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Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 191940
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Washington, D. C, June 19
There is confusion, jealousy
and distrust already festering
under the surface as the gov
ernment moves to defend Amer
ica against possible foemen.
Disputants range from cabinet
officers to members of the
senate. There are proposals
that congressional committees
be appointed to act as a check
or brake on the executive de
partment. For the time being
America is muddling along with
too many cooks.
Army and navy have had
their own arrangements for
procuring equipment. Secretary
of the Treasury Henry Morgen
thau, Jr., has been delegated
by the President to provide air
planes, which is a strange oc
cupation for the treasury, which
of itself has no planes except
those used in the coast guard.
A few days ago a procurement
officer was appointed, but what
he is to procure has not been
made clear. The procurement
office has looked after the
building of postoffices and not
munitions of war.
By law the assistant secretary
of war (Louis Johnson) is
charged with procurement of
all military supplies, the manu
facture of war materials in
government arsenal's and he is
responsible for plans for war
time procurement of supplies
and industrial mobilization
planning.
TPHE new national defense com-
mission (composed of indus
trialists) supposed to procure
raw materials and process them
Into planes, rifles, trucks, tanks,
uniforms, gas-masks, etc. Now
Jesse Jones, through RFC, has
pushed a bill through congress
which enables him to horn in
and procure materials, particu
larly tin, rubber and manganese.
Someone will have to clarify
the situation and decide how
much authority the national de
fense commission has and
whether the several officials
authorized to procure this and
that will continue to do so or
(Continued on Pago Six.)
RUM SALE SUSPENSION
Portland, June 19. (P) The
state liquor control commission
refused 23 beer licenses, grant
ed two and ordered 10 suspen
sions at a meeting here today.
Suspensions included:
Harold C. Haight, Bowler's
Garden, Klamath Falls, 10-day
suspension for accepting finan
cial assistance.
Charles Schuss. Schuss Vint
age company, Klamath Falls,
10-day suspension for accepting
financial assistance.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Maxine Guyer averring that
one cannot take Red Cross
swimming lessons every night
and remain glamorous-looking
throughout the day.
Earl Herendeen exhibiting a
pair of badly sunburned arms
which still sizzled four days
after.
Mabel Sherwood exclaiming
as how it was a bit cool about
the ears after whacking off
beautiful curls for a more prac
tical and summemh hair-do.
Bill Boworman clumping
loudly so friends would notice
his shiny new shoes, which
aren't exactly dainty.
Sergcant-iit-Arms Ken Den
man going into action to give
authority to a whim of Paul
Meyers to compel a fellow club
member to remove hi coat at
8 dinner metlin;
!H CONTINUES
AS F
TERMS JFPEACE
Berlin Rumors Say Armistice
Price Won't Be Argued
Final Assault Alternative
New York, June 19. P
The official Italian radio. In a
broadcast picked up by NBC.
said late- today that the text
of the 'German damanda on
France might be expected
"within a few hours."
By the Associated Press
German armies plunged
deeper into stricken France to
day and the high command re
ported they had seized Cher,
bourg, Nancy, Luneville fort
ress, T o u 1, Strasbourg and
"reached" the big French manu
facturing city of Lyon, on the
Rhone river.
Lyon is about half way be
tween Paris and Marseille, the
Mediterranean port.
A picture of France in bond
age stripped of her gold, fac
tories and raw materials, with
German-Italian armies camped
on her soil was given in un
confirmed reports of the "axis
peace" terms dictated by Adolf
Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Accept Or Reject
Authorized Nazis In Berlin
emphasized that the German
Italian price for an armistice are
not open to negotiation. They
must be accepted or rejected as
they stand.
The official Italian news
agency said Hitler demanded
capitulation "pure and simple"
apparently meaning uncondi
tional surrender.
While details remained secret,
Bordeaux reported that French
and German negotiators would
meet at Madrid at the residence
of Generalissimo Francisco
Franco of Spain.
