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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1'
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By JOSEPH ALSOP. and
ROBERT KINTNER
Released by the
North American Newspaper
Alliance. Inc.
Washington, Aug. 0. Am
bassador to France William C.
Bullitt, acting as unofficial gov
ernor of Paris during the" days
between the flight of the French
government and the arrival of
the Germans, arranged the
peaceful occupation of the city
with the German high com
mand. While the city waited for
its conquerors, a mere shell,
with every man and woman
gone who could find the means
to go. Bullitt conducted the ne
gotiations through the American
legation in Berne.
Under the arrangement sug
gested by Bullitt and accepted
by the Germans, contact be
tween himself and the German
general staff was to be estab
lished when the first German
advance detachment reached the
outskirts of the city
There .
members of the Paris police,
force, then under Bullitt's or-1
aers, woum De awaiting tne
Germans. It was a simple and
sensible scheme, which a strange
accident nearly sent insanely
wrong.
For Hitler had personally su
pervised the plans for occupy
ing Paris, delighting In every In
stant of his triumph, and he had
given the honor of commanding
the first advance detachment to
a colonel in the German army
who was one of the old-time
nazis and his close friend. The
colonel and his little troop of
men presented themselves at the
Porte De Pantin, in the suburbs.
A Paris policeman was duly dis
covered, and Bullitt's plan was
Just about to be carried out on
schedule, when the accident
happened. A nameless French
soldier, strayed or left behind
because he was wounded, was
lodged in a building overlook
ing the Pantin Gate. He saw the
German officer, realized what
the parley in the gate must
mean, and grimly seized hi rifle
and shot the German down.
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LIGHT RAIN ENDS
Portland, Aug. 20-(P-Llght
rain nnri tpmncrnturpa niiltpd
down to autumn crispness vir -
tually eliminated the forest and ! Roosevelt wa ready "Natural
brush fire menace in the Port-I1 hf added "no transfer of
land area today.
The city and county maintain
ed mop-up crews but the 3,000
acre West Hills brush fire, re
sponsible for the destruction of
eight homes, was controlled
About 150 CCC fire fighters I States) . . . will be served there
were withdrawn from the Wash-jby." ' Churchill,
ington county side of , the blaze. No p"e Terms Yet
Other brush fires, one nearl Churchill declined to specu
the Oregon side of the interstate j late about what terms Britain,
bridge across the Columbia should she win, would demand
river, were checked. "to spare mankind the miseries
Generally fair weather, mod -
erate temperatures and fog onl
the coast and in the northwest
portion were forecast for tonight
and Wednesday.
SIDE GLANCES
br
TRIEUNE REPORTERS
Irene Stedman looking fresh
and pretty after a hot, dusty
day in the country.
Harriet Watson trying without
much success to avoid an exces- I LI IULL I Wl 1 MIIUJI
sive amount of bridge playing
during her Medford holiday.
. Washineton. Aug. 20.
Isabel Neff liking the current SenBtor McNary (R-Ore.) has re
Craterian picture well enough to; IJJured rjonaid Robinson, presi
dium for another helping. many;den, of ,he rendleU)n ctlmber
others being of a like mind, so . thlt war depart-
superbly acted Is the film piece. ment otUeia-a wlll iurvey the
Marjorie Kellv telling lntcr- Pendleton area as the possible
esting tales of a ten thousand site of an aviation depot,
acre wheat ranch where she "va- Robinson telegraohed the
rationed ' bv rising at 5 a m. to senator describing Pendleton s
help with the day s chorea. i strategic location-
CHURCHILL URGES !
SPEEDY DELIVERY
AGED DESTROYERS
British -American Union Is
Hinted Bar Food to Hit
ler Conquered Lands
Air Parity Near.
London, Aug. 20. OPi
Lord Halifax. British foreign
minister, disclosed in the house
of lords tonight that an
agreement "in principle" had
already been reached with the
United States government on
the leasing of British western
hemisphere air and naval
bases.
.'Br the Associated Press
London, Aug. 20. (IP) Britain-
has decided to offer the
United States 99-year leases on
air and naval defense bases in
her western hemisphere posses
sions, Winston Churchill told,
the house of commons today.
In his eighth war statement,
one filled with cold confidence.
the prime minister declared
Britain had decided to offer
these "suitable sites" to the
United States in Newfoundland
an(j the West Indies, and was
not asking for any advantage
in return,
However, he did appeal for
'timely reinforcement" of Brit
ain's navy from the United
States a reference to some 30
over age American destroyers
which Britain wants to buy.
