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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940.
No. 125.
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THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and
ROBERT KIMTNER
Rtltuid by the
North American Newspaper
Allianco. Inc.
Washington, Aug. 15. The
congressional leadership expects
the onslaught againct England
to give them easy work In pass
ing the remaining measures of
the defen33 program, such as
the conscription bill. It is a
grim thing to say, yet It Is a
fact, and the fact is not with
out significance.
The question naturally arises,
since every informed person has
been expecting the onslaught on
England for many weeks, why
its cominj should mike it any
easier to pass defence measures
prepared in anticipation of it.
The answer lies, of course, in
congress' peculiar rhythm of
response to events abroad.
A large majority of members
publicly or privately approve
the type of foreign policy advo
cated by the President and Wen
dell L. Willkie. A great many
of them, however, are not quite
clear In their opinions -and are
afraid of the Isolationist groups
in their districts. Thus, when
events reacn a climax, as during
the battle of France, congress
is ready to act rapidly and force
fully. At that time, before the
French collapse chanced the feel
ing overnight, infonnal tests by
the leaders even indicated that
sentiment was growing fast for
outright repeal of the neutrality
act.
IN the lull between climaxes.
on the other hand, kind of
wishful hopefulness appears that
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GEARY WILL FACE
HEARINGFR!DAY
Preliminary hearing of Ben
Geary, Trail creek district resi
dent charged in a complaint
with threatening the commission
of a felony, will be held in Jus
tice court tomorrow afternoon
Gefcry, held in the county jail
in lieu of $2,500 bonds, has re
tained Attorney George M. Rob
erts as counsel.
The complaint alleges Geary
appeared at the home of Jonn
Warner on Trail creek last Sun
day night and threatened to
shoot Warner. Geary's estranged
wife is housekeeper for Warner.
During the course of the argu
ment, according to Deputy Sher
iff Willipm Grenbcmer, the ar
resting officer, Mrs. Geary took
action tlitt resulted in Geary
departing hurriedly In his auto.
Previous to calling at the
Warner home. Geary is charged
by his mother-in-law, Florence
Godfrey, In two complaints, with
disorderly conduct, upon the
lie
grounds he verbally abused Mrs.
Godfrevand allegedly said: Til
shoot that John Warner on
sight '
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIEUNE REPORTERS
Tommy Hawkins looking par
ticularly fetching in a salmon
colored striped shirt with a cow
boy vest of rainbow hues.
Marie Woodward thinking
little Kenny Kumasawa just
about the cutest baby ever.
Bob Ebel writing an Inform
ative letter in a Mamliner. mail
ing same to a friend but forget
ting to put postage thereon, said
friend having to shell out six
cents In postage and write to
Portland to redeem said letter,
said letter finallv being re-
reived five dayt later.
j
TARGETS
VAST ASSAULT
Royal Air Force in Heroic
Defense Tyneside Ship
building Area Gets Bombs
London, Aug. 15. (IP) Ger
man dive bombers raided Croy
don airdrome late today.
Ambulances and fire fighting
apparatus rushed to the scene of
the bombing and an eyewitness
told the Associated Press there
were several casualties in the
streets.
By the Associated Press
London, Aug. 15. A thousand
Nazi warplanes perhaps even
thousands loosed upon Britain
today the mightiest aerial of
fensive ever known, and tonight
German bombs fell in south Lon
don at the great Croydon air
drome,
(Germany reported as well
that her planes had fought the
British over London t Tilbury
docks.)
They struck In Scotland; they
struck in vital munitions areas
of northeast England; they
smashed at the long southern
coast all the way from the
Thames estuary leading to Lon
don to Lands End, the far west
ern frontier of these Islands.
Great Test at Hand
It was an attack of such in
credible fury as to make the
ceaseless assaults of three days
seem but mere preliminaries.
Every indication was that the
hour of the great test had come
at last.
The Royal Air Force, defend
ing this kingdom from such a
blow as never was struck before.
