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The Weather Force rir toalght mm4 Uturda-', llttl rha.ni la tnnpmtvt. Temperature Hlrhect jtrAMT , t Lowct this "n"tlr Sunday Want Ads e'rlaek aatnrdajr nlhl to tha ckMni hour roe -Too tm ClaMlIt for tha Sunday moca Ing edition. Adta. in aware 1:10 r. M. Saturday am ba are parly rlaulflrd. New la tha lima ta prepare jaur copy. Medford Tribune Full Associated Praaa Full United Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1940. No. 96. 17ft d;fl A fo)MW fin 1 n j Washington, July 12. There is not a bridge on an arterial highway in Oregon that would not collapse under the weight of the tanks which the army is planning to build. There is not a paved highway (Colum bia river or Pacific highway) which can stand up under the weight and pounding of these massive machines. "What is the use of having tanks if they cannot get any where?" inquired Oregon's Charley McNary to Arizona's Carl Hayden, who looks after the road program for the ad ministration in the senate. Ari xona's bridges and roads are no more sturdily constructed than those of Oregon or Wash ington, so the two senators in tend trying to see what can be done about it. .... A MONG other preparations i for war planned by Herr Hitler, was a system of high ways in Germany which com manded attention from road en gineers, because Germany does not have the automobile traffic so common in the United States. The German roads were built wide, with heavy foundations and bridges capable of sustain ing great loads. Herr Hitler built the roads and bridges so they could carry the weight of the super-tanks. -V COMPARED with pavements , and bridges equal to the stress of modern - - mechanized artillery, the road - system in Oregon and practically all other states is inadequate. At the ap proach of many bridges there is a sign announcing the' load limit at 23,000 tons (some say 10,000 tons), but the. contem plated tanks weigh 60.000 to 70,000 tons. Bridges of the Ore gon state highway commission were not designed for sustain ing such weight; such loads, until the tank idea developed, were not imagined. Bridges were built with over-sized com mercial trucks in view not a (Continued oa Paga TweWa.) TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Mary Adeline Ashpole of 102 Tripo street, passed away this morning after a protracted illness. Mrs. Ashpole was a pio neer of the Rogue River valley, A complete obituary will be pub lished later. Funeral services will be held at Perl's Funeral Home Monday at 2 p. m. SIDE GLANCES by TRIEUNE REPORTERS The Medford fire laddies lick ing their chops on receiving radio word that Ham Myrl Cromwell of Montague, Col., was coming up soon with a luscious leg of mutton to sati ate their epicurean appetites. Margaret Fabrick asking Na tional Prexy May Movers Mc Elroy about the possibilities of starting a Zonta grandmoth ers' unit, the former's grand children numbering five and therefore making her a very eligible member. Jim Owen making gigantic preparations to observe his natal day in real fiesta style. Neighbors starting a sort of Willkie boom for Jerry Latham for mayor on account of his interest in civic affairs and his winning talk at the recent coun cil conference. Ed Arpan rushing to render aid at a forest fire, only to have the front of his car demolished in a traffic Jam caused by a lot of other people having the same intention. D. C. MMu o in campsI lARcrsnn MiiiirtiTV Pffiipnii mm BY OCTOBER 1 1F MEASUREPASSES 1,415,000 by April Is Plan Immediate Training Na tional Guard Also Urged Washington. July 12. (IP) President Roostvelt and Sec retary Stimson decided today to give federal , training to four divisions of the national guard "as soon as possible." One division, to be trained, as Mr, Roosevelt and his war secretary planned it. will come from Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho. Washington, July 12. (IP) A war department official told the senate military committee today that the army would have 930,000 men in training by Oct ober 1 if congress enacted a compulsory military training bill. Col. H. L. Twaddle, the de partment's training expert, test ified that this number would in crease to 1.41S.000 by April of next year. He estimated the cost of the training program at $1,000,000,000 the first year and about $750,000,000 for each suc ceeding year. Col. Twaddle appeared be fore the committee with Gen eral George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, and other high ranking officers to endorse, sub ject to some changes, the Burke- Wadsworth compulsory training bill. - Would Call Guard General Marshall testified that he favored calling out the national guard "immediately" for training, but indicated that the army's plan of action, de pending on enactment of the conscription' legislation, would be to mobilize the guard's 230.