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Newspaper Page Text117 . 1 ..Pull 0.'Mtfc. DIAL 2141 lor Southern Oregon's Leading Newspaper The MAIL TRIBUNE n earner Biuwu report UuMdo. Medford Tb.sbune Pmrtljr cloud? ton l tit and Ihurmlar, little change In tern Traipvratur Hlhtt rlrrdv Lowfftt thl mornlnc Full Associated Prat Full 1 Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1940. No.. 136. llWffll SBUS BIBM . i i THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and ROBERT KINTHER Released by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. Washington, Aug. 27 As the details are slowly filled in by men in a position to speak with authority, the picture of the tragic last days of France grows increasingly unpleasant. Episode after episode points the cruel contrast between the courage the essential guts of the French people, and the rottenness and vacillation of their political leaders. Since these are tales for our times, it may be well to record here two of the most noteworthy. Both concern the dreadful time when the government had already fled from Paris, when the front of the armies was bro ken, and the final disintegration was in progress. The protagonist of both is former Premier Paul Reynaud, the brilliant man who had been right from the start, but who could not muster the force, moral or intellectual, to retrieve an almost irretrievable situation when the reins of pow er were at least transferred to him. The first episode took place while Reynaud was driving into Bordeaux from his headquarters in the country. Police precau tions had been taken to ensure the roads would be clear and the word had gone through the countryside that Reynaud would pass. Here and there along. the road were little knots of simple people, waiting for a glimpse of the man in whose hands the des tiny of their country was placed. At one cross-road, where the car was halted by an obstruction, there was a crowd of perhaps four hundred. The old men, and women, and children swarmed up to the motor to speak to Rey naud. Half of them were refugees from Parle little people, who had bundled their poor belonging, onto cut and made their way. aomehow. out of the atrtclten city. Most of the othera. were refugees from Alsace, who bad not teen their homea for many long months. Pushing and Jostling to get near the premier, all of them shouted to him to resist to the end. Suddenly tha voice of one of the Alsatian women rose above the others, crying. (Continued on Pe 61-) BASEBALL American League' Chicago . 3 5 1 Boston 2 5 0 Dietrich and Tresh; Fleming, Heving and Foxx. National League (First game) Philadelphia 0 3 1 Pittsburgh 5 9 1 Mulrahy and Warren; Sewell and Davis. (Second game) Philadelphia 2 8 0 Pittsburgh 5 8 2 Higbe and Atwood; Bowman and Fernandes. Boston 15 9 Chicago Errickson and Berres; French, Root, Bryant and Collins, Todd. SIDE GLANCES by TRtCUNE REPORTERS Orpha Beer consenting graci- ously and then reneging Just as graciously regarding the release of a bit of travel news she knew about. Bessie Thompson going out to serve some legal documents, she not knowing Constable Nick Young had returned to duty to take care of such things. Frank Bash working ever so lndu,triousl sorocin. uo hS industriously sprucing up nis lawn. hnihi anri flnwrni he even getting up at the crack of dawn to wield the mower- Harry Watson walking right up to Jan Garber and really tell ing him off about thisa and that. BRITISH DESTROY I 24 ENEMY PLANES IN AIR BATTLES Germany and Italy Raided Kent Coast Scene of Fierce Combat. (Bf the Associated Press) London, Aug. 28. Berlin's methodical bombers set Lon don's air raid sirens scream, ing again this evening for the fifth consecutive night after hammering all day at the city's outer defenses and taking losses officially placed at 2 to 1 for the Royal Air Force's de fending fighters. Tonight the Germans were ahead of their self-set eve ning schedule. All the city's sirens howled a little before 9 o'clock, about a half hour ear lier than Tuesday night, and they were preceded by a 20 minute alarm in one outlying London area. Just before the alarm the air ministry, in a communique, stated that 24 German planes had been shot down up to 8 p. m., compared with British losses of 12 fighters. The same communique said the raiders had tried to pene trate the central defenses all afternoon, but that their only Im portant damage had been to a Thames estuary town. The morn ing, also, had witnessed constant attacks in this pathway to Lon don. - , Italy Visited Rome, Aug. 28. W)- British air raids over a wide range from! northern Italy to Ethiopia were acknowledged today by the high command, which also reported that Italian fliers had carried out a violent daylight attack on the British oil base at Haifa, Palestine.