I loosed every turreted gun in itsjMaloncy ,D..Conn., which would
: fichter force and criDDlcd air-1 , , ... ... .
fighter force and crippled air
planes fell steadily on English
soil.
The air ministry declared that
up to 5 p. m. 55 German planes
were known to have been shot
down, against an acknowledged
British loss of seven.
The German strategy was sim-!
nle: While German f mhters took
on the British Hurricane ana
Spitfire patrols miles above the
ground from 12.000 to 15.000
feet up the Nazi bombers
snaked across the coast in close
formation.
Tyneside Bombed
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dented raid were everytning tnai
Britain has and must have
.
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keep on fighting: Shipping, ports,!
munitions and industrial plants,
and. above all. airports. I
Known to have been bombed
was the great Tyneside indus
trial and shipbuilding area on
the east coast near Newcastle.
Not alone the coasts were hit.
but the heart of the country as
well. None knew how long was
the list of the civilian dead.
(The Germans specifically re
ported certain of their object
ives. Bombed, they said, were
..r,
.lie ,......,....
the great Vickers
armament works at Hepburn; the!"" .: ' '" V h;.
port of Newcastle; Dover: other
I ports, and shipping convoys in
the channel.) ne armaaa wnicn rwe,mieu
One Associated Press corres- over southeastern England dur
pondent on the southeast coast ! ing the day was estimated at 500
but one of the areas of heavy planes and covered a strip Bp-
but one ot tne areas 01 neavy
action-counted six waves of 18
- . . . ,
heavy German bombers in less
than three minutes.
No less than 500 Nazi planes
appeared over the southeast coast
alone.
PRESIDENT TO VIEW
I mil ITA O Y MAUCIIVPR
! Washington, Aug. IS iPi
President Roosevelt will leave
Washington tomorrow for north
ern New York to observe the
maneuvers of the first army
under Lieutenant General Drum
' The White House announced
the president would spend Sat
urday inspecting the military
units assembled there and prob -
ablv would remain Sunday to
ttterd relig.ous services in the
ifield.
Air Box Score
Berlin, Aug. 15. IP)
Thirty-six British planes had
been destroyed this afternoon
in today's German air forays
on Britain, DNB. the official
German news agency, report
ed tonight. Thirty were shot
down in battle and six de
stroyed on the ground, while
four German planes are miss
ing, the agency said.
London, Aug. 15. IP) A
total of 91 German planes
were shot down in today's as
saults on Britain, the air min
istry announced tonight.
Nineteen British fighters
were downed, but five of their
pilots were safe.
DRAFT BILL TIEUP
WITH ROAD PLAN
LATEST PROPOSAL
Washington, Aug. 15. M"
Senator Downey (D.-Cal.l pro
posed today that the Burk
Wadsworth compulsory military
service bill include provision
for construction of a national
system of super-highways to
furnish Jobs, for conscripts com
pleting army training.
Such an undertaking, Downey
told the senate, would "elimin
ate" unemploymetn and would
solve one of the chief problems
likely to follow conscription.
Most conscripts would be
taken from the ranks of the un
employed, the Californian ar
gued. He said they should not
be turned out of training camps
without jobs.
Downey opened the fifth day
of senate debate opthe legisla
tion. To reporters he had said
that he had not decided how he
would vote on It finally, al
though he planned to support a
aeiay conscription un-.n January
1 at least.
Downey's highway amend
ment wculd authorize the presi
dent to begin construction of
suTl"hv,y w,th mon.ey fu,?
IU9IICU V-' MIC iri.UU3lIUI.llUII i-
nance corporation. Draftees who
naa completed a year s irainn.g
would be given preference
in
employment on the roads.
