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Ail Mr DIAL 2141 for Southarn Oregon' Laading Nawipapar The MAIL TRIBUNE TT CalUCl er Butau report Inside. Forecast ralr tonight and Thurtdar. Utile change In temperature. Temperature lllgheat etrrda.r s Medford l.on( this morning.. -.so Full Associated Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, No. 130. in MM Wis jmmJ&j r x ttd tttvtt? j? Full UnlUd Pru can Wmm MMm. i i . V THE CAPITAL PARADE Bf JOSEPH ALSOP. and ROBERT KINTNER Ralaaiad by lha Nerib American Nawipapar Alliance. Inc. Washington, Aug. 21. Wil liam C. Bullitt'i speech before the American Philosophical so ciety at Philadelphia was no blundering indiscretion in the manner of James H. R. Crom well or John Cudahy. It was not only passed by the state depart ment, as was reported at the time; it was also discussed at length with the president, both in the early and final stages of composition, and was approved In detail by him. It must be taken, therefore, as an exact expression of the president's own views. Regarded In this light, the Bullitt speech la unquestionably the most significant utterance on foreign af fslra to come from any administra tion source. Including the president himself, since the outbreak of the second world war. For Bullitt did not speak In the broad generalltlea and careful Indi rections which have chsracterlzed aueh presidential utterances aa the meaesge requesting repeal of the arms embargo. He painted In the most lively and moving colors the tragic picture of the fall of France. He grimly told hla countrymen that the asma patter of eventa might be repeated her In the United States. He urgently pleaded thst destroyers and other forms of aid might be made immediately available to Eng land. And ha sharply warned that If England fell, the danger of German aggression against the United states would be Immediate and terrible. "America la In danger." be said. "It la my conviction, drawn from ray own experience and from the Information In the hands of our government In Wsshlngton. that the United States Is In as great peril today aa Francs waa a year ago. And I believe that unless wa act (Continued on Page Slz.l Washington, Aug. 21 (IP) The state department said today the refugee ship American Le gion was about 400 miles west of the British coast line and thus .u nut nt th arm which Ger many had described as highly dangerous. Washington, Aug. 21 (IP) A congressional investigation of why the refugee ship American Legion was sent through a mined area despite German warning has been suggested by Senator Bone (D-Wash). Bone told the senate yester day that "either President Roosevelt or someone In the state department" had refused to order a change in the ship's course and thereby risked an in cident which "might have pre cipitated this country into war In a week." Zehruna Indicted Portland, Aug. 21. HP) The grand Jury returned two forgery indictments yesterday against Edgar Zehrung, 38. former secretary-treasurer of the Port land postal employes' credit union. SIDE GLANCES br TRILUNE REPORTERS Helen Thompson doing a first class Job of reporting while playing scribe at a function. Lucille Wright. Sarah Fraree and Dorothy Lee being very cor dial to a caller but not much hlp to the caller's aim in calling- Marjorie Kelly and Eileen DriRKi pulling off what their victim Judged the most stunning practical Joke of all time. Helen Dugan sniffling from a cold and Insisting she did not catch it while horseback riding in the moonlight SCATTERED SOLO T Gibraltar Attacked Twice From Sky English Mid lands Plants Hit. London. Aug. 21. (IP) Ger many's airforce blanketed Eng land with scattered solo raids today, striking its heaviest blows in the southeast, where one coast resort was bombed twice in the early afternoon. . Three Nazi bombers were shot down by British fighters, and a fourth was believed to have plunged into the English channel. Almost constant patrols of Snitfirre and Hurricanes were kept in the air as reports indi cated a change in uerman tac tics from mass raids to scattered "sneak-in" attacks by individual bombers. T pro tnriav a lone raider at tacked a town In the southwest and dropped a bomb which des troyed a house, causing three casualties, including cne fatal ity. In a doe f ght over the town the Junker 88 waa brought down by a British fighter. The bomb crew of five was klliea. Hit-Run Tactics The heaviest of these attacks. which the British said were mo riollpH nn "hit and run" tactics. was concentrated