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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1940
No. 75.
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Washington, D. C, June 18.
War department now regrets
that a resolution of Oregon's
McNary was pigeonholed. To
day there is a great and seri
ous shortage of tin, rubber and
quinine, but had McNary's mea
sure been successful there would
be ample supplies of these crit
ical materials, for McNary's plan
was to have Great Britain fur
nish them as part payment of
the war debt. Now white-haired
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., is
in charge of raw material for
the defense plan, is seeking des
perately to obtain stockpiles of
these essentials.
Ample warning was given of
what to expect, but not until
the Germans swept everything
before them with invasions of
France and England inevitable,
was a scare raised that Hitler's
next objective was the United
States and a defense program
was whipped together. Although
no militarist, McNary had
enough imagination to realize
that stockpiles should be as
sembled and if Great Britain
would not pay its debt with
cash, he proposed payments in
rubber, tin and quinine, which
England can procure through
colonies. The resolution of the
Oregon senator was bottled up.
DUFUS HOLMAN heard from
the lips of Joe Kennedy,
ambassador to the court of St.
James, and from Bill Bullitt
ambassador to France, a perfect
forecast of what is now taking
place. At the first Joint meet
ing of the senate and house
military committees attended by
Oregon's junior senator, these
diplomatic aces appeared and
"told all."
They gave a correct account
of the many thousands of tanks
Germany possessed; of the great
est fleet of p'.anes ever assem
bled: of the number of planes
produced monthly. These am
bassadors declared France and
England combined could not be
gin to match Germany's army,
tanks and bombers; said the in
vasion of England and capture
(Continued on Pago Four. I
French Dynamite
Long Juras Tunnel
Villorbee. Switzerland, June
18. P The French dynamit
ed a four-mile long railroad
tunnel under Gold mountain
In the Juras close to the Swiss
border today. The tunnel was
used normally by the trans-
European express trains.
Since the eastern mouth of
the tunnel lies on the Swiss
side Of the mountain it was
believed that General Maxime
Weygand plans to pin the east
ern wing of his line on the
Jura mountains.
Mora In Summer School
Eugene, June 18. &) Sum
mer school enrollment at the
University of Oregon shows a
21 percent increase over last
year, Director Dan Clark said
today. Last summer's 828 total
is expected to be surpassed.
SIDE GLANCES
br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
O. H. Deuchler waking
friends up at wee hours of the
morn to inform them of the
birth of his brand new baby
boy,
Theressa Bianchl cheering
Ernie Piluso on to victory and
booing Bob Kenaston down to
defeat in their heated rasslin
bout
Dorothy Perl and Mayno
Coleman exhibiting two decid
edly new coiffeurs, the former's
auburn locks being done in pig
tails with ribbon bows and the
letter's blond hair being piled
up with lots of curly bangs.
Bennie Kittle suffering x-
tremely from a bad case of sun
burn on her knees, of all places.
Order From Petain
May Hint
Of Peace Attempt
By the Associated Press.
In a sudden dramatic turn of events possibly hinting the
collapse of peace efforts Premier Marshal Petain and Gen
eralissimo Weygand appealed tonight to all French forces to
keep on fighting until an armistice is actually signed.
The appeal was broadcast by.
the French radio even as Hitler
and Mussolini, leaders of the
axis powers, met in Munich to
dictate expected stiff terms of
peace for France.
There was no immediate in
dication of what the terms
would be Berlin newspapers
said confidently they would be
"hari h" or whether they
would be acceptable under
France's insistence on "an hon
orable peace."
Dictators Agree.
The German radio reported
from Munich that Hitler and
Mussolini "have agreed" on the
French request for an armis
tice. Marshal Petain, by contrast,
said in his appeal to France's
fighting forces that peace nego
tiations had not even begun.
An indication that the axis
powers' price may prove too
stiff for French honor was seen
in a French radio report that
the republic's cabinet met today
to consider not only diplomacy
but also the problem of sup
plies. The Pctain-Weygand order
told the battle-weary French
poilus not to lay down their
arms until an armistice was
signed and sealed.
In Rome, authoritative fas
cists said Hitler and Mussolini
planned a separate peace for
France on terms that would
break British influence forever
on continental Europe.
Fleet Spirited Off.
Frances powerful fleet, sec
ond only to Britain's among
European navies, was reported
in Berlin as probably having
been already "spirited off" by
the British to prevent it from
falling into the hands of Ger
many. The fleet has been under
British command since the start
of the war.
