Col. Tou Velle was presented with a beautiful, appropriately decora ted plaque, bearing these words: "Presented to F. L. TouVelle by the employees of the Oregon State Hishwav rirnartment as they hold him and in recogni- Tn Brltlsh cUlmed Ptu tion of his unselfish service to"' the Italin ,orU of Capruzzo the State of Oregon as state and Maddalena. Royal air force highwav commissioner from Oc-:altack' on Libyan and Italian tober 9. 1P35 to March 31, 1939."U- African positions con More than 200 persons at-'tinucd. tended the dinner, including aj Switzerland posted flaring, number of prominent citizens of j black-lettered warnings against Portland and the Willamette parachute invasion. An increase valley. Col. TouVelle. during his; in Switzerland s defense prepa tenure of office as hiRhway com- rations indicated that the Swiss missioner. was highly popular1 throughout the state. I At the top of the plaque the I seal of the state highway com- minion is Inscribed. At the bot- torn, there Is a small photo of CoL TouVelle with appropriate lie decorations. I TOTAL DEFEAT OF Maginot Line Attacked Turning Point Expected Today, London Reports. (By the Associated Press) German armies drove further into French territory and stormed into the Maginot Line yesterday, scorning talk of peace as weary French troops fell back. A German spokesman in Ber lin said reports were current in other European capitals that German terms for a separate peace either had been asked or accepted by the French govern ment, but declared that the nazi drive to crush the military pow er of its opponents would go on with no relenting. On tha east of France German armies stormed into the Maginot Line which France had built to withstand any attacking force. In the enter of France, the nazis drove 135 miles southeast of Paris, deep to the rear of the Maginot forts. The Germans claimed Ver dun, shrine of French World War valor. The French army, staggering under these and other terrible blows, struggled on in anguished resolve with what remained of its strength. Zero Hour Today Militarily, events seemed to have reached some final turning point. The British, declaring that the allies' "consultation and agreement" still holds, hinted that today (Sunday) would tell the story of the fight for France. German troops blasted across the Rhine and into storied Al sace, but the French insisted the Maginot Line was not pierced "at point of resistance." Falling back "In the best of order" the French fought pitched battles with the German forces in Champagne, but the nazis crossed the Seine at Ro- milly, 65 miles southeast of Par is, and drove on between Troves and St. Dizier, futher east. Nazi forces at Chaumont, be- tren the Marne and the Suize, were advance guards. Hold Oa Channel It was apparent the French were holding back the offensive on the channel ports. Violent fighting raged west of Louviers, 5j miles southeast of German- hold Le Havre. The Reynaud government was in session for three and one-haif hours, "somewhere in France," presumably at or near Bor deaux, where the ministers con sidered their republics grave position. Italy felt the weight of naval war and declared her troops had driven across the Alpine fron tier to occupy French territory The Italian said the French iost a destroyer at Genoa, where single Italian torpedo boat and coastal batteries staved off an attack of nine French warships. Italy's military experts ex plained an Italian advance over tiie French frontier as part of the plan for final conquest of I ranee by Germany and Italy. Swiss Act Britain's fear of nazi Invasion led to the calling of a meeting of a parliament group to con sider arming everybody, even women and boys who can throw a ball" with "hand gre nades, bombs, pistols any thing." Italian and British troops fought on the Egyptian-Libyan intelligence service had turned uo disquieting information. London, June 15 fPW Prime M'nister Churchill will deliver war statement before the louse of commons Tuesday, it was announced today Lindbergh Asserts America Drifting Into War Wading Away From Dunkerque I Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Fore, as they left be leaguered Dunkerque, formed a human chain to wade through shaHow water to a rescue ship that carried them back to Eng land. Britain claimed 335.000 Allied troops were evacuated from the Flanders pocket, with Dunkerque as the main exit. BERLIN SEES NO EFFECTIVE AID TO ALLIES FROM U.S. Berlin, June 16. (SundayV (IP) The opinion of informed quarters in Berlin today was that President Roosevelt's prom ise of further aid for the French and British held out "little prospect of effective help to the Allies." It was pointed out here that the continuance of material aid from America was conditioned by the President on continued resistance by the Allies against Germany. Germans were confident that such resistance would