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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1940)
The Weather Shoaers tonight an Batar ay; little ehanc in temper ature. Temperature RlzbMt Hlerda; JS Realize Cash Wheal yn want ta reallta caah from sutnethlng yon hare to ell In a burr;, job mil ttna ns quicker, better or leM exuen the nay than to ih the Clas ifled pate of thla newspaper. Medford Tribune Lot eat thla mornlnf Full Aisociated Pratt Full Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1940. No. 108. L KAC i NB 0) 0) CMS "fnF .iyju HI Washington, D. C. July 26. Sixty million pounds of alum inum annually will be the pro duction of the Aluminum Com pany of America's plant on the Columbia river at Vancouver, Wash. This, according to com pany representatives, will be when the plant's initial capacity is doubled and contract for the needed additional energy has already been made. Aluminum people do not speak of produc tion in tons always in pounds, and that sounds more impres sive. It is expected that the plant j will start production in a few weeks-in September-and will build up a Pernnel o, 600 workers. Eventually the enter prise will furnish employment for 1500, all drawn from the Vancouver area, but with key men furnished by the various other plants of Alcoa. These key men will instruct and break in new men who will become fore men when efficient. . INHERE is possibility that the war will upset plans of Alcoa and It is within the range of possibility that the United States may go to war to defend Dutch Guiana from seizure by Herr Hitler.. Dutch Guiana is the principal source of supply of. raw .material which event ually emerges from the Van couver plant in pig bars. This material is bauxite, a sort of clay. Up river 150 miles steam shovels are mining bauxite. The clay Is broken into pieces as large as a grapefruit, and dried. Fifty steamers are shuffling back and forth between the mine up the river and a pro cessing plant in a southern city. Mostly the boats are wooaen tubs built at Hog Island during the first world war and make about 10 knots an hour. This large fleet is kept moving to accumulate as large a stock of the bauxite as possible for any thing may happen. KERE is a bauxite deposit in Arkansas richer than that of Dutch Guiana, but the alum- (Continued on Paga Ten.) F YEAR AGO TODAYi The whims of Nature were 11- hist rated in a comparison of to day's temperature with that of a year ago. A year ago today Medford suf fered from a dehydrating heat of 108 degrees, only two lower than the all-time recorded maxi- mum temperature of 110 de grees. Today, in contrast, the mercury was able to get up to only 73 degrees by 2:30 with the prospect the day's maximum would not be much above 76. The highest yesterday was 85. Official forecast was for show ers tonight and tomorrow. SIDE GLANCES br TRIE UN E REPORTERS Cappy Billy Driscoll being a trifle too late with his request noter. will Introduce Senator to insert two simple words in McNary at the vice presidential the sports page story about the notification ceremony at Salem, CCC swim school's closing exer-1 Ralph H. Cake, Oregon's Re cises tomorrow night, the words . publican national committee being "weather permitting." I man, said today. I The ceremony will be held Ruth Tye. blushing prettily ! either August 28, 29 or 30, and admitting she was getting cKe a()ded. practice keeping house for that i ! date In Septembc I SPANISH EDITOR SEES E. E. (Mai McKinney bravely fJRAB FUTURE FOR U. S. and manfully cooking his own meals in the absence oi nis tei- ter half, and even eating what he prepared, Frankie Clark, nursemaid for the Rialto bear, agreeing that tK. ...w i. h.rri.r in h.nHi. than Tony Galcnto. FINAL SECTIONS FIX PENALTY FOR DRAFTJDGERS Five Years in Prison, $10, 000 Fine for Evaders To Senate Next Week Washington, July 26. JP) The first peacetime conscription bill in American history was completed today by the senate j military committee for consider ation by the senate early next week. Chairman Sheppard (D-Tex.) said the committee would vote officially on the legislation Tues- i , mnniifia onH YiroHir-tfH there ,d be no dissentirlg votes. ,- .. committee Poud , Ities of live would impose penalties years in prison and $10,000 in fines for "draft dodgers" or those convicted of aiding them. Director Created The committee also authorized creation of the office of "director of selective service" to handle details of the vast proposal for registering all men between 18 and 63 years, inclusive and train ing part of them. Mayor Fiorello H. Laguardia of New York city told the house military affairs committee mean while, that he favored calling high school graduates for mili tary training before ordering men in the 18-to-25 year old class. Other details of the same bill occupied the senate military committee. Three amendments were agreed on to protect the civilian jobs of men in the ranks. The first provides that any employer, now subject to the Wagner labor relations act, would be guilty of unfair labor practice if he wilfully refused to reinstate a demobilized con script. Under this section, a con victed employer could be com pelled to reinstate a conscript with back pay. Portland, July 26. UFi The state public welfare commission planned today to approve new old age assistance grants begin ning October 1. Chairman Jack Luihn an nounced that the counties would complete reinvestigation of 4000 applications received since November, 1939, would be given aid. The commission said cases had been reduced from a high of 21.000 to 19.000, largely jtrir0ugh deaths, and that others would be removed by reinvesti gation. The state's whole welfare program, the commission said, is operating on a revenue deficit although it still is within ap propriations. STASSEN TO INTRODUCE M'NARY AT CEREMONY Portland. July 26.' Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota, Republican convention key . .. , , 26. TJ.P' The rl p.hi , . rciiiKu, iitn,,, - nredicted today the collapse ofinonnern nitrate port, hardest the United States i a nation and asserted that the skyscrap- ' ers of New York "will soon b '. covered with moss as a pathetic! j example to centuries to come." Ship -Plane Battle Rages Off North Irish Coast' WaUace has Chummy Chat I - '.) ( r Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace (leil). Demo cratic vice-presidential nominaa. had a chummy chat in Chi cago with William Settle (right), of Pairelaum, Ind., chairman of tha national committee for agriculture. En route from Dat Moines to Washington. . Wallace laid agriculture wat prepared for war and lit consequence!. Wallace To Leave Post for Active Political Campaigning Washington, July 26. 0P) Secretary Wallace said today he planned to resign or take a leave of absence without pay from his cabinet post as soon as he begins active political campaigning for the vice-presidency. In a formal statement, nal- lace said charges that the de partment's farm program organ ization could be used as a "sort of political machine" in the coming election disclosed an "amazing ignorance" of the manner In which the program was carried out. He declared that In the case of the agricultural adjustment administration, regulations gov erning millions of dollars In payment to farmers for the 1940 crop year were drafted months ago and the extent of the Individual farmer's partici pation determined the size of his check. "Nothing that the secretary of agriculture does now can affect the amount of that pay ment," Wallace added. He said he would begin cam paigning shortly after he Is formally notified, in late Au gust, of his nomination by the Democratic convention. . . FOR W.L WILLKIE Colorado Springs, Colo., July 28. 'U.Ri District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey of New York, defeated by Wendell L. Willkie for the Republican presidential nomination, will take the stump for Willkie when the campaign starts. Willkie announced today that Dewey forces were pledged to him "100 per cent" and that the New York prosecutor would speak for him during the cam paign "in those western and midwestern states where Dewey is most popular and effective." HILLSIDES TUMBLE ON CHILEAN MINING PORT Antofaeasta. Chile. July 26. IPi Sandy hillsides loosened by heavy rains came tumbling down on settlements In Chile's rich nitrate mining region yes terday, causing more than a ! hundred deaths. A aurvev hnwH T.nr.ni. - - j hit with most of tha casualties in that region. j The La Despreciada copper mine was destroyed. Hundreds j of persons lost their homes. WESTERN PARKS GET VACT10NERS BARRED EUROPE BY . . . , . .,.,. wasningion, juiy zo. u.r; Vacationing Americans, banned from traveling to Europe by the war, are flocking to western na tional parks in record numbers, Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes said today. Twice as many tourists visited Mt. Rainier National Park, Wash., this June as in June last year. In June, 1939, 20,046 per sons visited the park. Last month there were 47.893. Travel to Crater Lake Park. Ore., rose from 28.878 In June, 1939, to 30.374 this June. Kings Canyon, Calif., had an increase from 23, 043 to 27,164. Olympic National Park, Wash., reported an in crease from 4,865 to 18.157. Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park in North Carolina and Tennessee had the most vis itors for the month, 128,533 against 81,342 for the same month last year. FOUR-CHILD FAMILY - Cambridge, Mass., July 26. (U.R) Prof. Carle C. Zimmer man, Harvard sociologist, said today that mothers must aver age four children each if the United States Is to remain a first-rate power. This would eliminate the two child family idea of about two- 'thirds of the nations 30,000.000 Ifamlllra he tnlrl the New F.n. land conference on tomorrow's children. FALSE TEETH STRANGLE MAN IN AUTO ACCIDENT Babhlon. N. Y July 26. UP) Abraham Grawmow, 93, stran gled to death today after swal lowing his false tth In a minor auto accident. Ha died en route 'to a hofpiUL THIRD PARTY FOR WILLI SUPPORT IN GAS CHAMBER TALKEDJUOIMFOR SLAYING TWO Republican Nominee to Make Claude E. Cline Goes to Aggressive Campaign for Votes in Dixie Is Word By William B. Ardery Colorado Springs, Colo., July 26. (IP) Word circulated l among rvenaeil Li. wuiKies as I jsociates today that an effort might be made to form a new party to support him In the Democratic south. Willkie said he would make "an aggressive campaign" for southern votes. Authoritative reports were that Willkie managers were con sidering the formation of a third party which would permit Dem ocrats to retain their party reg istration and at the same time vote for the Republican candi date. "Democratic Union Party" and "Democratic Unity Party" were titles mentioned as pos sibilities. To Work In South At a press conference, Willkie told reporters he would work aggressively for southern votes. He added that he had received Wnany letters front that section pledging support. The Republican nominee, pleased with his reception on a flying speaking tour through Wyoming and Utah, released a new list of persons who had messaged their support. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, former under secretary of the treasury in the new deal admin istration, telegraphed: "I give you my wholehearted support in your campaign. An end must be made of centralized power, personal rule and uncon trollable spending." Willkie remarked that Presi dent Roosevelt had commended Coolidge and John W. Hanes, another of his supporters, when they left the administration. "I am glad," he continued, "that I am in this kind of com- pany rather than that of the Ha.u ,nd .. Kellv-Nashe. DEATH OF LEAGUE SEENBYAVENOL Geneva, July 28. (IP) Jos eph A. C. Avenol, Frenchman who has been secretary-general of the League of Nations since July 1, 1933, announced his res ignation today stating the "real ities" of the present times made his office no longer necessary. Thus Avenol signed what may well be the formal death sen tence of the league as a political body a death It has been dying steadily since 1932, when Jap an's armies were tent Into Man churia. Avenol submitted his resigna tion last night in telegram sent to the governments of the league member states. FOR FARLEY JOB Washington, July 26. (U.R Gov. Lloyd C. Stark of Mis souri, one of President Roose velt's close advisers, was report ed today to have the "pole posi tion" in the race for James A. Farley's Job as postmaster gen eral. Farley, whose resignation as Democratic national committee chairman takes effect August 17. may step out of tha presi dent's cabinet at the end of next week, friends said. SUrk, a leader In the fight to upset the Pendergatt political i machine In Kansas City, has I long been a close friend of Mr. I Roosevelt PROSPECTOR PAYS! Death Calmly Slew Part ners in East Oregon Mine Salem, July 26. (IP) Lethal fumes wavering out of a little crock beneath a steel chair end ed the life of Prospector Claude E. Cline. 46. slayer of two min ing partners, in Oregon's state prison gas execution chamber today. Cline. the second man to breathe death In the. tiny, sealed enclosure, paid with his life for shooting George W. Chetty, 35. of Xenia, Ohio, and hiding the body In a shallow pit in eastern Oregon sagebrush near remote Spanish gulch. He also con fessed killing and burying Eu gene Rosenstiel of Portland but was tried only tor cnetty s slaying. Calm at Last Cline, silent and calm, passed Into the chamber at 8:26 a. m.. and was strapped to the chair three minutes later. - His head was shaved and he wore only shorts; a mask covered his face. Prison attendants, pulled the cords' at 8:30. dropping tha deadly pellets Into the bowl of acid. The fumes struck his face In half a minute and physicians listening at Instruments extend ing outside the chamber wall said he apparently was uncon scious at 8:3 Hi and "certainly unconscious" a minute later. The doors of the chamber were opened at 8:49, and the body was removed at 9 a. m.. when Cline was officially pro nounced dead. Cline went to his death with tiny crucifix in his hand. Pausing briefly to talk with (Continued ot. Pa Thrt.) F Portland, Ore.. July 26. (U. The Lamm lumber company In Klamath county was accused of violating the federal wages and hours law in a suit on file here today. Don Weathersbee, a tractor mechanic and greaser for the firm, seeks $1012.93 which he al leges Is due him for labor In ex cess of the 42 hour work week provided by the law. He seeks an equal amount in liquidated damages and $350 In attorney's fees. The case is the first of its kind to be filed here. Japan Will Investigate U. S. Curb on Export of Oil, Iron Tokyo, July 26. IIP) The Japanese foreign office instruct ed its ambassador to Washing ton today to Investigate the United States curb on oil and scrap iron exports after a spokesman had described Jap anese reaction as likely to be "very great." Domei, Japanese news agen cy, said that while the presi dential order requiring licenses for such exports "may be aimed at Germany and Italy," It was evident It also was "Intended to curb Japan," The embassy, besides msking a report on the licensing order, was expected to urge that care ful consideration be given the question by the United States In ordnr to prevent a worsening of trade relations. Yaklchlro Suma, foreign of fice spokesman, said "our re action will be very great" If the presidential order Is tanta mount to an embargo against Japan. (In Washington Preildentito tha Japanese?' baseball I American R. H. E. Washington 2 8 3 Cleveland 13 20 0 Montcagudo, Kraukauskas and Early, Evans; Feller and Hems- ley, Pytlak. Score: R. H. E. Philadelphia 7 11 1 Detroit 4 8 2 Caster and Wagner; Bridges, Trout, Smith and Tebbetta. National R. H. S. Pittsburgh 13 1 Boston 0 5 3 Heintzelman and Lopez; Pose del. Strincevich, Williams