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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD . OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31. 1940.
Willi 10 NIB
yesterday $18,499,000 for con
struction of net tenders.
Congress has appropriated
$20,000,000 for the nets inter
twined cables hung on floats
and reaching to the ocean floor.
Unpreparedness Of America In World At War Shown By Analysis
Bl
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BLITZKRIEG
TIMETABLE
Sept. 1 Germany invide Po
land. Sept. 3 Britain and Franca da
clut war.
Sept. 10 Canada enters war.
Sept. 27 Devaitated Warsaw
falls, andinf Polish cam
paip. April 9 Denmark occupiad;
Norway invaded by Car.
mans.
May 2 British admit dtfeat in
southern and central Nor
way. May ttt Invasion of Low
Countries begins.
May 14 Netherlands capitu
lates. May 14 Cermaai break
through at Sedan.
May 28 telgiaa Army tar
renders. May 29 Dunktrque evacua
tion starts. v
une 3-254 killed in air raid
on Paris.
Juno 10 Italy enter war.
une 14 Paris falls.
(una 17 Petain admits defeat
of Franco.
June 22 Franco signs armis
tice. Juno 24 Fighting c o a 1 1 s in
France with Germans in
complete control
Next Assault by sea, land and
air on British lilts,
NOW The United States can
not afford to gamble on
what might happen to Brit
ish seapower. WE MUST
PREPARE FOR DEFENSE
NOWI
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TIGHTNING war In the Low Countries and France
has brought home to Americana a consciousness
of the Inadequate defenae establishment of the
United Stataa. While SO.000,000 men are under
arms In Europe, Africa and Asia, there are has than
750,000 regular troops In the twtnty-ona republics
of the entire Westam Hemisphere. Counting re
serves and U.S. National Guard, these nations
could put Into the Held approximately 1.500,000
trained men leas than the number recently called
to the colors In Rumania alone.
DEC A USE of this weakness, the Western Hemi
sphere, with its vast natural resources and raw
materials, now is as great a lure for conquest as ever
existed. With our Navy in the Pacific, the British
Fleet ta our flrst line of defense in the Atlantic.
Our second is our regular army of 264,000 men
and a National Guard of 242,300, Ill-equipped for
mechanical warfare. How long can we continue to
depend on the supremacy of the British Navy in the
Atlantic f
PROVISIONS for the speedy expansion of our
armed forces on a scale great enough to insure
the continued safety of the nation art included in
the selective compulsory training and semes bill
introduced in the Senate, by Senator Edward R.
Burke. Democrat, nf Nebraska, and in the House by
Representative James W Wadsworth, Republican,
of New York Tnder this mea5urt, sponsored by the
National Emergency Committee of the Military
Training Camps Association, a gigantic reservoir
of manpower would be trained and be on call for
service in emergencies, in numbers determined by
the President and the Secretaries of War and Navy.
MILITARY AND
NAVAL FACTS
lilted lutes Amy
Regulars 264.000
National Cuard 242.300
Reserve Officers 109,000
Total 615,300
Meckaslzed Baits
Scout cars 462
Combat cars ....... 146
Tanks ( light 1 297
Tanks (medium) ... 18
Tanks (heavy) NONE
I jr Obsolete tasks sod tkue ta
order hi included. A tingle Cermn
fsnzer division kit creater striking
force then the entire Mduniied
corps at the U.S.)
AlotTSft
U.S. Army.. , 2,422
N. C. and Reserves ... 372
U. S. Navy 1.765
Germany and Italy
30.000 to 40.000
(About 1.600 U. 1 Arm, aircraft
art combat planet.)
I. t. Amy Aitl-Alrtrift Cass
3-ineh 4J
90 mm. .! NONE
37 mm 15
.50 caliber machine
guns 1.044
(XT Only funs actually ia service
counred If ALL of these guns were
sued about a city the wte of
St Louis, they would net bt adt
ouara to dtftnd it against a snass
air raid.)
