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Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1' ,
No. 124.
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Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and
ROBERT KINTNER
Released by tha
North American Newspaper
Allianca. Inc.
Washington, Aug. 14. By
now it is an open secret that
the villain of the president's ac
ceptance speech the man who
refused to be drafted into the
government service for national
defense was neither Alf M.
Landon nor Henry Ford. No of
fer of a place in the govern
ment was made to Landon or
Ford. Before long, it is expected
the president will reveal the
name he chose to suppress at
Chicago.
The revelation ought to have
unusual interest, for it is report
ed on high authority that the
individual in question is a pub
lisher a leading member of
the group more resented by the
president than any other group
in American life.
.yHE publisher was called
down to the White House, so
the story goes, when the idea
was born of including an elab
orate system of hemispheric co
operation in the general frame
work of the defense program.
He sells an important news serv
ice to South America, and in
the course of building up his
news service has acquired an
unusual knowledge of the ins
and outs of South American
politics and the chief South
American political and business
personalities.
Reminding him of his special
equipment, the president asked
him to leave his business for
a few months, and to undertake
a detailed survey of the South
American situation on behalf of
the defense program.
'The publisher objected that
pressure of work made it im
possible for him to take so much
time away from his office. The
president replied that in the
present emergency, any man
whose services were required
by the government ought to
put all other interests in sec
ond place. The publisher con
sented to think the matter over,
but after a day or so wrote
the president a letter explaining
(Continued on Pge Six.)
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Goshen, N. Y., Aug. 14. (IP)
C. W. Phellis' Spencer Scott of
Greenwich, Conn., upheld his
choice as the favorite today by
winning the 15th Hambletonian
in straight heats. He trotted
the second mile in 2:03 after
taking the first in 2:02.
Duplicating his first heat per
formance, Spencer Scott stepped
to the front soon after the start
of the second ani, under the
guidance of Fred F.gan of Lex
ington, led all the way.
He finished a length in front
of Remus, who also was second
in the first brush. Kuno trail
ed by another length and a half,
Just as he did in the first mile.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIEUNE REPORTERS
Jennv Delzeli Savage terrify-
Ing a group of listeners with her said "inquiry In competent quar
realistic tales of electric stormr i tcrs elicited no dnlal" of re
in old Arizona.
Neysa Wall exhibiting a cou
ple of badly blistered mitts, the
result of rowing a boat com
pletely around Lake of the
Woods all in one sitting.
L. H. Van Scoyoc wondering
how much longer southern Ore
gon's good forest fire luck can
hold out.
Jack Marshall demonstrating
the efficiency of his files by pro -
ducing a wanted photograph in
less man u minutes.
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NEAR
INDUSTRY AREA
Home Guards Halt Traffic
in Region Find No Trace
of Men Who Used Chutes
London, Aug. 14. (iPl Sev
enteen parachutes bearing Ger
man markings were found to
day in midland villages, as the
ministry of home security ap
pealed to the public to report
urgently nny information they
may have about parachute troops
landing in England.
Police and home guards stop
ped all traffic in the area where
the 'chutes were found.
A farmer who found several
of them said he coula locate no
trace of any men near them.
(The Midlands is England's
great industrial area, and a few
parachute troops might be able
to conduct extensive sabotage
there.)
Finding of the 'chutes intensi
fied a day-long search.
By tha Associated Press.
Signs of a fast-approaching
"lero hour" for Germany's
threatened invasion of England
mounted ominously today even
as nazi bombers, attacking in
great waves, spurred the four-
day blitzkrieg to new heights
of fury.
These danger signals for Brit
ain were noted:
1. Six nazi mine-sweeping
trawlers were discovered by
British destroyers somewhere in
the North Sea obviously en
gaged in clearing the waters for
a possible crossing of troop
transports.
2. Public dancing again was
barred in Germany, as it was
during the -nazi blitzkreig
against Poland and during the
offensive against Holland, Bel
gium and France.
3. German bombers concen
trated In fierce, huge-scale at
tacks on the area of Dover
channel "gateway" for a pos
sible land invasion.
Dover is 22 miles across the
channel from the German-held
French coast.
Fight Still Rages.
DNB, the official nazi news
agency, said the fighting was
still raging nt 6 p. m. (8 a. m.,
P.S.T.), with an estimated 25
British planes shot down and
only five German planes de
stroyed.
A London dispatch said Eng
land's vast industrial zone in the
Mirlands was subjected to the
longest and fiercest bombing
since the war began. Five per
sons were killed.
Other waves of German bomb
ing and fighting planes turned
England's south coast into a
battlefield in a series of fights
involving 30O planes
It was the fourth straight day
of aerial blitzkrieg, with Brit
ain carrying the war to the roof
tops of her axis foes before
dawn in two lonj-range raids
into Italy and Germany.
