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Weather er Bureau Realize Cath When jna want to realize raab from ftometlilni )ou ha to ell In a hurry, you tll find no quicker, better or leu ex ven al way than to um tho ciu Ifled page of thli newspaper. Tribune torecut: Fair tonight and friday; normaj traiperatur. Temperature Hl(hetvt yfterday - . t Lowest this morning . M FORD Full Associated Press Full UniUd Pratt Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, If i No. 113. wet mm 151 Med Washington, D. C, Aug. 1. The government is in the mar ket for 30,000 pre-fabricated houses. They can be either made of lumber or metal. Feel ers have been sent to members of the lumber industry in Ore gon. One enterprising mill op erator hopped a plane, flew to Washington, spent three hours gathering information on the housing proposal, then flew back to Oregon. There has almost overnight developed a serious housing shortage in towns where there are shipyards. USHA is urged to build 7500 low-rrnt houses in five eastern communities where there are large private yards. At Bellingham, Wash., mechanics and their families, attracted there by employment in the navy yard, are living in tents, trailers and jallopies. Towns with shipyards are first to feel the housing shortage, but as other industries get un der way on government orders for national defense the short age will spread. eUGGESTIONS that building and '.oan associations (insur ed by the government) finance some homes to relieve the short age, are not being met with enhusiasm. The view is taken that most of the jobs, which have taxed the dwelling facil ities, are temporary; they may continue a few years and the home bulder would be saddled with a house, on which pay ments must be made, and no job, and someone would have to pocket a loss. AS a means of meeting the new conditions, the govern ment wants houses which can be put together and, if neces sary, unbolted later and sent to some other place where there is a shortage of houses. "Oiere are concerns in Oregon which could handle the entire order, if distributed according to their capacity. In addition to lum- (Continued on Page Eight.) IN E ARE ROUNDED UPiNEW RESTRICTIONS Washington, Aug. 1 (JP) Secretary of War Stimson said today that 81 toreign agents in the Panama canal zone had been detained for deportation. Stimson was asked at his press conference to comment on a newspaper report that 265 Nazis were working on Panama canal projects. In response he read a state ment which said: "There are now 81 foreign agents illegally in the Canal zone. They are being detained at the immigration station awaiting arrangements for deportation or other disposition. "There are no aliens employ ed either by the army or by the Canal zone other than Panaman ians. "All aliens other than Pana manians formerly employed by either the army or the Canal zone havp been discharged." SIDE GLANCES TRIEUNE REPORTERS The ciassic actor Bob Sted-1 Wadsworth bill until Monday, man leaving the Craterian withj A short time later in the sen a broad grin on his handsome ato, where the national guard C'ecian phiz after seeing the: bill had been scheduled for de current rib-splitting film com-'bate today. Senator McNary of edy. Oregon, the Republican leader. Raymond Kcter taking a pub lic adriress system announcer to task for calling San Francisco " Frisco." Everett Erayton. with a fresh 'closed he had informed McNary ers were unable to order irriga memorv of a whonDina bit of ' that consideration would be dc- tion water in time to prevent conc ion business at the bal! game, buying a friend a cokt. BRITISH ATTEMPT TO PROVOKE WAR TERMEDFAILURE Molotoff Sees Early Intensi fication of Conflict With ' U. S. Aiding England. Moscow, Aug. 1. (P) For eign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff told the Russian parlia ment today that Soviet Russia "is not taking part in the war" and predicted its early intensi fication with "England, assisted by the United States," on the one hand fighting Germany and Italy on the other. Recent events, including col lapse of France, had only served to improve Russia's relations with Germany, Molotoff de clared in a four months review of foreign relations, while say ing better understanding with England could hardly be expect ed in view of past anti-Soviet manifestations on the part of the British government. Don't Need U. S. Turning to the United States, Molotoff said: "I will not dwell on our re lations with the United States of America if only for the reason that there is nothing good that' can be said about them. "We have learned that there are certain people in the United States who are not pleased with the