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Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, If i
No. 113.
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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
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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
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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,