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Ttiibune
Full Associated Press
.11 United Pans
Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1940.
No. 78.
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Washington, D. C, June 21.
No confidence is violated by
stating that top night officials
In the government and mem
bers of certain bureaus are In
tensely worried the way tilings
are going abroad and not only
In the war zone of Europe, but
the western hemisphere. Scarce
ly one-tenth of one percent of
what is going on behind closed
doors among officials is leaking
out to the general public. "Jit
ters" best describes the mental
processes under which hundreds
of public servants are laboring.
And these are aside from the
army and navy folk.
Take the financial angle, for
example. The man in the street
knows of troop and fleet activi
ties, but not being a specialist,
is giving no thought to gold,
securities and credit which are
involved. As each country is
invaded by Hitler, steps are
taken by President Roosevelt to
"freeze" the credits of that coun
try which has the effect of
preventing Hitler from getting
all the loot in sight. The United
States did not act quick enough
in Holland and $630,000,000 of
American securities were cap
tured by Hitler. Before a
"freeze" could be ordered on
France's credits, about two bil
lion dollars in gold was- taken
at Bordeaux, although some
gold had been shipped out of
the country.
Bank of England is shipping
gold in anticipation of invasion.
It is going to Canada and from
Canada tons of the once-precious
metal finds its way into
New York. Most of the gold in
the world is now in the United
States and if Hitler over-runs
Europe he can use something
other than gold for currency.
These are matters which are
causing sleepless nights for the
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Washington, June 21. (JP)
President Roosevelt asked con
gress today to provide $22,590,
000 for the prompt training of
skilled and semi-skilled workers
needed in industries vital to the
national defense program.
The recommendation went to
a senate appropriations subcom
mittee at a moment when critic
al legislative comment was being
directed at the labor and em
ploymentc hief of the national
defense commission, Sidney Hill
man. SENATOR GIBSON OF
VERMONT SUCCUMBS
Washington. June 21
Senator Ernest Willard Gibson
of Vermont died today at the
age of 67. A lawyer, he had
served in congress for 16 years.
He had been ill of a heart
ailment for more than a week.
On June 12 he had been taken
to a hospital here.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Theaterman Eino Hemmila
and Shakespearean Johnny Reis
acker being mistaken for each
other on account of the sim
ilarity of their fancy summer
sandals.
- Alberta Mnffatt Finlry whlp-j
ping Into town after a year's j
absence, she flashing her usual
beautiful smile. !
Lyle Wilcox thinking the
president's appointment of Stim
on and Knox just plenty okeh.
Ed Hoppe and wlfey Pearl
not being shocked by a friend's
indiscreet yelling about an in
discreet matter
Details Unrevealed j
Awaiting Decision
By Beaten Nation
Comuiegne Forest, France, June 21. P) It was understood
tonight that the German armistice
unconditional "yes or no reply.
The French negotiators were in constant telephone com
munication with their government.
By Louis P. Lochner
Coinpiegne Forest, France,
June 21. IP) Adolf Hitler
reached the highest point of his
meteoric career today in his
toric Compicgne forest when he
personally received the French
envoys and handed them arm
istice terms which proclaimed
the defeat of France.
The fuehrer chose for the
meeting the railway car in
which Marshal Foch handed
the Germans the 1918 armistice
terms.
There at 3:32 p m. (4:32 a.
m., PST) Hitler, flanked by his
highest military chieftains and
civil officials, faced the four
man French delegation.
Ceremony Brief
The ceremony of presenting
the terms lasted only 10 min
utes. Colonel General Wilhelm Kei
tel, chief of the German high
command; read the preamble
outlining in broad strokes the
purposes of the peace Hitler and
his axis partner. Premier Mus
solini, propose to impose.
These envisaged:
1. Cessation of the war In
France.
2. Guarantees by France to
Germany "necessary for contin
uation of the war against Great
Britain."
3. A new European peace to
follow in which "wrong" done
to Germany by "force" would
be righted.
The peace terms. Hitler said
through Keitel, were not humil
iating for France.
When the preamble had been
(Continued on P Three.)
