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Weather e Burwu it port Forecast Fair tontfht, M.urtt.vr an ftunclay; warmer halurday. Temperature Hlghm irrt ai lwre (hit moraine M Realize Cash Whaa yo mat la realise art from eomtthlnt yoa have to aril la anrrj. Joe mill nni ae aalckrr, eetter ar M epa- way than to ia the Claa ne pat at this aewipeper. Medford RIBUNE Full Associated PrM Full United Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1940. No. 114 if. IPira COMMITTEE Washington. D. C, Aug. 2. Within a few weeks, as matters now look. President Roosevelt will have the power to mobilize almost every man in the United States, with congress having nothing to say about it, except vote money to pay the bill. The president can send the mob ilized men anywhere in the western hemisphere and even to the Orient, without congress even issuing a declaration of war. The president can comman deer any industrial plant if the proprietor refuses to accept gov ernment orders for production. The president has a blank check for millions of dollars, which he can use for any pur pose he pleases. No greater powers have been Invested in a president in war time and at present there is no war only an "emergency." Conscription of wealth may fol low conscription of manpower, and is already being proposed unofficially. "JR. Roosevelt has requested " corgress to clothe him with ai'iiiwity to remove from civil life for a full year a quarter of a million men (full strength of the national guard), and per mit him to ship them out . of the country to any of the Latin American republics, to Puerto Rico and other islands in that part of the world, regardless of what flag they fly; to the Phil ippines, to Alaska, to Canada. Under the blanket power re quested by Mr. Roosevelt, the national guard can be shifted around like the members of the marine corps or the regular army, but Europe is a forbidden zone. ' "PHIS request of Mr. Roosevelt is a brilliant example of his skill in "timing." The "Act of Havana," by which the Latin Americas agree (when the act is ratified), to give the United States a free hand In taking over possessions of European countries, if such action is nec- (Contlnued on Pga Tea.) SHELL DENIES FEHL EOT DRIVER PERMIT WHILE IN HOSPITAL Salem. Ore., Aug. 2. (U.RV Secretary of State Earl Snell today denied that Earl H. Fehl, former Jackson county Judge had been issued an automobile operator's license while an in mate of the state hospital. Fehl, according to Snell. made application in person, while at liberty from the hospital lpst year, at the Portland office of the state department for re newal of his operator's permit Having previously been issued a license, the application was accepted and the permit issued as a matter of routine, Snell said. His license, however, was canceled in May when the de partment was notified by state hospital officials that Fehl had been committed to the institu tion, Snell declared. SIDE GLANCES or TRItUNE REPORTERS Friends using a photo to show the resemblance of Mrs. Wendell Willkie to Mrs. Morris Leonard. Sarge Willis Estep presenting the MT with a beautifully illus trated army book with tne per sonal compliments of Male H. D. Bagnall who was unable to make the presentation ia person. Ward McReynolds taking his soda pop straight out of the bottle, he dec. anna he was still a bottle baby at heart. BALKS EFFORT TO L CALL TO Amendment Calling for 90- Day Voluntary Enlistment Also Lost in Committee Washington, Aug. 2. UP) Shortly after President Roose velt declared that system of selective training was "essential to adequate national defense." the senate military committee rejected today a proposal to limit compulsory service at this time to 900.000 men. The committee voted down. 7 to 2. an amendment to the Burke-Wadsworth bill, offered by Senator Lee (D., Okla.) which would have limited the number of men to be drafted between October 1 and April 1, 1941, to 400.000 and between April 1 and Oct. 1. 1941, to 500,000. 