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MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1940.
No. 103.
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Monro
MED
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i i i i Tull AwvoeUttd Pru
Thirty-fifth Year
TO W
liSi PROPAGANDA AND j
:Nrii BOMBS RAIN UPON fl
mmm ALL OF BRITAIN h
Washington. D. C, July 20
Money due taxpayers in Harney
and other Oregon counties has
been held up for more than a
year because of the jealousy be
tween the treasury department
and the General Accounting
Office. It is a sample of the ri
valry existing among the vari
ous agencies and the feud of
bureaucrats.
Nelson Higgs, county Judge of
Harney county, wondered why
his county was not receiving its
percentage of the revenue of the
Malheur lake bird refuge, as
provided by law, for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1939. The
sum, practically $4000, which
isn't hay to taxpayers in the op
en spaces, should have been paid
by the biological survey, whose
chief is Ira Gabrielson, former
resident of Oregon. Patience ex
hausted. Judge Higgs wired his
congressman, and Cornelia Mar
vin Pierce got on the job.
IJERE is the Washington run-
around. Biological survey
informed Mrs. Pierce the mat
ter had passed out of its hands
a year ago, when the voucher
was made out. Department of
agriculture reported it had no
information about activities of
the biological survey as Presi
dent Roosevelt had transferred
' that wildlife agency to depart
ment of Interior. The latter de
partment that the payment to
Harney and other counties was
something that took place be
fore the biological survey came
to interior. Mrs. Pierce was get
ting nowhere fast.
Next Mrs. Pierce phoned GAO
to learn if the auditing depart
ment had passed on the vouch
ers. GAO had duplicate vouch
ers in its files (a year old) but
refused to act on any but ori
ginals. The originals were lo
cated in the treasury depart
ment which had not sent them
to the Oregon counties because
they had not been cleared by
GAO. Treasury department re
fused to surrender the originals
to GAO. This was the impasse
which had held up payments.
This week a lawyer of GAO
decided that the auditing office
could use a photostatic copy of
the original vouchers. Treasury
consented to permit the docu
ments to be photographed with
in the treasury building. GAO
sent two trustworthy men to
the treasury and made the pho
tostats, with accompanying af
fidavits of how, why and where.
Under guard, the photostats
were taken to the queer brick
Duuaing wnicn nouses me uen-
rri rtccounung vjmce til was
where President Cleveland held
his Inaugural ball). Now Mrs.
Pierce learns that GAO must
treat the entire affair as new
business.
This is the sort of failure to
cooperate that is known as red
tape. Probably, but for the per
sistence of Cornelia Marvin
Tierce, those vouchers would re
main in pigeonholes for years to
come. .
(Continued on Pag Sis.)
San Quentln. Calif., July 20
Wi Embittered over refusal of
a former cellmate to repay a
"U"l,t'ZZI'Tenth." he said in a broadcast
!.uV'i..TL ?L!0b'ZZU members of the Second divl-
, ' r-.-j.l
Mtxe Carden tonight stabbed
. . . . . .v .
ISlHnOuTnn
?wlt,! prisoner,
Lee Watts.
San Quentin officials said
Carden. 30-year-old convicted
burglar sent up from San Joa -
ouin last February 2. waylaid'
Watts as he was coming from
mess hall on the way back to
the cell blocks.
Watts was stabbed with I
kitchen knife, sharpened into
a deadly prison "shiy," one!
thrust penetrating his abdomen
and the other enterina his chest. I
Prison doctors did not expect
him to recover
Refusal Means Destruction
Berlin Threatens; England
Girds for Land Offensive.
Br the Associated Press
Berlin, July 20. (JP) Ger
many unleashed a thunder of
words today in an attempt to
sway the English people, over
the head of Winston Churchill,
and get them to end the war.
The alternative, Nazi Ger
many says, is destruction.
Radio transmitters dinned
Adolf Hitler's "last appeal to
reason" into English ears until,
as authorized sources put it.
every Englishman knows exact
ly what is in store for mm un
less he gets rid of "the pluto
cratic ruling clique" which
wants to keep on fighting.
Repeatedly the English were
told that Hitler has no desire
to harm either England or her
empire. It was suggested that
only by getting out from under
Churchill's control can England
escape the German onslaught,
There was, moreover, not the
slightest hint either in Hitler's
speech or in the words of radio
or press that Germany is slow
ing up one iota in her prepar
ation for this attack. It is as
sumed that the whole military
and naval machine is ready to
go at any time at the Fuehrer's
word.
