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J&TiftIBUNE ! The Weather Forecast : Partly cloudy to night a4 Ucdimda?; Uttt rlung In temprraturt. Temperature HI thru yntrrday . ST Lowest this mornlnf CO Realize Cash Wata ya want to realise eat from tomtthlnf yon hafe ta aril la a burrjr, job will find na qotrktr, brttrr or Im ripen lia ay lhaa to UM the cut anea pare at I hit newioaprr. Medford Full Associated Frets Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 30. 1940. No. 111. o)UU U em Full United Press aaaaa. DRAFT BU II . 1 1 ER t GLE Washington, D. C, July 30. Probably the compulsory mili tary training bill will be en acted by congress, but if so it will be in the face of strong opposition on the senate floor and despite a torrent of pro testing letters which are being received. The plan to conscript all males between 18 and 65 years is far from being unani mously popular with the Ameri can people. Likewise, com plaint is being registered against mobilizing the national guard, the complaint coming principal ly because mobilization will amount practically to an en listment, say a year. The idea of supporting an army which will be 3,000.000 men In a couple of years. Is abhorrent to taxpayers and they will find expression In the sen ate debate. This is only one objection to the conscript pro gram, but it represents a bil lion dollars annually. However, it isn't the cost of maintaining an army that is worrying peo ple as much as the thought of being forced Into military ser vice, although admitting a bit of discipline Is a good thing for young fellows. WESTERN senators state that ,T their mail on the measure shows a great preponderance against the proposal. One such senator says that out of every ten letters nine are against the bill and one favoring it. An other senator declares his mall runs an even higher percentage against. Some individuals vio lently anti-Hitler explain that nazi sympathizers are writing and promoting these letters ob jecting to military training. It is evident, at least, that com munists and their fellow trav elers are opposing the legisla tion, and there are many who are plain conscientious objec tors. The first 400.000 selected (if the bill passes), will be between 21 and 31 years. These are supposed to be young men who have not yet established them- (Continued oa Paga Four.) ON 77TH BIRTHDAY Detroit. July 30. OP) Henry ! was said to have raged at boil Ford reached his 77th birthday jing point until Senator Johnson anniversary today, at peace with i (D., Colo.) intervented. himself and with the world, in Johnson, it was reported, ad excellent physical condition and vised the committee that the more optimistic than ever about bill, which he opposes, had not the future. received the approval of the "I was never more confident," j budget bureau, as Is custom he said in an Interview, "than ! ary. Subsequently. It was de- I am today that the future will bring happiness, contentment and prosperity to our people." The noted Industrialist whose philosophy of life centers large ly upon the Idea that "there never has been produced too much of any useful commodity" planned no formal celebration of his birthday. Paris Schools Open Grenoble, France. July 30. Mk Main schools of Paris re opened yesterday, according to a Paris di.patch to the news- paper Le Petit Dauphlnois. SIDE GLANCES by TRIEUNE REPORTERS Marv Uhnstensen being a soothing as well as an efficient off,cenurse: Catcher-Managor Tommyj Hawkins brushing tip on who, should be charged with certain' error, under certain circum- dances Jack Murray worrrlng about: how the Queen of the Rodeo i should be chosen. lie meantime sporting around in soma galai riding silks. ! OF Argument in Committee Rages at Boiling Point Delay Encountered in Vote Washington. July 30. (IP) The senate military com mittee approved unanimously today legislation authorising President Roosevelt to order the national guard and the oificars reserve corps Into active training for any period of 12 consecutive months. Washington, July 30. Mt Asserting "paper plans" for na tional defense will no longer suffice, Gen. George C. Mar shall told the senate military committee today that at least a part of the national guard should be called to active train ing immediately. General Marshall told the committee that the war depart ment planned to call into active training four divisions and 23 smaller units of the national guard if congress approves pending legislation. Marshall listed the following! divisions and their training cen ters: Forty-four division (New York and New Jersey), Fort Dix, N. V. Thirtieth division (North Car olina, Tennessee, South Caro lina and Georgia), Camp Jack son, S. C. Forty-five division (Oklaho ma, Arizona, New Mexico, Colo rado), Fort Sill, Okla. Forty-first division (Washing ton, Idaho. Oregon, Montana and Wyoming), Fort Lewis, Wn. Washington, July 30. UP) Final action on the Burke-Wads-worth compulsory military training bill was delayed today by the senate military commit tee at the conclusion of a ses sion described as one of the bitterest in years. The controversy was said to! have started when Senator; Bridges R N.H.) demanded that President Roosevelt make clear his