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PAOE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 2. 1940. E M'DOUGAL ELECTED QUEEN S 4TH Miss Frideger Runner-up- Cavalcade to be Presented Nightly in Celebration. ' Ashland, July 2. (Spl Miss June McDougal was today elected Queen of the Cavalcade and will reign over Ashland's annual three-day Fourth of July celebration beginning Thursday with a mammoth street parade at 10 a. m. Miss McDougal received 7, 384.S80 votes in the election sponsored by the Cavalcade di vision of the celebration. Votes were procured through coupons in the Daily Tidings and through the sale of Cavalcade tickets. Miss Jean Frideger was runner-up in the election and was designated "Miss Columbia." . The other seven contestants will compose the queen's court They were Mary Petersen Jeanette Burton, Rosemary Bell. Ethel May Robinett, Portia Anderson, Carol McCollum and Jean Moseley. Contest Judges were the Rev. James H. Edgar, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Mrs. J. W. Wright of Carmel, Cal., publicity aide for the Oregon Shakespearean Festival associa tion, and Miss Harriet Uecker of Hollywood, festival actress. Cavalcade Headline Adventure, glamour and ro mance of early pioneer days of northern California and south ern Oregon will again be brought to life as Ashland's gi gantic historical pageant "Cav alcade of the Siskiyou," un folds. Presented nightly this com ing Thursday, Friday and Sat urday "The Cavalcade of the Siskiyou" Is one of the headline attractions of Ashland's three day Fourth of July celebration. With hundreds of Ashlanders In the cast; weeks of prepara tion under the direction of Jack Bailey of Rogers Theatrical Pro ducing company, the Cavalcade promises to be one of the big gest events of its kind ever staged In southern Oregon. The outdoor set Is 300 feet long and about 73 feet deep. Tons of special equipment, lighting ef fects and sound equipment will be used In the presentation. Hundreds of special costumes are required. Also scores of wagons, horses and cattle. Other events scheduled for Ashland's Fourth of July cele bration include fireworks, car nival, parades, bands, rodeo, wrestling and other sports. "';'J IT 'V.: -ay, , 4'. i J i w ? t 'I . tl' I I UlilliililllM 11 Uli m I H sfaT--- , - ) J AS DEFENSE AID Col. Maxwell to be Adminis tratorMany Items Sub ject to License Provision. TYPING TOPS-AtaChl. eaeo contest Stella Psjunas, 19, of Cleveland, set a world's rec ord by transcribing on a type writer from a dictating machine at rate of 108 words a minute. Martaret Hamma (rear), it, of Brooklyn, won novice contest. Daddy Gulps Pin While Changing Daughter's Didy Chicago, July 2. t,V) George Lundgren, 29, of Au rora, is going to leave dieper chongtngs to the womenfolk from now on. He placed an open safety pin In hia mouth preparatory to putting a diaper on his one-year-old daughter, Flor ence Jane. When the baby squirmed Lundgren swallow ed the pin. Relieved of the pin, Lund gren expects to leave the hospital torlav. E Two new but small forest fires in this region were being fought this afternoon and nj difficulty was expected In bringing them under control be fore nightfall. All other fires caused by lightning Saturday and Sunday were out, head quarters reported. Another fire caused by light ning Sunday was discovered this forenoon on Brown moun tain In the Lake of the Woods district of the Rogue River na tional forr?t. In mid-afternoon state patrol headquarters report ed a grass fire about two miles north of Beagle. State patrol headquarters an nounced the closure of the Grlnly mountain logging oper ations of Fred Keathamer of Ashland because of the asserted lack of fire-fighting tools re quired by law. It was the fourth logging operation closure of the season. The other three oper ators have since resumed, hav ing procured the required tools, patrol headquarters said. TO DESERT CITY FOR JULY 4 HOLIDAY Fourth of July Thursday will be observed generally as a holi day here. Federal, state, county and city agencies and offices will be closed for the day. There will be no mail delivery. Banks and most other business houses will close. Businesses closing include department stores and special ty shops. Grocery stores signify ing their Intention to clo.e for the day were Holloway's Reli able grocery. City Meat Market Boyd's Market. Quality Market and Peerless Meat Market and Grocery. The Mall Tribune will go to press early and will be pub lished between 12:30 and 1 p.m It is expected that Mcdford will be practically deserted as residents take part In the cele brations being held in Ashland Klamath Falls and other cities. Many also are expected to spend the day at mountain and lake resorts. Meanwhile national and state forest headquarters Ifsued a plea for public cooperation In the prevention of tires over the holiday. "Do not take firecrack ers or fireworks into forest areas, it Is against the law." was the admonition to the public. j Washington, July 2. P President Roosevelt signed into law today a bill providing au thority for the control of exports from the United States of muni tions, materials, and machinery essential to the