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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940
No. 132.
TAW MM
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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. - - - - -