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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1940.
No. 114
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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
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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-