- Sharp opposition by Italian fighter planes and anti-aircraft batteries limited the effective ness of the British raids on in dustrial centers In the upper Italian provinces of Piedmont and Lombardy, a communique declared. London, Aug. 28. (iPl The' British air force "attacked mili tary objectives in Germany, Italy and enemy-occupied France last night," the air ministry an nounced tonight. One British pl.ie failed to return. New War Tactic By the Associated Press High-flying German bombers, thundering across the channel inV-shaped waves, subjected the British isles to a new type of "ordeal by fire" throughout the night and early today dump ing great quantities of incen diary bombs and drums of time fused gasoline. London dispatches said the widespread use of aerial flame weapons indicated a new nazi tactic of terror and destruction. Two big waves of Swastika- marked bombers swarmed over the coast of Kent, in the Dover region, and headed toward Lon don Swift to tfieet the threat of an other daylight bombing attack lh. .mnWi mnital. RAF fighting planes roared up to halt the invaders and engaged them in a terrific 30-minute run - ning battle from middle Kent to the Thames estuary about 30 miles. London reported the Nazi formations were split up and driven back. Raiders Repulsed London, Aug. 28. German , bombers smashed neavny at me Kent coast and the thames estu- ary leading to London ana ermsn aeivnuci. clared to have shot down at least 15 of the raiders. An official British announce - ment acknowledged "heavy at - tacks." (in Berlin, iiie Gcrriaiia i - ieum - ed to have bombed an unaesig- nated British airport at the, -. U I ,W. Tt.nmA. In.l'ir A ' . ' .", ncpuDiican unrw ilhnw uj- ! ,cene of devsttion' Ther de" set into political circles today . . .,,,, ttritiah anrft... ... . . - .. three German planes were shot, down in that single engage- ment.) Two wedge formations one of 18 and the other of 21 planes nought to break London outer ring of defenses. McNary, Family Hear Notification Senator Charles L. McNary (right) nervously bites his lip and Mrs. McNary strains to hear Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota notify the senator of his nomination as the Republi can vice-presidential candidate. Charlotte McNary. S. seems NOT a bit impressed by it all. In his acceptance speech McNary charged the Roosevelt administration with fundamental errors of government, but credited it with "certain social gains" in the last seven years. . . , , HITLER ASSUMING PEACEMAKER R0LE1F.R. APPOINT "AIR TO CALM BALKANS LI.. nn.rv fajmc. Crra Hungary UaitTlS LnilCai Fuehrer Fears Spread of War in Europe By the Associated Press High in his Obersalzburg mountain chalet, Adolf Hitler enacted the role of behind-the-scenes peacemaker in the Balk an crisis today. The Italy's Nail Fuehrer received foreign minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and presumably dictated his desires for mainten- ance of the status quo in south- east Europe, newly threatened with war betwen Rumania and Hungary. Count Ciano then left by plane for Vienna, accompanied by Germany's foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop, for a 4-power parley tomorrow with Balkan representatives aimed at settling Hungary's claim on the rich Rumanian province of Transylvania. Hitler has previously expres sed a stern wish to keep the flames of the main European conflict from spreading to the so-called "Balkan powderkeg", for two reasons: 1. To Insure the uninterrup ted flow of vital oil and food supplies from Rumania and Hungary to Germany for the battle against Britain. 