views on the measure. Senators Gurney of South Da kota and Thomas of Idaho, also Republicans, reportedly Joined Bridges in the demand. Argument Boils Promptly and heatedly, a committeeman reported later. Senator Minton (D., Ind.) and Senator Lee (D., Okla.) both stout supporters of the presi dent, accused the Republicans of attempting to play politices with a defense issue. The argument cided to delay the final vote which had been scheduled for today. Says F. R. For It Before the committee session opened Chairman Sheppard (D., Tex.) reported that after spend ing a week-end with the pres ident he had the "definite im pression" that the chief execu tive favored the Burke-Wads-worth bill. But he limited his representation of the president's views to that. Alnnff with Its delay of a Burke.Wadsworth vote the com mittee ordered hearings Immed iately on a measure to authorize President Roosevelt to train the national guard and the officers reserve corps. Chairman Sheppard (D Tex.) said he thought the senate should take up the guard-reserve officers bill before acting on the general conscription j measure. WILLKIE-McNARY CLUB pfjRMED BY. DEMOCRATS 1 w 1 , Portland. July 30. UP) A W.lk.e - McN.ry Democratic club was formed here last night by a group of anti-new deal and third term Democrats who hope to expand the organization all over the state. Dellmore Lesjard. Portland, elected president Germany Closes Rail, Highway Entrances aUfcWM --l! .: H 1 I :-.:.s This tent city at Fort Lewis. Wash., housed the 2nd battalion. 99th field artillery, as the army prepared for lha far wast war games in which 40.000 men will take pari. ANNUAL DRILL BEFORE1 MOBILIZATION ORDER Salem, July 30. (IP) The 41st national guard division, which will begin three weeks of maneuvers at Fort Lewis, Wash., next week, probably will complete the maneuvers before it receives its orders to mobilize, Major General George A. White, division commander, said today. The division, one of four in the nation to be mobilized soon, may not receive the mobiliza tion orders until September. President Roosevelt asked con gress yesterday to give him au thority to mobilize the national guard. It is probable that the division will leave Fort Lewis at the end of the field training period, only to have to return when the mobilization order comes. The Oregon national guard will leave Lewis. Sunday for Fort' LITTLE RELIEF GIVEN BY THUNDERSHOWERS IN LONG HOT SPELL By the Associated Press Thundershowers brought a measure of relief to some parts of the parched nation today but for most of the country the day was Just another lap in the heat marathon. As the mercury again climb ed toward the nineties, the number of deaths from the season's most 'prolonged heat wave increased to 765. Heat deaths numbered 382, drown ings 383. Showers brought temporary respite in the lake region and at scattered points in the Atlan tic and gulf states, the Appal achian district and the upper Ohio valley. Torrential rains in foothills west of Fountain, Colo , caused extensive damage to crops and washed out railroad tracks. TVA POWER EXPANSION APPROVED BY SENATE ! Washington, July 30. lP) 'A $23,000,000 appropriation to, : enable the Tennessee Valley ; attorney in Justice court here Authority to supply more elec- today, made a successful pica (trie power for the national de-of extenuating circumstances fonse program was approved by j when he eppeareH on a charge the senate today without a rec-iOf assault and battery. The com ord vote. plaint, signed by his wife, Jessie Senators Miller (D., Ark.) and .Wells, claimed that he bruised Holman (R.. Ore.), after an- her face and neck by striking nounclng their support for the her with his fists. Wells told I2S.000.000 appropriation, sug- Justice of the Peace R. W. Mar gested that future government sters, the latter reported, that projects be scattrred among other power sites in the United IS'ates. HAM SESSIONS CREATE NEW HOPE Havana, July 30. (U.R) The "glorious achievements" of the Pan-American foreign ministers conference creates hope for per manent American peace "In the face of pain, ruin and despair which reign over the world," Miguel Angel De La Campa, foreign minister of Cuba, de clared today at the closing ses sion of the conference. The final session was called for signature of the various resolutions and acts approved, but Argentina did not have the plenipotentiary power to sign the agreement the convention set up to prevent transfer of ownership of European colonial possessions In the Americas. This, however, did not mean that Argentina would abstain since final decision will be or dered later by the government at Buenos Aires. PROF. HOI RITES Eugene, Ore., July 30. 'U.B Funeral services will be held Wednesday for H. C. Howe, University of Oregon English professor and for 25 years a member of the Pacific coast conference faculty athletic com mittee, who died Sunday. He was 68 years old. Howe died at his Waldport summer home, culminating a long illness which recently forc ed him to resign his athletic conference post. Howe Joined the University of Oregon staff In 1001 as an assistant professor of English literature. He was a graduate of Cornell university with the class of 1893. TO BOK WIFE'S EARS Roseburg. Ore., July 30 '.