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Weather r Buntu report Ixuid. Foracmt Fair tonifbt antj Saturday, lllfhtiy armr Saturday. Tmpmlur Hithcat jeterdaj- tl LOWCtC (hit morning Vf DIAL 2141 lor Southern Oregon's Leading Newspaper The MAIL TRIBUNE Medford RIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Pitu Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940 No. 132. TAW MM ehs am THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and ROBERT KINTNER Released by tha North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. Washington, Aug. 23. Al though the present tax muddle is gravely delaying the national defense program, it is no ex ception to the rule that every controversy over taxation has an element of farce. The com edy arises, in this instance, from the use of the tax muddle by one group of Interested parties as a stick with which to beat business, while another group earnestly belabors the president with the same weapon. The first group's theory Is that business men are wicked to refuse armament orders with out assurance of tax concessions making plant expansion finan cially safe. A "sit-down strike" by business is charged, despite the fact that the procurement officers of the army and navy, the members of the national de fense commission, the secretary of the treasury and the presi dent himself all agree that the business men's demand for tax concessions is justified. The theory of the second group is that the president is wicked to have insisted on coupling the tax concessions with an excess profits tax, which takes much time to draft. This charge is made despite the fact that -the president reached his decision In fear of punitive taxation of business. For a sur vey of the congressional situa tion revealed that if the tax concessions were proposed In a separate bill, the isolationists would raise the cry of "war pro fiteers" and might succeed in loading the measure with amendments disastrous to the very businessmen needing aid. The eurtoua thin Is thai neither ef the two agitated group hM dls eovtred the ml tault In the tax bill. This la that the reeno-ralslng sc tlon of the bill Is a Jake, ostensibly intended to pay for a reasonable share of the American defense effort, but actually likely to raise less than 200.000,000 annually. A one-cent tai on soft drinks would do aa much food. r history of the us muddle la similar to the histories of all ether tax muddles, bring. In a word. (Continued on Paso Ten.) REPORT ON FEHL Salem. Ore., Aug. 53. (U.P- The next hearing on the habeas cormis m-oceedinss of Earl W. Fehl, former Jackson county Judge now seeking release from the state hospital, today was set for August 28. It had previ ously been arranged for the day VZr k . w,7n tn .vo1d!on both sides of the channel before but was changed to avoid n,i,.in conflict with the McNary noti- f ication. Two alienists appointed to!"P examine Fehl will make their report on his mental condition. Circuit Judge Calvin L. Sweek of Pendleton will hear thf ease. SIDE GLANCES by TRIEUNE REPORTERS Bill Grenbemer pulling Moore . Hamilton's leg about some printing errors which Bill pretended not to understand. Paul Nopar having a Justifi - able lit over incorrect primra Information regarding his first recruit baby Norman Jensen Nopar. Tom Kurtz doing a favor for a friend and getting in the dog houje with wifey Effie. Bren Starcher being a Juggler de luxe as he successfully bal anced an ice cream cone in one hand and a cup full of vera8eibatt.rie, of long range guns set in the other. up long the conquered French The blonde vision of Anita. coart. Robertson thoughtfully sending' (Nazi military sources have a friend a lovely hybiscus as this said they hae guns which can kind of flower dors not affect, shell London. 