Speaking of the proposed
naval leases, Churchill said:
"Undoubtedly this process
means that these two great or
ganizations of the English
speaking democracies, the Brit
ish empire and the United
States, will have to be some
what mixed up together in some
of their affairs for mutual and ,
general advantage.
No Misgivings
"For my own part, looking
out upon the future, I do not
view the process with any mis
givings. "I could not stop it If I wish
ed. No one can stop it. Like
the Mississippi it Just keeps roll
ing along. Let it roll. Let It
roll, full flood, inexorable, Irre
sistible, benignant, to broader
lands and better days."
Cheers greeted this passage.
As Churchill spoke, three
great waves of German planes
thundered across the channel
into southeast England and
dropped their bombs, then roar
ed back to France.
Of the proffer of defense
bases to America, Churchill as-
' rted Britain was ready to open
1 men'
whenever
President
sovereignty is involved. A sinr
ilar statement was made in the
house of lords by Viscount
Caldecote, dominions secretary.
"We feel sure our interest
no less than their (the United
i of a third world war,
"We are still toiling up the
hill," he declared, "we have not
yet reached the crestline."
I Churchill said the defection
of France n a a conirmuiea
greatly to Britain's inability to
defend her African protectorate
of Somaliland, now in Italian
hands, but, he explained, even
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The German government has washed Its hands of responsibility
for the safely of the U. S. ship American Legion (above) carrying
Americans home from Peisamo. Finland. The announcement was
correlated with a formal declaration of a "total blockade" of the
British Isles. .
Washington,, Aug. 20. OI.M Official lodey welted anx
iously for reports that the U. 8. army transport American
Legion, with 897 war refugees aboard, had safelr cleared the
danger tone of European waters.
Two continents watched the progress of the homeward
bound vessel, knowing that lis fate might Influence vitally
the future course of the United States toward the war now
In progress In Europe. '
The German embassy. In statement Issued around 3:00
p. m. c.S.T. yesterday, estimated
danger'
for the next 12 hours.
however. Indicated the ship
late this afternoon.
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Washington, Aug. 20. (IP)
A senate investigation to deter
mine if officials have received
special privileges in acquiring
prized postage stamps has been
asked by Senator Danaher (R
Conn.) Danaher asserted In the sen
ate yesterday that Secretary
Ickes stood to make a "profit"
of $187,417.50 on 150 imperfor
ate stamps which he bought for
$82.50.
He read what he said was a
copy of a letter from Ickes to
Harry W. Chase, chancellor of
New York University, In which
Ickes offered imperforate,
gummed stamps of a series Is
sued In commemoration of the
! national park service to Chase
for sale at a charity auction.
ine letter quoted Ickes as
saying that originally he had ob-
j J"d 20 of the issue. Dana
her said that similar stamps, not
gummed, had been sold pub
licly, but he contended that the
stamps held by Ickes were valu
able because they were gummed
Driver Fined
James H. Cummings, IB. of
the Midway road, was fined tl
and $4.50 costs by Justice of
the Peace William R. Coleman
this afternoon. H e pleaded
guilty to a state police charge
of operating a pickup truck
without a red tail light yester
day. Child Refugees
London. Aug. 20. Pi Geof
frey H. Shakespeare, dominions
Under-Secretary,
told the hou
of commons today that the gov
ernment has approved applica
tions for the transportation of
19.373 children overseas to es
cape the dangers of war.
Boslon Wool Dull
Boston, Aug. 20. (AP-U.S.D.
A.) The Boston wool market
was extremely dull today.
Danger Zone
the vessel would be tn grave
Unofficial computations.
mar be In the danger area until
BASEBALL
National League
R.
H. E.
(1st game)
Brooklyn .. 0 1
St. Louis 3 6 0
Grissom and Mancuso; Shoun
and Owen.
Boston 3 13 2
Pittsburgh 0 IS 2
Salvo and Berres; Lanahan
and Davis.
Philadelphia 0 3 1
Chicago 4 8 1
Mulcahy, Frye and Warren;
Passau and Todd.
New York
Cincinnati 3 7 0
Lohrman and D a n n I n g
Thompson and Lombard!.
American League
(First game)
R. H. E.
Chicago 8 7 0
Philadelphia 13 5
Smith and Tresh; Ross and F.
Hayes.
