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The Weather Forrat Partly cloudy today and to norrow, thandrrttorm. prob abt today; Uttt chaoft 1m tvmprrature. Trinprratura Higher jrlrday 90 Lowrrt jrtrrdaj fit Have A Look 40 BOI overlook tha ClaMlflee IbU mornlnt. Yea find ttwM Utile Ada tnue mint and yoa mlht find Medford Tribune ml turpriM. At mnj nu It to worth a few minutes ef roar tlm t have a look. Full Associated Press full United Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1940. No. 85. SUMACH WuiH , Washington, D. C, June 29. Life for the people of the Pa cific Northwest will be different beginning Monday, July 1. On that date the effects of the war In Europe will be felt in a per sonal and material manner. Things will be different in many ways and conditions as they ex ist today, in many respects, will be gone forever, at least insofar as the present generation is con cerned. July 1 inaugurates the fiscal year of the federal government and marks the start of the mucn discussed national defense pro gram. It marks the imposition of new and heavy taxes levied for national defense, and these taxes are but preliminary to higher taxes in the next session of congress. Taxes are what will first make the people conscious of the defense costs. They will have an awareness of what is to come when they pay more for a ticket to the movies, when they buy a gallon of gasoline, a pack age of cigarcts or a quart of beer or liquor. IN the ensuing 12 months the 'federal government will spend for national defense $5,377,552, 058, or S448, 129.338 each month, and every penny of this im mense sum will be collected from the people of Oregon, Washington and the other states, territories and insular posses sions. The federal government, of course, has no place from which to obtain revenue other than the pocketbooks of the American people. When the time comes to pay personal income taxes next March (on 1940 in come), thousands of Oregon peo ple who have never filed a state ment before will be paying some thing to the collector of internal revenue. But like the construc tion of national defense, the new taxes are only the beginning. A FTER Monday no one can be hired by WPA unless an affi davit is made that the applica tion does not belong to the com munist party, a Nazi bund nor to any organization which seeks to overthrow the American gov ernment. A false affidavit means a $2000 fine or a two-year jail sentence and if the state ad- (Continued oa Pg Six-) WAR BILL TAXES Washington, June 29. &) American consumers will begin paying taxes on Monday for the nation's five-year-f ive-bilPon dol lar rearmament fund. In several instances, they will pay more than during the world war. Excise, commodity and service taxes will advance by from 10 to 50 per cent on various items from present rates. An additional $1 per barrel on beer will add a Jhird of a cent per bottle: an extra 73 cents per gallon on liquor will add 19 rents per quart; and 25 cents more on each 1,000 cigarettes will add half a cent to each standard package of 20. The gasoline tax will Jump from 1 to l'i cents: radios from 5 to 5'i percent of their value; passenger cars from 3 to 3' percent: and so on for 30-odd other items. Amusement admission taxes will begin at 21 cents, instead of 41. The scale of 1 cent for each 10 cents of admission price will continue. A total of 2.200. 000 new income tax payers will Join the 2 900.000 to whom the government a 1 r e d a y sends "please remit" notices every March 13. Cars Collide Cars police said were driven by Edward Guches. 39. of route 2. end L. R. Bradford, 27, of 127 North Holly street, collided in the Fir end Sixth street in tersection last night. The cars were badly damaged but no one was injured, police said. The accident was being investigated by city police. AID T0MANIA German-Russian Complica tions Seen; Tension High, Chaos Reigns; Hungary Calmed. Bucharest, June 29. UP) Russian seizure of German owned materials in ceded Bess arabia led to mounting fears tonight of complications be tween Germany and the Soviet Union. At Chilia Harbor, on the Danube, the German grain com pany, Dunarex, had a large quantity of wheat ready for export but all was seized by the Soviet committee headed by the mayor. In the town of Baltzi, in northern Bessarabia, long strings of freight cars loaded with sugar were ready to leave for Ger many but after the cession of the territory to Russia the popu lation refused to let it go. Rumanian authorities were able to get away only a few of the cars. Germany and Italy tonight promised military and air assist ance to Rumania, it