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Newspaper Page Textf Weather" Pull V nU. DIAL 2141 for Soutbtra Oregon's Leading. Newspaper The MAIL TRIBUNE Buxmu report Uuld. Medford Tribune Forrftt: Partly tloudr to alht and fttturdav, kUihtl? cooler Nalurdar. Trmprratur HI glint eitfda -. 95 l.oet thU mor nlnj . M Full Associated Press United Prees Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON', FRIDAY, AUGUST SO, 19 No. 138. UtDW TMKT IF HUB M BflB I i . i I. - i THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and ROBERT KINTNER Released by tha North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. Washington, Aug. 29. No matter the outcome of the war, feeding Europe is likely to be a major issue in this country. Before emotions are too much aroused, it is pertinent to ex plain the present situation, as reported by competent authori ties in close touch with the American Red Cross and with diplomats in France. In essence, it is that this country will send no food that will aid the Ger mans; the British will not lift their embargo, and the Germans themselves want no Red Cross representatives in occupied France at the present time. Rather naturally, therefore, the Red Cross is doing little work either in free or occupied France. As it happened, how ever, one of its ships, the Mc Keesport, landed in France at the time of the German victory, and its 245 carloads of goods were speedily distributed In free territory, in station wagons car ried on the ship This cargo of food, clothing, drugs and other medical supplies, in the opinion of the Red Cross experts, for tunately took "the edge off" the most Dressing needs of free France until late fall. Neither the president nor Chairman Norman Davis of the Red Cross seem disposed to send any sizable supplies to free France for the time being. But it is hoped that in a few weeks some additional milk and cereal may be dispatched to alleviate the needs of children. While the British remain firm on the blockade, the Red Cross be lieves that permission may be obtained to land these limited supplies. Free France not only has the problem of its own citizens but of 4,000,000 refu gees, whom the Germans refuse to allow to return to their homes in occupied territory. UNDER orders from Washlpgton. none of the McKeesport supplies vaa transported to German-occupied territory, for It was a 09 to 1 chance that the goode would never have found their proper destination. This rule was relaxed a bit, when It was (Continued on Page Ten.) REPORT GOERING SHOT Berlin, Aug. 30. W In re sponse to reports circulated abroad that Field Marshal Goering had been shot down in air combat, it was stated offic ially Friday night that he is alive and in good health. SIDE GLANCES br TRIEUNE REPORTERS lorente Lainu cooking cook - ies for her sister Kate Wilson so that she might feed them to the chipmunks at Lake o' Woods. An old friend making Inquir ies as to the present where abouts of Elsie Brown. YValtov FraTor Rmivn hpinff desirous that his name be t spelled Walter Frazer instead of Walter Fraser as it usually is. Clarita McCormick being en thusiastic about the new McCor mick home on the mighty Rogue, her room being located so as to afford a dive out the window into the mighty Rogue which she admitted not having tried as yet. Beulah Fabers marvellous wit causing a friend to flee from her side because of too much uncontrollable laughter at semi-solemn occasion. Leah Inch Emmens whipping out into society n' looking u':tra fashionable in a huge black hat with a white ribbon bow. FURIOUS FIGHTS !l RAGE HIGH OVER BRITISHJAPITAL All Attacks Repulsed Shop pers See Sky Battles and Dives Aug. 30 (tPi The fourth of the day's air raid warnings was sounded tonight in Lon don. London. Aug. 30 P The Krupp armament works at Eisen and other military tar gels in Germany, Holland. Belgium and France were raided by British bombers in attacks last night, the air min istry reported tonight. The night raids followed daylight forays on airdromes in Nazi occupied Holland and on convoys and shipping along the Dutch coast, it said. (By the Associated Press) London, Aug. 30. Furious dog fights raged high in the skies over London today as waves of German bombers, some of them dropping bombs in dive attacks upon the out skirts, struck again and again at the British capital. Three air raid alarms kept the city running to and from ( air