Tacoma, Aug. 15. IIP) Dave
Beck of Seattle, international
i renresentative of the Teamsters'
union, addressing a meeting of
Tarnma Teamsters here last
niaht announced he is sumrort.
xr4i ,
. VI". 1M 1 L.IVl A-l. .(.o, .( "
i
re-election,
Incoming Air Armadas Seen
By Correspondents on Coast
By Robert E. Bunnelle
On the Southeast Coast of
England. Aug. 15 Pi Ger
many sent uncounted hundreds
of bombing and fighting planes
. Hi.in n.
".The coun tVy
"ves in the heart of the country.
piaim ana raveicu "! v-
proximately 30 miles wide, but
: i : . i nth.
reports indicated that otneri
waves of almost equal strength
were being thrown across the
coast all the way from the
I Thames estuary to Land t End
in the west.
During a three-hour afternoon
raid the Germans followed the
same tactics by which some 150
heavy bombers had been maneu
vered across the coast during the
morning.
While the German fighters
engaged the British Hurricane parts and finally crashed behind j of the Allen Creek road, drown
and Spitfire patrols in deadly 'a headland, leaving a tall col- ed todav in an irrigation ditch
dogfights from 12,000 to lS.OOOiumn of heavy black smoke.
feet up. the bombers crossed the At this moment the roar of
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flew inland.
From the balcony of my hotel
I counted six waves of 18 heavy
GREEK CRUISER
E
Submarine Stalks Ship in
Port bf Tinos Peace of
Balkans May Be Affected
By Ben Ames
U. P. Staff Correspondent
Athens, Aug. 15 (U.R The
Greek navy's personnel was ord
ered to report to ships immedi
ately tonight following the tor
pedoing and sinking of the mine
laying cruiser Helle, 2.115 tons,
as it lay flag-decked at anchor
off the port of Tinos this morn
ing.
Motorcycle couriers raced
through Athens streets recalling
navy men on leave as the gov
ernment maintained silence re
garding torpedoing of the ship
by an unidentified submarine.
Although there was no official
speculation as to the Identity of
the submarine, diplomats noted
increasing tension between Italy
and Greece and reports spread
that Italy was about to make
territorial demands on Greece in
behalf of herself and Albania.
Two Torpedoes Mist
The submarine, which fired
while submerged off the Agean
harbor of Tinos, sent one torpedo
crashing into the Helle, killing
one and wounding 29, while
two torpedoes missed the ship
and exploded against a quay
packed with pilgrims, many of
them children, celebrating the
festival of the Assumption, for
which the destroyed ship had
been decorated.
The sinking of the Helle was
regarded as an incident which
might affect the peace of the
Balkans, already at a crisis be
cause of Italian charges that
Greece had instigated the slay
ing of an Albanian patriot.
AGRICULTURE POST
dent Roosevelt to order 396.000
Washington, Aug. 15. IIP) national guardsmen and organ
Secretary of Agriculture Henry ized army reservists into active
A. Wallace, the democratic vice-' service was passed today by the
presidential nominee, handed . house.
President Roosevelt his letter The vote was 342 to 33.
of resignation from the cabinet
today during the course of an
hour luncneon conference.
The secretary said the letter
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pi t-siu t-u i imici.
German bomben In less than
three minutes.
This morning I saw three Ger
man planes shot down.
This afternoon a direct hit
from an anti-aircraft gun liter
ally blasted a fourth Messcr
schmitt out of the sky.
I had my field glasses trained
on him when a shell struck the !
plane fairly amidships. The
plane bounded almost 100 feet.
hpnk, in ,. ,h.n nune ini0
brk Aeoiu
tne sea. n column VI water
least 100 yards high shot up.
This was just outside my win
dow, so close that machine gun
bullets and spent fragments of
Jagged shrapnel were embedded
in the walls outside.
Two of the barrage ballons
I protecting the coast came down
in flames.
I saw a German plane throw
a three-second burst of machine
gun bullets into one of the bags.
, The balloon fell in five flaming
; muium i.,, u nmu mi ui;io warcn ior tne musing cmm.
sky. They sound like heavy Ger- tried unsuccessfully to revive
man bombers on their way him while a call was sent for the
i home. cit't rcsuscitator.