was re ported on high authority, if Soviet troops attempt to make further advances into this patch work kingdom beyond the areas reluctantly ceded by King Carol. Informants who are close to both palace and cabinet said the axis powers had given broad and . flat assurances that any more penetrations would be stopped. Emergency Move Near A number of government bu reaus, however, arranged meet ings Sunday to discuss plans for an emergency seat of govern ment in the Carpathian moun tains. (Bucharest is in southern Ru mania, near the Bulgarian bor der. A move to the Carpathians would place the government in the approximate center of the country.) , Foreign correspondents were told that military authorities had taken over the communi cations system, and military censorship becomes effective at midnight Saturday. Some Lon don correspondents and others already have had their tele phone connections cut off in the past 24 hours because of stories they filed. Bessarabia Seised Bessarabia, which the Rus sians always have called the land of milk and honey, already is under the heavy tread of the Soviet military in a compara tively bloodless occupation. Russian sources said, too, that the principal cities in northern Bucovina the other area yield ed by Carol under a Moscow (Continued on Paga eu.i fiscaFyearset Washington. June 29 Mi The government, chalking up a I deficit of $3,700,000,000, will I en" one fiscal year tomorrow I and start on a new one which. as a result of the new defense i program, will be the costliest : in peacetime history. The expiring fiscal year pro - ""era new spending record of , .ui 99.ouu.UUU.UUU. revenue I totaled about $5,900,000,000 leaving a deficit exceeded In I peacetime only in 1936 when I the soldiers' bonus wai raid i Exact figures on Income and ! titions asking repeal of the outgo will not be known until Oregon milk control act carry the middle of next week after 'enough signatures to insure a year-end reports are received ' vo,e on ,ne measure In Novem from field offices.) S ber. State Senator Thomas R. Mahoney said last night. Bern, June 29. P Paul, Reynaud, former French pre- Lady Mosley Held mier. is in an emergency hos-l London, June 29. (Pv Lady pital in Montpelier on the south ' Diana Mosley, wife of Sir Os coast of France in serious con-j Wald Mosley and sister of Unity dition as the result of an Auto-I Freeman-Mitford, was arrested mobile accident vesterdav. the i this afternoon at her home, Swiss telegraphic agency re - ported tonight Vandals Stone Greyhound Stages ROOSEVELT SIGNS niinrnnniMT mil nmimm bill FOR ALL ALIENS Protection From Fifth Col umnists Only Aim Tank Divisions Planned. Washington, June 29. (VP) President Roosevelt, terming it a measure for mutual protection of this country and "loyal aliens who are its guests," signed to day legislation requiring regis tration and fingerprinting of all foreigners in the United States. In putting his signature to the bill enacted by congress as a de fense against "fifth column" activity, Mr. Roosevelt said that it did not carry "any stigma or implication of hostility" toward , aliens. Urging cooperation of citizens and non-citizens alike, he de clared, too, that it would be un fortunate if "any loyal aliens were subjected 'to harassment." In addition to the placing of this law on the statute books, defense developments included. The army announced experi mental organization of an arm ored corps of two divisions. Armed with 1,400 tanks, 600 artillery pieces and more than 13,000 automatic and semi-automatic weapons, the corps will have striking power approach ing that of Germany's hard-hit ting "panzer divisions, BY STAND OF ARITA Tokyo., June 30. (Sunday) UP) War in Europe has pre sented Japan with a "golden opportunity" and she must take a "strong attitude," a group of leading Japanese army men decided at a conference last night, the newspaper Nichl Nichi said today. The paper said the confer ence followed a broadcast to the empire yesterday by For eign Minister Hachiro Arita, who enunciated a foreign pol icy based on creation of a jap anese - dominated Asiatic sphere." Instructions relative to the "strong attitude" were sent to all army corps, and were inter preted as orders to be on the alert for opportunity to con solidate Japan's position. Observers believe, however, that the military men were dis appointed in Arita'f speech be cause it advocated cooperation in the formation of spheres of Influence and also avoided en couragement for the axis pow ers, rather than coming out flatly for a redistribution of the world's resoruces as a prelude to peace. Japanese language newspa pers reported the military ser vices were attempting to squelch rumors that they fav ored avoidance of friction with the United States and Great Britain. According to these papers, the military view is that friction with these "old Influ- 1 ences" (Britain and the U. S.) may become inevitable through ....,. .I,.