Still smashing forward. Hit
lers conquering armies cap
tured Metz, Dijon, Belfort
Fortes and the French arma
ment center of LeCreusot, the
Nazi high command announced
TO CITE PAIR ON
WAITRESS' PLAINT
Portland, June 18, (VP)
United States Attorney General
Karl Donaugh authorized a com
plaint today accusing Chris
Evangelinos 45, of kidnaping
Dollie McGmnis of Portland.
He instructed Special Agent
W. F. Woods of Medford to file
the charge at either Medford or
Grants Pass and place Evange
linos under $10,000 bond. Miss
McGinnins, recently employed
as a waitress at Trinidad, Calif.,
and J. H. Stewart, 3S, of Trini
dad were ordered held as ma
terial witnesses.
Sheriff A. Donnley Barnes of
Grants Pass said the 23-year-old
woman claimed Evangelinos
forced her into Stewart's car
at Grants Pass Saturday and
was driven to the California
line. She said she received
protection from Klebert Gau
treaux and E. G. Gardner at a
California line tavern.
ACTOR ARLEN CLAIMS
GOLF COURSE BEATING
Los Angeles, June 18. f-Pl
AMor RirhnrH Arln' comnlaint
thai wl vtlm Tati SO .Tucked
that William Tate, 30, attacked
' and beat him at the Wilshire
Country club golf course led
. police to detain Tate today on
1 suspicion of extortion.
j San Francisco, June 18. HP)
I The federal surplus commod
I ities corporation today author
ized purchase of up to 1.S00
tons of freh loganberries from
i Oregon and Washington grow
' ers. The berries will be canned
I by processors under contract
w'ith the FSCC and will be do
nated for ue In free school
lunches for undernourished
I children
Collapse
T
Munich, June 18. (IPt Adolf
Hitler and Eenito Mussolini
agreed tonight on the terms on
which they propose to grant
peace to France, and left Mu
nich immediately after conclu
sion of thiir conference In the
famed Fuehrerhaus.
There was no immediate in
dication of how high would be
the price France must pay for
cessation of fighting.
Munich, June 18. (Pi It was
taken for granted In informed
circles here today that the axis
demands in granting peace to
France would begin with the
"lost provinces" of Alsace and
Lorraine for Germany, and Cor
sica, Tunis and Nice for Italy.
Mussolini may also ask other
concessions beneficial to Italy s
African colonies, it was said.
The . real . question mark ap
peared to be "what will hap
pen to France herself?" after
these apparently obvious re
quirements have been exacted.
Whatever happens, It seemed
certain tonight that the French
army would be rendered impot
ent if the axis terms are ac
cepted by France and that re
public would be shoved into
the status of a second-rate
power.
EXPLOSION SINKS
San Francisco, June 18. OP)
The Globe Wireless Marine sta
tion here said the steamship
Niagara of the Canadian-Aus
tralian line wirelessed she was
sinking in the Tasmari sea. be
tween New Zealand and Aus
tralia.
An explosion In No. 2 hold
disabled the engines, the dis
tress message said, and the ship
was full of water and going
down by the head.
After the first SOS, another
message was sent saying an
order had been given to aban
don ship.
The Niagara Is a passenger
ship, operating in the Canadian
Australian service by way of
Honolulu.
C-C AND COUNCIL
Board
Jackson
of directors of
the
County Chamber ofwould fight on he did not say
Commerce, with the city coun- how.
cil and county court as its spe- He recounted the men and the
cial conferees, will hold a lunch-1 .hips with which Britain will
eon-meeting in the Hotel Med-:reiirt invasion, and he said ev
ford at noon Thursday. ery mln wal now in the na-
Without revealing the nature;
of the business, the chamber
office said that important mat
" "" ' '
,nterf,t chamber's work
ters would be discussed. Anyone
was Invited to attend
Usually the board meets on
rnnay ana attention was ui
rected to the change to Thurs
day this week. The change was
made so that there would be no
interference with Medford s par-
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U,V "ir
ingimay Dinning nmnviim
Diamond lake Friday noon.
Newberg, Ore., June 18
T)
The board of control of Pa -
cific College elected Dr. Thomas
H. Hester of Newberg. presi-
dent, and Dr. J. Ray Pember -
ton. Salem, vice-president, yes-
terday.
NAVAL EXPANSION
ON VAST SCALE IS
HELD ESSENTIAL
Admiral Stark Recommends
Four Billion Dollar Addi
tion For Defense Needs.