The French radio said Ger
many notified France today that
she would disclose her peace
terms only to a special plenipo
tentiary. President Albert Le
brun immediately appointed an
envoy to meet the axis nego
tiators. Fascists Warn
Fascists in Rome warned that
French rejection of the Munich
terms would unleash a swift
"final assault" by the combined
German-Italian armies now
nearing a junction near the south
Swiss border to crush France
to the ground.
Waves of German bombers
meanwhile roared over England
during the night, killing 12 civil
ians and wounding 13, in wide
spread raids apparently Hitler's
brimstone curtain-raiser reply to
the "battle for Britain" pro
claimed yesterday by Prime
Minister Churchill.
I Continued on Pago Ton.)
RENCH AWAIT
Weary French Fall Asleep After
Stumbling Across Swiss Border
Le Locle, on the French
Swiss Frontier, June 19. UP)
Two thousand French soldiers,
including a general, two col
onels, four lieutenant-colonels
and 35 other officers of the
aviation staff for the Dijon re
gion stumbled wearily across
Col Des Roches ridge into neu
tral Switzerland today.
They surrendered to Swiss
army border guards, and with
out a murmur many fell ex-
hausted to sleep on the grass.
The steady flow of refugees
continued across this part of
I the Jura frontier the old and
; the young In the dispirited
masses.
They said many of their num
ber were killed by bombing in
towns of the Doubs valley.
; southeast of liesancon, France,
and of how others met death
when they were caught helpless
ly between the German and
French fighting forces.
One woman brought her dead
'child across the mountains with
: her. The child had been kiled
I by a bomb fragment near Bar
lancon.
baseball I
American
' Score: (10 innings) R. H. E.
Philadelphia 4 10 2
Detroit 5 9 2
Potter and Hayes; Newsom
and Sullivan.
Score: R. H. E.
New York 0 7 1
Chicago 18 0
Russo and Rosar; Lee and
Tresh.
Washington 18 1
Cleveland 4 9 0
Chase, Haynes, Kraskaukas
and Early; Allen and Hemsley.
Boston 4 12 0
St. Louis 6 11 1
Hash, Heving and Desautels,
Peacock; R. Harris, Lawson and
Swift.
National
Pittsburgh 5 9 0
Boston 19 2
Bowman and Lopez; Errick-
son. Salvo and Berres, Masi.
LABOR FEDERATION
Klamath Falls, June 19. P)
After a spirited discussion, the
State Federation of Labor, in
convention here today, adopted
a resolution to the effect that
the federation sponsor legisla
tion to prohibit women working
as bartenders in Oregon.
Gertrude Sweet, vice-president
of the Hotel and Restau
rant Employes International Al
liance and the Bartenders In
ternational League of America,
asserted that rf women are al
lowed to work as bartenders a
"storm of public protest" will
arise and there will be agitation
for a return to prohibition.
Ethel Murphy, Marshfield, add
ed that women should not
"chisel" on bartenders. Several
delegates spoke on both sides
of the issue.
A resolution proposing drastic
changes in the unemployment
compensation law was passed
without debate.
Nairobi, Kenya Colony. Afri
ca, June 19. (P A raid on the
Italian Somaliland frontier by
troops of King George's African
rifles, supported by the southern
Rhodesian contingent and the
royal air force, was reported In
a military communique.
Although full details were not
available, the communique said,
an Italian post was considerably
damaged. The raid was made
yesterday.
London, June 19. UP) An
air raid warning was sounded
tonight on the south coast of Eng
land. No plane was seen or
heard immediately.
A few rode, driving In camou
flaged automobiles and trucks,
all of which were thoroughly
searched for arms.
Some of the soldiers' uni
forms were torn and bloody.
Many of them had fought at
Verdun.
They reached Besancon Sun
day, they said, expecting to
form a new army, only to find
the city abandoned. Ammuni
tion dumps and gasoline storage
tanks were burning. Roads were
filled with vehicles, abandoned
for lack of fuel, or burned and
twisted from bombings.