be crush ed soon and that at least In France there would be no one remaining in a position to use American materials, even if available. Roosevelt's warm expression of sympathy for France caused no surprise or resentment here his attitude toward the war ring powers being accepted as a fact which cannot be al tered." DNB, official German news agency, carried the gist of the Roosevelt message without com ment. Lieutenant-Colonel Hesse, mil itary commentator writing for Adolf Hitler's newspaper, Volk- Ischer Geobachter, said the United States no longer was In position to give much material assistance to France because French Atlantic harbors were being seized by the Germans and those still in French hands were increasingly menaced by the German air force. Italy, he wrote, may be count ed upon to close the French Mediterranean ports. Jackson county's American Legion junior baseball team will play its first game of the season this afternoon against the CCC camp Appiegate nine at Appie gate. Forest Grove. June 15. !Ph Jimmy Wiles. 1938 football cap tain at Pacific University, be came Wallowa high school foot ball coach yesterday FURTHER AID, BUT Y, FRANC BY F.R. Wiishlnirtnn. Jun 1 Praiirfunl H nnnu.l .MilvlnH rt the "last appeal" of Premier Reynaud for further aid for France, pledged redoubled ef forts today to supply munitions,! but told him that only congress could make military commit ments. As long as the French con tinue to fight "in defense of their liberty," Mr. Roosevelt said, they can be assured that increasing quantities of air planes, artillery and munitions will be sent them from this country. And the United States, he said, "will not consider as valid any attempts to infringe by force the Independence and territorial Integrity of France." It was after making this pledge that Mr. Roosevelt re ferred to the question of mili tary aid. "I know that you will under stand," he said, "that these statements carry with them no implication of military com mitments. Only the congress can make such commitments.'' It was the first time in any of his public communications j with heads of the allied govern j merits that Mr. Roosevelt had ; referred to the question of ! American military aid. I Portland. June 15. (IP) The Oregon delgation to the Demo cratic national convention elect ' ed Willis Mahoney chairman to , Jay and voted 8-2 to support i Louis A. Johnson, assistant sec ! retary of war, as vice-presidential running-mate for President Roosevelt. , In the Johnson vote the dele gation repudiated any obliga tion to back Senator Robert M. I LaFollette, Republican progres sive, who defeated Johnson In I write-In votes In the Orgon prl 1 mary, 2423 to 2130. The secre J tary of state notified the dele i gats some time ago that they I should back LaFollett. NAZI FLAGS FLY FROM HISTORIC SPOTS OF PARIS Once Gay City Now Dead Swastika Over Tomb of Unknown Soldier. By Louis P. Lochner Place De L'Opera. Paris, by Courier Plane to Berlin, June 15. Pi The swastika banners of Nazi Germany floated over Paris today from atop practic ally every prominent and his toric structure in this German captured French capital. I find myself in Paris as the guest of the German army, be fore the main forces of that army have arrived. , Only a vanguard is here. The main army is expected before this cable gets under way We arrived last night in this city that seems dead. I just do not recognize Paris again. Sev enty per cent of its population has fled. From the Hotel Crillon, where once President Wilson of the United States addressed French crowds, the swastika Is flying. The banner also is flying from the Quai D'Orsay, (the French foreign office); from the Arc do- Trlumphe, under which lies buried Frances unknown sol dier of the World war; from the historic City Hall; and from the Eiffel tower. It all seems unreal, like an Arabian Nights tale come to life. On first entering Paris last night, we drove to the tomb of the unknown soldier in the twi light.. As a background to the Arc de' Trlumphe, the sky was dis figured by an enormous ugly cloud of smoke emanating from the region around St. Germain. That suburb apparently was In flames from artillery fire. It was about 9 p.m. and the Arc was bathed in a mellow rod dish light. Before some of the city's war memorials were standing old women, young women, bearded men and boys in their 'teens. Many of the older women I saw were sobbing softly. As we approached the tomb In company of our guides from the army their looks hardened for a moment. They appeared to relax somewhat, however, when the German officers, removed their caps, stood still then sal uted the symbol of the brave French soldiery buried there. FEHL ASKS WRIT TO LEAVE ASYLUM Salem, June 15. (IP) Circuit Judge Louis P. Hewitt of Port land was assigned by Chief Jus tice John L. Rand today to hear Earl H. Fehl's application for a writ of