Washington, June 18. (IP)
President Roosevelt asserted to
day that he believed the coun
try undoubtedly would come to
some form of government ser
vice for every boy in the land,
though it might not be mili
tary service in the strict sense
of the word.
The service would bring in
youths regardless of what class
of life they came from, he told
his press conference.
Washington, June 18. UP)
Admiral Harold R. Stark unex
pectedly recommended to con
gress today a $4,000,000,000 ex
pansion of the navy to gtve this
country the greatest fleet the
world has ever seen.
Testifying before the house
naval committee after a closed
session, the chief of naval oper
ations said the proposed pro
gram would add about 200
fighting ships to the navy and
1,250,000 tons to the navy s au
thorized combat tonnage. That
tonnage now amounts to about
1,724.480 tons, he added.
Stark's public testimony on
the new proposal was confined
to barest details but, in response
to question by Chairman mson
(D., Ga.), he said he considered
it "essential" to the defense of
the United States and insular
possessions as well as the de
fense of the Monroe doctrine.
Washington, June 18.
ihe expanding regular army
added two new streamlined di
visions to Its roster today, as
congress went to work on the
$1,200,000,000 navy bill that
would give the United States
the mightiest fleet in the history
of sea power.
The new divisions heavily
armed and completely motor
ized will give the army a total
of eight streamlined units, each
designed to strike with greater
speed and power than the pon
derous old-style divisions.
New Dark Age To Come
If England Suffers Defeat
Is Warning
By The Associated Press
London, June 18. Winston Churchill proclaimed today to his
parliament and people the beginning of "the battle for Britain"
and declared direly that its loss would plunge even the United
States "in the abyss of a new dark age."
In a house of commons echo-
Ing with cheers, he cried:
"Let us brace ourselves to
our duty. And so bear our
selves that if the British empire
and commonwealth lasts for a
thousand years, men will still
say: "This was their finest
hour."
Urges French On
Admitting the loss of the bat
tle of France, Churchill never
theless urged the French to con
tinue to resist in some form lest
they "cast away their future."
He held out hope the French
.,. def,nse forces for whom
a gun could be found.
He forsaw a great pressure
, of coming strain on me wazi i ""a'
reglme ..ith ,lmott . Europe!bly than ever before to Ger-
of coming strain on the Nazi
wr.ihtn. .nd .t.rvinff under it
; nej ,,
And he went on:
". . . Upon this battle de -
nHi ha mrvival of Christian!
vj,ilatlon know, nej
will have to break us in this
wilt I
island or lose the war
If we can stand up to'wegianj, Dutch, Belgians; all
I Hitler all Europe may be free,
and the life of the world may,
! move forward into broad, sun-
lit plains."
Unexpected Answer
I During the last war said
Churchill, "we repeetedly a.ked
I ourselves: "are we going to
FEHL IS GRANTED
ON RELEASE PLEA
Convicted Jackson County
Judge To Present Claims
In Court Tuesday A. M.
Salem, June 18. ilPh A writ
of habeas corpus, on which
Earl H. Felil. former Jackson
county Judge, seeks release
from the state hospital, was
granted today by Judge Louis
P. Hewitt of Portland.
The writ, directed against
the state board of control and
Dr. J. C. Evans, superintendent
of the state hospital, is return
able next Tuesday at 10 a. m.,
when a hearing will be held.
Fehl was convicted of ballot
theft in Jackson county and
served time in the state prison,
later being sent to the state
hospital after being found in
sane. Demurrer Planned.
Willis S. Moore, assistant
attorney-general appearing on
behalf of Dr. Evans and the
board of control. Indicated he
would demur to the writ on
ground that the court is with
out jurisdiction to act.
Roy Hewitt, Salem, attorney
for Fehl, said he would sub
poena seven to 10 witnesses to
give testimony to support his
contentions that Fehl is held
In the hospital on pretense, that
Fehl was not given a proper
hearing, that he was denied
privilege of counsel on to have
attendance of his family or
friends, that the certificate of
the examining physicians was
not properly drawn up, and that
the physicians did not give him
sufficient examination.
District Attorney F. J. New
man of Jackson county stated at
noon that he had received no
notice of the hearing up to that
hour. The district attorney was
of the belief that opposition to
the release of Feh', is a matter
to be handled entirely by the
attorney-generals office.
Portland, June 18. lP) The
Bonneville power administra
tion named A. B. MacPherson,
Portland, chief of its land di
vision today.