F.
IN MURDER TRIAL
Oregon City, June 21
A middle-aged farmer, accused
of murder, claimed self defense
and protection of his wife today
for slaying a youthful hired
hand.
John Ddell, 45, Cherryville
farmer, testified he shot 22-year-
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learning Mrs. Odell had been
criminally assaulted.
The farmer, whose testimony
and cross-examination consumed
the morning session, related that
after his wife told him of the as
sault he obtained gun and or
dered Dunlap from the farm.
The youth advanced toward him
Odell continued. The farmer,
fearful of being beaten, fired
twice.
ParirAmerican
F. D. R. Plan
By Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde Park, N. Y, June 21.
(JP) President Roosevelt assert
ed today his program for Pan
American economic cooperation
involved "economic defense de
signed to supplement our mili
tary defense program."
In a statement issued at a
press conference shortly after
he arrived from Washington,
Mr. Roosevelt asserted the con
templated measures for achiev
ing economic unity among the
Pan-American nations were "in
tended as a further safeguard
for the peace of this hemis
phere and as a means of pro
tecting our economy and the
economies of the other Ameri
can republii-s from the reper
cussions of the disturbed Inter
national situation."
He omitted any reference to
Canada, although presidential
aides previously had said the
dominion "would not be ex
cluded." The program for economic
unity was approved by the
president last night and ordered
terms to France call for an
TO FR01ECT AIRBUSES
Fort Lewis, Wash., June 21.
IP) The United States army
dispatched the largest group of
soldiers in history to Alaska to
day "to provide protection for
new airbases" now being estab
lished in the territory.
A battalion of infantry and
a battery of field artillery troops
left here at 8 a. m. for Seattle
to board the army transport San
Mihiel. A company of engineers
from Fort Lawton, Seattle, will
join them aboard the troopship.
The San Mihiel is scheduled to
sail for Anchorage, Alaska, to
morrow. The territorial force com
prises 570 officers and enlisted
men. It will be assigned to air
bases at Anchorage, Unalaska,
Kodiak and Fairbanks.
At its closest point, Alaska Is
only 36 miles from Russian ter
ritory. DUKE iWELONA
SAYS FUTURE PLANS
YET TO BE
Barcelona, June 21 VP) The
Duke of Windsor said today that
his plans for the future were
"unsettled" and that he and his
American-born duchess, the for
mer Wallis Warfield Simpson,
were not "at present" consider
ing a trip to the United States.
:"I won't know for sure what
I am going to do until I get to
Madrid," the duke said through
a spokesman. "We leave for
there in the next day or so."
The spokesman said the Rivi
era was "normal"' when the for
mer British monarch and his
party left there to take refuge
in Spain "as normal as it has
been in the last fortnight," he
added.
Most English residents had al
ready fled, he said, but many
Americans were remaining.
Albany, Ore., June 21.-
The Mountain States Power
company's board of directors,
meeting here last night, de
clared a regular quarterly divi
dend of 62' 4 cents per share on
preferred stock and 25 cents on
common stock, payable July 20.
Economy Unity
to Aid Defense
submitted to the other Ameri
can nations for their approval.
When 'the conference turned
to the provocative topic of the
appointnfent of two republicans
to the cabinet, reporters re
minded the chief executive that
Alf M. Landon had said he as
sumed the two appointees had
received assurances that there
would be no third term.
Mr. Roosevelt was asked for
comment on that. He chuckled,
and asked whether Landon real
ly had said that. He added he
had seen all kinds of things in
the newspapers this morning
and if he started commenting on
all of them he didn't know when
he would get through.
But he said he had been
thinking, after he retired on a
special train last night, that
there was some sort of differ
ence between people that there
were those who think in terms
of patriotic motives and those
who think with partisan mo-
lives, and that this is a very
Qiiiicuii lime.
Further than which, he added,
deponent sayeth not
Gen-Butler Dii
Gen. Smedley D. Butler
Philadelphia, Pa., June 21.
(U.R) MaJ. Gen. Smedley Butler,
U. S. M. C. retired, died at Nav
al hospital late today.