raid shelters irom just De- fore noon until nearly 8 p. m. (9 a. m. PST) when the clear signal of the last alarm sounded. The first two waves, per haps 400 in all, were turned j DacK auer nerce duuics. But in the last attack, the sound of dive bombers could be heard at a distance in the outskirts, and the sounds of motors indicated there were large numbers of them. Barrage Helps British sources said the third attack too was turned back by the British fighters aided by an intense anti-aircraft barrage. First reports indicated that at least three of the bombers had been destroyed. At least 20 bombers flew at a great height over one district in London during this raid, but a swarm of British fighters met them and split up the forma tion. Heaviest fighting occurred over a London suburb where hundreds of afternoon shoppers saw a force of British fighter planes pounce on a formation of more than a score of raiders flying in the sun. The planes swirled and dived and looped in a virtual free-for-all as the formation broke up. Some of the attack bombers dumped their missiles in their flight. A moment after the forma tion was broken up, one bomber was seen falling with two fight ers swooping down on its tail. Two others crashed near where the first one fell. There was an unconfirmed rpport that at least one other ' also may have been shot down in another London area during the fight. The sound of diving planes was followed by the explosion of bombs, indicating that some dive-bombers got in their licks, In earlier tries to break 1 through London s defenses, me Germans lost 19 bombers. mak- . ing an indicated total cost of today's smash at the capital li and possibly 23 or more. While the third raid on the London area was in progress. the Germans, using dispersion i tactics, were feinting other areas In the southeast and northwest. Berlin Report Berlin. Aug. 30. PI DNB, the official German news agen cy, said nazi bombing squadrons attacked airdromes in south England late today, especially in Hampshire, and shot down a to tal of SI British planes. Fifteen German planes were acknowledged missing. Highway Tragedy Kellogg, Idano, Aug. 30. (VPl Donald Hawks wood. 16, of Salt Lake City, was killed and four other persons were injured i Portland s outskirts today, re when the truck in which they 'moving several homes from the were riding struck a soft shoul der and rolled off the highway near here today. Norwegian Princess, Children in US. Norwegian Crown Princess Martha, (rear, center) and her chll- dr,n ar( ghown as they reached York after their arrival from the transport American Legion. The children, left to right, are Prince Harald. 3; Princess Ailrld, Si Princess Ragnhild. 10. Carl J. Ham- bro. ex-president of the Norwegian parliament. Is shows at right in background BASEBALL American Boston 5 11 2 Philadelphia 4 8 0 Ostermuellcr, Heving, and Foxx, Peacock; Beckman, Ba bich, and Hayes. National Brooklyn 6 11 0 10 3 Cincinnati 2 Hamlin and Franks; Thomp- son, Beggs, and Lombardi. BENTLEY SHOOTS 73 TO QUALIFY Mid-afternoon qualifiers In the Southern Oregon-Northern Cali fornia Golf tournament at the Rogue Valley club saw Sid Mil - ligan of Eugene and Hubert B. Bentley of Ashland. 1937 cham - Dion, card 73 s: Ken Omlid of Eugene shoot a 78 and Don Leal of Eugene register an 00. (More golf on sports page) LCLAI L BERLIN. Aug. 30. Ger man sources declared tonight that 80 British planes had becndier, destroyed in extensive Nazi air j raids on airports in southern j England. Twenty-one German , planes were acknowledged miss ing. I The announcement said there were numerous "surprise raios ion Britain during the day most of them on airports and other ! Royal Air Force facilities. Numerous air battles took place over south England and the channel. London Aug. 30. (VP) Fom"two German planes were brought down over Great Brit- ain today and 10 British planes were lost, ine niniiowy ui m- ....... formation announced tonight, i ing S. Jones had been im Four of the British pilots es- mersed in an irrigation ditch an carwd. the announcement said, The figures were on air fight ing over Britain in which the gen after Mrs. Hensley restored Germans three times tried to, respiration by the mouth-to-break through the aerial de- mouth method. The Jones fam fenses of London up to 7:30 ily came here recently from I p. m., (10:30 a. m., PST.) Portland, Aug. 30 iP Fire men checked