"No Direct Proposal
No further direct proposal to
England may be expected from
Hitler, the authoritative Dienst
Aus Deutschland said.
"The initiative must now
come from England," said this
commentary. "Hitler has not yet
set a time limit for the answer NassaUi Bahamas, July 20.
from England but from that ! ,Tvconfused by the re of
fact it cannot be concluded that Windsor., gtatuS- further corn
England is able to claim an un-, pllcated by nis appointment as I
limited period to answer theiBanaman governori tni, remtej
peace offer.'
The British press view that
Hitler's reichstag speech of yes
terday as '"not worth answering"
was repected In Berlin as not
the true voice of the British j
people.
"This is merely the vo ce of j
MIC fJiULUWUlll lb TTfft)!
stated here. "What strikes us is
the haste wun wnicn mese in-i
solent commentaries are Is-
sued so auickly as to give the
Impression they were written in
advance."
Old War Lords Out
By the Associated Press
,ru;.. ' l "": '':
London, July 21. (Sunday)
bombers carried their almost
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(Continued on Paga Two.)
SERVICE FAV0RED;r,
New York, July 20. JTi
General James G. Harbord. for
mer chief of staff of the Amer
ican armies in France and com
mander of the Second division
of the A. E. F., tonight recom-
' mended selective service as the
' "fair American way
to raise
an army.
The bravest and best of
American manhood have always
been the ones to respond to a
call for volunteers, with casual
ties thus certain to fall from
the very flower of national
iSion who were celebrating their
. . , .
I twentv-xeennd annual reunion
I" St. Louis.
The volunte,f ,em he
I , 1 ...
'.... .
'
: V0""1 "uard ln of
In democracy there is the
; universal obhgationto serve.
j Plays Safe
I Astoria. July 20. 'P) Sher -
in paui Kearney asked Oregon
and Washington peace officers
to go tuna fishing with him to-
day. First, however, he stopped
t the market and ourrhaaed
, enough fish for tonight s ban-
Jquet.
Willkie Receives Gold Nugget As Gift
fir
j
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When Wendell L. Wlllkl was welcomed to a play festival at Central, Colo., he was
initiated Into the art of panning gold. He is shown (right), about to receive a gold nugget
from Gordon Waller while Thomas A. Weaver, a prospector, and his burro keep watchful
eye on the proceedings.
Colorado Springs, Colo., July I
20. P) Wendell L. Willkie re-
ceived a comprehensive outline
. , , ,
of a new farm program today
from George N. Peek, former
agricultural adjustment admin-
istrator, but the nominee made
it plain that Peek's was only
colony is pondering pretty prob
lems of etiquette.
Believing it will be several
weeks before the duke assumes
his new duties, officials and
sociamiM are using the time
for dcving into the intricacies
of proper .aiutations and re.
ceptioir.
' Should the abdicated king be j
a ..your Royal High -
-,.. m-.m- ntiti him
.'.,;
Cr ,hould he be addr5(,d
as "Your Excellency?" (That's
the usual form to a governor). !
Should the American-born
duchess be addressed as "Your
Royal Highness?" (Now there's
deh? P'' ".'.
land).
Or should It be merely "Your
grace."
There nothing trivial aooui
the matter to the quiet Baha-
mans, who treat with due dig-
nity their obligations as British
HOT SPELL SEEN
Northern California: Fair Sun-
'day, but becoming unsettled ex-
: treme north portion; normal
temperature: gentle to moaeraie
temperature: gentle to moderate
; northwest wind off coast, except
i mostly west and southwest'
. above Cape Mendocino.
Oregon: unsettled unaay,i
showers northwest portion;
cooler in interior.
Weekly outlook far western
state, for July 22 to 27: Gener-; d'out N, Mebe,iuI p.ced;wlll open here August 5 at the I Unds three ounce, of n.r
ally fair with temperature. E .g ,tUck wh . four-run ! warehouse of the Pacific Wool I , . 'board a Japanese f re lht
nearly normal beginning ofjhomer , tn, fiftn. Dfclt Whit-; Grower, association. U"t ."."ed a
wmlr hut ru ns and becoming - . t-. . cnj er nere ana arrorcu
week. but rising and becoming
! generally anove normal Interior
districts midd e of week: con-
' s derat e cloud or fog in coastal
; fectlonl
r, , , Bailor
Vancouver. B. C. July 20.- 1
j 'CP1 Friends here of Rev. John
! Antle. 74-year-old skipper of the
48-foot yawl Reverie en route
, to Vancouver from England.
expressed anxiety today, as the
vessel was still unreported 81
davs after 1' '.-!" A",i-.ilr.