Of Churchill
win," and no one was able to
answer until at the end. Quite
suddenly and unexpectedly, our
terrible enemy collapsed and
we were so glutted with victory
that in our folly we cast it
away."
Then It was that Churchill ad
vised France to refrain from a
separate peace, said Britain
could not relieve France of her
promise not to make one, and
declared, whatever happened.
'the British never would lose
"Our sense of comradeship with
the French people."
Basis For Hop
The prime minister expressed
"Good and reasonable hopes for
ultimate victory. ,
Admitting the great question
was: "Can we break Hitler's air
, weapon. n seia oriiain air
su-engm comparea more lavor-
many's: that planes and supplies
were i iu wins evcr-iiitrwauin
quantities irom in. uniiea
, States and the dominions.
- Britain s own terms, ne
cried:
"We abate nothing of our just
demands. Czechs, Poles, Nor-
I who have Joined their cause to
our own shall be restored!
The opposition leaders, Lib-
eral Sir Percy Harris and H. B.
I ueessmun, lor LJDor, assurer!
the prime minister the nation
was united behind him "right to
I the end."
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BASEBALL HFRUIT SUPPLIES
American
Score: R. H. E.
New York 3 8 8
Chicago S 14 1
Donald, Hadley, Sundra, and
Dickey; Smith and Tresh.
National
(11 innings) R. H. E.
St. Louis 7 12 4
Brooklyn 5 8 1
Bowman, Hutchinson, Cooper
and Padgett; Hamlin, Casey, Im-
bal and Phelps.
FOR BOY SCOUT
According to an announce
ment from the Boy Scout office
today, the camp staff from
Camp McLoughlin at Lake of
the Woods has been selected for
the opening on July 7. The staff
of leaders will be in camp for
the entire season from July 7
to August 4.
Kenneth A. Wells, Boy Scout
executive, will be camp direc
tor, assisted by Del Ayeri as
waterfront director. Bob Holmes
as assistant waterfront director,
Pougles Eden in charge of camp
fires and games, Jack Kresse as
handicraft director, Dick Smith
as camp clerk, Glynn Taylor in
charge of advancement, and
James Hoey as an assistant
scoutmaster.
Henry vanBerger will serve
as camp engineer and caretaker,
Luke Callaway will be back as
camp cook assisted by Henry
Noben and George Codding
Charles Davis will be In camp
again to head archery. Other
local scouters will spend a por
Won of the season in camp; these
will include K. M. C. Neill of
Grants Pass, Larry Schade and
Dnle Smith of Medford, and
T. J. Norby of Ashland.
One hundred and seventy-four
camper weeks have already been
reserved for this season, accord
ing to Mr. Wells. This is 33 per
cent greater than the total at
tendance last summer and indl
cates that some of the camp
periods are now ncaring capac
ity registration.
Canadian Soldier
Landed In Iceland
Ottawa, June 18 lP) The
first contingent of a Canadian
expeditionary force has landed
In Iceland, Prime Minister W.
L. McKenzie King announced
in the house of commons today.
Cherbourg Reached
By German Advance
London, June 18 (JPh-The
French night communique, as
broadcast on the French radio
tonight, said advance German
detachments had reached the
great port of Cherbourg.
Camp Clatsop, June 18 iP)
The guns of Fort Stevens
belched tons of sand-filled pro
jectiles at bobbing target in
the seas off Clatsop today. The
249th coast artillery regiment of
the Oregon National Guard
fired 1100-pound projectiles
with 12-inch mortars.
Premier Mussolini and Dic
tator Hitler who mat in Munich
today to determine paace terms
to be given France, lett the con
ference sit without divulging
their conclusions.
Washington, June 18. (IP)
Total 1940-41 fruit supplies were
estimated today to be above
average, despite severe winter
and spring temperatures In east
ern and central states.
The agricultural marketing
service said that on June 1 re
ports indicated large crops of
pears, cherries and California
plums. Production 6f peaches
and California dried prunes was
expected to be slightly under
the 10-year average.
June 1 conditions indicated
an average commercial apple
crop and above-average produc
tion of California grapes, figs
and olives and Idaho prunes.
Citrus crops from 1940 bloom,
the service said, probably would
be well above average in the
1940-41 season.
Small crops were in prospect
for apricots, almonds and wal
nuts in California and for
prunes in the Pacific northwest
The June 1 condition of the
apple crop In 38 commercial
states was 67 per cent of nor
mal. It was 89 per cent June
l of last year.