brush blazes on - : danger of destruction- One ' curred in the northeast district land two In the southeast. " the Waldorf-Astoria hotel In New old world aboard the U. S. army EIGHT OF FLIERS BALE OUT SAFELY Kalama. Wash.. Aug. 30 Eight army fliers who baled out of a crippled twin-engined bom ber in the dense woods of the Columbia river country were found safe today. Kalama, Wash-, Aug. 30 IP) An army bomber crashed in wooded country east of here to day and shortly afterwards Mc Chord field reported that a twin motored Douglas plane from the 73d bombing squadron, carrying eight men, had been overdue i since 10:30 a. m. Jimmy Brattche, a farmer iwho lives in the rugged country 'east of here, said he saw two men parachute to safety. One of the army men also made his way to a telephone and reported that he believed all of his com panions had baled out safely. The public relations office at McChord field listed the men aboard the plane as: First Lieut. Jack N. Donohew, a West Point graduate, the pilot. Lieut. Henry P. King, co-pilot. Staff Sergt. H. A. Davis, crew chief and engineer. Sergt. D- T. DeLong, bomba- Privates T. H. Stitt, W. L. ! Huntley, H. W. Dullingcr and ! W. A. James. LIFE INTO BABY r.r.n. t... a,,, tn (.it. -Mildred Hcnsley blew the breath of life back Into Hazel Annie Jone, Thursday after- noon after the 17-months-old j estimated three minutes. The - icity resusritator supplied oxy- Durango, Cal. Punta Delgada, Azores, Aug. 30 ip) The British steamer Ilvington Court, S.187 tons, was torpedoed and sunk by an un identified submarine 150 miles ; off Santa Maria, it was disclosed 'today. ENGLAND ABLEl TO LAST TO OCT. 1 GOP. WIN WILL BE SHE MAY WIN WAR;HELP FOR HITLER Bad Weather Due Then Morale of British Under Bombings, Vital. By DeWltt MacKensie The battle of Britain now has reached a period where we can pin down almost to the day the time when it will be possible to assay the outcome with far greater confidence than we can just now. If England can hold out one month more against the intensi fied bombing, until October 1 approximately the beginning of bad flying weather and rough seas in the average year I be lieve she will have established her right to claim that she may win the war. If she cracks up before this fateful month is passed obvi ously Hitler has his conquest in the bag. We shall be smart, too, if we recognize that his position is so powerful he may achieve exactly that though he may not. There's one vital thing lack ing to make it possible for us to give a close estimate of what may happen in the next month and that is how much damage the British isles are suffering materially, and how much in morale, if any. The British gov ernment won't give us the an- awer to that and the Germans are unable to, for airmen can't make accurate estimates of their work while miles high. It would be hard to believe that the material damage isn't heavy, but, I believe more de pends on the condition of civil ian morale. England can stand to lose a lot of homes and fac tories before her situation will become desperate. Public mo rale, though, not only must be high but must increase with ad versity. Indications are that the mo rale of the British isles is riding high- A striking picture of Eng land's will to win is painted in an article carried for this morn ing's papers by the Associated Press from E. A. Montague, an English newspaperman in Lon don. His theme is that he is happy and "Britain today is a happy country" because she at last "set to work to make good the years that the locust had eaten" dur ing the period of appeasement and indifference, and is deter mined "to fight back until either this nation or Hitler is de stroyed." HOUSE BILL AIDS LA Washington, Aug. 30. iT) The house has completed con gressional action on a bill (S927) giving the court of claims Jurisdiction on the claim of Sun crest Orchards, Inc., of Med ford, Ore., for damages from the government for alleged wrongful seizure of 60 carloads of pears In 1926. The fruit was seized and held for inspection by department of agriculture agents and subse quently was released. The com pany claimed the delay made the fruit unusable. ne auncresi urcnaras were ;""'' ,' , "' " Kj u T"? n" nn " ,r ln tat Pr'n tor mur" ?'ACID HURLED AT GREYHOUND STAGE Eugene, Aug. 30 OP) A south bound Greyhound passenger bus was pelted with missiles and acid as it sped along the Pacific highway