Flying high out of sight, Ger
man Heinkels penetrated British
coast defenses and bombed the
industrial Midlands, while
swarms of Messerschmitt fight
ers engaged British Spitfires
and Hurricane pursuit planes
at lower aliitudes.
Break Flyinq Circle.
Spectators said the British
quickly broke up the German
strategy of "flying circle" at
tack, diving into their midst
and chasing them Into Individ
ual dogfights.
First reports said at least ten
nazi planes were shot down.
A Berlin disoatch meanwhile
ports that Germany was using
long-range Big Berthas to shell (
the English roast from emplace-;
ments across the channel.
Striking back, Britain sent
her airmen on a 1,600 -mile
round trip across the Alps to
rain death on Italian cities,
while another RAF. flight
threw a 47 minute air raid scare
into residents of Berlin.
The Capronl factory at Milan
and the Fiat plant In Turin, two
; of Italy's major
irciaft works.
j were badly damaged, the Brit-
j uo aeciarea.
Flash Flood Brings Death, Damage in Dixie
Mad Aerial Melee Witnessed
By War Correspondent Near
ooutn uast lown in Britain
By Robert E. Bunnell
A South Coast Town, England, Aug. 14. (IP) British
fighting planes fended off a terrific attack along the coast
line here today In a gigantic air battle which involved 150
planes.
Machine gun fire and the!
roar of cannons and anti-aircraft
fire filled the air. From the
shore four planes could be seen
as they crashed into the sea.
The German raiders fiercely
attacked barrage balloons and
brought down several.
Sink Lightship
Six big Nazi Junker 88's
swooped down on a lightship
in the channel, dropping two
bombs each. British fighters
dived on them from high above
and the bombers moved away
in the direction of the French
coast.
The lightship was badly hit
and sank.
The fight at times became
such an involved mass of wheel
ing, twisting, diving planes that
it was impossible to tell which
were British and which were
German.
Once we could see the splash
of bombs in the sea off to the
east. Several dropped on land.
Suddenly a fresh swarm of
German raiders appeared and
began blasting away at the bar
rage balloons. Some of the
balloons were ripped through
and through and fell. A shell
from a Messerschmitt cannon
hit the ground and exploded
near where we were standing.
An empty machine gun clip
dropped at our feet, and frag
ments of anti-aircraft shells
sprinkled down.
Balloon Downed
While we were watching
the attack on the lightship, we
heard the scream of a diving
plane in front of us. With a
fearful noise, it plunged at a
balloon right over our heads.
The balloon went down in
flames, and its cable fell behind
the shelter- where we were
standing.
Every gun on the anti-aircraft
front was hammering away.
The ground shook with the
thunderous bursts.
We saw a plane drop flaming
into the sea. It looked like a
German ship.
A short distance away an
other splashed. Patrol boats
sped out to where it came down.
Near the close of the raid
another balloon near us was
shot down. But the plane that
got it was ringed in anti-aircraft
fire and the pilot seemed to be
in trouble as he wheeled away
to get out of range.
All through this fight Nazi
planes were extending their
activities to northeast England.
Anti-aircraft fire accounted
for at least three dive bombers
which I saw crash.
Nazis Launch New Attack
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Portsmouth and nearby Portland (1) where Berlin claimed heavy damag was indicted, alio th
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Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 14 (U.PJ
The U. S. marshal today took
over "Lieutenant" Donald C.
Cox's entertainment where Tuc
son's embarrassed social lead
ers had quit.
Cox arrived Monday and let
it get around that he was an
important army official looking
over the city airport to see if it
would do for a $119,000 training
base. He was immediately set
upon by society and graciously
accepted invitations to tea, din
ners and cocktail parties.
So great did his popularity
grow that newspaper reporters
asked the airport committee for
the story of his career. The
chairman of the airport commit
tee telephoned Fort Winficld
Scott in San Francisco.
"Lieutenant" Cox was well
known there as a seventh
grade private and deserter.
AHEAD IN IDAHO
Boise, Idaho, Aug. 14. (IP)
Returns from 601 of Idaho's 792
precincts gave Glen Taylor,
Pocatello radio entertainer, a
comparatively narrow lead to
day in a three-way race for the
Democratic senatorial nomina
tion. The vote: Taylor 15,870;
George Donart, Weiser, 14,077;
James R. Bothwcll, twin Falls,
14.893.
Republican senatorial nomina
tion, 608 precincts:
Frank B. Dotson, Burley,
1,197; Elvin Dulaney, Pocatello,
1,208; John Thomas, Gooding
27,021; Abe Goff, Moscow, 6.613;
Frank H. Adams, Twin Falls.