Yesterday they met a strong
German motorized column near
Portarier. The Germans fired
at them only long enough to
force their way through to the
southwest towards the Saone
valley.
This morning they fought at
Joux, between LeCocle and
P o n t a 1 1 e r Junction where
French forces on two Interna
tional railway lines were hold
ing out esainst periodic at
tack of German Panzer unit.
IJ.S. STANDS PAT ON
AXIS POWERS TOLD
Will Countenance No Euro
pean Interference With
Ownership in New World
Washington, June 19. UP)
The state department has in
structed its representatives in
Berlin and Rome to notify the
German and Italian governments
of United States opposition to
transfer of any western hemis
phere possessions from one non
American power to another.
Britain, France and the exiled
Netherlands government, the na
tions having possessions in this
hemisphere, similarly were noti
fied. The instructions, which went
out Monday and were disclosed
today, constituted a warning to
all that the United States stood
pat on the Monroe doctrine and
thus would not countenance any
European interference with own
ership of lands in the new world.
This government s views, as
given to European capitals, were
identical with those in a joint
resolution pending in congress.
Step Taking Hinted
The resolution, now in the
senate for ratification of minor
house amendments declares that
the United States would not
recognize any transfer and would
not acquiesce in any attempt to
transfer any region of the west
ern--hemisphere from one non-
American power to another.
If such an attempt to transfer
should appear likely, the resolu
tion says the United States
would, in addition to other meas
ures, immediately consult with
the other American republics to
determine what steps to take to
safeguard their common inter
ests. France's suit for peace has
raised the present question of
the fate of French possessions
in this hemisphere French Gui
ana, Martinique and Guadeloupe
in the West Indies area and fat
Pierre and Miquelon off New
foundland.
Secretary Hull was expected
to re-define American policy In
an address at Harvard univer
sity commencement exercises to
morrow. 17 HURT AS BUS
E
Wlnslow, Ariz., June 19. (Pi
Sixteen passengers and the
driver were Injured today when
an eastbound Santa Fe Trail
ways bus plunged through the
railing of a new bridge across
the Little Colorado river, im
mediately east of here, and
dropped 20 feet to the dry bed
of the stream.
Investigators said the bus
swerved to the left soon after it
started across the bridge and ap
parently plunged through the
railing, out of control. The new
road bed approaching the bridge
recently had been topped with
fresh oil.
PLANE FALL INJURES
Nampa, Idaho, June 19. UP)
Ben H. Waigand, Nampa may
or and Harry Clark, aviation in
structor here, were in hospital
today as a result of an airplane
accident at 5:30 this morning as
they took off for Baker, Ore.
Spectators said the plane, ap
parently having engine trouble
at the take off, rose about 23
feet in the air and then nosed
over on the runway as the en
gine died.
hawaiiaTsolon spots
mainland's trouble
Washington, June 19. (D
Sarah Todd Cunningham, a visit
ing senator from tranquil Ha
waii, has this impression of the
mainland: "Too many people In
too many cars in too much of a
hurry going In too many differ
ent directions to nowhere for
nothing."
LEWIS TELLS GOP
LABOR HAS LOST
E IN IT
Head of C. 1. 0. Appears Be
fore Resolutions Commit
tee As Convention Nears
Philadelphia, June 19. (Pi
CIO Chieftain John L. Lewis to
day termed President Roose
velt s proposal for compulsory
national service "a fantastic sug
gestion from a mind in full in
tellectual retreat."
. Philadelphia, June 19. Pi
John L. Lewis, head of the CIO,
told the Republican . resolutions
committee today labor "has no
cause to feel any confidence in
the Republican party in recent
years because the Republican
party, as such, has practically
abandoned labor."
"I think it is obvious," he
added, "that labor has aban
doned the Republican party."
Lewis spoke before the resolu
tions committee as it met five
days In advance of the Republi
can national convention to re
ceive recommendations from rep
resentatives of various organiza
tions on planks for the party's
1940 platform.