Cleveland 11 18 0
Boston 6 12 0
Feller. Allen, and Hemsley,
Pytlak; Wilson, Dickman, Hash,
and Foxx.
(Second game, 10 Innings)
Chicago 3 8 2
Philadelphia 4 11 1
Lee and Turner; Potter, Heus
ser and F. Hayes.
(Second game)
Detroit 2 8 0
New Yor 4 8 1
Trout, McKain and Sullivan;
Bonham and Rosar, Dickey.
, St. Louis 0 10
1
1
Washington .. 3 8
Auker and Swift, Suwe; Hud
ton and Ferrcll.
Detroit Blase Controlled
Eugene, Aug. 20. (IP) Under
control today was a forest fire
; which blackened 150 acres near
Detroit tn the
tional forest.
Willamette na-
Army Engineers Coming
Portland. Aug. 20. P The
army engineers' rivers and har-
bors board, headed by Brigadier
General Thomas M. Robins, will
inspect major projects tn Ore -
Igon next week.
NAZI NAVAL BASE
AT KIEL
SUNK
Boulogne Blasted As British
Take Offensive Ger
mans Resume Raids.
London, Aug. 20. The
VUlacoublay airdrome on the
outskirts of Paris was bombed
in the course of widespread Brit
ish air raiding operations over
Germany and France last night,
the air ministry announced to
night.
London. Aug. 20. UP) RAF
bombers last night attacked the
German naval base at Kiel andDatP
30 airdromes In Germany and
In enemy occupied territory
while in daylight raids yester
day an airdrome at Flushing and
an anti-aircraft position near
Amsterdam were bombed, the
air ministry announced tonight.
Three British planes did not
return.
By the Associated Press
London, Aug. 20. Bombing
of two German transport at
Haugesund, one of the nearest
Norwegian ports to Britain, was
reported by the admiralty today
as widespread Nazi raids ended
another lull in Germany's air
siege and British fliers answered
blow for blow.
Haugesund it on a stretch of
Norwegian coast between Ber
gen and Stavanger, which might
serve as a base for a sea-borne
Nazi Invasion against which Brit
ain is making constant prepara
tions. This, following a night of air
raids over a wide British area
including England, Wales and
Scotland, apparently meant the
end of the second breathing spell
from the attacks of massed Ger
man bombers. Most of the night
forays, however, were by lone
raiders,
The air ministry admitted
there had been some damage
and casualties. Including deaths.
but declared most of the bombs
fell harmlessly in rural areas.
Besides the attack in Norway,
British bomber also carried the
war to Germany and German-
held France, particularly against
Boulogne, French channel port,
which was raided for the third
time in 48 hours.
The sinking of an unidenti
fied 3.000-ton freighter bound
to the Americas with British
war refugees, some of them en
route to the United States, was
disclosed in Dublin. Two tor
pedoes struck the ship and seven
persons aboard were killed, sur
vivors said.
ROOSEVELT TELLS
El
Hyde Park, N. Y.. Aug. 20.
(JP) President Roosevelt today
named Roy Howard, editor of
the New York World-Telegram,
as the one private Individual
he had mentioned anonymously
in his acceptance speech as hav
ing turned down a bid to help
on the defense program.
The World-Telegram Is a
member newspaper of the
Scripps-Howard chain, of which
Howard la chairman of the exe
cutive committee.
A series of questions brought
out Howard's name.
Salem Rejects Plan
Salem, Aug. 20. (IP) The
Salem city council last night
failed to take a stand on the
proposal that the city buy its
own electric system, the council
filing without comment its spec
ial power committee'! report
that the subject be studied by
technical counsel.
Shasta Firebugs Active
Sacramento, Aug. 20. OP)
The division of forestry started
an Investigation today of six
Shasta county Incendiary fires,
one of which still burned out of
control.
Atlanta, Aug. 20. (IP)-Tot
the first time in Georgia his
tory, communists seeking pub
lic office will be barred In the
November general election from
1 having their names placed on
'the ballot.
WILLKIE AMAZED
BY F!
OF ICKES SPEECH
Nominee to Keep On Seeking
'Face to Face' Debate
Charges Branded False
Rushvllle. Ind., Aug. 20. (IP)
Viewing Secretary Ickes" re
ply to his acceptance speech as
a presidential refusal to meet
him In joint debate. Wendell L.
Wlllkie gave this statement to
reporters today:
"Lincoln did not think It was
unworthy or undignified to de-
and neither did Daniel
Welster.