successes of our foreign pol icy in the Baltic countries. Slit we must confess we are litle concerned over this fact inas much as we cope with our tasks without the assistance of these displeased gentlemen. "However, the fact that the authorities in the United States unlawfully placed an embargo on the gold which our state bank recently purchased from the banks of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia meets with the most energetic protest in our part." Britain, he said, is trying to "scare" Russia with the pros pect of a clash with Germany, but he declared this was "im possible." "The basis of German-Soviet relations for both countries is good," he declared. Relations with Italy, he con tinued "are full of possibilities." The Soviet, he added, is keep ing up normal trade relations with Rome. "After consultation, it is pos sible to achieve mutual under standing with Italy," he added. inr nrmiiiinrn ill flKt ulmanulu iH: CONSCRIPTION ACT Washington, Aug. 1. 'P) Beset by demands that the Burke-Wadsworth military training bill be further restrict ed, the senate military commit tee agreed today to delay a vote on the measure until Monday and the senate put over until that day consideration of a bill for calling out the guard. national The latest proposed restric tion was advocated by Senator Lee (D., Okla.) with the sup- port of Senator Bridges (R., N. H.) It would limit to 1.000.000 as special attorney for the de the number of men between 21 1 partment of justice at Nome, and 30, Inclusive, who could be conscripted for training. For consideration of this amendment the committee call ed war department officials to appear tomorrow and informal '" "" ly agreed that there would be no final vote on the Burke- ! announced that he had asked that the measure go over until Monday. Democratic Leader Barkley i gan this week. Hot weather ar of Kentucky thereupon dis- rived so suddenly in June grow i layed "to give all senators more Umc to study the bid. BASEBALL National (First game) Pittsburgh . 3 7 0 Brooklyn 8 12 2 Heintzclman, Klinger, Bauers and Lopez; Wyatt and Mancuso. American New York 2 7 1 Detroit 11 15 1 Bruer, Donald and Dickey; Rows and Tebbetts. (11 innings) Philadelphia 4 0 2 Chicago . .. 5 10 1 Potter and Hayes; Smith, Ap- plcton, Brown and Tresh. FLYNN WILL TAKE FARLEY'S PLACE AS PARTY LEADER Washington, Aug. 1. (P) Edward J. Flynn of New York accepted today the chairmanship of the Democratic national com mittee effective August 17, Flynn's appointment to suc ceed James A. Farley as head of the committee to direct the party campaign, was made at a conference at the White House. Flynn is well known for his local political activity in New York and has been a frequent consultant of President Roose velt. Farley, who will retire from the chairmanship of the national committee on August 17, to oper ate the New York Yankee base ball system, announced Flynn's selection. " - - Others who had been men tioned included Frank C. Walk er. New York business man and lawyer; Paul McNutt, federal security administrator, and Sen ator Byrnes (D., S. C.) Farley, Secretary Wallace Democratic vice- presidential nominee, and President Roose velt made the decision at a conference with a committee named at the Chicago convon tion to pick a successor for Farley. Flynn headed that com mittee, and he was regarded as something of a dark horse in the speculation on the new chairman. Aside from making the simple announcement that Flynn had agreed to accept the chairman ship and would "assume the rcii.s" of the Democratic com mittee on Augu.-t 17, Faney had no comment. ED KELLY NAMED AS ASSISTANT TO QAM LEGAL HEAD Portland, Aug. 1. (7l The Bonneville power administration announced the appointment to day of Edward C. Kelly, Mcd ford and Portland attorney, as assistant general counsel. Kelly succeeds William T. Martin, who resigned to enter private law practice in New York. A former state repre sentative, Kelly was graduated from the University of Oregon and practiced law at Medford, ! in partnership with his father. the late Col. E. E. Kelly, for a time. More recently, he served in various legal capacities with the public works administration and : Alaska Accompanied by his wife, the former Mary Greiner. Medford newspaper writer, Mr. Kelly spent a few days here recently Kut of hi, mother, Mrs ,,' ... ,.. ... nn avenue. He had completed his mission in Alaska a short time before. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have been periodic visitors here since they moved to Portland several years ago. Vale. Ore., Aug. 1. iThe first movement of the Vale dis trict's 700 cars of potatoes be - losses, thus reducing the earlier lutitnales of 1000 can. i GERMAN BOMBERS HAMMER BRITISH COASTAUW War of Attrition Spreads British Minimize Damage Inflicted by Nazi Raiders. Br the Associated Press. Nazi bombers, favored by im proving weather, spread the war of aerial attrition up and down the English coast today, ham mering away with high explo sives at the ports which link a world empire. The British ministry of home security, however, minimized the damage inflicted by the raiders. The German high command gave point to a statement of Virginio Gayda, authoritative fascist editor, that Britain would be brought low by bombing and blockade by announcing "night raids against ships and facilities in southern Eng lish ports, as well as against searchlight positions." Fights Near Dover. Last night, the high command said, there were air fights near Dover the vital channel port which nazi bombers raided Monday. West of the Scilly islands, about 25 miles off Land's End, England, armed merchant ships were bombard ed, the communique said. Like Gayda, military observ ers in Germany emphasized the point of making English ports useless for receiving war sup plies. The nazis claimed to have shot down five British planes and two barrage balloons in the battle near Dover, as well as three British planes entering Norwegian, Dutch and Danish territory. The high command also ac knowledged that British planes had raided Germany, but de clared their bombs had been dropped in Hanover, far from any military objective. Tokyo Displeased. Britain's counter strategy of extending her blockade from the Arctic to" North Africa brought word from Tokyo to day, through Domei, Japanese news agency, that the Japan ese ambassador at London would protest, declaring Japan's trade with Spain, Portugal and other neutrals would suffer. The blockade became effective last midnight. In the South Atlantic, east of Brazil, British warships were believed to have taken up the chase of a German raider which fought to a draw with the Brit ish merchant cruiser Alcantara. At least one direct hit killed two and wounded seven aboard the 22.000-ton Alcantara and so cut the cruiser's speed that she had to give up the chase and limp to Rio De Janeiro, 660 miles east of the Braziilian isl and of Trinidad, where the fight took place. The raider with disappearing guns fled behind a smoke screen. Destroyer Sunk. Elsewhere in the war at sea, Britain announced the sinking of the 1.375-ton Delight, 29th British destroyer lost in the war, after a bombing attack. The Italian high command said Italian fliers had sunk a British destroyer in the astern Mediterranean July 28, but did not identify it; and also claim ed the air force destroyed two British planes in a fight over Malta. E Salem. Aug. 1. '41 Gover nor Charles A. Sprague today tentatively accepted an invita tion to Ashland's annual Shakes pearean festival to be held 1 August 9 to 17 The Invitation was presented personally by Mary Shreve. fes tival queen, who was accom panied by three princesses, Carol i McCollum. Phyllis Collier and I Manly nn Sherlock. 43 Meet Flaming Death in Train Wreck f 1 i r o Rescue workers are shown at lop extricating the body of one of the 43 persons killed In a headon collision of a Pennsylvania railroad motor coach and a freight train at Cuyahoga Falls, near Akron, O., last night. The fatally burned victim, a woman, is shown at the left. The rescuer with the helmet is using a blow torch. Pictured below is the shattered wreckage of the motor coach after the flames had taken their tragic toll. (A. P. photos to Mail Tribune by air mail.) FEHL HEARING RESTS Salem, Ore., Aug. 1. (U.R1 Circuit Judge Calvin L. Sweek late yesterday adjoun.ed indefi nitely the haiieas corpus pro ceedings Instituted by former Jackson County Judge Earl 11. Felil, who Is seeking release from the state mental hospital here. ' At the same time. Judge ."week said he would appoint two psychiatrists to examine Fehl to determine his sanity. The state, fighting Fchl's re lease, put Superintendent John C. Evans of the Fairvicw home on the sland late yesterday. He said: "I think Fehl is mentally sick It would be a bad risk to let him return to Jackson county." Evans said he had offered Fehl a parole under supervision, but the former jurist refused the offer and demanded uncondi tional release. STAMP SALES UP 11 PER CENT HERE An 11 per cent Increase In stamp sales was recorded last month over the sales in July a year ago, Postmaster Frank DeSouza announced today. Last month stamp sales to talled $10,043.70 as compared with S9.035 33 in July 1039, an increase of Sl.008.37. Rail Disaster Worse Than War Declares Veteran of San Mihiel By Wesley J. Payne . . . . (As told