1,872; J. D. Price, Malad, 3,007;
E. W. Sinclair. Jerome, 3,488.
Governor, 606 precincts:
Republicans C. A. Bottolf-
sen, Arco, 39,317; Thomas Mc
Dougall. Boise, 6.914.
Democrats Chase A. Clark,
Idaho Falls, 26.681; James L.
Barnes, Hansen, 4,432; J. W. Tay-
lor. Buhl, 15.998.
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ARMY PAY BOOST
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Increase From $21 to $30
Month in Base Pay Ap
proved; Debate Continues
Washington, Aug. 14. (IP)
Provision for an increase in
army and marine corps base
pay from $21 to $30 a month
was written by the senate today
into the Burke-Wadsworth com
pulsory military training bill.
The senate approved the in
crease proposal as set forth in
an amendment by Senator Lee
(D., Okla.) which specified that
voluntary recruits and draftees
taken into the army and marine
corps should receive ill a
month for their first four
months training. If their rating
then was satisfactory, they
would be advanced to $30 a
month. The increased annual
cost was estimated at approxi
mately $70,000,000 this fiscal
year.
Increases also would be
granted to the next three higher
classes of enlisted men, sixth
grade pay being boosted from
$30 to $36, fifth grade from $42
to $54 and fourth grade from
$54 to 460. Third, grade pay
would remain at $72, second at
$84 and first at $126.
Secretary Knox declared to
day that the United States, lack
ing a two-ocean navy, needs a
"huge army," and he urged that
one be created by conscription.
Should England be defeated
by Germany, he said, "we will
be left without a friend in the
world." He expressed the opin
ion that such a defeat in 60
days was possible.
Washington, Aug. 14. fjiP)
Defense Commission William S.
Knudsen advised congress today
that an army of 2,000.000 could
be placed in the field fully
equipped by Oct. 1, 1943.
Knudsen s opinion was given
in a memorandum to the house
ways and means committee and
followed a question several days
ago by Senator Lodge (R., Mass.)
as to how long it would take to
put such a force in the field,
SELMA DRIVER GIVEN
DRUNK DRIVE PENALTY
Grants Pass, Aug. 14. (IP)
Marvel Wilder, 29, of Sclma,
pleaded guilty in justice court
Tuesday to a charge of drunken
driving August 2 and was fined
$300 and sentenced to 60 days in
county Jail.
In a Hayes hill accident Pri
vate Leonard T. Sellers, 99th
antitank battalion, of Fort Lewis,
Wash., suffered a broken back,
and four others were Injured,
1 Sellers is in the hospital here.
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Wendell L. Willkie, Republican presidential nomine. Is
shown, seated above, visiting In his hotel suit at Colorado
Springs, Colo., with Elliott Roosylt, president's son, who slop
ped her on a vacation trip.
COCA COLA SAFE
ROSS LANE FIELD
Two 12-year-old boys, hunting
bullfrogs in a field off Ross
lane about a mile west of Med
ford, early last evening, dis
covered the safe which was
hauled away from the Coca
Cola Bottling company here the
night of August 6.
The youngsters were Stanley
West of Route 2, box 440, and
Jerry Cleaves of Route 2, box
441. Their parents notified po
lice, who brought the safe back
to the bottling company.
The Iron strong box, police
said, had been broken into by
use of a chisel under the com
bination dial. A small money
box inside the safe had also
been opened with a chisel.
Police stated that two pennies
and a dime were found on the
ground near the safe, and that
two checks of $20 and $3.60
were still In the safe. The
burglars, who made off with
the safe In an automobile, got
between $300 and $400, most
of It la cash.
Police said there were no
fingerprint!) on the safe and
that the only clues were tracks
of an automobile leading into
the field.
The safe was discovered on
the old Gore property, a short
distance northwest of the stock
yards and about 100 yards from
Ross lane.
RUM BOARD CHIEF
Salem, Aug. 14. W) Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague said
today that if State Liquor Ad
ministrator Joseph J. Hague is
dismissed for opposing an ini
tiative measure to permit private
sale of liquor, he would imme
diately be rehired.
Mel P. Brown, president or
Common Sense, Inc., sponsor of
the bill, demanded that Hague
be dismissed, citing the Oregon
liquor law which provides dis
missal for any state liquor com
mission employe who supports
or opposes any measure.
'That is a matter for the
liquor commission to decide," the
governor said, "but 1 11 say mat
if Hague is fired, he'll imme
diately be rehired.
"When the time comes, I'll
also let the people know what I
think of that bill."
Ants are near the top of the
insect intelligence lid, spiders
near th bottom.
II baseball
American
Score: R. H. E.