90-Day Plan Fails This action and rejection of an amendment by Lee for a 90-day period of voluntary en listments seemed to have cleared the way for a final committee vote on the legislation next Monday. Mr. Roosevelt's views on the question of compulsory training were expressed at a press con ference at which he said: "I am distinctly in favor of a selective service training bill and I consider It essential to adequate national defense." Specifically permitting direct quotation the president made the statement after a reporter asked for his opinions. The reporter said a report was going around that the chief executive was "not so hot about conscrip tion." The president replied that It all depended on which paper you read. He then entered upon a lengthy review of the conscription question. He also announced that he and Democratic tax leaders in congress were agreed that an excess profits tax should be enacted without delay. All mnaufacturers working on defense Orders know that such legislation was going to be passed, he said, and were pro ceeding to assemble materials even though contracts have not yet been signed. The president said that Chair man Harrison (D., Miss.) of the senate finance committee hoped (Continued on Pag Three.) Some statisticians figure that the moderu woman secretary must have a knowledge of 871 miscellaneous duties. 250 of which she performs daily. Issues, Not Party Lines To Decide Election Says Willkie Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 2 (J) Wendell L. Willkie thinks the coming election will be decided on issues rather than party lines. Willkie made that clear in a Joint press conference with Wil liam Allen White, the Emporia, Kas., editor. Questioned by reporters, Will- ! kie said he believed "fully half i the voters are independent jthey cross party lines very I easily." ) "There used to be pride among many people about their party partisanship," Willkie continued. "Now they are proud of their independence." White expressed a similar view, telling reporters that inde pendent voters would aid Will kie in the November election, j 'The general drift is toward I us. I think it is in the stars," White added. White was asked whether he meant that Willkie would be elected. He replied that the Re publican nominee "or someone equally good will be elected." 'The general drift is toward us," White concluded. "1 have been convinced that voters don't just hang on to parties. 'The independents are a big J definite minority that might be- Blitzkrieg Due Next Week If Germans Take Advantage ' Of Best Tides and Weather London, Aug. 2. (fl" The almanacs say that If Adolf Hit ler is going to start his blitzkrieg on England this month the best times for it will be next Monday, Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday and Friday mornings. If the fuehrer passes up those days, the next best come in j September, from the second to the seventh. Third choice would be October 1-6, then October 30-November 4. All of those are periods when the tides will be the highest. The British are inclined to believe that, if the Germans don't make the stab by mid September, no invasion will be attempted until next spring. Ordinary prudence on the part of the nazi general staff, these observers say, will demand that at least six weeks be allowed for the campaign. They point out Hitler can't count on good weather for op erations of his air force once the equinoctial storms begin in mid-September. From then on, Britain is cloaked in fogs and mists so thick even the natives can't find their way around and the Germans would be bound to get lost. Neutral military men, pictur ing the nazi attack as they might run it, say it should have these conditions: 1. A calm sea, to keep the German soldiers from getting seasick on the way across the North sea and English channel. 2. High tide, essential in order that the flat-bottomed barges of the first landing force can. be driven high enough on the beaches for tanks to be run off onto the sand in water not too deep to put them out of com mission. 3. Fog in the English chan nel, to screen the expedition on its way over. Sometimes the center of the channel is foggy when it is clear on both sides. These experts say preliminary air bombardment and landings on the beaches all would be preparatory to the first major objective in any campaign to invade this country seizure of a port. UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SEEN FOR 5TH COLUMN Detroit, Aug. 2. (U.P.) In vestigation of a possible system for smuggling fifth columnists and aliens into the United States through nearby Windsor. Ont., was opened today by the dis trict department of immlgra tion. John L. Zurbrick, immigra tion inspector, disclosed that some evidence had been uncov ered indicating operation of a systemized "underground rail way" into Detroit and the United States across the De troit river. come a majority In any elec- tion." Willkie arranged to spend most of tomorrow going over Republican organizational prob lems with Chairman Joe Martin of the national committee and other party leaders. Willkie remarked to reporters that., new ..census ..figures ..had demonstrated that Washington, D. C, was a "boom town." While many cities lost population dur ing the last decade, the nominee said. Washington gained. "I shall have something to say about that during the com ing campaign," he said. Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 2. i A') If President Roosevelt rane protection of British war should desire to ask Wendell L.ihiP guarding against any at- Willkie any questions on con scription or other issues, the Re publican nominee said today, he would be glad to answer them. The nominee was told at hia, press conference that many per sons in Washington were anxious to have him make a declaration regarding conscription, Willkie replied: ' "1 shall speak on conscription very clearly and specifically in my acceptance address. If the president of the United States wants to ask me any questions in the meantime I shall be glad to answer him." PUBLIC FAREWELL FOR GUARDSMEN IS SOUGHT BY C. OF C. Board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce paid a tribute to Med- ford's national guardsmen at its luncheon-meeting in the Hotel Medford this afternoon. Glenn L. Jackson, chamber of commerce president, issued a statement asking the public to be at the railroad station at noon Sunday to give the guardsmen a send-off as they leave for three weeks of maneuvers at Fort Lewis, Wash., and possibly for a year of active duty under the country's national defense plans. The special train for the guards men will leave at 12:01 p. m. Officers of the national guard units here were guests at the board's luncheon-meeting. They were Capt. Carl Y. Tengwald. commanding company A, 186th infantry, and his staff officers. 1st Lieut. Weldon H. McBee and 2nd Lieut. Bruce W. MofjAt, and 1st Lieut. James W. Grigs by, commanding headquarters detachment. Also a -guest was Maj. Walter W. Abbey, coast ar tillery reserve of the Oregon national guard. The officers were informed that the chamber of commerce had arranged to send 20 copies of the Mail Tribune to the guardsmen each day they are at camp. Cigarettes for the train trip north Sunday also will be furnished the men by the cham ber of commerce, It was an nounced. Capt. Tengwald told the direc tors that the encampment this year is serious business because of war-like conditions in all parts of the world. The guards men this year, he Informed the directors, are permitted to take nothing to camp for dress pa rade, no personal luggage cases, everything being stripped down to field essentials. S. M. Tuttle, chairman of the chamber of commerce roads and highways ' committee, gave a comprehensive report on the re cent conference of southern Ore gon county representatives with the state highway commission in Portland regarding improve ment of the Pacific highway north of Grants Pass. The direc tors discussed the report at some length and voted to continue the discussion at their next meeting. E Washington, Aug. 2. UP) Diplomatic circles heard today that the Duke of Windsor, en route to this hemisphere aboard the United States liner Excali- bur, definitely would not come to the United States but would disembark at Bermuda. Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. t.lPi The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were en route to the Bahamas by way of New York dy. possibly under long- ..templet! Oerman or Italian naval coup. This is what "Mr. and Mrs. Windsor," as they appeared on th passenger list, took with them when the American ex port liner Excalibur sailed late yesterday afternoon: Three dogs. Fifty-two pieces of luggage, An old portable sewing ma chine, A set of golf clubs. Four banket-boxes of old Ma- deria and port wine, One 1940 model jand trailer. limousine OFF SUNDAY FOR 3 WEEKUR YEAR May Be Mobilized Under National Program During Fort Lewis Maneuvers Medford's first line defense units. Company A, 186th infan try, and headquarters detach ment, Oregon national guard, were primed today for their departure at noon Sunday for Fort Lewis, Wash., for three weeks of encampment and pos sibly a year's mobilization for active duty. With the country'! defense needs considered acute, the men will leave here not knowing how soon they will return, for while they are at camp they might be mobilized under the national program being mapped out in Washington, D. C. Company A will depart for camp at full authorized strength of three officers and 86 men and headquarters detachment will be slightly over strength with one officer and 11 men. Com pany A officers ara Capt. Carl (Continued on Page Four.) E SUNK BY MT IS 'CLAIM BY MM Berlin, Aug. 2. (Pi The sinking of an enemy submarine by a German U-boat which oh two trips thus accounted for 12 armed merchantships totaling 74.000 tons, the