AFL for Aiding Allies
William Green, president of
the American Federation of La
bor, told the resolutions commit
tee today his organization fa
voreoT "every ounce of assistance
and supplies" to the democracies
Id Europe "short of our entry
into the war."
After reading a long formal
statement urging a score or more
of planks for the Republican
platform, including preservation
of existing labor standards,
Green was questioned by com
mittee members.
Former Senator Walter E.
Edge of New Jersey asked
whether the AFL would be will
ing, if necessary, to "temporarily
give up some of its wage and
hour advantages."
"Labor," Green replied, "is
prepared to make the same sacri
fices as the average American
citizen may be called upon to
make.
DUE TO NAZI MINE
Auckland, N. Z., June 19.
Prime Minister Peter Fraa
er told parliament today that
an enemy mine had sunk the
Canadian-Australian liner Niag
ara, which went down yesterday
20 miles off the New Zealand
coast. This was the first official
indication that German mines
had been sown In Pacific waters.
As Fraser spoke, rescue ships
and planes were aiding the 146
passengers and 203 crewmen of
the vessel who took to their
boats following the explosion
which sunk the liner. All were
declared safe and proceeding
here.
STANFIELD DELAYED
BY AUTO ACCIDENT
Portland, June 19. UP) For
mer U. S. senator Robert N
Stanfield, delegate to the Re
publican national convention
delayed his departure to Phila
delphia today because of an
automobile accident.
Delegate Phil Metschan of
Portland said the Oregon group
would leave for the east by train
tonight. Stanfield, recovering
from minor Injuries, will follow
by plane.
ACTOR MONTGOMERY ON
CLIPPER FOR AMERICA
Lisbon, June 19. UPl Rob
ert Montgomery, American mo
tion picture player who has
been driving an ambulance in
France, left today for the United
j States on a Clipper plane.
Suicides In Church
Portland. June 19. UP) An
unidentified, poorly dressed man
sought the quiet of St. Michael
and All Angels' church to com
mit suicide today. A church
worker found the body hanging
1 from a stairway bannister In the
I hallway near the main rhapeL
I Plain Language Platform G.O.P. Aim
John D. Hamilton, national chairman (at right), asked the Republican national eon
Tontlon resolutions committee for platform couched la "plain language." on thai nominee
"will not regard as scrap of paper."
E SOVIET FORCES
ADVANCE INTO THREE
BALTIC NATIONS
Stockholm, June 19. (IP) '
Soviet Russian artillery, Infantry
and cavalry units escorted by
numerous squadrons of bombing
planes and reinforced by tank!
and armored car detachments
were reported today to have
occupied all large towns in Lith
uania, Estonia and Latvia.
The Red army also posted
guards at railway stations and
bridges while negotiations con
tinued for establishment of pro
Soviet governments In the three
little Baltic states with whom
the Soviet union is strongly "im
plementing" her mutual assist
ance pacts of last fall.
There wsre also rumors of
German troop movements in
East Prussia, facing expanding
Baltic footholds, but they could
not be substantiated.
Reliable diplomatic circles,
however, say that the Germans
have been transporting new
forces to Norway. One interpre
tation of this could be a plan of
attack on the British isles.
Washington, June 19. (P)
Attorney General Jackson ex
pressed "emphatic disapproval"
today of a bill for the deporta
tion of Harry Bridges, west coast
C. I. O. leader.
In a letter to Senator Russell
(D., Ga.) Jackson said that it
the bill, which. the house ap
proved by an overwhelming
vote, were to become law it
would be "an historical depar
ture from an unbroken Amer
ican practice and tradition."
Duff Cooper Assures Englishmen
America Supports Them in War
London, June 19. UP) Al
fred Duff Cooper, Britain's min
ister of information, assured the
people of the British Empire to
day that the United States was
behind them In their battle
against Germany.