habeas corpus releas ing him from the Oregon State hospital. John L. H. McMahon disquall fied himself. Judge Hewitt will hear the application here at 10 a.m., Tuesday. Fehl, former Jackson county Judge, was committed to the hos pital December 20, 1937. He m..ui ku-aii.. . Mrtin.,. initanitv was made out in Mult- nomah county. BRIDGES' OUSTERr: Eugene, June 15. (IP) Al though absent when the house voted to deport Harry Bridges, i west coast longshore leader, Rep. James W. Mott of Oregon I approves the action, Nlel R. At len of Grant Pas said today. The state commander of the I American Legion said he receiv jed a telegram from Mott, ex- pressing sympathy with th Louse' action ENTRY E E'S WAR National Head 20-30 Clubs Urges People to Avoid Hysteria District Meet Here. M. Abbe Strunk of San An tonio, Texas, national 20-30 club president here attending the northwest district convention of the association of 20-30 clubs, declared in an Interview yester day that "the youth of this coun try would rather live and fight for America than fight and die for any European country." Mr. Strunk, who has visited over a hundred 20-30 clubs In all parts of the nation thus far this year, said it was the con sensus of club members that America had no business in the present conflict, and that the people should keep their feet on the ground and think clearly In the face of war hysteria. "A majority of the nation's 20-30 club members are of the opinion that we have plenty to do right here in America, like fighting isms and unemployment J and facing 'national problems. btrunK stated. "We young fellows are more than willing to pay the price for constructing the worlds great est army, navy and air force for defense," the national presideni explained, "but most of us are definitely opposed to the Uni ted States entering the European war. Mr. Strunk explained the three major projects of the na tional association of 20-30 clubs Safety Sally, civilian finger printing and blood donoring Safety Sally, he said, is a lifelike figure of a little girl which Is placed in the center of street intersections near schools to warn motorists to drive care fully. Since the project was started, he said, there hasn't been a single accident at schools where the figures are placed. uver 110.000 civilians have been fingerprinted and the prints sent to Washington, D. C, Mr. Strunk stated. Klamath Falls club has fingerprinted ov- er 7,000 persons to rank second among the nation's chapters in tnis project, ha said. The blood donoring project was started In the Yreka, Cel., chapter. Members have their blood typed and listed In hos pitals and are available for transfusions to persons who can't afford to pay for profes sional donars. This project is credited with saving several lives, Mr. Strunk said. Mr. Strunk said that since September 1 three new states and 32 new clubs had been added to the national associa tion, twice the yearly average. The association now has 200 chartered clubs and 5,300 mem bers. The visitor declared that scen ery in Oregon was the most beautiful he had ever seen. He planned to leave today for Kla math Falls and Crater Lake be fore driving to Idaho to con tinue his tour. Visiting delegates to the con vention registered at headquar f!t"'ln Hotel Jackson yesterday, nd ,art nint banquet and dance was held at the Chateau I for all 20-30lans. their wives and friends. Nlel Allen of Grants I Pass, state commander of thel T American Legion, made theiVerton Red Sox featured an ibanauet address. extra-hit attack here tonight to A breakfast business meeting the Hotel Jackson at 830 this morning was to bring the con clave to a close. BULLETIN Night Game Hollywood 3 1 Sacramento 18 1 Bithorne and Dapper; Win ford. Gabler and Grilk, Ogro-dowski. War Bulletins I'CEASE GESTURES Berlin. Sunday, June II. IP) Reports spread among Lithuanian com spondenis here early today that Lith uanian Presideni Antanas Smeiona, fleeing before in vading Russian troops, had crossed the border Into Ger many. He was said to have been accompanied by several high officials of the Lithuanian government, which was forced out by Russian pres sure. Basel. Swltserland, June IS. P French efforts to flood the Germans out of the foothold they had secured on the French side of the Rhine. 