"I am going to keep on ask
ing for the debate, boys."
The Republican presidential
nominee, who on Saturday chal
lenged President Roosevelt to a
series of "face to face" platform
arguments, listened by radio last
night to Ickes' address accusing
him of "unpatriotic demagogue
ery- ,nt "unpardonable refer-
ences to the chief executive.
Not Worth Answering
Hastily calling a secretary, be
dictated a statement to Joe Mar
tin, Republican chairman, say
ing "I am not surprised that
Ickes would stoop to such levels,
but I am astonished the presi
dent of the United States would
authorize such a speech.'
Washington, Aug. 20 (IPs
Secretary Ickes, calling Wendell
Willkie's criticism of President
Roosevelt's handling of foreign
affairs "ill-considered and dem
agogic," has termed the Repub
lican party "the party of ap
peasement." In a radio address described
as a reply to the Republican
presidential nominee'a accep
tance speech, the Interior secre
tary last night asserted:
"The Republican party In
1940 contains the equivclent of
fngland's and France's pro-nail
Munich appeasers of 1936 the
men with the black umrirellas."
Ickes said that Willkie was a
member of Tammany Hall and
indicated thnt he considered
him an admirer of the late Sam
uel Ins'ill, utilities operator.
Both statements were promptly
termed "plain and simple false
hoods," by Willkie in a state
ment at Rushville, Ind.. last
night.
Willkie wired Chairman Jo
seph Martin of the Republican
national committee to "waste no
money In buying radio time to
answer Ickes. It is unworthy of
answer." (It had been planned
to have Senator Bridges IR-N.H.)
make a reply.)
Tammany "Smear"
Wlllki?, Ickes said, had Joined
Tammany Hall In 1930. "fought
In its ranks" and " has not re
signed to this day."
Ickes also claimed that Will
kie had once praised Insull as
a "forceful, dynamic and attrac
tive figure." while thousands of
others "execrate Insull ai the
man who ruined them "
"The statement of Mr. Ickes
that I am or ever was a member
of Tammany Hall." Willkie said,
"and his implication tnat I ever
approved of the activities of
Samuel Insull. or that I have
any business connections of any
kind today are plain and simple
falsehood-!."
Attack Bitter
In his attack on the Republi
can party, Ickes said:
"Mr. Willkie's current party
contains the men who think that
they can appease Hitler by mak
ing a deal the big business men
who were caught conferring In
secret with a notorious nasi
agent, Dr. Westrick.
Mr. Willkie's current party
Includes the men who think that
big business should be allowed
to capitallM a grave national
crisis for its own private profit;
that, somehow or other, the
country will muddle through If
only the party of big business
and appeasement Is given an ex
clusive right to handlo the de
fense program.
"What has Mr. Willkie's cur
rent party to offer America but
more Munlchs, more appease
ment abroad, and more defeat
ism and reaction at home?"
Royal Hardship
London, Aug. 20.
Because of the war. Princess
Margaret Rose will have only
a plain sponge cake for her
tenth biithday anniversary
tomorrow.
Sugar rationing does not
provide for the icing.
AIRPORT PROJECT
WILL START SOON,
GRIFFITHJTATES
$120,000 Defense Improve
ment Job to Be Done in
Six Months, City Is Told
Work on the Medford munic
ipal airport (120,000 WPA im
provement project will be start
ed In a few days and will be
completed In six months with
a maximum of 129 to 130 men
employed, It was stated today
by E. J. Griffith, atata admin
istrator of the works projects
administration with headquar
ters in Portland.
On a tour of western counties
to talk over projects with spon
soring agencies, Mr. Griffith left
here for the north today after
conferring with Fred W. Schef-
fel, city superintendent, H. V.
Merrill, director of WPA oper
ations in this district, who will
be supervising engineer for the
works project administration
on the , airport Job, Mayor C.
C. Furnas and city councilman
and Glenn L. Jackson, president
of the Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. Griffith
Inspected the airport yesterday
afternoon.
The Medford Improvement
plan is the first WPA defense i
project In Oregon, Mr. Griffith
said, and added that there would
be no delay in getting the work
started. Ha stated that approval
by the war department as a
defense measure expedited the
project.
The project ta lor paving wie
main 4,000-foot runway, gravel
ing of an additional 1,400 leet
of the runway, widening tne
runway 100 feet and Installing
flush type runway lights, ine
additional runway width la to
be graveled.