2. To permit Germany to concentrate on Britain alone without having to divert troops by taking sides In a back-door i conflict in southeast Europe. - Budapest. Hungary, Aug. 28. tip) Hungary accused the 1 Rumanian air force tonight of sending army planes on reeon-. naissance flights over this coun-1 try's territory ana acniea tnai one of its own bombers had at- tacked a Rumanian airport. BACK GOP. TICKET Minnfannlia. Auff. 28 , H ik Shn,.Mri. Minnesota's ,wmor ,cnator ln congress, who surprised the state a few weeks : ago by abandoning an 18-year affiliation with the Farmer- Laborites to seek re-election as LI: .1 . . 1 .. "J iiuui...i. .... .uHK".. Wendell Willkie. Never In his long senatorial i career he first went to Wash- ington in 1922 has Shipstead declared unequivocally for a s. presidential candidate of either I party. WILLKIE DEMANDS! i DEFENSE CHIEFS Rushville, Ind-, Aug. 28 (P) Wendell L. Willkic opened his presidential campaign headquar ters on Main street today with.. a demand that President Roose velt appoint immediately assis tant secretaries for aviation in the war and navy departments. The Republican nominee drove here last night irom In dianapolis, stopping at an out- I lying restaurant in that city to listen by radio to the acceptance speech of his running mate, Sen ator Charles L. McNary of Ore- igon. Willkie had flown to In- diana polis from New York Following up previous criti cism of the administration de fense program, Willkie issued a statement saying: "In connection with my sug gestion that there should be cre ated a position in the cabinet for aeronautics, I want to make an other suggestion immediately. The president should appoint at once an assistant secretary for air in both the war and navy departments. 'These positions have been vacant ever since the president came into office in 1933. The failure to fill them is in part the cause of the present lamentable situation with reference to our aeronautical development. "At the time he (Roosevelt) declared, he was not making these appointments 'in the in terest of economy.' I doubt if In view of the subsequent expendi ture of sixty billion dollars by his administration that that is a valid excuse for continuing the vacancies which would cost $24,000 a year to fill." KILLS SELF FOR LOVE KIN'S WIFE Los Angeles, Aug. 28. Police listed as "suicide by shooting" today the death of Walter Williamson, 22, who came here two months ago from Spokane, Wash., and, said of ficers, fell in love with his brother's wife. The brothers wife, 22-year- old Mrs. Edward Williamson, i told Dective Lieut. P. K. Parry Walter threatened to kill himself unless she eloped with him. When she refused and he locked himself In the bathroom, she telephoned police. As Parry and the other officers hammered on the locked bathroom door they heard the shot and, break nng In found the young J bleeding to death. man ROOSEVELT SIGNS MEASURE CALLING GUARDS TO DUTY Mobilization Order Due Sept. 15 Year's Train ing at $21 a Month. Washington, Aug. 28. UP) President Roosevelt has signed legislation authorizing him to call out 396.000 members of the national guard and army re serves for 12 months of active duty. The White House announced Mr. Roosevelt's action, saying the measure was signed last night. Congressional action on the guard legislation finally was completed last wek. It was represented to congress by mili tary experts as an essential pre liminary to draft legislation, since the guardsmen and re serve officers would be used in training and organizing a con script army. Now that the legislation Is signed, Mr. Roosevelt may sum mon the guard to duty at any time. The army high command, it is reported, has set Septem ber 15, tentatively, as the date for mobilization of the first contingent. " That contingent probably will number 53,000 officers and men, but there has been no an nouncement as to the units from which the men will be drawn. There have been Indies tions, however, that those units probably would be the thirtieth. forty-first, forty-fourth and forty-fifth. The September 15 date was agreed upon, some authorities reported, because the army de sired to give guardsmen two weeks at home between the end of summer maneuvers and the beginning of the 12-months ser vice period. The last maneuv ers end August 31. The guardsmen and reserves called, including all those sum moned to duty In later contin gents, may be assigned by