national defense. In a proclamation signed a few minutes later he designated Lieutenant Colonel Russell L. Maxwell, U. S. army, adminis trator of export control. The proclamation also listed items subject to licensing for export. The list Included basic metals and other goods and products containing them, as well as chemicals, aircraft parts, armor plate, glass, and numerous other materials. To Avoid Shortages A White House statement said the items included certain stra tegic materials as well as semi finished products and machine tools of which there are actual or prospective shortages as a result of the national defense program." The material and production divisions of the national defense advisory commission, the state ment added, "are collaborating with the administrator of export control in the determination of the items to be controlled and the extent and character of the controls to be exercised." While the control of exports is primarily a national defense matter, the statement said the state department would provide j the machinery for the actual issuance of licenses. I Official figures indicated to day that the United States navy, building at top speed toward j "two-ocean" strength, already has become the world's largest both In number of ships and in total tonnage. 395 Ships Now ! Not counting the $300,000,000 of sew warships ordered by the navy yesterday and nearly 100 other vessel? under construc tion. Uncle Sam has 3115 com pleted combat ships of 1,327,320 tons. Latest available figures on the British navy give its strength on June 20 as 313 ships of 1,277,189 tons. These figures are admittedly inexact, but they take into consideration the best Information obtainable on losses suffered in Europe's war. The war department, acting to meet the needs of the ex panding army, has cut short the leaves of 444 recent West Point graduates. The president yester day signed bills providing $18,- 500.000 for either construction or land acquisition at 23 mili tary posts. Balbo - j ; f t .. 1 li'-Y:.'----' ----, 'n if I, a ACTION DELAYED APPOINT ui X (Continued from Pag One ) son has said he wanted to know whether Woodring was forced out because he declined to ap prove the transfer to the allies of American military equip ment Woodring believed essen tial to national defense. The committee voted 11 to 7 on motion by Senator Thomas (R., Idaho) to write Woodring and inform him that if he de sired to appear the committee would be glad to hear him. Deny Commitments Knox and Stimson, both Re- publians , were asked about third term talk because of re ports that they, both Republi cans, had agreed to enter the cabinet only on condition that 44 j air. nooseveit not run lor re -election, iney both testified such commit- Marshal 1 1 a I o Balbo, above, aovernor amoral Libya, one of fascism's heroes tnere were n0 and Italy's only air marshal, was . menis. killed along with his entire ) The two men testified at hear erew when his fighting plane inB demanded by Republicans of his appointment, Stimson said that the president tele phoned him at his New York law office on June 19 and ask ed that he take the war de partment position "as a call to duty." "The position had absolutely no relation to politics, the pres ident told me," Stimson said, "and I agreed with him." "Nothing was said about a third term?" asked Senator Johnson (D. Colo.). "No,"- Stimson replied, "noth ing has ever been said about a third term." Knox, in answer to questions by Senator Ellender (D., La.) said the president first offered him the navy post last Novem ber or December but that he declined it then. He testified that he later agreed to take it when the surrender of France increased what he called the "great danger to this nation. ' Senator Ellender broke in to ask Knox if there "had been any discussion of the third term?" "I know what you're think ing about," Knox replied with a smile. "There were no com mitments or provisions made on either side." IGARY T C-itlnueo truo Pt One ) fell in flames Libya. near Tobruk, Meteorological Report Forecast i Med ford and vicinity: Fair tonight and Wednesday, not much change In temperature. Oregon: Fair tonight and Wednes day but cloudy on the coast, cooler east portion, moderate northwest wind off the coast. Loral Data Temperature a year ago today: highest 84, lowemt 49. Total .monthly precipitation, trace; deficiency for the month. .03 Inches. Total precipitation since Septem ber 1. 1039. 22.40 Inches; excess for the season 4 90 Inches. Relative humidity at 5 p. m. yes terday 23 percent; 5 a. m. today. 87 percent. Tomorrow: sunrise 4:40 a. nr. sun set 7:50 p. m. Observations Tak-n at 4:30 a. 120 Meridian Time. s ii 5 si is si , B a s " S i i Noted Authors Make Escape From France London, July 2. (U.PJ The Daily Mail reported today that Somerset Maugham and E. Phil lips Oppenheim, British authors who were believed caught by the German invasion, had suc ceeded in fleeing France. The Daily Mail said that Maugham had arrived at Gib ralter and Oppenheim in Egypt. Records say soldiers oi A'ex ander the Great took a liking to sugar cane in India, where it was called "kand" the or igin of the word "candy." Botie 88 6S .00 P Cloudy Boston . 