Boston 16 1
New York 8 11 1
Johnson, Gatehouse and Foxx;
Ruffing and Rosar.
Score: R. H. E.
Washington 5 11 2
Philadelphia 3 7 2
Chase and Early; Potter and
Hayes.
National
(First game 12 innings)
New York 18 1
Boston . 0 8 2
Hubbell and Odea; Errickson
and Berres.
(Second game)
New York 0 1
Boston 6 9 1
Gumbert, Lynn and Damning;
Salvo and Berres.
(First game)
Philadelphia BIO
Brooklyn ... 8 9 0
Si Johnson, Frye, Beck and
Warren; Fitzslmmons, Casey,
Carleton and Phelps,
DEFENDERS RGHT OFF
LARGER AHACK FORCE
By Arthur L. Bchoanl,
U. P. Staff Correspondent
Yelm, Wash., Aug. 14. (U.R)
Defenders of the lower Pudget
Sound area today fought off a
superior attack force in mock
war games, blasting a bridgi
head and capturing stranded
men, horses and material.
Fast mobile units of the de
fending Red cavalry and infan
try moved up during the night
to seize most strategic points
In a 20-mile no-mans land along
the Nisqually river to the De
schutes river.
Main concentrations of the
16.000 defenders took to the
heavily timbered areas between
Olympia and Rainier, and with
the first streak of dawn smashed
the 26,000 invading Blues back
to Rainier with infantry and
cavalry charges under a curtain
of artillery.
Maynard Wilson, Phoenix,
was among the 74 law students
who passed the bar examina
tions given In Sa;m July B and
10, the Associated Press report
ed today. The examinations
were taken by 120 students.
Those who passed will be
sworn in by the state supreme
I court next month-
SWOLLEN RIVER
SOLATES TOWN:
At Least Six Dead and Mil
lions In Property Loss
Hundreds Leave Homes
Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 14. (IP)
Industrial activity was para
lyzed here today In the wake
of a terrific storm which put
the power plant out of com
sion and sent flood waters surg
ing through the city, at soma
intersections waist deep.
Ashevillc, N. C , Aug. 14.
(IP) Mountain streams, swollen
by torrential rains of the last
three days, surged out of their
banks today, wreaking damage
to roads, crops and lowland in
dustrial plants expected to run
into millions of dollars and
claiming at least six lives.
Highways throughout th
stricken area were blocked by
washouts, landslides and Inun
dation. North Wllkesboro, N. C, a
town of 4.000 persons, was cut
off from the outside world by
the flooded Yadkin river, and
damage there was estimated by
Police Chief John Walker at
$2,000,000.
- Mains Destroyed.
Water mains here were de
stroyed, and residents were cau
tioned to use water from an
emergency reservoir sparingly.
Water, light and communication
facilities ot North Wllkesboro
were paralyzed.
A woman excitely grabbed
an electric wire near North
Kilkesboro and was killed when
flood waters surged about her
automobile. A man drowned
when his boat was swept over
a dam near here.
Two persons wert drowned
In southwest Virginia, two
others in east Tennrsee.
Hundreds ot persons wro
driven from their homes along
the swirling streams.
Many industrial plants wero
flooded.
Officials of several commun
ities expressed fears that dwell
ers along the rapidly rising
streams were drowned before
they could evacuate their homes.
Ellzabethton, Tenn., Aug. 14.
(IP) A flash flood swept out of
the hills here last night, killed
one or more persons and drove
scores in panic to trees and roof
tops. Fed by 24-hour rains, the Wa
tauga river surged up 20 feet
from nightfall to midnight and
while only one body had been
recovered early today, highway
Patrolman Claude Buckles ex
pressed fear several more had
been trapped In their beds.
Nearly all east Tennessee and
western North Carolina moun
tain streams bulged from their
banks after downpours which,
followed in the wake of a hur
ricane that smashed the South
Carolina-Georgia coast Sunday.
MRS. EARL MOORE
Fl
Mrs. Earl C. Moore, employe
of Mann's department store, it
confined In the Weed, Cal hos
pital with a fractured skull, ac
cording to word received by
Medford fciends today.
Mrs. Moor was riding horse
back in Mt. Shasta City. Cel..
and was thrown when her hors
was frightened by a dog. Th
accident occurred at S p. m. yes
terday and this morning Mrs.
Moor was reported still uncon
scious from th fall.
Mrs. Moore, with her husband
who is manager of Faber'i Far
mers Supply company here, had
been vacationing in San Fran
cisco for a week and a half.
They went to Mt. Shasta to visit
briefly before continuing to
Medford, with Mrs. Moore's
niece, Mrs. H. B. Van Winkle,
former Medfordite,