the president to serve anywhere ln the western hemisphere and on the Philippine islands. Those on active duty will draw pay at the same i.les as are prescribed for the regular army based on $21 a month for enlisted men. Fire Disrupts Phones ' Corvallls, Aug. 28. ) rire seriously damaged the Down Ford garage today and disrupted telephone communications into Corvallls for several hours. Washington, Aug. 28. OF The war department announced today award of contracts for ; 870 airplane! to cost 14,-1410,233 BELT WILLI ON FARMISSUES; Senator to Return to Capitol! Next Week Confers With Party Heads. Salem, Ore., Aug. 28 (P) Charles L. McNary followed up his formal acceptance of the Re publican vice-presidential nomi nation with a round of confer ences with national and state party leaders today. The veteran Oregon senator "Charlie Mac" to 12,000 persons who gathered for his notification ceremony yesterday said he hoped to complete campaign plans early and retire to the seclusion of his farm home, Fir Cone, for a few days. He expects to return to Wash ington, D. C. and his post as senate minority leader shortly after Labor Day. Representative Joseph Martin, Republican national chairman, announced that Wendell Will kie's far western running mate would make six or seven major campaign addresses, the first to be "somewhere in the midwest" after September 20. Martin said the topic of the first address would be agricul turea subject McNary describ ed aa "close to my heart" in his 30-mlnute accoptance address at the state fairgrounds. The vice-presidential nominee criticized the Roosevelt admin istration's farm program, partic ularly its reciprocal trade treaty system, which, he said, had failed to "dissipate, alleviate or liquidate the uneconomic condi tions" facing agriculture. He said that in spite of sub sidy payments, farm income dur ing the seven years of the new deal averaged two billion dol lars less annually than during the previous seven years of Re publican administrations. He added that "any secretary of agriculture would be ham pered by the reciprocal trade system." Boss Flynn Jibes New York, - Aug. 28 (P) Senator McNary s address for mally accepting the Republican vice-presidential nomination was termed "one of the best Demo cratic speeches of the camnalizn thus far" by Democratic Nation al chairman Edward J. Flynn in a statement issued today through the party's national headquar ters. "Of course, as the Republican vice-presidential nominee he found it necessary to poke a little criticism at the administra tion," Flynn's statement said, "but he left no doubt that he approves of the Roosevelt social aims and that he is proud of the votes he cast for new deal measures." National Presidential Poll Reader's Free Ballot ' CHECK YOUR CHOICE! CLIP! SEND IN! Mall or Brine In PROMPTI.V to Mall Tribune Ofrlre. rir SI, MrHford. Mar Be Pastrd on a Postcard. Clip NfallT. Part of Nationwide Poll of Publle Opinion. To STRAW BALLOT EDITOR, Medford Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Mj thoU-o lor rrrtlUrnl Is: ) WII.LKIP. ( ) ROOSEVELT ( ) BHOWDER ( ) THOMAS ( ) tNntciur.p f ) ( ) 1 MVoll a nvne on America's part for a Brltlah- berman prare. ( I OPPOSE stirh a move on America's part. IN ISM I olfd ( ) Democratic: ( ) Republican ( ) Socialist ( ) Communist ( ) Lemke t'nloa ( Dldnt Vote ( ) Mr eie Sea. , .., .. Oceupatlon... , are you. or stall t he, eoonted mutt bo d'llere4 te the Mall Tribune Offtre on or before September ft. (Cop-nthl. 140. by Associated mi lo)fn)Mo) War Bulletins 1 Cairo. Egypt. Aug. 21. P Alexandria, British naval base, and Port Said, at tha northern entrance to tha Sues canal, were raided by enemy airplanes early today, but no damage was caused and Ihare were no casualties, a British naval communique announced. It was the first raid of tha war upon Port Said, which Is guarded by the British fleet in its control of the canal and by British land forces In mili tary agreement between Brit ain and Egypt. Alexandria frequently has been attacked by Italian planes. ALIENISTS HOLD FEHL IS INSANE, Report to Court Says He Suffers- From Paranoia and Delusions. Salem, Aug. 28. P) A re port by two Portland psychia trist that former Jackson county Judge Earl Fehl Is "suffering from paranoia and is Insane