90 miles from the friend's perennial hay lever. I the French coast;. PROTECTGREEKS Occupation of Island Sore Point; Long Range Shell ing, Raids Over Channel London, Aug. 23. (IP) Flashes ef German antiair craft guns in the direction of Boulogne, seen from the southeast coast late tonight. Indicated that a British raid of unusual proportions was In progress. By the Associated Press Rome, Aug. 23. A clear warning that Italy will Invade Greece if the British occi- strategic Greek islands was sounded by a high fascist source today. "Italy is not going to let the British occupy any Greek islands. If the British move into Greece we will do the same," this source declared in response to rumors that Britain is con sidering occupation of the islands of Crete and Corfu. (British foreign office quart ers said Britain intends to stand by her guarantee of Greek in dependence, given in April 13, 1939, if Greece resists any in vasion, and that a report of a conversation yesterday, between "v""u"' ZTr.ri.::: ine enusn minisier unu ui Premier John Metaxas was be ing awaited).' The comment of the hign fascist source was made as a fierce give and take air and naval war raged from the east ern Mediterranean to the shores of the Indian ocean. An Intense bombardment of a British convoy esconea oy two destroyers was carried out by Italian planes In the eastern Mediterranean, an Italian com munique said, and Alexandria, Britain's naval base in Egypt, was attacked. The Albanian newspaper, To mori, reported that Greece had "virtually closed" the mountain ous frontier with Albania. Raids In France London, Aug. 23. (IP) The air ministry announced tonight RAF bombers attacked German gun emplacements on the French coast between Calais and Boulogne for several hours despite heavy anti-aircraft fire. The air force also attacked 22 airdromes in German-occupied ;.,.., V minictrtf CaM lflS- i' . i.. The raids occurred last night. The air ministry also said Blenheim bombers last night at- : tacked airdromes at St. Omer i and Dinard, in France, and started many fires among the hangars and other buildings. By the Associated Press London. Aug. 23. Britain disclosed today that heavy guns . : naVC II 1C vatlio v a... as German air raiders, stepping! their pace again, hit hard three thickly populated London suburbs in early morning at tacks. Military sources said British guns had fired "a few rounds" at German cannon bombarding tory tests were made, and 12 the important channel port of other medical schools had par Dover from the French coast, tlcipatcd in consultation and re- They minimized the possibili- ties of long-range shelling, how- ever, declaring the German guns .toxin hsva anme "nuisance value" but could have no mili - tary significance. Dover Folks Move Although vans began moving the belongings of Dover'i pop - ' ulace from what now has be - come a xroni-une cny, mutisr sources declared the nazi gunslof her age. She is cleverer, her which they figured might be mobile "12-inchers mounted on railroad cars could not make the British give up Dover as a war base. i By the Associated Press I Berlin, Aug. 23. Germany claimed a weapon to control ,. r.i(.K hnn.r today in Defense Chief Inspects Aircraft Plants i ' him K iPncH William S. Knudsen. national defense advisory commission H. Arnold, chief ef the army air corps, are shown looking over a Vuliee plane under construction for the army as they began an aircraft Inspection tour in Los Angeles. Left to right: Ma). K. B. Wolfe, army production engineer! Knudsen, Arnold and Richard W. Millar. Vultee president. Los Angeles, Aug. 23. OP) Army and navy fighting planes, declares William S. Knudsen, chairman of the national de fense advisory committee, must i h. narrowed to a few types to - --.,.., " I speea up proautuuu. . "Too many factories are wast-1 ACCIDENT MAKES DEVELOPED ADULT Medical Science Puzzled by Strange Case, Last February. Revealfid Houston. Tex., Aug. 23. UP A five-year-old Houston girl transformed by an accident of nature into a fully-developed adult. Is testing the Ingenuity of medical specialists. The case recalled that of the little Peruvian child who be- 'came a mother at the same age last year. The Houston girl's rare de velopment was discovered Feb ruary 5 after she was taken as a private patient to Dr. Karl Karnaky here. Dr. Karnaky diagnosed the trouble as arising from an ovar - ion tumor, of which there are only 10 recorded cases in children under 10 years old. Removal of the tumor In !. . ,.,. ,h. : SUC II lOMTS USUOii; a development and the cmiain- m. iwn me ..... i condition gradually reverts to normal The operation was performed and specimens were sent to Duke university. After more than 600 labora- search, a new diagnosis was made. It was discovered that all the ' tfirW frlanric were ovpf-devel- I joped; that she had reached full organic development when she iwas only two years old. The girl's mind remains that ! of a normal five-year-old. j "However." said Dr. Karnaky, sne is more aien man emmren memory is better and she thinks faster than her playmates.' The rhild's physical 