Rivltt
U. S. (tons) 1.257.360
Britain 1.461.294
lapan 968.296
France a 544,468
Italy 515,900
Germany..: 281.074
Germany and Italy have etert
than 10.000.000 fully-trained and
equipped soldiers. Counting tt.
serves, turns has front 10,000.000
to 12.000.000 troops.
The combined regular armies of the
20 Latin American republics h) an
pronmatery 400.000. with partially
equipped reserves tetsling 1,750,-
000.
FRANCE WORKING
HARD TO RESTART
IDLE INDUSTRIES
Government Says Resump-
tlon Activity Imperltive
Need; Loan Plan Drawn.
By Ralph Helnsen
(U.P. Staff Correspondent.)
Vlehy, France, July Sl.fU.P)
Franco Is mnkenaj strenuous ef
fort! to restart production In
thousands of Idle factories which
escaped destruction In the war.
Reports from Paris today said
Finance Minister Yves Bouthll
ller had drawn up a plan where
by French Industrial groups
would refinance reconstruction
of devastated Industrial areas
by raising loans with govern
ment guaranties. -
Government circles consider
resumption of Industrial activ
ity an imperative necessity and
measure! have been taken to
achieve that goal as stocks of
consumer goods approach a
point nf exhaustion. French
men who still have liquid funds
have been buying up commod
ities of all descriptions, but
wholesalers and retailers find
It almost Impossible to replen
ish supplies.
Communication Bad.
Cable and telegraphic com
munications are still in a bad
atat. The land wires are load
ed with official traffic and most
private telegrams excepting very
urgent onei are sent through
the mails. A telegram tent to
a destination 100 miles away
la often delayed five days.
Crops have ripened unattended
In the fields. Sugar beets, wheat,
oats, hops and grapei are In
excellent condition but in many
places are still waiting for the
harvest hands. The majority
of farmers who were mobilized
in the armies have not yet re
turned to their homes. Those
who were demobilized are fill
ing the highways, trying to
reach their arms afoot before
tne crops are ruined.
Most crops in the north were
ruined in the fighting or were
harvested by the Germans them
selves.
Wheat 50 Par Cant Short.
Unofficial estlmatea state this
summer's wheat harvest may
provide only 50 per cent of
France's requirements as a re
sult of the labor shortage. A
50 per cent deficit In sugar beet
production also is feared. Pros
pects point to a hard winter
with continued food rationing.
The conditions of civilian life
are reflected In the "agony"
columns which now appear In
the press. Families advertise
for lost members, fathers for
sons, and wives for husbands.
Families also advertise for
their soldier sons who went off
to war and have not been heard
from since. Each family enter
tains some hope) because they
feel their sons mav be among
the 1,000,000 prisoners taken
by the Germans.
A virtual moratorium on pri
vate debt continues, due to scarc
ity of money. Creditors have
suspended collections.
Property damafte resulting
from war is estimated un
officially at 100.000,00,000
francs which the ooople will
have to pay through heavy tax
ation for years to come.
SPIRIT 'SHO SUA'
FREQUENT TOPIC
IN WIFE'S DIARY
Eye Specialist's Mate Reads
Excerpts In Hotly Con
tested Suit for Divorce.
Los Angeles, July SI. U.R)
Excerpts from her diary in
which the spirit "Sho Sha" was
frequently mentioned, were read
In court today by Mrs. Lillian
Boyce In her contested divorce
suit against Dr. William A.
Bojce, wealthy Hollywood eye
specialist who seeks his free
dom because of his wife's affec
tion for a ghost.
Mrs. Boyce read from the
diary while under cross-exam
ination by her husband's coun
sel. The diary covered her ac
tivities tor one month beginning
March 6, 1938, and mentioned
'Sho Sha" and numerous other
spirits several times.
Became Soul Mala.
She followed her husband to
the stand after he had testl
fled having attended seances
with her. Dr. Boyce claims his
wife communicated with "She
land Shalmond" "Sho Sha"
for short at the srances and
that "Sho Sha" had become her
soul mate.
"Sho Sha" was first mention
ed In the dairy cn March 17
when Mrs. Boyce told of visit
ing a medium for a seance.