As Improved, the airport wlll
be able to accommodate the
largest planes for a long time
to come, Mr. Griffith declared.
Lunching yesterday with the
city council. Mr. Griffith said
that approval of the project
was the "culmination of a long
and persistent effort by the peo
ple of this community to pro
cure federal aid to help pay
the material costs for the exten
sion of the airport.
"This was not something that
developed over night," Mr.
Griffith continued. "It repre
sents long, patient work. This
annlira to the cltv government.
the chamber of commerce and
citizens generally who have
been behind the airport Im
provement program.
SENATE HEARS OF
PLANE
Washington, Aug. 20. (IP)
Senator Reynold (DN.C.) told
the senate today he had "heard
that in 28 days at Langley field
there were 28 airplane accident
all caused by defective landing
sears" and "there must have
been some sabotage there."
In addition to thl report on
the big air base in Virginia. Rey
nolds said also that "I've heard
that there is lot of Sabotage
taking place In the airplane fac
tories of southern canrornia.
The senator alto told the sen
ate of reports "that acid was
placed In bolt holes" cn some
recent heavy gun emplacement
so that these gun would be dis
lodged when fired.
"W must guard ourselves
from within as well as from
without, ' Reynold wild and
then referred to Harry Bridge,
alien labor leader, a "Ameri
ca's enemy number on." He
urged speedy senate action on
house-approved legislation to
deport Bridge.
CHALLENGE F. D. I
DEBATE WITH HIM
Let . Experts Inspect De
fenses, While President
Discusses Issues, Plan.
THE PRESIDENT DECLINES
Hyde Park, N. Y.. Aug. 10
(IP) President Roosevelt turn
ed down Wendell L. Willkie's
challenge to debate campaign
Issues today, asserting at
press conference that ihlnga
were In such a shape this yea
that he could not campaign.
Willkie Issued the chal
lenge In a speech last Satur
day In which he formally ac
cepted the Republican presi
dential nomination
Asked when he would "start
the debates with Willkie." Mr.
Roosevelt recalled his own ac
ceptance speech.
He said ho had told the nub
ile and the Democratic con
vention that, whether he liked
It er not, he happened to be
the president of 130.000.000
people, and that things were
in such shape this year that it
was. of course, perfectly ob
vious that he could not do anr
political campaigning.
Rushvllle, Ind., Aug. 20. UJ0 '
Republican presidential nom
inee Wendell L. Willkie renew
ed his public debate challenge
to President Roosevelt late to
day, suggesting that Mr. Roose
velt let defense expert Inspect
defense work and that the
chief executive make his own
contribution to democracy by
discussing the vital Issues of tha
campaign.
Informed of Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park, N. Y., pres con
ference statement that he could
not accept Willkie's challenge,
the Republican presidential
nominee issued the following
statement:
"I would suggest that tha
president name experts who
understand the building of da
fense works to make Inspection
trip with regard to such de
fense work and that the presi
dent devote such time as ha
now uses for that purpose to
making democracy work by dis
cussing the Issues in which tha
American people are very much
Interested.
"It Is true that Franklin D.
Roosevelt Is president of tha
United States. It is equally true
that he Is running for a third
term for president of the United
States. . . . The democratic pro
cess baslcly rests upon discus
sion and any man who seek
the office of president of tha
United State not alone should
be willing to but Is under an
obligation to publicly discus
the questions before the Amer
ican people."
War Bulletins
Dublin. Aug. 20 P
Ireland' department of de
fense announced tonight that
a Carmen plane hed crashed
near Cloghane. county Kerry,
and that its crew of sis had
been captured.
Rome, Aug. 20 AP via
Radio) Italian bomber form
ation accompanied by fight
ing plane bombed the Brit
ish naval base of Malta today,
the Italian radio reported.
Athens. Aug. 20. (tf In
formed sources said today a
two-member Greek trade con
mission would leave for Ber
lin August 23 to iron out de
tails of a recently signed German-Greek
trade agreement,
Cairo. Egypt. Aug. JO
Royal Air Force bombard
tnenls of Derne, western Lib
yan port, and Italian air bate
and gasoline retervet la Africa
were reported lodsy by the
Royal Air Force command
hero.
Dictator's Rule
Trondhelm, Norway, Aug. 20,
fPh-The death penalty, abol
ished in Norway 83 year ago,
returned to this German-occupied
country today with the ex
ecution of Carlo Santl, 33-year
old Norwegian citizen of Ital
ian parentage.