to the United Press) Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Aug. 1. (U.R) I was returning from a business trip going toward Akron, when I noticed the flasher signals going and stopped about 10 feet from the track. The Doodlebug was coming right along at what I judge to be about SO to 60 miles an hour. No whistles were blowing nor do I recall a screech of brakes as though an attempt to stop might have been made. I didn't see the freight train at all. The Doodlebug whizzed by and since It was a single track I naturally put my '35 sedan in gear and started to cross immediately. Car Stalled I don't know what made me do it but I jammed my foot down on the gas and the car Jumped forward a little and then stalled. It was right next to the track. Then In a split second 1 thought I was dreaming and in another world. There was a ter rific crash about a hundred feet to my left and the next thing I knew the coach was coming right bark past me. Just as it was in front of me a rain of flame flew all around me and the coach was white with fire. The flames covered an area about 75 feet on each side of the track. My car was en veloped. Terrific Explosion A terrific explosion sounded and then the double header freight with its cars, the first 10 or 12 of 'em on lire, ground to a stop about 200 feet to my right. .... The Doodlebug appeared like a crushed matchbox and all this seemed like ages but I now realized It didn't take, .oyer three seconds. The next thing I remember was a lady tying a cloth around a gash In my left leg wmcn was bleeding badly. Someone took me to St. Thomas hospital where I was treated . and X rayed. I spent 19 months In the world war In the battle of St. Mihiel and the Argonne- but yesterday I saw the worst five minutes of damage and death I've ever seen. AS Washington. Aug. 1 CP The senate confirmed today the nom ination of Representative Lind say C. Warren U. N. C to be United States Comptrol'er gen- e;ul ihe nomination of Fred H Brown of New Hampshire, for mi r comptroller to be a mem ber of the tar'ff commission, also was confirmed. IS FOLLOWED BY GASOLINE FLARE Engineer's Failure to Follow Orders for Sidetrack Is Blamed in Akron Mishap, By the Associated Press Akron, O., Aug. 1 (P) Rail road investigators today blamed an englneman's failure to follow operating orders for the fiery death of 43 persons in 1940's second major train wreck. They said failure to sidetrack a gasoline-electric coach led it to crast head-on with a 73-car freight train near here last night. The steel coach instantly be came a virtual furnace. Two members of the coach's crew and a trainman deadheading leaped to safety. All the others aboard burned to death. Fiva children were among the vic tims. Engineman Injured The coach's single engineman. Thomas L. Murtough, 49, was blamed by I. M. Wolcott, Cleve. land trainmaster for the Penn sylvania railroad, . on whose) single-track Hudson-Akron lino the crash occurred. Murtough, seriously Injured, was unable to tell his story, ' Wolcott, watching crews clca? away the wreckage, declared: 'The crew of the 'Doodlebug (the gasoline coach) and the crews of the freight train had oraers to meet at Silver Lake. one mile north of the scene, and wan lor the freight to pass. Murtough should have taken his train onto the siding there. For some reason he did not go onto uie siaing. J. F. Allenspaugh, Akron yardmaster, said his investiga tion also showed the "Doodle bug's" crew was at fault. Rule Disregarded After a i tionE. W. After a prcliminarv amitn, vice-president (Continued on Page Twelve.) FIRST BAR! SALE E AT $30 PER TOM A sale of 2 firm tnnm i .... nery Bartlett pears in the Med- rora district at $30 per ton, was reported today by the Bartlett pear committee of th rn.it Growers league. It was the season's flr.t ,1 reported here. The price, whllo under the $40 recnmmonrioH h a pear committee of northern uauiornia growers, was sz.ou higher than the opening offer a year ago. The sale conditions sneelfimf size 2H and larger, lncludinir 7V4 percent of 2'i'i and not to exceed fiva percent culls. FOR ILSJONIGHT Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 1. The Duke and Duchess of Wind sor, traveling as "Captain and Mrs. Wood," sailed tonight for New York aboard the American) export liner Excallbur. The liner left at 8:19 p. m. after a delay of 2H hours. The ship Is due in New York Au gust 8. En route to the Bahamas, where the duke will take over his post as governor and com mander - In ch let, the famous couple will make the trip aboard the 9.359-ton cargo liner with Major Gary Phillips, the duke's secretary, and his two aides do camp, Captain George Wood and Captain Vyvyan Drury,