-.. i i. I tional situation. i , Atk Milk Act Hepeal Portland. June 29. 'Pi Pe- 1 Savetay, Farm, Denham, Buck - I inghamshira. jApfojfnent J Is DenOUllCed )S-7 I Appointment e f Professor Max Radin, University of Cali fornia law school, lo ih Cali fornia siato supremo court by Governor Culbert.. Olson., was bitterly denounced by Samuel W, Yorty, state assemblyman of Los Angeles. Radin (Above) was accused by Yorty of being "a man whose sympathy for communists was recently dam- omiralad by his attempt to In terfere In cases pending in Stockton, Cel., against SRA em ployes engaged ..in .subversive activities. IT BY Southpaw Jimmy Rego pitch ed 14 innings of shutout ball against the Portland Babes last night at the fairgrounds, de feating them 9 to 0 in the sec ond game, after scoring a 1-0 win in the first. (Details on sport page). In the final contest, the Crat ers scored in the second when Wray hit a 365-foot home run. It was the longest homer of the year so far. in the third an other run came in when McLean tripled and scored on Pacheco's long fly. In the fourth, two score, on McLean's single, and Peterson's single brought in the final score. An estimated crowd of 1,000 saw the double-header. Two seven inning games will be played today. Score: R- H. E. Portland Babes - 0 S 1 Medford 5 7 2 Linde and Amacher; Rego and Hawkins. Eugene, June 29. (JP) Bob Wiltshire singled home the win ning run in the tenth Inning here tonight to give the Eugene Athletics a 3 to 2 State league victory over Hills Creek. Short score: R. H. E, F.ueene 3 11 2 Hills Creek 2 10 1 Wiltshire and Mattison: B. Kelsey and G. Kelsey. BULLETIN Fresno, Calif., June 29. UP) Cornelius Warmerdam, Tuo lumne, Calif., school teacher, bettered his own unofficial world's pole vault record to night with a vault of IS feet, lis Inches. Earlier this year at Berkeley, Calif., he cleared an even 1$ feet, now up for official approval. Night Game San Diego -. 2 S 1 Seattle 5 8 0 Newsome and Salkeld; Turpin and Campbell. R. H. E. Oakland 3 6 1 Hollywood 9 10 0 Buxton, Cantwell and Rai mondi: Bithorn and Monzo. State Accepts Perk Land Salem, June 29 UP) The state highway commission an nounced today It had accepted donation of 500 acres of land by Douglas county as an addi tion to the 1,700-acre Umpqua j Lighthouse state park south of Winchester Day TITLED PRE-WAR FRIENHF ADOLF Lady Mosley, Pro-Nazi, Held for Activities Rather Vivid Career. By ih Associated Press. London, June 29, Scotland Yard's fifth column squads to day arrested tall, blonde Lady Mosley, pre-war friend of Adolf Hitler, wife of the imprisoned British fascist leader and daugh ter of a British peer. In doing so, a wary and menaced official Britain not only took cognizance of the fact that Lady Mosley shared actively in Sir Oswald Mosley's "British Union" activities at home, but it reached back also into the curious friendship of two pretty, high-born sisters for the fuehrer of nazl Ger many. During the years of appease ment the two sisters were fre quently in Germany as the per sonal guests of Hitler. Lady Mosley became so pro-nazi that she trained her two small sons by a previous marriage to an swer the door of her town house and greet visitors with upraised arms and cries of "Hell Hitler!" Lady Mosley, 30 years old, was arrested at her Country house, Savetay farm, Denham, Bucks, near London, Plainclothes men took her into custody under the blanket defense of the realm regula tions. Her husband. Sir Oswald, was arrested May 23. Their marriage was announc ed by Sir Oswald In his fascist newspaper, "Action," on No vember 30, 1938, in the same issue which disclosed a son had been born to them a few days previously. SENIOR CITIZENS St. Louis, June 29. lP) Preceded by delegate who hitch-hiked from Cleveland, the advance guard of followers of Dr. Francis E. Townsend's old age pension plan, some In cos tume, gathered today for the fifth annual Townsend national convention, A Colorado Indian in full tribal feathers, a . California woman in a dress of the gold rush period and a Texan wear ing a five-gallon hat, were in cluded in one small group which visited a newspaper of fice to watch the presses roll. The Townsend conventions have been described as a mix ture of a religious camp meet ing, a college reunion, a lodge session