British destroyer Whirlwind and a submarine, was reported by the German high command today. In addition the air force bom barded a number of small con voys and ships off the Humber on Britain's east coast, In St. George Channel and off Yar mouth, the high command said. As a result of these attacks a merchant ship was sunk, and two other merchant ships, a tanker and a minesweeper were damaged. "Another especially effective raid" was directed against an airplane factory In Norwich, the Germans said, with several big bombs dropped from a low alti tude striking the factory and causing huge blazes and explo sions. The high command said the German raider in the south At lantic which fought the British armed merchant cruiser Alcan tara was continuing operations after putting the Alcantara to flight. The Pinnae' Packing com pany and An.erican Fruit com pany started Bartlett pear pack ing operations this morning, and the Potter Palmer plant is scheduled to start tomorrow. It was expected all packing plants of the valley would be in oper ation Monday. Schuckl and company, of Oakland, Cat., bought 2.000 tons of Bartletts for cannery pur poses yesterday at $30 per ton, and considerable activity at this price was reported. It was also reported representatives of other California and Willam ette valley canneries are in the field. County Horticulturist Cordy reported the Bartletts are ready to pick, and harvesting started yesterday and today In several orchards. The Barlett crop is estimated at 20,000 tons, and all orchards are expected to be picking not later than the mid dle of next week. Portland, Aug. 2 ilPt Clr cult Judge Alfred P. Dobson ad mitted the will of the late Philip R. Brooks, Bend and Portland lumberman, to probate today. The estate, left to Brooks' mother, Mrs. Josephine Brooks. 81, was estimated at $300,000. KeUey on Bonneville Staff tr-V Vji ly t . 0 Edward C. Kelly, of Medford. assumed duties as assistant general counsel for the Bonneville power administration on August 1. Prior to bis appointment ha was special attorney for the Department of Justice at Nome, Alaska. Ha is grad uate of the University of Oregon law school and a former mem ber of the Oregon legislature. BASEBALL I National First game: R. H. E. Cincinnati 3 6 1 Boston 10 13 2 Turner and Baker; ' Strince- vich and Berres. First game: Sr. Louis R. H. E. - 4 10 0 New York 5 0 0 Cooper, RusselL and Owen, Padgett: Melton, W. Brown, Lynn, Joiner and Dannlng. R. H. E. Chicago 4 10 1 Brooklyn 3 9 1 French, Passeau and Todd; Ta mulis, Presnell, Carleton and Mancuso, Phelps. American Washington 3 2 3 Chicago 10 16 1 Hudson, Carrasquel, Krakaus kas and Ferrell; Lee and Tresh. New York 10 13 4 Cleveland 2 6 5 Husao and Rosar; Milnar, Dob son, Andrews, Humphries, and Hemsley, Pytlak. Roosevelt Plana Hyde Park Visit Washington, Aug. 2. (U.R) President Roosevelt today made plans to leave tomorrow for his home at Hyde Park, N. Y for a stay which may extend nearly a week. He said, however, that he "hopes" rather than "expects" to leave tomorrow. Intimating that hia travel plans are con tingent on events In Washington and abroad. British Pulverize Hamburg In Repeated Bombing Raids By Wallace Carroll . (UP Staff Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. (U.R) Au thorized British quarters claim ed today that British raids ex tended to more than 100 Ger man cities and towns had "pul verized Hamburg time and time again." leaving O e r m a n y's greatest port and second largest city "practically in ruins," and the air ministry disclosed raids yesterday on the great Krupp armament works at Essen. Seeking to destroy stocks of German war needs and carry ing the air war to air bases, munitions factories, docks and supply depots, the air force was said by the air ministry to have attacked over wide area yes terday. Airdromes at Leeuwarden and Haamstede In Holland were at tacked and RAF bombers. In day and night raids caused con siderable damage to synthetic oil works at Gelscnkirchen. Kamen. Homburg and Reisholt I in Germany. J la FOREIGN AGENTS' IN CANAL ZONE ROUNDUP MAINLY WAR REFUGEES Balboa, Aug. 2. (U.R) Infor mation from army headquarters today said that 81 "foreign agents" described In Washing ton by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson as under arrest in the Panama Canal zone consist chiefly of European refugees picked up during the past few months because their papers were not In order. Twenty of those held, it was said, were refugees who had been working In the zone and lost their Jobs. Then they were lodged in quarantine In the course of a general cleanup which has been in progress