on the south east coast, but numbor of single raiders also were reported over lh miHIanils. the Welsh coast al areas and northeast England. The greatest damage was re norterl from the industrial mid lands, where several bombs hit a thickly-populated residential nnrl shnnninff area, killing one woman and fnjuring several others. In other sections German bombers did little damage, first reports indicated. The growing radius of British bombing attacks on Germany and German-occupied territory. coupled with mminisning nazi aerial activity, was hailed in London as an indication that the initiative has been taken away from the German air force by RAF victories over massed at tacking methods. There was virtually no Ger man air activity over England between midnight and dawn. Five bombs were dropped on South Wales towns this morn ing. The damage and the num ber of casualties were not learned. Several planes took part in the raid. Children Killed Children were among the dead and injured in a midlands raid. Rescue squads searched the wreckage of four houses, almost completely destroyed, for fur ther victims. Gibraltar. Aug. 21. '" Britain's great fortress of Gi braltar was raided twice today by enemy planes. Bombs started a small fire which was brought quickly under control, a com munique said. "During the night enemy air craft bombed Gibraltar twice." the communique declared. "In I ih firrt raid, bombs dropped in the sea, but an aircraft was brought down in the sea off Eu ropa Point. in the second raid bombs dropped on the rock, causing a .n fir which was auickly brought under control. There was slight damage ana no cas ualties." Bombs have been dropped on Gibraltar four times since the start of the war a year ago. ine last raid was July 26. By the Associated Press Berlin. Aug. 21. The Ger man hlrfh command reported widespread damage done to air dromes, harbors and industries In southern and middle England in a scries of night laids, but sent only scattered rl make "arried reconnaissance" and photographic flights across the channel in daylight opera tions today. The nur.ber of day flights .,.u brmtf of the unfav orable weather, said DNB, of- ficial news agency. Lead Senate Attack On Bullitt (j' a-X K ) t J An attack in the senate at Washington on lha address of Am bassador William C. Bullitt, predicting a German attack on the United Slates if Great Britain is defeated was led by Senator D. Worth Clark (right) (D-Ida.) who termed it "very, very little short of treason." Joining the debate. Senator Bennett Champ Clark (left) (D-Mo.) said thai "if Ambassador Bullitt did succeed in getting up a war he would find a safe place to hide during its progress." OF AX ASSAULT ICAN HOME Exiled Bolsheviki Leader Near Death Assailant Posed As Friend. (By the Associated Press) Mexico City, Aug. 21. Leon Trotsky, exiled "Napoleon of the Bolsheviks" who fled to a haven in Mexico, was near death today victim of a pickax attack by a man who posed as his "great admirer." Surgeons said Trotsky's con dition was "very grave." The one-time Russian war minister had a wound in the skull which exposed his brain , lUTl"lrr UB. u 5kuii. 1 wo oilier diqwb irum me ax injured his right shoulder and his right hip. Surgeons operated on Trotsky last night, a few hours after he was set upon in the office of his home in nearby Coyoacan. challenge by saying conditions ..'.."'." T..'made it obvious he could not hands of a pickax assailant In his Mexican retreat yesterday, was reported "very low" today in a telephoned report from his secretary. The ax-wielder, who had posed as a friend, described himself to Mexican police as Jacques Mor- tan Vandendreischd. 36, a native , D.,. 1 n.i( ?.,M, iZ ri,w H subject the reury reported Rivera. Mexican muralist and former Intimate of Trotsky, at-1 tributed the attack to the Stalin Hitler front." 