70 59 .03 Clear Chicago 78 M .00 Clear Denver 6li 58 .14 Cloud; Eureka Havre 70 68 .08 Cloudy Los Amteles.... 83 67 ,00 Cloudy Medford 94 (4 T Clear New York Omaha 87 88 .00 P Cloudy Phoenls 107 73 .00 Clear Portland S3 81 .00 Cloudy Reno 87 48 .00 Clear Roeeburg .... S4 .00 Clear Salt Lake ..... 83 58 .07 Clear San Pranclsco 87 65 .00 Cloudy Seattle 0 61 .00 cloudy Spokane S4 81 .00 P cloudy Wain.. D. C 78 84 .01 Clear Wenatchea Colombia is South America's greatest gold producer, but her 33-miIlion-dollar coffee crop is seven times as great as her annual gold production. Americans spend about $600, 000,000 a year on candy. The Italian peninsula is eight times as long as its average width. and some Democrats who asked an expression of their views on the question whether the United States should intervene in the European war, At one point Knox was asked by Chairman Walsh (D., Mass.) of the naval committee whether, publicly or privately, he had urged giving military support to the allies "Never," the Chicago news paper publisher replied crisply. Knox said his appointment to the cabinet probably was due to the fact that the president and he held similar views on national preparedness and aid to the allies which he described as "every aid short of war." This, he said, means furnish ing England all the supplies she is able to buy and pay for short of "our organized army and navy." Sees Danger The testimony touched upon the possibility of war in either the Atlantic or Pacific when Knox said that dangers to United States security in the European situation had caused him to reconsider his previous advocacy of a "strong policy" toward Japan. "I think it is likely that if England is defeated," he ex plained, "we will be far more gravely menaced in the Atlantic than we have ever been before. We may be forced to choose between the threat in the At lantic and the threat in the Pa cific and it probably would be unwise to precipiate both at the same time." If the United States attempt ed to deny the Dutch East In dies to Japan, he said under questioning, that, "possibly, ult imately," might mean war. And should the nation not be able to wage a successful war on Japan singlehandcdly, he added, "then we had better not make any threats at all." Stimson, who served as sec retary of state in the Republi can administration of Presideni Hoover, expressed himself as being against sending troops "beyond our borders unless the protection of the United States makes such action necessary." Call To Duty Regarding the circumstances LOCALS Girls To Meet Brownie Girls of day camp are to convene Wednesday at 9:30 a. m. at the home of Mrs. Edna Meyers, 401 West Second street. 111 At Home Catherine Wendt, well known In valley musical circles, is confined at her home in Jacksonville because of ill ness. Mrs. Wendt suffered a head injury in a slight accident at her home. Attend Meet Many members of the Jackson county chapter and auxiliary of Disabled Amer ican Veterans of the World War attended installation of the Grants Pass chapter last evening and participated in a contest on life membership. Contest win ners were served fish by the hosts. Local chapter and aux iliary will convene Friday at 8 p. m. in the armory. Burleson Leaves Harold Rnr. elson, a resident of Medford for the past year, left Sdndav for the south en route to his home in 1 Minneapolis, Minn. He planned to SDend some time in San Francisco attending the Golden Gate international exposition on .treasure island and in Los An geles where he will be the euest of his uncle. Mr. Burelson was employed at Burelson Ladies' Heaay-To-vvear store here. A turtle wcighinc 1.100 pounds was lassoed and briught to shore in the Sabine channel of Texas recently. ,nfc. aa)tfti j . frWifliHsA. WajsH NOMINE I No eommenl but plenty of (rlns would CoL Frank Knox, I hlraio puMlsher. Slve nrtvimen treellni him oa hl way to Manchester. N. H. "for arvrral days rest" lib nomination, by F.D.R.. as leere. tary of navy, provoked a storm Tuiai r-tS VOUtt-X - ..-;. . - - i""isM CLEANSING TISSUE. 13c S00 sheets. WAX PAPER 125 11. root. Extra heavy. 12c CIGARETTES .ctn.S1.10 West American. MILK of MAGNESIA . 29c Phillips SOc sisa. 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Rumania, busily strengthen ing her forces on those frontiers, and expecting attacks if Ger-i man pacification attempts should fail, still hoped that these two potential foes might be placated and induced to cooperate in halting any further Russian inroads. The border incidents were held in some Rumanian official circles to be Hungary's and Bui. garia's way of driving Rumania to accept stronger terms in any mediation conference. That Rumania has definitely thrown in with Germany was shown by the government's dis avowal yesterday of the British French guarantees handed Ru mania in April, 1939. Cat Mat) Tribune want ads. fasUl SUB5 Setice Portland 1 hr. is mln. Seattle 2 hrs. M min. Now 4 flights daily. Leave 12:02 p.m., 3:43 p.m., 9:13 p.m., 4:37 a.m. San FrancUce 2 hrs. Lo Angeles 4Vi hrs. 3 flights daily. Leave) 11:25 am, 6:15 pm, 12 midnight. Low fares. 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