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