'tools of SUSPECT MURDER IN EUGENE DEATH Eugene. Aug. 21. (TW Mur der was suspected by local of ficers today when an autopsy revealed that Hugh M. O'Brien, 57, local furniture store dealer found hanging by a rope In the I basement of his store yesterday. died from a blow on the head or strangulation. Whether or not suicide note, now being studied, was forged will give final Indica - tion of whether or not he took his own 111 or met with foul Dlav. TO DEBATE FDR. ON DEFENSE TRIP Criticizes Preparedness Pro gress to Date His Plan WOUld Not 'Waste Time' i Rushville, Ind., Aug. 21. P) Criticizing the administration defense program as "hopelessly Inadequate, delayed, and improp erly organized," Wendell L. Will- kie suggested today that he and President Roosevelt debate the issue during one of the chief executive's visits to prepared ness projects. "Mr. Roosevelt should tell us how much (military equipment) is on hand, and how much on order," the Republican presi- dential nominee said in a state- ment. Willkie's proposal followed a renewal of his invitation that his Democratic opponent meet him in "public discussion" on all campaign questions. The renewal was made at a press conference .. . r . r, 1 . campaign. Then Willkie Issued the state ment about defense as a supple ment to his remarks to reporters. A debate during a prepared ness inspection trip, the nom inee declared, "won't waste" any P"'1 Jo.nn h. m,k . He vIXy !?Ui wm-' ing a speech anyway," Willkie dJed. it would Just give me , of making , phe same time and, cuum v.,.:.. Willkie plans to leave tonight or tomorrow for a week-end trip to New York. The nominee had a quiet morning and afternoon yester day, but appeared unexpectedly at a Joint dinner of the Rushville four, refused 23 and granted sailed in commons today by Rotary and Kiwanis clubs. four today. Goeffrey Mander, liberal mem He announced receipt of more' Iber of parliament, as "grossly than hundred messages sug- gesting that he put Secretary Ickes on his payroll. The reason, he said, was that the cabinet member's nrjDosition radio nrh "was an helnful" In Re- publicans. Auto Bales Increase Detroit. Aug. 21 Ol'i The Automobile Manufacturers' asso ciation estimated today that re- ! tail sales of passenger cars and trucks during the first seven ' months of 1940 numbered 2 524 841 units, an increase of 28 3 per cent over the comparable i oerind last t ear. REPORT MASSING ITALIAN TROOPS ON GREEKBORDER Greece Also Girds Fascist. Press Stirs War Fever in Row Over Albania.. (By the Associated Press) Belgrade. Yugoslavia, Aug. 21 Italian troops were reported massing along Greece's western frontier today as the Greek gov ernment, belabored by the fas cist press for alleged mistreat ment of Albanian minorities, strengthened its defenses by placing more reserves under arms. The call to the colors was the third issued in a week of grow ing tension in relations with Italy. Premier General John Mctax as conferred at length last night with King George II, but no explanation for the sudden in crease in the nation's armed forces was given and official cir cles declined to comment on the reports of Italian troop concen trations. "Reports abroad can neither be confirmed nor denied," a spokesman said. Usually well-informed sources here, however, said they had In formation that Italy was mass ing considerable numbers of troops, including at least one armored division, in Albania opposite the Greek border, Tfce fascist press has been hinting strong' that Italy would make territorial demands on ' Greece for the Ciamuria frontier region on the ground it is right fully part of Albania, which Italy annexed in 1639 after her Good Friday invasion. Athens, Greece, Aug. 21 (IP) The Greek army cancelled all leaves for officers and men tO- rlnu nnrl n runnn.ihl. .1 man said "we will not be caught by surprise if Greece should be invaded." In the third move to strength en the army within a week, the government called to arms sev eral thousand men of a number of military classes. Greece's precautions have been taken amid growing ten sion with Italy precipitated by Italian charges Greece was re sponsible for the assassination of Daut Hoggia, an Albanian. Greece has denied any responsi bility. LI London, Aug. 21 flJ.P) Total German air losses since mass aerial attacks began on Great Britain two weeks ago probably are more than double the 710 listed in official communiques published, Archibald Sinclair, minister of air, told the house of commons today. Sinclair told the house that Britain! communiques were based solely on German planes "certainly destroyed", that is, actually seen to hit the ground, break into pieces in the air, or descend in flames. There are strict Instructions to pilots to exercise the greatest aiacreiion in reporting enemy lussrB ma nicy icno iq err on the side of underestimation," Sinclair said. Portland, Aug. 21. tJPi The state liauor control commission! revoked one license, suspended I I Nice Summer Newt Washington, Aug. 21. (A) In 40-dcgree below tempera ture, the staff of the United States Antarctic service cele brated today the approaching end of the four-monttvlong winter night. . Dr. Paul