TAXI HOLDUP BIGS
FIFTEEN YEAR TERM
FOR CRIME REPEATER
Floyd Harlan Miller, who
pleaded guilty to a charge of
assault while armed with a
deadly weapon, was sentenced
to IS years in state prison yes
terday by circuit Judge H. D.
Norton.
Miller, his record returns
show, was on probation for
burglary in a dwelling In Clat
sop county, granted July 13.
last. The youth claimed he
was the victim of an accident
which caused an Injury to his
head, from which ha still suf
fers. Miller, according to his state
ment, hired Ampere A. Young,
taxi driver, on June 4, to take
him to Ashland. Near the Cha
teau, on the Pacific highway,
the car was driven off the road,
where Young was hit on the
head with a gun and robbed of
$2.75 and his auto.
In attempting to turn the car
around. Miller drove it into a
ditch and was unable to extri
cate It. He then walked into
Ashland where he was arrested
by the Ashland city police. .
ELECTRICAL STORMS
BRING RAIN THREAT
Portland. June 18. (Elec
trical disturbances striking
through western Oregon as far
south as Roseburg threatened
rain from clouded skies today.
Portland's noon temperature
hit 81 degrees with a humidity
reading of 38 per cent.
The roadside market offers
sn opportunity for many farm
ers to reduce cort of dixtribu-
I tion and increase farm revenue.
BY GRASS FIRES;
FIRE LADS BUSY,
Trash Fires And Attempt To
Burn Grass Cause 2 Out
breaks Firecrackers 3rd
Several homes and other
buildings were threatened by a
grass fire in back of Graver's
dairy at 508 West Sixth street
this forenoon. To halt the flam
ing grass, firemen had to start
back-fires.
The grass was ignited by a
trash fire set in the grass by
Mrs. W. L. Ruealheau of 115
North Oakdale avenue, Chief
Roy Elliott said. It was an ex
tremely hazardous place to start
a rubbish fire, the chief de
clared. The fire department's chemi
cal crew answered the alarm at
11:23 a. m. and worked on the
blaze until 12:03 p. m.
Chicken Coops Burn
An hour and 20 minutes later
the chemical crew was called to
the home of H. C. McColIum,
534 Hamilton street, and arrived
Just In time to save two chicken
coops from going up in flames.
The coops and a fence were
scorched, Ignited by burning
grass.
Edward Canoose, assistant
chief, quoted Mr. McCollura as
saying he set the grass on fir
to burn It off and before he
could get a garden hose going
to keep it under control it got
away from him. The faucet was
rusty and the rust plugged the
hose, Mr. Canoora quoted Mr.
McColIum.
Firecrackers set off by two
boys ignited the grass near the
Valley school on the east side
yesterday afternoon. The chem
ical crew put the grass out and
the boys were lectured by Chief
Elliott.
The boys did not intend to
set the grass on fire, the chief
ssid. emphasizing how danger
ous it is to play with any form
of fir when the possible con
sequt nces -dae not understood.
It was the fourth consecutive
fire caused by children.
Sky Colored
A large triangle of dry glass,
(resenting a fire hazard, be
tween McAndrews road and
West Jackson boulevard, was
burned off by neighbors last
evening. Control measures were
taken before the grass was ig
nited so there was no danger
of its getting away and Chief
Elliott praised the neighborhood
for its work. The blaze color
ed the sky and many calls were
received about the fire at head
quarters, the chief said.
Permits must now be obtained
before any grass, rubbish or
other material may be burned.
Chief Elliott stated. All that la
necessary is to call fire depart,
ment headquarters. It is a vio
lation of a city ordinance not
to obtain a permit, the chief
said.
AT
Poughkeepsle, N. Y., June 18.
(JP After three of the six start- '
ins iunlor varaltv erewa had .
CWmnH Itl m 1 1 1 1 1 than L
the first halt-mile of their race,
the Jayvee and the varsity con
tests of the annual Intercolle
giate Rowing association regatta
on the Hudson were postponed
todsy "until further notice."
Under water conditions that
were the worst since 1929,
Washington's favored Huskies
were down at the stern a few
hundred yards from the start
Syracuse was the next to go,
and California followed.
Cornell's freshmen opened the
regatta with a two-length vic
tory over Princeton, competing
on the Hudson for the first
time. Syracuse was third and
Columbia fourth and last.
Cornell's time of 10 minutes
55 Vi seconds was far back of
th record of 9:11.1 established
by another Cornell boat In
1909.
Princeton was clocked la
11:03.3. Syracuse in UTJ and
Columbia In 11:24.