about two miles north j oi z.ugene last night, city ponce I were notified. WALLACE CHARGES Appeasement Issue Injected Into Campaign in Accept ance Speech. Des Moines. Ia.. Aug- 30 UP) Henry A. Wallace Thursday night called upon the voters of the United States to curb Hit ler's "designs against this hemi sphere" by re-electing President Roosevelt. Formally accepting the Demo cratic nomination for vice-president in a prepared address here in his home town, the former secretary of agriculture charged the Republicans with being "the appeasement party in the Unit ed States today." Titling the speech "the new fight for freedom," Wallace de clared this nation "must face the fact that the dictators have def inite designs against this hemi sphere." In a speech formally accepting the nomination here last night before a crowd estimated at 7,000 persons, Wallace declared: "Powerful elements in our op position will, if the Republicans come into power, force us to make one economic concession after another to the totalitarian countries. "These appeasers will have their way if the Republicans win, because they have contrib uted largely, both politically and financially to the Republican cause. These people believe the Republicans in power would give - them profitable business with a German-controlled Eur ope at the earliest possible mo ment." Addressing an enthusiastic crowd of fellow townsmen, Iowans and farm delegations from several other midwestern states, Wallace was applauded when he expressed belief that the American people would not "turn their backs on the man that Hitler wants to see defeat ed." President Roosevelt has be come "the symbol of democ racy" particularly to the nations of North and South America, the speaker said. "Hitler must not be permitted to break the solidarity of the Americas," he continued. "If the Americas present to the axis powers the same divided front as the democracies of Europe presented to them, we shall as suredly walk the same path of destruction and lost freedom." The nominee charged the "dic tators have definite designs against this hemisphere" and said "they hope to get rid of the unyielding Roosevelt in the coming election. "They know that a political campaign is distracting to our people." he added, "and they know that in the many months that would elapse before a new (Continued on Pate Pour.) National Presidential Poll Reader's Frea Ballot CHECK YOUR CHOICE! CLIP! SEND IN! Mall or rlrlm In PROMPTLY to Mall Tribune Ofrlre. rir at, Medford. Ma; He raited on a Poatrard. Clip Neatly. Part of Nation Ida Poll of Publle Opinion, To STRAW BALLOT EDITOR, Medford Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. My tholte (or President it: ) WILLKIE ( ) ROOSEVELT ( ) BROWDER ( ) THOMAS ) t'MIECIDEO f ) ( ) I FAVOR a mote en Amcrlra's part for a nrltliaj- Qerman peart, f ) I nppnE aurh a maw on America's part. IN Its I eoted ( ) Democratic; ( ) Republican ( ) SorlallU) ( ) Commonlit! ( ) Lemke I'nlon ( ) Dldnt Vote. f ) My at-Set. . j ocrapatlo , Are ;oa, or suilois to be eonnted mart be drlltered to the Malt Tribune offlre en or before September S. (CooTrtfhted. 1MO. by Associated I War Bulletins Berlin. Aug. 30. (T) Authoritative sources an nounced tonight that Britain had notified Germany that British sea forces after today would refuse to give the pro tection accorded by the Red Cross to German hospital and rescue ships operating In the English channel and North sea. The Germans promptly de clared that if any such vessel were attacked there would be reprisals. NAZI TROOPS TO GUARD RUMANIA'S EASTERN BORDER Yields Transylvania for Pro tection Guarantee Axis Faces Russia. By the Associated Press Bucharest, Rumania, Aug. 30. Rumania, obeying the orders of Germany and Italy, gave up between 17.000 and 21.000 square miles of her territory to day in a swift drama of power politics that will permit Nazi soldiers to occupy her eastern frontier and stand face to face with the restless Soviet armies. Confronted with an "or else" ultimatum from the axis, she agreed to suffer one more dis memberment to hand over about half of the World war- won province of Transylvania to Hungary with the under standing that what Is left of the country will be protected by Germany herself. The effect of all this was not only to lengthen greatly the Nazi line of troops across southeastern Europe a line that could be come instantly barrier