- 000 men at least four weeks in advance of conscription. Thus If conscription was to be achieved by October 1, the guard would have, to be mobil ized by September 1. Col. Twaddle said his figure for the total force which could be under training by October 1 was composed of 300.000 in the regular army. 230,000 in the guard and 400.000 conscripts. Col. Twaddle said all trainees would be assigned "to raise ex isting army units to full war strength." "There would be a few extras to fill vacancies," he said. By next April, Colonel Twad dle said the regular army would be increased to 375,000 men. the national guard to 240,000. and 400,000 new trainees would be brought in above the orig inal 400,000. This would bring total strength to 1.415.000. To Talk Guard Call President Roosevelt, a little later, told his press conference that he had an appointment (ConUnued on Paga Eight ) OREGON'S DELEGATES Chicago. July 12. VP) Mon roe Sweetland, an alternate del egate from Oregon to the Demo cratic national convention, an nounced today that U. S. Sen ator Robert M. LaFollette, Wis consin Progressive, had asked that his name not be submitted for any npmination at the con- : vention. I In their primary election, I Oregon Democrats Instructed their delegstion to vote for Pres ident Roosevelt for re-election and LaFollette for vice presi dent. TRUCKER ABSOLVED IN BRAWL DEATH OF BOSS Roseburg. Ore., July 12 HP) Robert Hatfield. Sutherlin lumber truck driver, was held "not guilty of a crime," in a verdict returned today by a cor oners' Jury drawn to investigate the death of Robert Keith, oper ator of a small sawmill east of Sutherlin, who died Wednesday niaht after having been struck In the face by Hatfield during a i reportedly drunken brawl. U lliyjux Kif mU UUaaaV MaS7 I U J J y y y T IITU U U fi U Stimson Takes War Secretary Oath BRITISH SPITFIRES I I n 7T1W1 1 D0WN1QB0MBERS; dyyicf KING ENDANGERED 1 ' I ' H I i 7 Sovereign Escapes German f ; lJ 1 I 1 y . 1 Bomb Assault by Few Min- ( ' I f II - v- If , 7-v utes On Visit to Soldiers In a brief ceremony in President Roosevelt's office at Washington, Henry A. Stimson, a Re publican, was sworn in as the new shows Stimson (center) taking the ant In the executive office. In the SAYS FOLLOWERS HAVE DISBANDED Long Beach, Calif., July 12. (JP) The new "Oregon trail" movement apparently has fold- . I ed poibly for keeps. R. J. Wilson, p-csident of the.Hoadcyi now ,ssistant chief Long Beach "Pioneers' club, announced that a "back to the land" movement in southern Oregon had been halted and the organization Dissolved. His announcement cam after one faction of the club pulled up stakes near Grants 1'ass, Ore. Wilson declared contrary to previous impressions and an nouncements that tho first caravan of automobiles lravint: Long Beach for Oregon moved without his approval. Th3 Pioneers' club hns dls-i handed." Wilson said. Thers is no more Pioneers' club. I am going to return all the money to the people who contributed to the club.' As for Grants Pass' "lost bat talion," Vtiifon continued: "I don't know anything about them. They went up there with out my approval and I gtiesa they lacked leadership. Why, they couldn't dig a hole under a well and get water." SWIMMING. AUTOS'S CAUSE 3 DEATHS Oregon City, Ore., July 12. (Pl An automobile wreck and swimming tccident took three lives and Injured two other per sons in this area last night. The dead: Clement Kippes. 31, Portland cafe oner, crushed to neath as his automobile careenc from the Carver EsUcada road ana struck a tree. Phyllis Miller, 23, Portlan waitress, psssen?er in Kippes' car. Leroy Martin Patrick, 32 Portland cook, drowned l.i the Clackamas river near Glad stone. The Injured were Dale Cal kins. 28. and Elvin Gallegly 25. bot!i of Portland, who wer!ceiVed more than 7.000 letters riding In KippV car. Both i from life-long Democrats from were c-.it and bru.fed but neitti - r-ii and hni.red hut nelth - ' er was in serious condition. Mime secretary of war, succeeding Harry Woodring, resigned. Picture oatn oi omce irom Percy . nelson irlght), administrative assist presence of the president. Stimson Returns to Office He Occupied 29 Years Ago By E. C. Daniel Washington. July 12. (P) Twenty-nine years ago, young Frank M. Hoadley, a war department clerk, wrote in his red leather log book in a fine leg I ible hand: "Hon. Henry L. Stimson, the newly. aDDointed secretary of war, arrived at the department about 10:25 this morning in company with Senator Root and at once took the oath of office." Thi, w. m. Fnk clerk, saw the same Henry L. Stimson return to the secre tary's office. The only secretary of war ever reappointed in another ad ministration, Stimson had the ! distinction of finding his own portrait hanging in the corridor outside his office, among those of other former secretaries. Next to it was a picture of Alphonson Taft, secretary under President Grant. He was the father . nf President William Howard Tafl. under whom Stim- json first served, and grand- father of Taft, who opposed Stimson's nomination this week. The Stimson in the portrait is an erect, youthful appearing man in his 40's, togged in rid ing clothes. The Stimson in the office nearby is a