Mexico, bound for San Pedro,
ICal)
one of many suggestions he
w"ld consider in drafting the
'arm section of his acceptance
speech,
Prlor . the iuncheon con-
ference, the Republican presl-
dential nominee expressed grati-
fication that Irvin Cobb, Charles
Farwell of New Orleans and
Reason Enough
Chicago, July 20. JP)
Mrs. Lillian Van Krum Colen,
23, a song writer, was grant
ed a divorce after testifying
that her husband took ex
ception to a song she had
written and deserted her.
The song: "That Gray Haired
Daddy of Mine."
DEFENSE PARLEY
Havana. July 20. iP The
United States delegation became
the center of intense activity
tni.,v,t in informal rnnvna.
tions aimed at formulating pro-
posals on hemisphere defense
and economy at the second
meeting of American foreign
ministers opening here tomor
row. The arrival of Secretary of
State Hull, with his staff of
diplomatic, trade, monetary, and
agricultural advisers, opened
preliminary consultations in
which officials of the other
American republics sought first
t0 hear details of the United
j states proposals,
j Ab5Cnt from these preliminary
talks was the Argentine dele
gation, from which is expected
to emanate the chief obstacles
to Hull's hoped-for unanimity
! among the 21 republics on meas
ures to safeguard the security
! and economy of the new world.
BULLETIN
-. Jniv
20. P) The;
! Athletics took slim
lcad in tne state eague here to-
, h, b ,corjn a 7 to 9 victory
sjverton.
The Af gcored tbe winning
i in th. iahth when Johnny
jnn icored from third on an
, wt , four.bagger for SU.
wllh onl aboard.
-
R. H. E.
Silverton . 5 9 2
Eugene - 7 9 2
Wilson" and ' Moe; Wiltshire
and Libby.
Coast.
Sacramento, July 20. 'P)
Night game: R. H. E.
Portland . 9 S 0
cm.ntn s 1
nrn r.ilin and Annnn - ln -
Riel. GabUr, Mungtr .nd Ogro -
IdowikL
other Democrats had said they
would support him.
"My phone hasn't stopped
ringing since the Democratic
convention because of the im
portant Democrats over the
country saying they will come
out for me," Willkia told his
press conference. .
LIGHTNING FIRES
N MONTANA, 161
Missoula, Mont., July 20. OP)
Lightning bolts flashed into
forests of western Montana to
night, setting 161 fires.
The electrical storm, like one
which a week ago started hun
dreds of fires, brought no rain.
Regional forest service head
quarters dispatched fire fighters
to the new outbreaks.
Fifty blazes were reported on
the Bitter Root forest. 51 on the
LOLO and 60 on the Kaniksu.
At Butte, the second time
lightning struck a livestock pass
on a highway and killed Law
rence Hain, 38, highway depart
ment flagman. Friday night, less
than 24 hours before Hain was
killed, lightning set the pass
on fire.
EPIDElC FEARED
IN BOSTON AREA1?
Hull, Mass.. July 20. (Ft
Discovery of ten cases of para
typhoid among greater Boston
residents who arrived from Eu
rope aboard the S. S. Wash
ington, July 13, brought a warn
ing tonight to boards of health
in all communities In which
the liner's 1 6u9 passengers re
side. At his summer home hero,
Dr. Paul J. Jakmauh, Massa
chusetts public health commis
sioner, said the ten Boston cases
were "not rerious" and that
i th altmnt aA t man AlafM:
ered ,n ms tQ prevent ap
Vt ' ,
first Vool Bids
Portland. July 20. m The
Pacific coast's first competitive
b ddlns wool auct ons on the
1 Australian-New Zealand plan
Swimmer Perishes
Seattle, July 20 P Gilbert
"ven Cady, Jr., about 23, was
killed today by a small motor-
boat which ran over him while
he was twimmlng In Lake
I Washington.
I Tillamook Cats Rata
j Tillamook, July 20. 'Pi
I Tillamook area farmer, rejoiced
1 In .22 of an inch of rain that
1 fell in an hour early today,
' Part iirei needed moisture badlv
1 after one of the driest summer.
lnJ4 years.
HAIL HITS PEARS 1
FOWLER REPORTS
Storm Follows Narrow Path
Talent to Central PL
Ten Fires Started.