to Rus sia but to improve Hungary's own position in the same con nection. For the part of Transyl vania given back to her encom passes the Carpathian mountain region which ia her traditional barrier against invasion from the east by Soviet Russia. The negotiations were carried on at Vienna, in a meeting head ed by Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German foreign minister, and his Italian colleague, Count Galcazzo Ciano. All during last night they went on, while here in Bucha rest King Carol received a long line of distinguished advisers who one after another told him that there was only ona thing to do, . , Just after midnight, accord ing to authoritative accounts of what went on in the palace, the king got an urgent telephone call from Vienna. He was told that he had five minutes more to de cide. The Rumanian high com mand reported It could not pos sibly defend the country against three simultaneous thrusts, and Rumania capitulated. bare yon been, en relief.. Kwpaper Polls of America, Ine ) FDR. STATE VIEWS ON PLANT DRAFT Says Wallace and President 'Misrepresent' Charge GOP. 'Appeasers' Hit. Rushville. In.. Aug. 30 IJFi For the second time ln 24 .hours, Wendell L. Willkle call ed on President Roosevelt to I day to state his views on con Iscription of industry for na tional defense. The Republican presidential candidate was told Mr. Roose velt had refused at Hyde Park (N. Y.) press conference to com ment on the Overton-Russell amendment, which would let the government under certain conditions take over factories for defense production. The president asked inquiring reporters if it was customary for the chief executive to com ment on measures before con gress. , "I cannot believe that the president meant to say that he has never commented on pend ing legislation," Willkle said in a statement. '"Did he have nothing to say about the legislation packing the supreme court while that legislation was pending ln con gress? Did he not tell congress to pass the Guffey coal act ir respective of doubt about its) constitutionality? "If my memory serves ma) correctly, the president has commented many times on pending legislation but even if ha has not, I think it is the clear duty of a president of tha United States to state his posi tion on important pending leg islation. "Again I ask tha president without regard to my motives is he for or against tha Overton-Russell amendment. Was it introduced ln the United States senate with his knowledgo and approval? Does ha believe ln its principles?" "The president Is correct in his statement about me if ha meant to imply that I am doing my very best to induce him to state his position on problems confronting the American peo ple. I think It tha duty of man running for president to state his position on such prob lems and doubly so when ha Is seeking a third term." "As I previously told corres pondents with reference to that portion of Mr. Wallace's noti fication speech having to do with appeasement, Mr. Wallace was one hundred percent wrong, and now the president is one) hundred percent wrong in Im plying that the Republican party is the party of appease ment. The reverse is completely true. "The president announced to the press at the time I delivered my acceptance talk, that he did not have time to listen to It I know he Is very busy but before commenting on the Re publican attitude toward such subjects as appeasement, per haps a perusal of the Republi can platform and my talk would show him that both he and Mr. Wallace have made a misrepre sentation." The president said today Wal lace's speech spoke excellently I for itself. Wallace called tha GOP the party of appeasement. "It may be that the Ameri can people want to socialize and Soviettze our system of free en terprise," the Republican presi dential nominee told reporters , yesterday. "If they do. that Is all right, but that is one of the funda mental issues of the campaign and I want to debate it" Hyde Park. N. x., -ug. 80. p) president Roosevelt charged today that efforts were being made to involve him In a political controversy over a provision of the conscription bill authorizing the government to take over private Industrial plants. , He declined at a press con ference to answer Wendell L. Willkle's demand that he state his postion on the provision, asserting that an attempt was being made to Involve him In 1 a political discussion.