"Bill (Dr. Boyce) and I went
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to Mrs. Julian's for concentra
tion," she read, "Sho Sha laid
hands on my head in such a
comforting way thank you, my
dear. The Zeorah (a
spirit said to have been a
brother of Dr. Boyce In a for
mer Incarnation) said we must
push the gale of this house."
Down to Earth.
Again on April 7, Mrs. Boyce
wrote of another seance with
Mrs. Julian in which "Zeorah
told me much about my health
and what to do."
"How much would I give to
live this afternoon over and
over," the dairy continued, "and
all I have to do it with Is a
very poor memory."
Mrs. Boyce got down to more
earthly matters during the lat
ter part of her testimony, and
presented an itemized list of
traits in Dr. Boyce which she
finds objectionable and which
she believes give her grounds
for divorce.
Mrs. Boyce listed 23 objec
tionable characteristics, among
which were: "eating roup nois
ily, spitting tobacco in the car,
taking out his false teeth in
front of others and showing In
terest In nudists."
Mrs. Boyce went Into detail 1
to explain her husband's inter-1
est in nudists. I
"Dr Boyce was introduced to
some nudists in the desert." she !
testified. "He bccime quite in
terested and wanted me to try I
it I wouldn't. He tried it and '
lost his trousers. He had quite
a few difficulties finding and
getting them back."
EX-BOY SCOUT HIKES
m MIES IN VI
ATTEMPTS TO ENLIST
Seattle, July 31. (PI If walk
ing were the "sole" qualifica
tion, Glenn Whitish, 18-year-old
former Boy Scout from
Eagle Creek, Ore., would have
been In the army a long time
ago.
But the army and the navy
and the marines, too want
height, and Glenn Is only five
feet, two and a half Inches tall,
so all he has to show for his
military ambitions are a counle
of sore feet.
"I tried to enlist !n the U.
S. army several weeks ago In
Portland," he said at the police
station last night, "but they told
me I was too short. Then I
tried the navy, but they de
manded a high school educa
tion, which I haven't. And I
was too short for the marines."
So this week he tried the
Canadian army as a last re
sort. He hitch-hiked toward
Canada, hiking more than he
hitched, but was turned back
at the border at Blaine with
the information the Canadian
army wasn't enlisting Ameri
can citizens.
He hiked back to Seattle and
wandered into police headquar
ters last night where he soaked
his feet in the emergency hospital.
Murderer Burled.
Salem, July 30. VP) Grave
side services were held here to
day for Claude E. Cline, 46,
Fossil prospector who died Fri
day at the state prison's lethal
f?as chamber for the murder of
George W. Chetty, 35, a mining
partner.
APPLEGATE PHONE
HEARING SLATED
i
The public utilities eommis- i
slon today ordered a hearing
on the application of the Ap
plegate Valley Telephone com
pany to discontinue its service
The hearing was set for 11
a. m., August 20, in the com
pany's office at Provolt. In its
application the company said
it was unable to continue ser
vice because of excessive oper
ating costs and the depleted
condition of its finances.
The company provides tele
phone service in the vicinty of
Provolt, Applecate. Murphy,
Vt illiams and Uliams Creek.
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Colorado Springs, Colo., July
31. ,P Wendell I. Willkie'a
acceptance address probably
will include an interpretation
of the Republican platform and
an attack on what he terms "cor
rupt and nauseating political
machines."
The Republican nominee
sought today to complete a
rough draft of the address to be
given August 17 at Elwood, Ind.
Willkie told his press confer
ence yesterday that he expected
to assume "the privilege" of in
terpreting the Republican plat
form. A reporter had remarked
that Alf M. Landon had given
his own interpretation of the
platform in 1936. Willkie said
that he would do his own in
terpreting but that he did not
know whether such procedure
had any historic precedent.
Anti-Sub Nets Will
Protect Main Ports
Washington, July 20. (Pi
The defense commission has
disclosed plans of the navy to
station vessels in major Amer
ican harbors to lay submarine
nets in emergencies.
The commission listed In a
report of army and navy orders
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