In the Canal Zone since March. Forty-eight European refugees were picked up because their papers were not in order and they too were turned over to quarantine authorities. Alio lodged In quarantine ara 13 wo men and children dependents of refugees. All 81 of those held were de scribed as Jews or Aryans mar ried to Jews. In some quarters It was said that their expatria tions from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia were on racial grounds only. Washington, Aug. 2. (flV-J. R. McCarl, who was the first comptroller general of the United States, died unexpectedly at his office today. He was 60 years old. In addition to the Krupp works at Essen, supply depots at Hamm, Krefeld and Mann heim were bombed and the British attacked several air dromes In northwest Germany. One plane was lost in daylight raids but no losses resulted from the night attacks, the air min istry said. Authorized sources had said that thousands of tons of bombs had been dropped on Bremen, Including dock yards and the famous Fockewulf aircraft fac tory. "Irreparable damage" was inflicted by the RAF in raids on Dulsberg, Duesseldorf. Essen and Wesel as well as on great German industrial centers In the Ruhr, authorized sources claimed. Meanwhile the admiralty said that British warships had shot down three German raiders in the North sea last .night and that one of the planes fell on the deck of tha steamer High lander. NEW LEGUME IS DEVELOPED HERE FOR SEED TRADE Thi eshing of Lotus Now Be ing Done for First Time in U. S. on Valley Farm The development of a new le gume her was revealed publicly for the first time today. Produc tion of the legume, a species of lotus, for seed, pasturage and hay was envisaged as a new agri cultural pursuit for the Rogue) River valley. For the first time in tha United States, the lotus is being threshed now on farms near Eagle Point operated by C. C. Hoover and son and Dr. Harry P. Poston of Pasadena, Cal. Dr. Poston has been associated with Mr. Hoover for several years in the development of grasses. Lotus seed production haa been a difficult problem because) the seed shatters easily, but re search has developed a process for threshing, Dr. Poston said, though, he added, he was not prepared to disclose the thresh ing methods. The threshing ia being done by Otto Bohnert of Central Point In his threshing machine. Dr. Poston and his wifa are here for tha harvesting of the new legume. Threshing SO Acres In all Dr. Poston and Mr. Hoover have 250 acres out in tha lotus, 50 acre of which ara being threshed. Next year. Dr. Poston said, at least 350 acre will be threshed. Tha Eagla Point farms, ha added, ara the only commercial source of tha seed. It is the intention of Dr. Poston and Mr. Hoover to go into tha lotus seed business, as they ara now in tha winter blue grass seed business. This new legume, which is a species of tree-foil lotus, is ex cellent as pasturage and just as good as hay, Dr. Poston related. 'It la superior to ladino clover as pasturage, aa proved on ous experimental plots. The hay yield runs up to three tons to the acre. It combines the best features of alfalfa and clover." This is the third grass Dr. Poston and Mr. Hoover hava worked in, the second they hava developed, the other being tha winter blue grass. Dr. Poston said they would go on with their work in the blue grass and tha ladino clover. The blue grass seed la marketed all over tha world, Mr. Hoover related. Agronomist Inspects Harry T. Schoth, agronomist of the U. S. department of agrW (Continued uo rage fourteen.) BRITAIN RETALIATES BY ARRESTING HEAD OF BIG JAP CONCERN London, Aug. S (U.R) K. Makihara, manager of the MiU subishi Shojl Kalsha company here, was arrested tonight. Rea son for the arrest was not fan mediately made public. The Mitsubishi company ia one of Japan's greatest comment clal houses, along with the MiU sui company. It has branches throughout the world. - (Makihara's arrest followed a series of arrests of Britons in tha Far East by the Japanese. Nina Britons are in Japanese custody at present. The British govern ment ha protested the arrest vigorously, and there has been pressure upon it to take repri sals if satisfaction were not forthcoming.) Meanwhile, Japanese flnan. clal sources here reported that British banks were refusing to discount Japanese bills or extend credits to Japanese banks. Eire Pretests Dublin, Aug. 2. U.R) Tha government announced today that the Eire charge d'affaires In Berlin has been instructed to protest to the German gov ernment against an attack by German planea on the Irian steamer Kerry Head which oe curred off County Cork on Thursday-