'develop ment, while not that of a grown woman, also is abnormal. She is as tall as her 10-year-old sis ter, 4'4 feet, and weighs 79 pounds. I Don Ross Named Salem, Aug. 23. HP) E. Don Ross was appointed by Gover - 'nor Charles A. Sprague today to serve on the Multnomah county public welfare commis - sion. succeeding F. W. Cutler, J who moved out of the (tat. ing their time on a lot of dif- ferent types of planes," he ; said. "Over in Germany they Just tell the Dornier people to keep turning out Dornler 17s as fast as they can. That's why they kim ism . vn v..... ,vwv r - monm. RIGHT TRAIN, BUT UPON WRONG DAY New York, Aug. 23. (IP) Six eunmen. flourishing six- hooters and automatics in emu lation oi oia western Daamen, held up a passenger train In Upper Manhattan early today. cowed its crew at muzzle point .handcuffed two postal clerks to an iron post and fled after care fully selecting only one pouch containing "mail for Vonkers." The holdup consumed less than three minutes. Federal and city officers ex pressed the belief that the gang sought' payrolls ' aggregating $100,000 which customarily are sent by registered mail twice weekly from New York . banks to Yonkers factories. They added that the robbers had chosen the right train but j the wrong day. Nothing of 1m- . portance was contained In the i stolen pouch, they said. I The robbers swooped down on the train, a New York Cen- tral railroad local bound lor Alhanv. as It halted about 2 I ' U ' M .station at uvn sirrci. BASEBALL National Score: R. H. E. Boston 7 " 0 Cincinnati 2 10 0 Tobin and Berres: Derringer, Shoffner and Lombardi, Wilson. ! Scor': 1 pw ' R. H. 10 15 13 18 2 r"'.'". ",, 7 Hubbell. Joiner, Lynn Cum- bert. Melton and Danning; Butcher. Lannlng. Bowman. Heintzelman and Davis. ' phil. j.1nhi. i c. iMiii Higbe and Warren; Bowman and Padg?f.. Owen. American Score: R. H. E. Cleveland 3 6 2 New York 0 Smith, Allen and Hcmsley; Sundra and Dickey. t Score: R. H. E. 4 6 0 6 9 2 Hudlin and Suce. St. Louis.. ! Phlladelphil ! Kennedy , Swift; Vaughtn, Caster and i Hayes, Wagner. chairman, and Ma). Gen. H. Knudsen and MaJ. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, army air corps chief, inspected the world's largest fighting plane, before leaving today for San Diego to look over a third craft, another giant bomber, ' being i built there tor the Army. , ... CRASH AND BLAST KILLS 9 AIRMEN Flight of Bomb-Laden Plane in Storm Near Denver Disastrous. Denver. Aug. 23. (IP) Two officers and seven enlisted men were killed in the crash and ex plosion of a bomb-laden two-mo tored Douglas B-18 army bomber on a routine flight, in storming weather, from the air corps tech nical school here last night. The wreckage was found strewn on the air corps bombing range about 45 miles east of Denver by searching planes sent out before daybreak today. All occupants of the plane had been blown to bits by the explosion. Parts of bodies were found hun dreds of feet from wreckage of the bomber. Investigating officers theor ized the accident occurred about 8 p. m. last night during a se vere hail and electrical storm, but they . had not determined whether a lightning bolt struck the plane in midair, or whether Its bombs exploded after it crashed. Field officers said they could not tell immediately how many bombs the plane had carried on its bombing mission, or how many had been dropped by It before the crash. A sister ship accompanied the plane on the bombing assign-. ,y na)u witn n0 objective reach ment. but lost sight of it In the but witn ciam, of great thick weather. Officers said the' .... nH , casualties, aome- 3 . crew of the crashed plane may have decided to climb into lightning-rent clouds to avoid a pos sible collusion of the planes. They estimated it reached an altitude of 2.000 feet before dis aster overtook It. 2 1 The bombing range spreads Cover the flat, dry prairies eastl oi LM-nvrr pna is crt-o.