A. Siple, west base leader, radioed that the sun was expected to show Itself fittingly at noon today. How ever, for several weeks, the 'in will be visible only for a shr.rt time- rtailv. I h. -toff n ihm 1lr,lfl! BRITAIN SEEKING ARMS PACT WITH AMERICA BELIEF Alliance Would Embrace De fense of Canada, Says Un official Source. (By Drew Middleton) London, Aug. 21. (IP) Unof ficial but well-informed sources indicated today that the British government Is seeking a mili tary alliance with the United States. Canadian American discus sions on mutual defense are considered n these quarters to be the opening wedge in a British efort to obtain a full military accord between the United States and Britain. As envisaged now, such an alliance would embrace the de fense of Canada and other Brit ish possessions in the western hemisphere and, perhaps even more important, "would form the basis for common diplomacy in the far east at the conclusion of the European conflict," as one informant put it. "The plain truth of the mat ter," said a neutral diplomat. is that neither Great Britain nor the United States has a powerful friend left anywhere else in the world. It behooves them to get together and make the best of the sorry situation." Official sources were reluc tant to comment on the talks between President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, which resulted in a decision to estab lish a Joint defense board, but satisfaction was evident. There were reports here that the conversations progressed to the hypothetical naval defense of Canada and the United States in the event the British fleet were lost and aerial defense not only on the seaboard but from United States bases on the Pa cific such as Sitka and northern Alaska. GAS SOLD JAPAN Houston, Aug. 21. P) The Chronicle today said "the Hous ton oil Industry buzzed with reports that two British-controlled companies were selling to Japan petroleum products recently embargoed by the United States." The Chronicle said one exec utive asserted, "When the Unit ed States stopped American oil companies from shipping avia tion gasoline and other products to Japan, these two interna tional oil companies, one con trolled directly by the British government, stepped In and began supplying the Japanese market. "Apparently," the Chronicle quoting him anonymously, "this is part of England's appease ment policy toward Japan." The Chronicle said "he termed the situation 'a screwy one.' with the two British-! controlled companies supplying Japan, axis partner of Germany, with oil." London, Aug. 21. (P Sale of British oil to Japan and the closing of the Burma road over which war supplies were sent to the central Chinese govern' ! ment at Chungking were as- unfair. AUTHOR OF 'CASEY AT THE BAT DEAD Santa Barbara, Calif., Aug. 21 U.B Ernest Lawrence Thay er, who wrote the immortal baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat", dird today at the age of 77. He suffered a cerebral hemor rhage and succumbed at his I home In nearby Monteclto. I War Bulletins London. Aug. 21 Pl Au thoritative London sources said today that Italy's oil supplies might become acutely short after 12 months of war and that shortages war already appar ent In the Italian stocks of raw materials. Berlin. Aug. 21 W Ger many Is unable to guarantee safe conduct for vassals carry ing children out of war sonea, the official news agency. DNB said tonight In commenting on United States proposals to amend the neutrality law to permit American ships to carry British children west ward. Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 21 (P) The South African air force bombed Mogadlaciu. moat important port In Ital ian Somallland. as well as "all known airdromes" In southern Ethiopia yesterday, a British communique here to day said. London. Aug. 21 T"! The air ministry announced to night British planes bombed two enemy destroyers yester day In the North Sea and dam aged one. The air ministry also de clared airdromes In German occupied territory were bomb ed In daylight raids yesterday and today. Adverse weather conditions curtailed operationa last night. The ministry said no Brit ish losses were suffered. Chancy. Switserland. Aug. 21. UP) Britain's long-range bombing flights against Indus trial cities of northern Italy and southern German war In dustrie are Increasing the Pa tain government's fears thai Germany and Italy will extend their occupation over a wider area of France, border reports said today. London. Aug. 21 (P) Brit ons raised unofficial