He had been seriously ill and
was confined to the hospital for
four weeks.
FOR 110,000 DAMAGE
ON ALLEGED SLANDER
Suit for $10,000 damages
$5,000 general and $5,000 puni
tive against J. T. Davis, is
sought by.D. E. Warren, In an
action filed today in circuit
cpurt. Warren alleges Davis
made defamatory remarks
about him. Both litigants are
engaged in the transfer business
here.
' The complaint avers that "on
June 13 last, Davis in the pres
ence of several citizens, includ
ing Chief of Police Clatus Mc
Credie, said the plaintiff was
a thief . and had stolen a ' hy
draulic jack from him, the said
J. T. Davis, the defendant here,
in, and should be put in jail."
It is further charged the as
serted statements were made
to defame and expose the
plaintiff to public contempt,
and were malicious, false, de
famatory, degrading, scandalous
and slanderous.
. Attorney Allison Moulton ap
pears as counsel for Warren.
SENATE APPROVES
Washington, June 21.-
The senate approved finally and
sent to the White House today
a $918,528,418 farm appropria
tion bill, carrying funds for soil
conservation and parity benefit
payments for the fiscal year
beginning July 1.
Rome, June 21. (IP) The
condition of Myron C. Taylor,
President Roosevelt's representa
tive to the Holy See who is se
riously ill in Florence, was re
ported today by friends to be
somewhat worse.
At the Vatican it was said
Pope Pius XII was grieved to
hear of the American's, illness
and had asked to be kept in
formed of his condition.
Mrs. Taylor was en route from
the United States by air.
DRAFT-HOOVER GROUP
OPENS HEADQUARTERS
Portland. June 21. OP)
Clarence W. Walls of Portland
announced today creation of a
state-wide organization and es
tablishment of headquarters here
for a draft Herbert Hoover for
President club.
spain closeTfrontier
because of refugees
New York, June 21, OP)
The German radio reported to
night, in a broadcast picked up
here by NBC, that the Spanish
government had closed the fron
tier at San Sebastian because of
the great number of French
refugees arriving there
HITLERITES GRAB
ADDITIONAL BOOTY
Two 35,000-Ton Battleships
Reported Seized in Construction-Yards
at Brest
By the Associated Press
Berlin, June 21. Germany's
military machine shoved steel
spearheads deeper into France
"on schedule" today as repre
sentatives of Germany, Italy and
France turned to the shell-torn
forest of Compiegne scene of
Germany's capitulation in 1918
for armistice talks.
Reports of additional booty
came from the Germans as they
mopped up sections of the Magi
not line and took new places
in Normandy, Brittany and the
Region between the Loire estu
ary and the Rhone valley.
The newspaper Der Angriff
said two 35,000-ton French bat
tleships, the Clemenceau and
the Richelieu, were seized at
Brest, where they are being
built.
Successes Reported
The high comnwnd reportel
these successes:
Capture of Y00 brand new
tanks at Nevoy, near Gien; the
sinking by submarines of four
British merchant ships, one of
them a Royal Mail steamer of
11,000 tons; and the sinking by
fighting and dive-bombing air
units of a' 10.000-ton transport
and a 4.000-ton auxiliary war
ship'ln the Girone estuary.'
The capture of Lyon, French
city which fell to the Germans
yesterday, was noted in today's
communique which said fast
German troops were pushing
through Burgundy. -
The French were reported
"stoutly resisting" in the Magi
not line in Lorraine and Alsace
while encircled groups in the
western Vosges mountains are
continuing their fight against
the Nazis.
The Germans, reporting con
tinued British air raids last
night, said 16 persons were killed
in British bombings of Cologne
last night and Wednesday night
and on Dusseldorf on Wednes
day night.
REFUGEE VESSEL
New York, June 21. VP)
Safely home after dramatic
brush with a submarine, the
United States liner Washington
docked today with 1,786 pas
sengers, most of them American
citizens who fled the European
war zone.
Whistles and sirens of harbor
craft greeted the Washington as
she moved up the bay and a
crowd estimated by police at be
tween 1.500 and 2,000 persons,
many of them waving American
flags, waited on the pier.