ATTAH IF -
Historic Conscription Debate Is Waged
The seldom photographed United States senate Is shown In action during debate on the Burke-Wadiworth compulsory mlliiar-f
training bill. When picture was mad Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (D-Mont) (white arrow) had the floor at ha talked against the
measure. Presiding wat Sen. Key Pittman (D-Nev) (on rostrum, extreme right) during absence from Washington of Vic Presi
dent Garner. In front of Pittman are executive clerkt and on slept of rostrum are page boys. Front row, (leit to right): Benatora
W. F. Austin (R-Vt.)i Frederick Hale (RMe.)j R. A. Taft (R-Ohlo)i W. H. White (R-Me.) Alexander Wiley (R-Wit.)i Majority Leader
Allen W. Berkley (D-Ky.)i (next man It court reporter)! W. F. George )D-Qa.) L. J. Frasier (R-ND)t Frederick van Nuyi (D-Ind.)
Second row (left to right): Morrlt Sheppard (D-Tex.)i Burton K. Wheeler (D-Mont.)i B. C. Clark (D-Mo.)t P. G. Gerry (D-RI)i M. M.
Neely (D-W. Va.)i Josh Lee (D-Okla.)t A. J. Ellender (D-li.)i W. J. Bulow (D SD). Third row (left to light)! Henry F. Aihurst (stand-,
lng. D-Arls.); Tom Connelly (D Tex.)i Prentiss Brown (hand to head, D-Mich.)! J. H. Overton (D-La.)t (next man is Overton's
clerk)) E. D. Thomas (D-Uiah). Last row (left to right)! Vic Dona hey (DOhlo)i Edward R. Burke (D-Neb.l, co-author of the bills
Joseph Guffey (far right. D-Pa.) Tom Stewart (extreme right. D-Tenn). Seated along wall at rear are members of the house of
representatives and clerks.
House
REFUSE TO LI
TO U. S.
Washington, Aug. 15 HP)
i legislation auinorizuiK r-rvi-
The bill, which would permit
! use of the reserves and guard In
Ithe western hemisphere, Amerl-
can possessions or Philippine
i islands, now noes back to the
(
..... , n tnr innsiHprnlinn nf
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i house amendments.
Passage came after the mem
bers had defeated. 210 to 110, an
i amendment by Rep. Miller (R-
Conn) to limit use of the reserv
ists to the continental United
States and its island possessions,
the Philippine islands, the Pan
ama Canal .one, and Alaska.
The measure would empower
the president, until June 30,
1942, to call up for a one-year
training period 227.000 national
guardsmen, 116.000 reserve offi
cers. 38.000 enlisted reserves.
.3.700 retired officers and 12,000
' retired enlisted men.
Guardsmen with dependents
would be permitted to resign
I within 20 days after they were
!rrirt in or-tiv. H,,iv r in
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"Ul'h a"owanCC fo' dTL""
Hpnl, 'at mav he nrf-rih1 hv
dents "as may be prescribed by
the president."
LITTLE BOY DROWNS
Grants Pass. Aug. 15 UPt
Lee Krottmger. 2. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence L. Krottinger
'Elmer Purvis. 11. one of five
j boys asked by Mrs. Krottinger
Approves Guard Call
Churchill Accused of Lying
During Parliamentary Squall
London, Aug. 15. (U.PJ Prime Minister Winston Churchill,
warning commons that the danger of invasion to Britain has
not passed, today met the severest parliamentary squall of his
premiership over hit anti-fifth column drive.
The fight centered on Churcn-i
Ill's refusal to give the house
detailed information on the
activities of a co-ordinating
agency against fifth column
activity which is headed by Lord
Swinton.
Before the row was over
Churchill had been accused by
one member of "lying and innu
endo" and a laborite member
had been challenged to a fight
by a fellow party member.