-5 George Wells. Scotts farmer, who acted as his own he "boxed her ears." after she i had attacked him with a milk bottle. ; t, A pi WILLAMETTE HIGHWAY IS OPENED BY GOVERNOR Salt Creek Tunnel. Willam ette Highway, July 30. P) Dedicating the 87-mlle Willam ette highway, the seventh and last of Oregon i improved high ways across the Cascades, Gov. Charles A. Sprague said today the highway commission's next Jobs are to modernize the south ern sections of the Pacific high way, build new road through the Columbia River gorge, and straighten and widen the Ore gon Coast highway. The Willamette highway, which leaves the Pacific high way at Goshen and crosses the mountains to The Dalles-California highway, "becomes an important link in the flow of travel north and south along this coast." But at the same time, the gov ernor assured residents of south ern Oregon that the Pacific highway would not be neglected by the highway commission. The new route was built dur ing the past eight years at cost of $3,770,000. WINDSORS' LINER London, July 30. (IP) Re gardless of United States law that U. S. ships hall avoid armed convoys, the American export liner Excalbur may travel under the protection of British guns on Its next west ward crossing because the Duke and Duchess of Windsor are expected to be on board. (The British embassy at Lis bon, Portugal, announced last night the Windsors were sailing Thursday). Three United States diplo mats as well as the Windsors may have British naval units hovering over tlicm as they re turn home John Cudahy, am ! bassador . to Belgium; William Phillips, ambassador to Italy. nd George Gordon, minister of The Netherlands. WIFE OF COL. MILLER- Portland. July 30. UPt Mrs. Daisy E. Miller, 69. member of a pioneer Oregon family, died here yesterday. She Is survived by the wid ower. Col. Robert A. Miller, well-known In Democrat party 1 activities. Mrs. Miller was a j native of Halsev but lived for I many years at Albany. FEHL NOW SANE. I Clinical Record at State Hospital Shows Ex-Jack son Judge Potential Slayer Salem, July 30. W) An other attempt to obtain the re lease from the state hospital of Earl Fehl, former Jackson coun ty Judge, wa made here today In habeas corpus proceedings before Circuit Judge Calvin L. Sweek of Pendleton. . Roy Hewitt, Fehl'i attorney, contended that Fehl, committed to the hospital 'in December. 1937. now is sane. In a similar proceeding a month ago, Cir cuit Judge L. P. Hewitt of Portland denied Fehl'a petition on grounds that the court was without jurisdiction. The first petition, however. contended that Fehl never was Insane, but the petition now be fore the court makes no auch claim. Proof on Hospital. The court ruled today that the burden of proof is on Dr. J. C. Evans, state hospital sup erintendent, who must show why Fehl should not be re leased. The first witness was Dr. Horace G. Miller, now super intendent of the Oregon Fair view home, who was a state hospital physician until a year ago. Dr. Miller, presenting Fehl's clinical record, said Fehl re sponded well to hospital care. but at times the doctor thought Fehl was worse. "I felt If he could be paroled to some person of adequate Judgment and if he would ac cede to certain conditions, a trial on the outside might be Justified." Dr. Miller said. Polaniial Slayer. The clinical record said Fehl was potentially homicidal and suicidal, and that Fehl reiter ated he was innocent of the ballot thefts In Jackson county for which he was sent to prison in 1933. The record continued that Fehl was "very paranoid and with paranoid delusions," and that he was a disturbing ele ment among other patients. Dr. Evans took the stand later today to Identify tha por tion oi tne record which was made after Dr. Miller left the state hospital. APPLE GROWERS VETO PROGRAM San Francisco. July 30. (U.R) Oregon and Washington apple growers turned down a pro posed federal marketing agree ment for their 1940 crop, the surplus marketing administra tion of the U. S. department of agriculture announced today. The administration said that In a referendum among the grqwers 827 growers represent ing 3,681.911 boxes of apples voted for the program and 8S4 growers representing 3.132,488 boxes voted against issuance of a marketing order. The plan required approval of two-thirds of the growers, de termined either by number or by volume. Growers of the Wenatchee district of Washington supported the proposal while those In the Yakima district of that state and those of Oregon voted against It. CHAMBERLAIN MAKING GOOD CONVALESCENCE London, July 30 JD For mer Prime Minister Chamber lain was reported today to be making "satisfactory progress" following yesterday s Intestinal operation. baseball Rational League R. H. I. St. Louis 13 19 0 Boston 5 10 0 Warneke and Padgett, Owen; Posedel, Javery and Berres, Masi. Cincinnati 13 8 New York . Derringer, Beggs, and Hersh berger. Baker; Schumacher, Melton, Brown, Lynn, Joiner and Dannings. Chicago S 18 0 Philadelphia 7 11 0 Lee, Root, Page, Passeau and Todd; Hlgbe, Si Johnson and Warren. Amarlcaa League R H E Philadelphia 1 9 2 Chicago .. 