man of 72. graying and slightly stooped. Like Col. Frank Knox, his new Republican colleague in 1U. ..tnav nf trie Kni-v't nf. fice across the way. Secretary Stimson started conference, almost Immediately yesterday th high-placed department of - ficials. Unlike Knox, he knew many of them personally, hav ing signed their first army com missions. TO OFFER WILLKIE Dallas. Tex.. July 12. HP) Guy Warren of Corpus Christ!, Tex., chairman of the Nominate Willkie Democrats, today ); not be there during the conven Willkie's name definitely would ;,lon but tiM tnt n, would not , 1 be presented to the national ''l .. I rki Liemocraiic cunvemiun ill '"' cago as a nominee for the party s rtc to - day to establish hi. organ It tions convention headquarters tn, a hotel (Palmer House). "Since organizing," he said be - hi. nurture "we have re- 1 M.in in Cm ifnrnia Dledsina.lo spend alternate weexenus on 1 Maine to California pledging I their support" NEIGHBOR CITIES SAVE SMITH RIVER Crescent City, Calif., July 12 IP) Firemen from three cities combined to save the town of Smith River, Calif., from de struction by fire yesterday. Starting In the house of Louis Braldo, flames spread to a near by store building and several roof-tops. Firemen from Smith river, Crescent City and Brook ings, Ore., put out the blaze. Smith river was saved from fire destruction by Crescent City firemen In 1933. F. D. R. TO Shun Convention Washington, July 12. rP) President Roosevelt said at a conference today hedefin- i!tclywo",d,hnot to ,fhicag0 '" end the democratic eoli 1 u ". v every question ocsigneo. io oring about a disclosure of his third term stand. The chief executive was asked whether, if he did go to Chicago, he would fly. Throwing back his head and laughing, Mr. Roosevelt said he thought he had a right to be Insulted as the question, following his state ! ment that he would not go to the convention city, was a slur on his veracity. Mr. Roosevelt's hearers inter- nrted his flat statement that (he woui,j not g0 to Chicago to i ,n,t ot only wouid ne i go there, in event of a draft I n.niin.iint, n tnaka an in-,n. Unc. ipeec'h 1, hpreenht,ppe"11t0b! - ? I"w".' he pres. for the last time be- " " Prty open. iU quadren- nial meeting Monday, Replying to questions the chief executive said his plans for the summer called for hlmand at his home at Hyde Park, to spend alternate weekends on cruises aown ine roiomsc river l By the Associated Press Swift-rising British Spitfires slashed back at German bombers over the island kingdom today, shooting down ten of the raiders in flames, after King George VI narrowly escaped a heavy Nazi attack. In a Scottish town, one bomb killed 10 persons "as far known." Many others were wounded. The German Invader was shot down and Its crew per ished as the bullet-sieved plane crashed and burst afire. The German high command. in a communique telling of heavy new damage Inflicted on British airports, harbors and armament plants, asserted that 4,329,213 tons of "enemy mer chant shipping or shipping usable by the enemy have been sunk since the war began. Five Ships Sunk Nazi fighting and stuka dive- bombing planes sank five ships totalling 30,000 tons In the Eng lish channel yesterday, the high command said. Bomb fires were started at Pprtsmouth and Burton-on-Trent it added, and port facilities at Plymouth and Lowestoft were hit by aerial explosives. King George escaped possible harm from German raiders by a matter of minutes, It was dis closed. The sovereign, who saw action In the World war naval battle of Jutland, was reported visit ing his troops "somewhere In southern England" at the time of the German bomb assault. The government, faced with Nazi threats of a U-boat "starva tion blockade" of the British isles, tightened control to bolster the home front and considered imposing a "scientific diet" on the island kingdom's densely packed millions to save on food supplies. One plan called for taking (Contin id on Pag TbrM.) 2,000 REFUGEE TOTS ARRIVE IN HALIFAX Halifax. July 12. Near ly 2,000 children, sent from Bri tain to be wartime guests of Canadian families, arrived here today aboard two liners. Demo Delegates Lack Signals for Play at Chicago Chicago, July 12. UP) Delegates to the Democratic national convention began moving Into town today but as uncertain of their ultimate destination as i ship's crew whose captain has sealed orders In his pocket. Most of thsm predicted President Roosevelt would take a third term nomina tion If It Is handed to him. But the group of sturdy Texans that has backed Vice President Gamer for the presidency clung stubbornly to their predictions that Mr. Roosevelt would not be a candidate. Th?y pushed on to a decision to have Wright Morrow, old friend of the vice-president, put Garner's name In nomination. Postmaster General Farley, too. Indicated that his own name would go before the convention. n. I. in. Asked whether Uie plana War Bulletins London, July 12 (U.PJ Great Britain tonight claimed devastating vengeance. Includ ing at least 50 