There were 700 children on
board, many of them infants
who slept in baskets on the cov
ered decks.
Longest Day And
Summer Are Here
But Heat Is Not
Summer arrived today and
brought with it the longest
day of the year.
The temperature, however,
was considerably below that
usually associated with sum
mertime and much below the
1940 peak of 100 degrees
registered a short time ago.
The temperature earhy this
afternoon stood at 78, the
same as at the corresponding
hour yesterday. Maximum
temperature yesterday was
81.
The sun rose this morning
at 4:35 and will set at 7:49.
The U. S. weather bureau
figured that summer began
at 5:37 a. m.
Official forecast: Fair to
night and tomorrow, little
rhunee In temperature
I Nomination Creates Furore
FRANK KNOX
Nomination of Henry L. Stimion and Colonel Frank Xaox.
Republican advocates of unstinted material assistance to the
allies, to be secretary of war and navy, respectively, created
a furore la. political circles yesterday.
Hearings Will Delay Continuing
Of Stimson and Knox to Cabinet
Washington, June 21. IP) The senate military com
mittee today ordered hearings on President Roosevelt's
nomination of Henry L. Stimson to be war secretary, and
Stimson himself will be called to testify.
As a momentous senate de-i
bate over foreign and defense
policies shaped up around the
Stimson appointment and that
of Col. Frank Knox to be sec
retary of the navy, it appeared
there would be no action on
confirmation for more than a
week.
Chairman Sheppard (D., Tex.)
said that Stimson would be
called ' for testimony "in a
week pr so " and it was ex
pected to be at least that long
until the naval committee acts
on the Knox nomination.
War Secretary Woodrlng,
whose resignation the president
accepted to make way for Stim
son, was quoted by the Topeka
(Kas.l Capital as having told
friends In Topeka recently:
There is a comparatively
small clique of International
financiers who want the United
States to declare war and get
into the European mess with
everything we have, including
our man power.
They don t line me because
I'm against stripping our own
defenses for the sake of trying
to stop Hitler 3,000 miles away.
Eventually they will force me
to resign."
There long has been a rift
between the retiring secretary
and his assistant, Louis John
son. . Johnson generally is ex
pected to keep his post.
The surprise nominations
brought Immediate speculation
that cabinet reorganization
might be continued with retire
ment of Miss Frances Perkins
aa secretary of labor.
Among those mentioned as a
possib.e ' choice' In case Miss
Perkins should resign soon
were Dan Tobln, vice president
of the American Federation of
Labor, and Mayor Fiorello La
Guardia of New York.
.Seattle, June 21. (JP) Three
players were tied at the end of
54 holes of play today in the 72-
hole Pacific northwest open golf
championship.
Marvin "Bud" Ward, Spokane,
national amateur champion
Harry Glvan, Seattle, and Chuck
Congdon, Tacoma, each finished
with a total of 205.
In second place was Al Zlm
merman, Portland pro, who shot
69 today which with two pre
vious rounds of 70 and 89 gave
him a total of 208.
VALLEY COUPLES GET
Reno, Nev., June 21. 41P)
Marriage licenses issued here to
day Included Albert Trautman,
24, and Viola Penland, 21, both
Central Point, Ore.
License issued late yesterday
Included Gerald Ray Hamilton,
24, and Helen Evelyn Combs,
1 20, both Talent, Ore.
HENRY L STIMSON
-POLITICAL BASIS
TO AID PREPAREDNESS
Chicago, June St. 0P Col
onel Frank Knox, whose accept
ance ot the navy secretaryship
in the Roosevelt cabinet prompt
ed his expulsion from the Re
publican party, said today the
president had asked him to man
age the navy on a non-political
basis "and on that basis I have
accepted." -
The 1938 Republican vice
presidential nominee's statement
follows:
"National defense is not a
partisan question. It should
have the United support ot the
people, regardless of party. Con
gress in the past few week! has
acted with substantial unanimity
on every national defense pro
posal.