Hail Inflicted considerable
commercial d a m a g to the
Rogue river valley pear crop
Friday afternoon, Robert G.
Fowler, county agent, reported
yesterday.
Many orchards were hit and
some suffered damago of 10 to
15 per cent of the crop, Mr.
Fowler stated. Additional1 dam
age may show up later as hail
marks become visible, he added.
Mr. Fowler said he had re
ceived unverified reports hat
some young chickens were kill
ed by the hail.
The hail storm followed a
narrow path like a Kansas tor
nado and many orchards were
entirely untouched. The hail
storm moved from Talent In a
semi-circle northwestward and
then veered northeastward to
Central Point, Mr. Fowler said.
It was the most extensive
damage done by hail to pears
In several years. The Bartletts
will be ready to pick in another
fortnight. It was said that
probably the Cornice pears, with
their more tender skins, suf
fered the most.
Damage In Wagner cruek or
chards near Ashland was esti
mated at 1000 boxes.
Lightning which accompanied
the rain and hailstorm started
ten forest fires In thb area,
seven in the Applegate and two
in the Union Creek districts of
Rogue River national forest and
one near the Rogue river on
state protected land above
Rogue Elk hotel. A forest pa
trol guard quickly extinguished
the fire on the state-protected
land. The seven Applegate dis
trict fires were reported con
trolled last night while no re
port had been received from
crews sent to the two Union
Creek district fires, each con
fined to a large snag. The rain
kept the fires from flaring up.
The lightning set two fires
on the Siskiyou national forest
and left parts of three counties
without power for 80 minutes,
the Associated Press reported
from Grant Pass. The light
ning was also blamed for the
fall of 28 acres of hops to the
ground at Grants Pass, though
growers sai'l damago would be
small if th hop wires were
lifted immediately, the Asso
ciated Press said.
Power failed for all of Jose
phine county and for parts nf
Jackson and Douglas counties.
ccordlng to the Associated
Press report from Grants Pass.
Official forecast was for
cloudy weather with showers
today and tomorrow, local thun
der storms over the Cascades,
little change In temperature.
The temperature yesterday did
not get above 71 degrees.
Precipitation for the storm
to 8:30 p. m. yesterday was
.14 of an inch, the weather bu -
reau said. It was the first
measurable precipitation since
June 29.
ICS HAUL
San' Francisco, July 20.
U. S. customs agents seized 17
Japanese, while the state nar
cotics chief hinted the case
would have international rami
fications and Involve contra
band worth more than $1,000,
000 when It was "cleaned up."
Paul E. Maeden, chief of the
California narcotics enforcement
division, said the narcotic aeis-
! ure today (cocaine) was the larg-
! est "in a long, long time," and
I that the lot taken would be
valued "wholesale" at $81,000,
and Drobablv would bring well
. above uo,uuu w iliegit streei
Isales.
rnniR un wrnnri
rrai w vtoiunrj AMEC
. i
War Bulletins
London. July 20 (Ft
London Sketch, in its "Inside
Information" column, said to
day that one of the things
Adolf Hitler failed to men
tion in his speech was a "fan
tastic plan to 'offer' Canada
to the United Staias which
Ribbentrop (German foreign
minister) conceived and is
having circulated tentatively
in Washington."
The paper added that by
his plan, which it said had
been communicated to leading
propagandists in the United
Stalei. "Hitler will give a
solemn pledge not to inter
fere in the United ' States,
alter ha has 'finished' with
Britain. As proof of his sin
cerity, ha would agree to the
incorporation o I Canada."
$29,000 SHORTAGE
FAKE DEATH NOTE
LEADS TO ARREST
Portland 'Hobby Center Of
ficial Admits Hoax On
Puget Sound Ferry.
Seattle, July 20. P Ed
ward Zehrung, 38, secretary
treasurer of the Portland Postal
Employes Credit union, was
held here for Portland police
tonight after admitting faking
a suicide on a Puget Sound
ferry. Portland officers said em
bezzlement charges, involving
perhaps $29,000 of tha credit
union's funds, had been filed
against him.
Zehrung was arrested when
he appeared at police head
quarters here In an attempt to
recover his automobile. The
machine had been impounded
at 9:50 a. m. when the driver
abandoned It on the ferry Chip
pewa while the boat was en
route from Bremerton to Seat
tle. A note, announcing the
writer's Intention of committing
suicide and signed "Edgar,"
waa found in the front seat of
the machine.