was admitted Into evidence this afternoon in proceedings in which Fehl seeks release from the state hospital. The psychiatrists, Drs, James H. Hudelson and Wendell H. Hutchlns, were appointed by Circuit Judge Calvin L. Sweek of Pendleton to assist him In determining whether Fehl was safe to be at large. "The danger to society," the doctors reported, 'is evidenced by his (Fehl's) relative lack of freedom ln thought and by his acting from a central delusion." The doctors continued that Fehl has a belief in his personal importance and that he believes he is being persecuted. The hearing will end either late today or early tomorrow. L BESTS AIRLINER New York, Aug. 28 W A seagull smacked into an airliner as it was about to take off from La Guardia field today and flew away under its power, which was more than the airliner did. The bird, flying blind through a heavy rainstorm, struck the airliner's left windshield and chipped the glass. Stunned, the seagull fell to the plane's wing, flopped around a minute, got Its wind back, and flew away. The airliner, transferring Its 12 Boston-bound passengers to another ship, retired to hangar for repairs. bare you been, en relleff.. Mawspaper Polls of America. Ine.) SENATE APPROVES FEDERAL CONTROL FOR WAR PLANTS Business 'Sit-Down' Pro hibitedWheeler. Bitter, Holt Makes Sensational Charge. Washington, Aug. 21.- Tha senate rejected today by a 43 to 41 vote a proposal to delay actual conscription of men for military training under tha Burke-Wadsworih bill for two 60-day trials of voluntary en listment. Washington, Aug. 28.- The senate wrote Into the Burke- Wadsworth conscription bill to day provision for the govern ment to take over manufactur ing plants when necessary for defense purposes. Described by its authors. Sen ators Russell (D., Ga.) and Over ton (D., La.) as a prohibition against any possible business "sit-down" against limited prof Its provided on some Items of the defense construction pro gram, the amendment would confer broad powers on the secretaries of war and navy. Under Its terms the president would be authorized to direct institution of plant condemna tion proceedings whenever eith er secretary "determines that any existing manufacturing , plant or facility is necessary for the national defense and la un able to arrive at an agreement with the owner of such plant or facility for its use or operation" by the war or navy departments. The departments would - be empowered to take over tha plant and operate It pending court action. Near Final Vote The senate was pushing tha conscription bill toward final passage late In the day when tha Russell-Overton amendment was reached. It was prepared re cently after defense officials told the appropriations committee that some contracts had been delayed because of "profit" con siderations by manufacturers. With passage of the measure) apparently assured, Wheeler ask ed why the senate did not "go the whole way" and "attach declaration of war to the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill." Senator Holt CD., W. Va.) told reporters, meanwhile, that he had received information he considered reliable that two pro administration members were canvassing the senate to deter mine whether there was suffi cient support to obtain passage of a resolution declaring that a state of war existed with Germany. The contention might be made. Holt said he was In formed, that a state of war existed because of statement antagonistic to this country made by Hitler and Mussolini. The West Virginia senator re fused to disclose the source of his Information or to name tha senators he said were Involved, IN INDIAN OCEAN Berlin, Aug. 28 (Pi The sinking of the second British merchantshlD within a week by ' i i f o ra r.lH.n nnrfllln0 in riisw tant waters was announced to day by the German high com mand, which said the 0,001-ton "armed" tanker, British Com mander, had gone down ln tha Indian ocean. (Radio reports received In New York Monday from tha British Commander said she had been stopped and shelled north of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa by an unidentified ship.) The high command announc ed last Saturday that a raider had sunk the 8.708-ton steamer Turakina In the Tasman sea, be tween Australia and Mew Zealand.