Nasi planes shot down In tha past 72 hours, tor Adolf Hitler's day-and-night a e 1 1 a t offensive against the British Isles which blasted towns of Scotland and England during the day. London, July 12. P The Finnish radio announced to night that the Finnish freight, er Petsamo, 4,596 tons, bad been sunk off the Irish coast and thai the master and crew of 33 were landed at Cork. Nothing was said as to the na ture oi the sinking. T Washington, July 12 (P) Sec retary Ickes today announced several personnel changes In field offices of the national park service, ' made necessary, he said, by the 'resignation of C. Marshall Finnan ai superin tendent of Zlon and Bryce Canyon national parks, Utah. Paul R. Franke, superlntend net of Mesa Verde national park, Colorado, will take the job Finnan quit because of ill health. John S. McLauphlln. assistant superintendent of Rocky Moun tain national park, Colorado, will replace Franke. John E. Doe rr, Jr., associate park natu ralist at Crater Lake national park, will take McLaughlin's place. Myrl V. Walker, assistant park naturalist at Zlon and Bryce, will go to Crater Lake, and James E. Cole, ranger naturalist at Yosemlte national park. Calif., will fill the va cancy at Zion and Bryce. The Yosemlte vacancy will be filled later from a list of ellgiblcs submitted by the civil service commission. Mr. Doerr has been associate park naturalist of Crater Lake national park since December, 1933. He entered the national park service In May 1931 os associate park naturalist and was assigned to Hawaii national park where he served until he was transferred to Crater Lake (Contlnuad on Paga Bight.) would hold good regardless of what happens at Chicago, Mr, Roosevelt said he could see no connection between the two, ad ding that, after all, he was pres ident of the United States. "Will you have any personal participation In the conven tion?" was one question. That, the president said, would be too difficult tor bim to answer. Do you contemplate any message to the convention? an other reporter asked. The president said he hadn't thought about that, one way or tha other. "Is this going to be an un- bossed convention?" one Inter rogator wanted to know, The chief executive said he had not the faintest idea. 798 REFUGEES COMING ON LINER MANHATTAN New York, July 12 (IPy The U. S. liner Manhattan radioed today that she had sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, tor New York with 798 passengers. The liner made the voyage under state de partment orders to pick up American! fleeing the European conflict FIRST TABULATION IN CENSUS SHOWS INCREASEf 2925 Upward Revision Due After Completion of Count In West Phoenix District Preliminary figures Issued to day by the office of the super visor of census In Eugene gave Jt'i-kson county a population of 33,843 on April 1. This tentative figure compares with 32,918 in 1930 when the previous federal census was taken. This represents a popula tion gain of 2,925, or 8.8 per cent, for the county. The announcement from Mrs. Merle C. Stuart, supervisor of census for this district, stated that the figures were prellmln ary and subject to correction though "they are believed to be substantially correct. More io Come It seems likely, however, that the final Jackson county figures will be revised upward, for it was learned today that a largo section of the west Phoenix dis trict was not Included In the enumeration at all. The county is now being re-checked by Moore Hamilton, assistant area manager for Oregon In the 1940 census. In his unfinished double- check of the west Phoenix dis trict, Mr. Hamilton hat already uncovered about 200 persona who were not counted In tha original canvass, he said. A few persona In various other parte of the county have written to headquarters that they were not enumerated either, Mr. Hamil ton stated. He added that it would take him probably anoth er two weeks to re-check the en tire county. He appeared .to be confident that the final figures would give the county a substantially larg er population than shown by tha (Contlnuad ot. Page Threa.) PETAIN APPOINTS El Vichy, France. July 11 ( Chief of State Henri Philippe) Petaln tonight named Pierre Laval as vice president of hi cabinet for totalitarian Franca. The other members: Justice: Raphael Alibert, un dersecretary of state presidency In the last cabinet Interior: Adrlen Marquet, who) held the same post in the pre vious cabinet. Foreign Affairs: Paul Baudo In, unchanged from last cabinet. Finance: Yves Boutillier, also the same post. . Defense: General Maxima) Weyga-id, same. Public Instruction: Senator Emlle Mireaux. "Youth and Family": Jea Ybarnegaray. Agriculture: Pierre Cazlot. Communications: Deputy Fraoncols Pletri. Colonies: Senator Henry Le mery. War: General Colsoa (tarn nost). Navy: Admiral Dartan (same) post). Aviation: General Pujo (atmo post). The ministers of Industry, production and labor will b appointed later. BASEBALL National Score: Boston Chicago Posedel and and Hartnett R. H. X. 1 1 0 a Bcrres; O lasts