3 8 0 Ross and Hayes; Knott, Ap pleton and Tresh. New York 8 10 0 Detroit 6 12 2 Ruffing, Murphy and Rosax; Newhouser, Smith, Seat and Sullivan. T PLANT BLAZE THREATENS CAMDEN; 50 FEARED TRAPPED Camden, N. J.. July 30. (U.R) Police officials late today est imated that 200 persona 'had been injured or overcome In a fire which swept an Industrial and residential section of Cam den following a series of ex plosions in a paint manufactu ing plant. Camden. N. J., July 30. U.R) A state of emergency was de clared late today as fire, which followed a aeries of explosions in a paint manufacturing fac tory, spread to residential sec tions of this Industrial city. At least 40 nouses were afire, In addition to the five-story brick plant of the R. M. Hoi lingshead Sc Company, manu facturers of automobile paints and grease. All available ambulances in Camden, Philadelphia and other nearby communities were sum moned to carry the Injured to hospitals. Estimates of the number of persons in the plant when the first explosion occurred ranged from several hundred to 1,400. One company spokesman said at "least 50 persons" were be lieved to have been trapped and killed, but other company of ficials ridiculed the report. WAR JITTERS CAUSE SHARP INCREASE IN Chicago, July 30 UP) ,rWar time Jitters" the war's psycho logical effects on American mo torists were held partly re sponsible today for a sharp in crease in the nation's traffic deaths. Reporting an eight per cent Increase in traffic deaths for the first half of 1940 compared with the same period last year, the national safety council at tributed the rise to greater trav el and "wartime Jitters." There were 14,740 persons killed In motor accidents during the first six months of 1940, or 1.040 more than in the like 1939 period. The June death toll of 2.820 was IS per cent greater than that of June, 1939 and the larg est for any month since March, 1937. The council found that traffic deaths began to Increase sharp ly almost simultaneously with the outbreak of war and that the rise reached a peak In Junt when Franca surrendered. an rraneiaco. July SO. (AP-U4. D. A.) Butter: M seore tor, tt, SS'jc: so, ae'te; as, Me. Raertmrnto. Cal.. July to (API Churning eream butttrfat, first grade 13c; seooo4 grade Ma. ACTION BELIEVED PRELIMINARY TO BLOW AT BRITAIN Only Entrance to Reich on Swiss Frontier British Bomb Germany, Lowlands Bern, Switzerland, July 30.- (IP) Reports from France, Ger many, Italy and Spain tonight Indicated that Germany was making final preparations foe an attempt to invade Britain. German and Italian traveler from Spain said the nationalist government there appeared ta be preparing to try to grab Gib raltar a move which it long has been reported may coincide with a German attack on Eng land across the channel. By Associated Press Germany closed all rail and highway entrances except one, on the Swiss frontier today ap parently to protect her prepare, tlons In southern German for the long-threatened blitzkrieg against England. The only entrance left open was at Saint Margarethen on the old Austrian-Swiss frontier. Evan persons traveling with dip lomatic passports were required to pass through that station. At the same time, Britain announced that British bombers made extensive daylight raids on Germany and the low coun tries yesterday and last night, lashing at German depots and supply ships which might ba used in the expected invasion attempt. Secret session The British house of com mons held its sixth secret ses sion of the war today aa nazi airmen carried on the prelude of bombing to the long-expected invasion. Hugh Dalton, minister of eco nomic warfare, disclosed (hat Britain was sending an agent to Spain this week-end to con fer with Spanish officials on S p a 1 n'a oil requirements move apparently designed to make certain no oil supplies) reaching Spain are transshipped to Germany, The minister denied report of an extension of the British blockade to certain neutral countries, but explained that Britain must now control all, shipping crossing the Atlantic Deny Espionage In the house of lords For eign Secretary Lord Halifax de clared Japan's allegations of, British espionage in the far East were baseless. As the Germans carried on their raids over England, the nazi high command disputed British clalma of 17 to 1 R AJ. successes In yesterday's air bat tle of Dover. An undisclosed number of civ ilians, among them an infant, were killed and buildings were damaged or demolished as the nazi airmen sprinkled their loads up and down the east coast. While the British admiralty was announcing that Germany had sunk 33,577 tons of the empire's shipping in the week ending July 21. the German high command maintained that much damage done In the Dover fight alone. Nazi dive bombers, the high command said, virtually de stroyed four ships, totaling 32, 000 tons. In the Dover attack. TWO LIVES LOST IN FRISCO HOTEL BLAZE San Francisco, July 30. (JPS Two men lost their lives and five were Injured in a three alarm fire which swept through upper stories of -the Argonns) hotel at dawn today. Acting Chief Albert J. Sulli van estimated damage at S29. 000. The blaze, survivors said, ap parently started In a light well between the hotel at Sixth and Howard streets and building adjoining. V