estimates of German planes shot down in scattered but persistent raids to 15 lata today after battle ever southeast town in which on German crashed. Athens. Aug. 2lP)X report circulated tonight that an Italian plana which made a forced landing at Eleuia laat night carried 20 Italian staff officers and military techni cians. Tha plan was forced down IS mile west of Athens near Greece's large! munitions plant. It wa Mid that the Italian war taken to a hotel in lh auburbs of Athens under mili tary guard and held there overnight. Th Italian. It waa aaid, war released this morning. SEEKlETTLEMENT AUTO CAMP SUIT An effort waa being made to day to effect a settlement of the $3400 judgment awarded by circuit court Jury June 8 to Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Montag and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Curry in their suit against Mr. and Mrs. Dean Tate over purchase of an auto camp and store on the Crater Lake highway above Trail, George W. Neilson, of counsel toT lh Tate, aaid. An execution order was Is sued by the court August 14 and the sheriff took possession of the property Involved, pending settlement of the judgment or sale of the property to satisfy the Judgment, Mr. and Mrs. Montag and Mr. and Mrs. Curry based their suit on the allegation that they bought the auto court under misrepresentations by the Tate. They were unable to keep up payment on the purchase con tract and th property wa re possessed by the Tates, it was brought out during the suit. Charles R. Linn, 20, of 103 Hi North Central avenue was fined SS and $4.30 costs In Justice of the peace court today on a charge of speeding a truck. He pleaded guilty. New York. Aug. 21 (ID A membership in th New York stork exchange sold today for 333.000. lowest sine 1814 and 13.000 less tlian th previous sal. . OF URGED JNSENATE House Rejects Draft Defer ment Walsh Claims Profit Taking Curbs Pre paring. Washington, Aug. 21. (IP) The house military committee) rejected today a proposal to amend the Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill to defer actual drafting of men for military ser vice until the United States waa at war. Chairman May (D-Ky.) said the committee rejected the) amendment by a vote of 19 to 3. The proposal to make a draft operative only after a declara tion of war first gained wide spread attention yesterday when it was put forward In the senate) by Senator Walsh (D-Mass) who said he would offer it formally as an amendment later. In the senate today Walsh Joined in debate over the draft bill pending there with the) charge that airplane manufac turers were delaying acceptance) of government contracts for war- planes because they were receiv ing IS per cent profit on for eign orders. Supporting an amendment by Senator Lee (D-Okla.) to "draft" wealth as well as manpower. Walsh asserted that industrial leaden were now "knocking at the door" of the senate in an ef fort to obtain repeal of airplane) and ship profit limitations. He was told by an aircraft manufacturer, he said, that 809 sub-contractors from whom thai manufacturer purchased supplies preferred to deal with foreign buyers because profits on nego tiated United State government contracts were restricted to 7 per cent on airplanes and 8 per cent on ships. Foreign contracts) yielded as high as 18 per cent, Walsh said he was told. ' "How can anybody wot to conscript manpower when the) manufacturer of airplanes anal ships Insist that they would have) the same profits as In peace time?" he shouted. Manila, Aug. 21 m A ty phoon that swept northern Lu zon Island caused at least eight deaths, destroyed hundreds of houses and flooded large crop acreages, said belated reports received here tonight. The storm passed Into the China sea yester day. It was feared that loss of life in Cacayan province, still isolat ed, might be as high as In the center of the storm area. BASEBALL American R. H. X. 0 5 1 8 8 0 Chicago Philadelphia .... Rigney and Tresh; Beckman and F. Hayes. Cleveland 1 14 Boston Harder and Hemsley; Oster mueller, Fleming and Foxx. St. Louis . Washington 3 8 0 Mills, Hudlin and Susce; Leon ard and Ferrell. Detroit 5 7 0 New York 8 11 8 Newhouser, Seats, C. Smith, Benton and Sullivan. Chandler, Murphy and Dickey. National (10 innings): R. H. E. Philadelphia 7 13 1 Chicago 8 12 1 Pearson, Smoll, Syl Johnson and Warren, Atwood; Lee. Mooty, Root. Raffensberger, Bry ant and Todd. R. H. C. Boston Pittsburgh 18 1 8 10 0 Sullivan, Coffman and Masl; Heintzelouin and Da.vis.