40 miles north of Basel, were reported tonight to have failed. The French dynamited a great dam a few miles from Basel, apparently hoping the flood waters would frustrate the German attack across the zlver. But the nails retained their position. Details were lacking here on the means used by the Germans to span the river, but even the French confirm ed a German report that the nasi troops had accomplished what military experts hereto fore called a "suicidal ac tion." BY ALBANY, 3-0 Oscar (Red) Miller bested Jimmy Rego in a tight south paw pitcher's battle and the Albany Alco-Oaks trimmed the Medford Craters, 3 to 0, in a State league baseball game at the fairgrounds field last night before 1,800 fans, largest crowd to attend a game her in over 10 years. The clubs meet again this afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Bill Lanning hurling for Med ford and Glen Elliott for Al bany, The Alco-Oaks broke a string of live scoreless innings In the sixth frame for the run which won the game. Joe Leptlch singled to left and went to sec ond on BUI Moye's sacrifice. Clifford singled to center scor ing Leptlch. The winner got two more runs in the eighth on Rlney Cook's error at second base. after a hit batsman, Robertson's single and two fielder's choice. Cook booted Clint Cameron's grounder and Richards . and Robertson tallied. Medford's best scoring oppor tunity cam in the seventh, when McLean walked and Mc Donald singled him to third, with two away. However, Pet erson filed out to centerfield to end the Inning. Miller, ex-Coast leaguer, held the Crater to six hit and fan ned eight. Calvert, Cook, Pech eco, McLean, McDonald and Rego got the Medford blow. Rego was nicked for 12 hits, but he kept them well scatter ed. Steve Crlppen hurled the last frame for Medford and al lowed one hit. Rego whiffed eight, and received great sup port afield except for that one error. Pecheco came up with a circus catch in centerfield, after replacing Al Wray in the sec ond heat when Wray pulled a leg muscle. Score: R. H. E. Albany 3 13 0 'Medford 0 6 1 Miller and Robertson; Rego, Crippen and Hawkins, Eugene. June 15. Sll- , pound oui an o-e victory over I HH' Creek in a male league - Hame. Roy Orren led the 14-hit I blast with two homers and a I pair of singles. Dick Whitman collected a homer and Arland Schwab hit two triples for the 1038 state champions. Howard; Parks led th extra-base hitting for the Hillbillies with homer and triple. Score: R. H. E. Silver ton 8 14 0 Hills Creek 4 9 3 Jell and Moe; B. KeUay, Fisher and G. KeUay. WITH EMPTY GUN, Broadcast Criticizes Policy Toward Allies Says Pro poganda Deluges Land, Washington, June 15. VP). Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh asserted tonight that the defense) of the. United States should ba constructed with the "coopera tion of all American countries. but that "We must Insist upon military bases being placed wherever they are needed for our own safety, regardless of who own the territory in volved." He embraced this Idea of western hemisphere defense In an address prepared for radio delivery (NBC) in which he also asserted that "we must stoo this trend" toward involvement in the European war and ceasa "these gesture with an empty gun." Tonight' address by Lind bergh was the second of the same nature within a month. On tha last occasion he con demned "meddling with affair abroad" and denounced "hys terical chatter of calamity and invasion" a speech which " brought criticism from various members of congress and praise from soma others. Tonight he reiterated this viewpoint in these words: "This dabbling we have hn doing in European affairs can lead only to failure in the fut ure as it has in the emit Wa demand that foreign nation re train from Interfering in our hemisphere, yet wa constantly interfere in their. ... We h been doing to England and Franc what they did to Abys sinia, to Czechoslovakia, to Po land, to Finland, and to Nor way we have encouraged them w nope lor rulp w cannot end." Ha contended that it wa "useless to talk of sending American troop to Euronn nnw. for we would need month of preparation before w could train and equip even small army." If Germany wins, ha Europe would be dominated by "tha strongest military nation the world ha ever known" and if we entered tha war wa "must be prepared to attack that na- He charted that an f. ized minority in thi country la flooding our congress and our press with propaganda for war," spending Urge sum, "pushing .-ius;r ana closer to the edge." Thi nation, ha said, "stand today where the road divides, at the signpost of war and peace." Should it choose war, ha added, it would mortgage "tha live of our children and grand children," and "every family in the land would hava its wounded and its dead." "Now that we have become one of the world' greatest na tions, shall w throw away tha Independent American destiny which our forefathers gava their live to win?" he asked. "Shall we submerge our fut ure in the endless wars of tha old world? Or shall we build our own defense and Ieava European war to European countries?" Providence On Job New York, June 15. W . seeking a cool spot, Henry Wag ner, 70-year-old handyman at Community Recreation center, Wretched out for a nap last night on the two-foot-wide parapet atop th six-story Center build ing. He rolled off, landed on a narrow coping 70 feet above tha street, and after night of lying very still, was hauled to safety by a police rescue squad, unhurt.