"We are In danger now be
cause we are inadequately pre
pared, the president has said I
can help him. If I can help him
get us ready (or any emergency
I must do so. What happens to
me is unimportant.
FLAMES DESTROY
By the Associated Press
Lusty flames destroyed three
lumber mills in Oregon Thurs
day, causing a loss of about $49,-
500.
Flames consumed tha Hills
boro Lumber company last night
after wind-driven sparks earlier
in the day fired tha Watcrford
Lumber company and three
homes in Marshfleld.
Destruction of lumber, ma
chinery and building at Hllls
boro was estimated at $7000 by
fire fighters. Cause of the fire
was not determined.
The L. U. Whitlock shingle
mill at Brightwood also was a
victim. The owners said the loss
totaled $2,500.
Hoquiam, June 21. (IP)
tniei oi ronce norman rooia
said today no one had been ar
rested or was held for question
ing in connection with the pos
sibly incendiary fire which last
night completely destroyed the
big Poison lumber and shingle
company mill here.
E. C. Kaune, mill manager,
estimated the loss at $800,000.
British Bombers
Strike at Calais
London, June 21. WV-The
air ministry announced tonight
that "successful attacks were
made today by aircraft of the
fleet arm (naval air force) on an
enemy gun position near Calais."
A later announcement said the
Royal Air Force again attacked
the Rouen airdrome early today,
dropping more than 400 Incen
diary bombs.
ICAL
Germany Scores Victory in
Battle for Influence
Carol to Use Nazi Pattern
Bucharest, June 21. (JP) A
sweeping German victory In tha
battle for political influence In
Rumania was scored tonight
with the announcement that
King Carol was forming a new
totalitarian political party on
the Nazi pattern.
The party Is to be known as
"The Party of The Nation." It
will supersede the present party
of national rebirth. The pro-nazl
Iron Guard will play a big part
in the new organization whose
bases were announced aa "na
tionalistic, Christian and racial."
It was learned that a royal
decree was drafted providing
for complete reorganization of
the national rebirth front to
take in all opposition elements,
the Iron Guard along with tha
peasant party.
Carol will niae the first
broadcast ot his life except for
his annual Holiday greeatngs
tomorrow night when he is ex
pected to elaborate on the
changes.
The German 'minister in tha
past 24 hours has had several
audiences at tha royal palace.
German sources have been pre
dicting for days the formation '
ot a completely pro-nazl govern
ment. PASSES IN CANADA
Ottawa, June 11 (P An un
precedented government meas
ure conscripting Canada's man
power, economic and Industrial
resources for war purposes,
speeded through parliament and
received royal assent today by
the new governor-general, the
Earl of Athlon, after he wts
sworn in.
Tha senate added Its approval
late last night shortly after the
house of commons had adopted
the plan. . .
The measure gives the gov
ernment total powers over per
sona and their property, similar
to tha authority conferred on
Winston Churchill's government
In England.
Compulsory military service
will apply only within tha do
minion, leaving overseas service
still a voluntary matter.
BASEBALL
National
Score: R. H. E.
Pittsburgh S 11 0
Brooklyn 10 19 3
Klinger, Bauera, Lanahan,
Lanning, and Lopezv Fernandes;
Fltzsimmons, Kimball, TamuliJ
and Phelps.
Cincinnati
New York
Derringer and Lombardl;
Gumbert and Denning.
Score:
Chicago
Philadelphia
R. H. E.
5 12 1
8 8 2
Lee, Root, French, and Todd,
Collins; Brown, SI Johnson,
Pearson, and Atwood.
Ajaerlcaa
R. H. E.
. 4 10 1
.7 8 0
Boston
Cleveland
Wilson and Desautels; Milnar
and Hemsley.
Ft. H. E.
Philadelphia
Chiraao ..
12 It
1 1
Ross and Hayea; Knott, Apple
ton and Treah, Turner.
Score:
New York
R.
1
- 7
H. E.
17 0
12 t
Detroit
Ruffing, Sundra and Dickey;
Gorsica, Seats, Trout, Melsoa)
and Tebbetta.
1