Checking with Portland po
lice, Seattle officers discovered
that an arrest order against
Zehrung had been Issued last
night.
Chief of Detectives Ernest
Yoris said Zehrung declared he
had boarded the ferry this
morning with the Intention of
committing suicide but had lost
his nerve.
The chief said he asked Zeh
rung, "What did you do with
the $29,000?"
"I have $912 in my suitcase,"
Yoris quoted tha man as reply
ing, "I Invested the rest In my
Hobby Center building in Port-
land.
(The hobby center, named the
"Can't Take It With You" house
is Zchrung's pride. In it, postal
employes and others have man
ufactured model trains, gather-
old odd collections and follow
ed various hobbies).
A $28,000 shortage was dis
covered last week in funds of
i1"" credit union, which has 885
j members, zehrung disappeared
from Portland last night; and
this morning, officers of the
union discovered an additional
$1,000 missing from the cash
box. Zehrung, one of the found
ers of the organization, was
bonded for $13,000.
IE OF
FILMS, A FATHER
Hollywood, July 20.-
Film actor Don Ameche, who
recently completed a picture I
called "Four Sons," acquired
his fourh son today. He made it clear that ha
The boy was born to Mrs. would not "fly under fal-e col
Ameche on the first annlver- ors" In order to win a post-
ary of the birth of their third
son, Thomas. The other children
are Donald, 0Vi, and Ronald,
4 ',4.
The Ameche family now
ranks with that of Blng Crosby
I (four sons) and Eddie Cantor
me aaugmersi ....
iargen in me mm coion,.
OVERTHIRD TERM,
LEAVESJAPITAO
Wallace's Retention Cabinet
Post to be G.O.P. Issue
Political Curb in Force,
Washington, July 20.-
Vice President Garner, to of
a third term for Franklin
Roosevelt, packed away soma
office belongings today, ax
pressed his private views to a
few secretarial cronies and,
friends said, made ready to quit
the capital.
- His friends said that Games'
planned to go to his Uvalde,
Tex., home to vote, ln tha pri
mary elections on July 27, ana
might stay there, leaving con
gress, the administration and
the democratic party to their
own devices. ,
Because of his third terra
views, his associates said, tha
71 -year-old Texan felt ha could
not participate in tha campaign
for President Roosevelt and
Secretary Wallace, nominated
to succeed Garner as vice presl
dent.
Garner declined to say wheth
er he had sent any congratula.
tory message to the president
or Wallace, but friends said
they understood ha had not.
The third term Issue had m
prominent part elsewhere ln the)
day's political developments. . . .
Former Democratic Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri of
fered to Join with Senator
Burke (D-Neb.) in organizing
Democrats opposed to a third
term.
The Harrlsburg, Pa., Patriot,
newspaper published by Vanca
A. McCormick, former Demo
critic national chairman, an
nounced its support of tha Re
publican presidential nominee,
Wendell L. Willkie.
Rep. Ditter (R-Pa.) said la a
statement that "hundreds of
volunteer workers In Pennsyl
vania and Mew Jersey, including:
"many patriotic Democrats" had
Joined "in revolt against tha
overt threat of dictatorship as
now presented in tha violent
overthrow of the third term tra
dition by the new deal conven
tion at Chicago."
Wallace announced at Dea
Moines, Iowa, that he did not
plan to resign his post as Secre
tary of Agriculture, saying that
"I believe Herbert Hoover re
mained in the cabinet (as secre
tary of commerce) when he was
campaigning for the presi
dency." Republicans, ; contend
ing that the agriculture depart
ment could exert vast political
power, indicated they would
make a campaign issue of Wal
lace's failure to resign.
Some new rules for cam
paigning in this and subsequent
federal elections became effec
tive when President Roosevelt
signed the Hatch bill. The meas-
(CoaUnu-4 oa Pse Three.)
n
FEARS JOB LOSS
Eugene, July 20. Dean
Wayne L. Morse of the Univer
sity of Oregon law school to
night expressed fesr being a
Republican might be an ob
stacle to him becoming mem
ber of tha U. S. maritime com
mission. "I understand that if one of
the obstacles to my appoint
ment," he said in answer to an
interviewer's question. "B a-
cause It is an Important posi
tion. Democratic leaders natur
ally want to see a Democrat
! appointed."
,tion to be vacated August 1
i by Edward Moran Jr., Rock-
j land. Me.
Dean Morse also declared, re
gardless of whether or not ha
wins the new position, "Eugene
will always be my residence. I
n..
have no Intention OX leavinfj