Speaking In a broadcast to the
empire and the world while the
announcement of Germany's
terms for a French surrender
was avidly awaited, he stated
that "the government and the
people" of the United States
"are our friends",
"We have it from their own
president that 'they are redoub
ling their efforts to provide us
with all the means that we de
sire for the prosecution of the
war," he said.
I With supplies from the Uni
Tribune Machine
Repaired Quickly
By Air Line Aid
The speed of modern trans
portation was demonstrated
again yesterday when a part
for a printing machine was
received by the Mail Tribune
from San' Francisco in jig
time by air express.
The printing machine had
broken and the vital part
was ordered of the Ludlow
Typograph company In San
Francisco by wire at 11:10 a.
m. The replacement part
arrived by United Mainliner
at 3:28 p. m. A mechanic
was at the airport to get the
part. Ho hastened back to
the Mall Tribune plant, made
the replacement and in .a
short time the machine was
again ' in operation.
CAMIRER QUITS
Washington, June 19. OP)
Arno B. Cammerer resigned to
day as director of the national
park service because of ill
health and Secretary Ickes an
nounced the appointment of
Newton B. Drury, California
conservationist, as his successor.
San Francisco, June 19. UP)
Newton Bishop Drury, 01
new director of the national
park service, has been active In
establishing state parks in Cali
fornia for the past 20 years.
He has been secretary of the
Save-the-Redwooda league for
that period, and since 1929 has
been investigating officer for the
California park commission.
Portland, June 19 UP) Wool
dealers reported today a gen
eral advance of Willamette val
ley wool bids to. 35 cents a
pound. Mohair remained at 35
cents a pound with very little
unsold.
ted States and South America
available, he said, Britain had
an "inexhaustable source''
which made it necessary only
for Britain to hold off the In
vader for a few months before
the tide would turn In her favor
"We have only to beat off the
Invader, hold him at bay for a
few months and our supplies
will begin to Increase ai hi di
minish. "We know that he has risked
all In his great effort to obtain
a swift victory. We know that
he cannot face long war. We
can face it and we shall face it
If we have to with confidence
He declared that the defeat of
the French was not the first
t'me "a great nation has been
defeated and has recovered from
the defeat"
ALL
1!
OF II. S.
' Washington, June- 1 9. UP)
Approximately 100,000 radio
operators were ordered today
by the federal communications
commission to submit proof ot
their citizenship.
Previous commission orders
forbade amateurs to communU
cate with foreign countries,
sharply curtailed activltiea of
mobile transmitters, and ordered)
ship and other operators not to
carry on unnecessary converaa
tlons.
Today's decree applies to all
operators, both amateur and
commercial. It calls on them to)
file proof in the form of aifl
davits, fingerprints, and photo
graphs before August 13.
The FCC licenses only citizen
for all classes ot operators, but In.
the past has relied on the ap
plicant a own statement.
SENATWCTS
Washington, June 19. UP)
The senate rejected entirely
today all proposals to write into
the 11,007,000,000 tax bill pro
vision designed to reduce fed
eral spending.
After rejected 47 to 38, a
suggestion that congressional
committees seek to effect a
$300,000,000 reduction in non
defense appropriations, t h
chamber turned down, 41 to 82,
a proposal by Senator Tydings
(D., Md.) that non-defense item
be cut by a flat four per cent.
ENLIST FOR DEFENSE
Montevideo, June 19. UP)
Uruguay' minister of national
defense, General Julio Roletti,
appealed today to all Uruguay
ana to enlist Immediately for
volunteer military training. Ha
asked women to enroll tor pos
sible auxiliary service.
Roletti emphasized that the,
appeal was not conected with
any expected change in tha
internal order or "aggression"
from without, but only to gtva
Uruguayans a chance in prepare
themselves to serve their coun
try if the occasion arose.
WIFE THINKS HUBBY
IS FIFTH COLUMNIST
St. Louts, June 19. (AV
Police received what they said
was a new high In tip on
"fifth column" activltiea.
A woman telephoned to re
port the suspected her husband
la connected with a spy ring
for foreign government.