and "a small town on Saturday night." About 10,000 of the nation'! "senior citizens" are expected to be here as dele gates. With "Americanism and Pat riotism" as its theme, the con vention proper opens Monday, but an open-air mass meeting will be held tomorrow with Dr. Townsend and the Rev. J. Frank Norris of Detroit and Ft Worth as the principal speakers. JAPANlSElRCE NEAR INDO CHINA Tokyo, June 30. (Sunday) UP) The newspaper Asahi re ported today from Canton that Japanese troops had occupied positions at Chennaki,n. oul 150 yards from the border of French Indo-Chlna and within sight of French guard posts. Chennankwan is an important point on the Hanol-Yunnam rail way. War Bulletins London, June 30. (Sunday) IAr) Sereral cssuAlties and heavy damage were inflicted in the populous midlands In dustrial Area early today by Carman air raiders. Bombs also were dropped in southwest England, but ma terial damage was described as slight. No casualties were reported. The air ministry Issued a communique sayingi "Enemy aircraft crossed the coast during the night. Anti aircraft defenses are in action." Other planes, believed lo be German, were heard over northeast England. London, June 29. (IP) Neville Chamberlain, former prim minister and now lord president of the council, will address the British isles and overseas outposts over the net works of the British Broad casting Corporation at 1:4$ p. m. (Ui4S a. m. PST) tomor row. STALIN MOVE IN BALKANS UPSETS DICTATOR PLANS By J. W. T. Mason (United Press War Expert) Russian seizure of Bessarabia and Bukovlna from Rumania threatened serious complications during the past week in the Balkans and disturbed German and Italian plans to keep con tinental Europe passive while attacking Great Britain. Possi bilities that Hungary and Bul garia would follow Russia's ex ample in Rumania are causing Berlin and Rome to exert all pressure in their power to hold the Balkans in check, Rumania threatens to resist further territorial dismember ment and if a Balkan war were started, Germany could not concentrate her whole energy upon plans for an Invasion of England. Even as the situation now exists, Hitler . must give some consideration to nussia s real intentions which may be aimed at checking too large ex pansion of German influence in Europe, Occupation of Bessarabia and North Bukovlna gives Russia advance bases for bombing the principal Rumanian oil fields, so vital to Germany and stop ping oil shipments from Asia Minor to Germany via the Black sea and the Danube. Russia, too, now has a mountain frontier in Bukovlna bordering on Czecho slovakia, which in itself is a potential threat to Germany's expansionist program in south eastern Europe. There can be no doubt that Russia is work ing to have an important say in the new European balance of power after the war, at the ex pense of Germany and Italy. E San Francisco, June 29. (P) Two United States govern mental agencies, "in the pub lic interest," sought tonight to postpone Monday'! threatened strike of the Marine Cooks and Stewards' Association on inter coastal and offshore vessels fly ing the American flag. The maritime labor board and the United States conciliation service, a branch of the depart ment of labor, went into action together In an attempt to end an impasse reached after nine months negotiations for a con tract between the union and the Pacific American Shipowners' association. A contract which expired last September Is still in effect by mutual agreement, but the union set a Sunday mid night deadline for putting points agreed upon into effect. Near Gold Hill TO HAMILTON AS PARTYCHAIRMAN Sub-Committee Named to Meet With Nominee Will kie to Name Man. Philadelphia. June 29. UP) The rear guard of the Repub lican national convention squab bled over the selection of a na tional party chairman today and settled the issue tempor arily by appointing a stib-com-mitee to confer with Wendell Willkie and choose the man. Important Influences backed a move to continue John D. M. Hamilton in the Job, with Willkie's apparent concurrence. The opposition had the leader ship of Alt M. Landon, the 1938 presidential nominee, who at Cleveland four years ago se lected Hamilton as his pre convention manager. Later 'Hamilton, in a state ment, termed the creation of a sub-committee "very natural in view of the rapidity with which events have moved in the last few days." Willkie, meanwhile, left the city without making known his choice. He and his attractive wife sailed as guests of Pub lisher Roy Howard aboard the yacht Jamaroy for a brief sea voyage before returning to New York and then