-M-u oy r- rovos gullied by the swift run off of occasional heavy rains. A few abandoned ranchhouses dot the area. r i , Papal Emissary Deperts Rome, Aug. 23. iH't Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal representative at the I Vatican, left by plane today for a visit to the United States dur ing which, his associates said, he would confer with the president on whether he should return I his post NEW DEAL AGAINI PADDING RELIEF ROLLS jOR VOTES 90,000 Added to WPA in July Willkie Cites Elec tion Year's Boosts. New York. Aug. 23 P Wendell L. Willkie asserted to day "there is already definite proof that the Roosevelt admin istration is planning again to pack relief rolls, especially In those states which are politically doubtful." The presidential nominee made the accusation in a state ment issued after a press confer ence at which he had said 90,000 persons were added to the WPA roster in July over June and he had. proposed that Attorney General Jackson de termine whether there was any Hatch art violation. "Since war broke out last Sep tember," Willkle's statement said, "there has been a steady increase in Industrial activity and re-employment in this coun try. "There is no Justification for an increase in WPA relief rolls as a consequence of this increase in activity and re-employment, In fact, the trend was for reduc tion of the relief rolls until re cently." "It is an interesting and strik ing coincident," winkle told re porters, "that in non-election years relief rolls declined and In election years they Increased, Willkie said WPA figures showed these Increases in elec tion years: 1934, 11.8 per cent from June through October; 1936, 14.4 per cent; 193S, 19.2 per cent; 1940, 90,000 persons In July over June. In non-election years since 1932, he said, the rolls showed decreases. Discussing his relief figures, Willkie said that in the 1936 election President Roosevelt car ried 20 Pennsylvania counties. "Nineteen of these," he added, "received the highest relief dis bursements of any counties in the state. It is rather significant that in 1932 those counties in total vote went Republican." 272 CARS PEARS ROLLED BY AUG. 20 Pear shipments from this dis trict for the current season through August 20 totalled 272 cars, it was announced today by Walter J. Looker, secretary of the Roguo River Valley Traf fic association. The shipments were classified as follows: packed Bartletts, SS cars or 33.626 boxes; cannery Bartletts. 213 cars; Howells, two cars or 1.488 boxes. Lull in Blitzkrieg Hurts Hitler's Prestige at Home By J. W. T. Mason (United Presi war expert) In warfare when a long pro claimed ma lor offensive sudden- thing fundamental must be wrong. A week ago today Hit ler's air attack to annihilate Brt- tain reached its climax with the emotionally heralded bomoara ment of London suburbs. The climax, however, has ainc be come an anticlimax because ine ,.. have not followed " through. The newness of aerial warfare and the necessity for studying temporary results and unexpect ed obstacles do not explain ade quately the present lull. Inter ruption of a week in following up an alleged defeat of the en- emy comes near to confession that no defeat has been inflict ed. If enemy casualties and dam ace have been three to four timei those of the offensive, why tojthe necessity for studying re- J uIU before going ahead T war Bulletins Cairo, Egypt. Aug. 23. P) Italian troops hare re-occupied Fort Capusso near Bar die In Libya after the Brit ish navy's recent shelling of the stone fort, British mili tary headquarters announced here tonight. Bucharest, Aug, J3 (P) All Rumanian reserve officers and non-commissioned officers were unexpectedly called up tonight and all army leaves were cancelled indefinitely. Berlin. Aug. 23 VP) DNB. official German news agency, said today a German Junkers plane had sunk a 13,000-ton merchant ship by dropping four bombs on Its deck as it was entering Moray Firth. Scotland. DNB said the ship was In convoy and the raid was car ried out in moonlight. ACTIVE DUTY FOR LOCAL GUARDSMEN DUE NEXT MONTH Medford and Ashland Units Listed by Gen. Marsh Boys Return Tomorrow .Washington,. Aug. 23. (Pi Four divisions of the national guard the 30th, 41st, 44th and 45th are expected to be culled to active duty next month under mobilization legislation sent to the White House today by con gress. Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, recently told the senate military affairs commit tee that these divisions, with 22 smaller units, would be in the first section of tha guard ordered to duty. The war department hat not Indicated any changes in the plan announced by Marshall, which would make 59,426 en listed men, 3.930 officer! and S3 warrant otflceri subject to the first call. Units listed by Marshall and the place of their training in cluded: Forty-first division, from Wash ington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Wyoming, to train at Fort Lewis, Wash. (Medford units). Two hundred and forty-ninth coast artillery, from Oregon, to train at Columbus, Ore, (Ash land). Company A. 186th Infantry, and headquarters detachment. Meilford's two national guard units, are In the 41st division, as is also the unit In Grants Pass. Ashland has a company in the 249th coast artillery. The Medford companies, en gaged In maneuver! In Washing ton the past three weeks, are scheduled to arrive here by special train at 3:30 p. m, to morrow. The fact that Germany has been compelled to postpone fur ther air blitzkrieg offensives If not actually abandoning them for the season must be regarded as a defeat for Hitler, not only in the air but also at home. An aggressive war machine which has proclaimed conquest aa its motive must continue its offen sives or risk disillusioning its own civilian support. Thlf fact does not hold In the same way for nation defens ively fighting to preserve itself. Here Is Hitler s present dilem ma. The necessity for a conquer or to continue conquering or risk downfall Is axiomatic thru out all military h If tory. A conqueror always is on the defensive along th home front. Having promised his people domination over the enemy, he must make his gains to Justify the sacrifices he exacts at home. If he fails, in any major sense. to do so. that becomes defeat as Influential on future events as a mreai in me neia. WI'NARY ARRIVES SALEM TOMORROW Home Town Plans Rousing Welcome for Vice-Presi-tial Nominee Event Next Tuesday. Salem, Ore., Aug. 23.- Charlle McNary, a native Ore gonian whose friends call a lawmaker by occupation, a law yer by profession and a farmer by avocation, will arrive her Saturday to be notified, next Tuesday, of his nomination by the Republican party for the vice-presidency. Tha senate minority leader, whose nomination was asked of the convention by" the party standard bearer Wendell Will kie, is the first Oregon man on a presidential ticket since Jo Lane teamed with Brecken ridge. As nominees of the southern wing of the Demo cratic party they were soundly thumped by the tickets headed by Abraham Lincoln and Steph en A. Douglas. Oregon Repub licans make no secret of their conviction that Willkie and "our Charlie" will do lot better. The ceremonies, to be held at the state fair grounda here, are looked upon in Oregon as a personal tribute to a beloved native son as well as party function, Salem, capital of Ore gon, expects to at least double its normal population of some 30,000 on the big day. Estimates of outside attendance from all over the nation but chiefly from the 11 western states run from 30,000 to 80,000. Business houses and state of fices will close well ahead of the ceremonies at 4:30 p. ra. Eight or more bands will make music and 8000 pictures of Sen ator McNary will cover every vantage point The committee points out that eight bands and 8000 pictures go a long way In a town of 30,000. Senator McNary will arrive In Portland early Saturday by airplane from Washington, D. C, and will be met by Mrs. McNary and their daughter. Charlotte. They will motor to Fircone, the McNary farm fiva mile from here. The ceremon ies originally were planned for Fircone but that was before It became apparent that the at tendance might reach 80,000. Incidentally the flight home for the notification will be Mo Nary's first transcontinental! air Journey. Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., . of Massachusetts, will preside and will introduce Governor Harold E. Stasscn of Minnesota who will notify McNary of hla nomination. McNary's speech of acceptance will close the pro gram except for a reception at the fairgrounds which Senator McNary himself promised will last as long as the crowd wish ed. "I'll shake hands all night if they want me to," Senator McNary was quoted by mem bers of the committee. On Wednesday after the cere mony, McNary and Martin will meet western party leaders In two or more conferences In Portland to discuss campaign plans. (The Southern Pacific has of fered a round trip fare of $9.89 from Medford to Salem on special sleeper, providing 15 persons make, the McNary noti fication trip." Those interested can call Mrs. C. M. Hurd. coun ty Pro-America chairman, phona 4434). PLACE San Francisco, Aug. 23 (IP) "Ham and eggs" old age pension advocates today lost a court fight to bring their plan for "retirement warrants" before California voters for a third time at the election in Novem ber. - - - - -