and Bcrres, Andrews. R H E Chicago 14 13 2 New York 17 1 French and Todd; Melton, Dean and Danning, Odea. TURTLEBACK OF CAR Los Angeles, July 28. (U.R) Police today took graying, shaky Ralph W. Griggs, 45, Into the desert where they believed ha had slain his alleged mistress two weeks ago with a single blow from a sharp axe. Until last night, when he was captured he had been driving about with the body in tha luggage compart ment of his automobile. Officers said he had admitted killing the woman because "she was going to leave me," but re fused to say where he had slain her. She was identified as Laura Long, 33, estranged wife of John Blanford Long, nlghtwatchman on singer Al Jolson'i estate at Van Nuys. Griggs, a mechanic, was still "fuzzy," police said. He had told them that he had "been drunk most of tha time" since tha flay ing. He asked Ecke Hedln, a pass erby, to drive his automobile to a street corner where he wanted to meet a man who would give him soma money, Hedin said he noticed a suspicious odor fol lowing the automobile, and got out and lifted up Its turtle back He found the partly nuda, partly decomposed body of the woman. ANNA WONG'S SISTER HANGS SELF IN GARAGE Hollywood, July 26. (U.R) Anna May Wong, Chinese act ress, and her grief-stricken fam ily were unable to explain the suicide of the film player's sis ter, Mary Wong, 25, the body of whom was found hanging from a garage rafter yesterday, The actress collapsed when she learned of the suicide, but after composing herself could offer no motive. "I have no idea," she said. Roosevelt signed an order re quiring licenses hereafter for export of oil and scrap metal. Japan being the largest foreign buyer of tha latter. Tha order does not shut off such pur chases, but enables the Ameri can government to watch them closely and shut them off when ever it is deemed desirable). Informed Japanese quarters expect Japan to attempt to In crease purchases of oil in The Netherlands East Indies if an American embargo I put into effect. , The newspaper Hochl In an editorial on the Havana confer ence today predicted failure of what It called attempts ot tha United States to organize a "super bloc" of American na tions. Hochl said that if South America were to Join tha axis. tha position of the United States would be difficult. Then I tha paper asked: "Would this not be delightful NAZI SPEEDBOATS 3 VESSELS OFF SOUTH COAST Heavy Losses Sustained by Both Sides In Raids Italians Bomb Gibraltar Berlin, July 26. (IP) DNB. the German news agency, said tonight a fourth merchant ship of 10,000 tons had been sunk off Britain, bringing to 34.000 tons the total tonnage sunk or set afire by German planes and tor pedo boats today. (By Associated Press) A blazing ship-plane battla raged oft the north coast of Ireland today the war's first action there and - flashes ot gunfire between tha surface vessels and Nazi air raider could be seen from the shore. In another slashing raid on British shipping, as reported by Hitler's high command, Nazi i peed boats sank three mer chantmen totalling 22.000 tone near Brighton, English south, coast resort. . Tha battle la north Irish waters apparently started when German planes, roving far from, their home bases, attacked convoy. - British R. A. F. fight-.., era raced to tha rescue. Gibraltar Bombed Italian bombing planes hava renewed attacks on Britain' great rock fortress of Gibraltar gateway sentinel of the Medi terranean tha Fascist high command said today. Meanwhile, the German-con trolled Holland radio was quot ed as saying a Dutch - peaca committee has appealed to Pres ident Roosevelt "in the nam) of humanity" to arrange at peace conference. Tha war In tha west started1 briskly again today ai Nazi raiders droned over tha British, Isles to be met by scrappy British R. A. F. planes. Farmer Nabs Pilot One German plane dumped its bomb load over a southeast English town when pursued by R. A. F. fighters, while another sky Invader was shot down and) three of its crew were killed. An English farmer ran out and captured the pilot. Another flight of Nazi bomb ers was chased off in southeast England. The British air ministry counted 28 Nazi planes bagged in yesterday's flaming aerial battles the biggest day haul in the war. Hitler's high command re torted that 23 British planes wera shot down while only "nine of our planes are miss ing. The German communique also reported the destruction of IS merchant ships totaling 63. 000 tons in yesterday's dive bombing attacks. COOL WIND FANS By tha Associated Press Cool winds brought lower tern perature to most of the heat stricken middle west today. marking the breakup ot the sea son's longest heat wave. A trough of low pressure ex tending from Utah and Arizona to the lake region moved slowly eastward and southward, push Ing before it the stagnant air re sponsible for the torrid spell. Although high temperature still prevailed south ot the belt of cool air, tha weather bureau said moderate temperature wera In prospect for all sections of tha nation by Sunday. A total of 418 deaths were at tributed directly and Indirectly to tha protracted heat wave. They Included 190 heat fatalitie and 229 drownings. Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsyl vania suffered the heaviest losses.