taking a longer vacation. The Republican candidate told newsmen he would prob ably defer his formal accept ance speech at his home town, Elwood, Ind until after the Democrats meet In Chicago, July 15, adopt a platform and choose his opponent. The contest within the Re publican national committee af fected in no way the Jubilant and confident air assured by party chieftains after Thurs day's nomination of Willkie as the 1940 standard-bearer. NOTED ITALIANS Rome, June 20. UP) Mar sh il Italo Balbo, bearded pio neer In the fascist movement, and nine others, including promi nent Italians, died when their plane was ihot down in flames by British aircraft encountered over Tobruk, Libya. The victims included the Ital ian consul general of Tripoli, the editor of Balbo's newspaper, Cor- riere Padano, and two relatives of Balbo, Signor Ferrers, a nephew, and Lieut. Florlo Glno, a brother-in-law. Five passengers and five crew members perished. The plane was on an official mission, but did not go up for military action when it was brought down yesterday. FAIR AND WARMER FOR COMING WEEK Northern California: Partly cloudy Sunday, with local show- era and thunderstorms over the mountains and foothills; litle change in temperature: gentle variable wind off coast. Oregon: Partly cloudy Sun day with local thunderstorms over the mountains; little change In temperature; moder ate northerly wind off coast. Outlook far western states, July 1 to 6: Fall1 weather with temperatures somewhat above normal except In coastal sec tions. Salem, June 29. lP) Semi skilled workers found the most Jobs In Oregon last month, the state employment service re ported today. ROCKS CAST INTO WINDSHIELD FROM A PASSJM AUTO Five Passengers and Driver Injured by Flying Glass Attacks Near Gold Hill. Five passengers and the driver of a northbound Pacifie Greyhound stage were injured, none seriously, late Friday night, when unknown mis creants riding in a speeding1 auto, hurled a large rock through the windshield on that Pacific highway on the Sardine Creek bridge a short distance from Gold Hill. The vandalism was committeed about 11:10 o'clock. There were 25 persona aboard. John Mass, Medford, was the driver. A half hour later, a south bound bus, driven by Ole Erlckson, Medford, with 35 pas. sengers, was the target of sim ilar vandalism on the Foot Creek bridge short distance away, but none was injured due to the missive striking low on the windshield. . All of the injured persons suffered from flying glass, ex cept Driver Mass, who was struck on the shoulder and arm, by the rock. Both drivers were fable .to. keep their vehicles un der contra), andy bring them to speedy atop. A special bus, dispatched from this city, brought . the injured here for medical treatment by Dr. L. D. Inskeep. An ambulance also re sponded. The injured were: Lela Ryan, Walla Walla, Wn.. glass in eyes, and facial lacera tions. Laura Purcell, 3366 Seven teenth street, San Francisco, Cel., glass Injuries to both eyes. Lenore Cashion, 4194 West Fifteenth avenue, Vancouver. B. C, glasi hurts to both eyes, and cut on forehead. Archie Reynolds, 1616 Cher ry avenue, Los Angeles, both, eyes Injured by glass. Minnie Crocker, 2021 Fourth avenue, Seattle, glasi injuries to both eyes and cut on chin. - Following an all day investi gation by himself, and Deputy Sheriff William Grenbemer, Sheriff Syd L Brown described the attacks ai the "moit das tardly In the history of Jackson county." The district attorney1! office announced if it developed any person or person! were with holding information from the authorities on the crimes, they would be prosecuted under the Oregon law making them an accessory. Sheriff Brown said the meth ods were the same in both at tacks. Rocks were tossed out of the passing auto into the stage windshield, striking with terrific impact due to the speed of the vehicles. When the rocks struck, there was shower of fine glass in the coaches. The iherlff said both acta oc curred on or near highway bridges and In an area where the hlahway akirti Rogue river. with bank! on the opposite side. Neither stage left the road. The acts were Inferential linked to labor difficultlea now underway on the stage line. FIRST ESTIMATES London, June 29. UP) The first authoritative estimate of Allied casualties In the battles for Belgium and France, made by French General Charles De Gaulle, was that 60,000 were killed, 300,000 wounded and nearly 1.000,000 taken prison er 338,080 in Belgium and 600.000 In the battle of France. The estimate came as Britain fought on alone, at sea and in the air, against the axis powers. FRENCHWAR LOSS
