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Full Associated Press
1 United Press
Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1940.
No. 73.
TALK W KAC
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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.