Churchill declined to answer
detailed questions about the
Swinton agency on grounds It
would prejudice the nation's de
fense. He heatedly told one critic,
Austin llopkinson, independent,
that he had obstructed Church
ill's pre-war defense efforts.
BASEBALL
National League
New York 1 8 3
Boston 12 18 2
Melton, Dean, Joiner and
Dunning. Odea; Posedcl, Sulliv
an and Berres, Masi.
Philadelphia 4
Brooklyn 2
Hlgbe and Warren;
Grlssom and Phelps.
9 0
5 4
Wyatt.
Cincinnati 0 5 0
Chicago 15 0
Derringer and Lombard!; Pas
seau and Todd.
American.
First game: R. H. E.
Washington 0 15 0
Philadelphia 4 14 2
Hudr-on and Ferrell; Caster
and Wogrer.
Boston ........... 11 14
V.u. Vnrlr t , 3
Hevlng and 'Foxx; Bonham,
rladley, Breuer, Murphy and
Dickey.
Chicago 4 10
r-l.t.l.nl 1 .
Lee and Treih; Milnar, Allen
and Hemsicy-
WILLKIE TAKES ME
FOR INDIANA HOME 10
Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug.
15 OP Wendell L. Willkie,
Republican presidential nomi
nee, departed by chartered air
plane at 1:24 p. m. (MST) today
for Indiana where he will make
hit acceptance address at Elm
wood Saturday.
Willkie arranged to address a
crowd at. the Kansas City air
port (about 2:35 p. m. PST) dur
ing a brief stop. His chartered
plane waa scheduled to arrive
in Indianapollt at about fl p. m.
' (PST) tonight, and he then will
I' motor to Rushville. Ind., the
1 home town of Mrs. Willkie.
The acceptance address which
Willkie will deliver Saturday at
his own home town, probably
will cover the general range of
campaign Issues, as well at con
scription. He gave the address a
last minute going over yesterday
and tent it to the printer.
On the eve of his departure
from his vacation hotel, Willkie
renewed hit demand that the
Democratic national committee
return fundi paid for advertis
ing in party campaign books and
suggested creation of "an impar
tial board", to enforce election
laws.
STAGES TO OPERATE
, ON WILLAMETTE ROUTE
Salem, Aug. 15. IIP) Pacific
Greyhound stages received per
I mission
from Public Utilities
Commissioner Ormond R. Bean
today to operate over the new
Willamette highway between
1 1 Goshen and Klamath Falls. The
1 ! service will reduce the distance
: between Portland and Klamath
'Falla by 38 miles.
J9AB
In Senate
FIRE IN THEATER
Tl
last night ravaged storage rooms
and costuming departments In
the civic Elizabethan theater In
Ashland, destroying the majority
of costumes for male playera
and caused extensive smoke)
damage to the remainder of the
raiment. Despite the sevciet
loss, production heads definitely
declared this morning that "tha
show will go on," and are mak
ing preparations to garb player
In all available makeshift at
tire for tonight's show.
The blaze was discovered
around 12 o'clock last night by
two small boyt who were pass
ing through the park and saw
the flare through an open win
dow. They Immediately called
the fire department which ex
tlngulshed the blaze before it
could spread to the front of tha
stage.
82.000 Damage.
Damage wat estimated at an
proximately $2,000. The blaza
started In the men's dressing;
room on the west side of tha
rear state. Inves'.igatort this
morning declared that either at
amouldeiing, forgotten cigaretta
or a short In the wiring could
be responsible. William David
(Continued on Pace Thraa.)
WINDSORS SET SAIL
FOR BAHAMA HOME
Hamilton, Bermuda. Aug, 15.
IIP) The Duke and Duchess of
Windsor sailed away from Ber
muda today on the last leg of
their journey to the Bahamas.
The Duke arrived here
week ago with his American
born Duchess enroute to Nassau
to take over his post as governor
of the Bahamas. They crossed
the Atlantic from Lisbon, Por-
i tugal. aboard the U.
'Excalibur.
S. liner