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Subscribers Save Money and Time Through Mail Tribune Bargain Days Format : I nei t led tonight and Friday with occalont.l tUht rein, little change In trmpcratur. Hlhft yesterday - M Lowest thi morning 58 Paul 54 hour , trar Thirty-fifth Year THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and ROBERT KINTNER Released' by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. Washington, Sept. 12. OP) Shortly after the national de fense advisory commission was created, the president drafted to government service Donald Nelson, a reasoned businessman who for some years had direct ed Sears, Roebuck and Co. Nel son was placed in charge of coordinating army and navy purchases and was given prac tically unlimited powers. In co operation with Messrs. Knud sen, Stettinius and the other de fense commission members, Nelson soon discovered that he must make a fundamental de cision whether a system of voluntary cooperation between business and government could re-arm the country speedily and adequately. ! I SINCE there were bottle-necks In key defense industries, this question translated itself into another w hether legal means should be used to obtain priority for government orders over those of private business. After conferences with many business leaders, he decided that a voluntary system, for the time being at least, was much, super ior to a highly regimented and extremely complicated legal plan. Key defense plants were asked to give first attention to defense orders. According to competent defense commission sources, the cooperation from business has been almost 100 percent. NOT very long ago, however, the Nelson plan of volun tary business cooperation hit a snag. The navy contacted a large steel corporation, whose plant facilities are being used to maximum capacity, on a large rush order. An official of the steel corporation listened to the navy plea, but flatly re fused to give the order priority, explaining that the company's plants were swamped with pri vate orders, most of which were more profitable. High navy of ficers pressed the case but to no avail. Thereupon, the navy depart ment communicated with Nel son, explained the steel com pany's attitude, and requested that something be done. No one in the government is more sym pathetic with the trials of busi- (Continued on Page EUht.) DR- ALBERT SWEETSER OF U. OF 0- SUCCUMBS Eugene. Sept. 12. iJP) Dr. Albert Swectser, 79, former head of the department of bot any and plant biology at the University of Oregon, died to day at his home. He was on the faculty from 1902 until 1931, when he retired. Since 1931 he had been pro fessor emeritus of plant biology. He was also awarded a doctor's degree by the university after his retirement. SIDE GLANCES bT TRItUKE REPORTERS Vern Johnston, the hefty ex- high school athlete, looking for the fellow packing house work er who put limburgcr cheese In his pocket. Pleece Sarge Ed Walker ex plaining the intricacies of this year's game laws pertaining to dorr. Bob Fowler getting to work at an extremely early hour and not feeling so well along about midday. Anita Robertson being a per fect hostess to two unexpected guests who simply stormed and barged their way into her domicile mm , -e-eaj------- Medford 11 DEAD COUNTED $2,000,000 LOSS HEAVY BLASTS Kenvil, N. J., Plant of Her cules Co., Wrecked Doc tors, Nurses RUSh tO Scene- Washinglon, Sept. 12. OP) President Roosevelt asked the war department and Red Cross today to rush relief facilities im mediately to Kenvil, N. J., after he had been informed that a blast had virtually destroyed the entire plant of the Hercules Powder plant with the dead esti mated as high as 50. Washington, Sept. 12. (IP) The federal bureau of investi gation late today said that its field office at Newark, N. J., was investigating the explosion at the plant of the Hercules Power company at Kenvil, N. J. It declined to elaborate on this brief announcement. Only Wall Left New York, Sept. 12.OP) "The only things we saw standing were a couple of walls and they were those jf workers' homes near the plant," Anthony (Speed) Hanzlik, a commercial pilot, reported today after a flight aver the blasted plant of Her :ules Powder company at Kenvil, N. J. 'The only tiling in the plant which appeared intact, was a large boiler," Hanzlik related. "Leaves, branches and boughs had been stripped from trees on a large hill to the west of the plant, large tongues of flame shot up iver 50 feet in the air. Dover, N. J., Sept. 12 (IP) Eleven persons, all presumably plant employes, are known dead in the explosion at the Hercules Powder company's Kenvil, N. J., plant, a company spokesman re ported late today (at Wilming ton, Del.) The spokesman said the fatal ity figures had been revised up ward from one to at least eleven after reports from company of ficials. A casualty list was not avail, able immediately, he said. The spokesman added he had no esti mate of the number injured. Dover. N. J., Sept. 12. (P) Two terrific explosions in quick succession this afternoon at the Hercules Powder company's plant at Kenvil near here killed an undetermined number of per sons, injured at least 200, and started fires that caused eight lesser blasts. The first explosions shook houses, shattered windows in nearby communities and were felt more than 100 miles away. State police reported to their headquarters at Trenton that they saw "eight or ten bodies hauled out of the plant ruins." Injured Removed Scores of ambulances and po lice cars rushed the injured to hospitals in Dover, Newton. Mor- ristown. Newark and Montclair., round by Johnny Fischer of Cin The Dover hospital was filled cinnati, 1936 champion, who in to capacity with the first injured turn bowed out in this after to be taken from the scene of noon's quarter finals by 5 and 4 the explosions. j before W. B. (Duff) McCullough, The fires handicapped rescue jr, of Philadelphia, efforts and prevented police andi McCullough will play Billows firemen from determining the tomorrow. number of persons killed. I jn the other semi-final it will Two buildings containing dy- be Wilford Wehrle of Chicago namitc were in the path of;aKajnst Medalist Dick Chapman flames. 0f the Winged Foot G. C. Both A plant official said the first won by g lnd 3 this afternoon, explosion occurred in the solvent vVchrle over another Chicagoan. recovery house of the smokeless 1 39.year-old George Dawson, and powder manufacturing lines. The chapman over Metropolitan recovery house was recently champion Johnny Burke. completed at a cost of S500.000! to handle defense orders. Fire Routs Hotel Guests f 2.000.000 Damage I Seattle, Sept. 12. (IP) A Early estimates placed the to- hundred and ten guests were tal damage at more than $2,000. routed from their beds at the 000. Traffic snarls added to the . confusion and hampered rescue! efforts until more than a score of state police officers arrived toi take command. J Full Associated Presa Promoted i u i F Capi. Lee M. Bown (above), head of the Medford state police district since 1931. was today named assistant superintendent of the Oregon state police with headquarters in Salem- Capt. Bown has been stationed here since the state police was or ganised In August, 1931. No successor to Capt. Bowa was announced. ' . CAPT. LEE E TO POLICE HEAD Lee M. Bown, state police cap. tain at Medford since the de partment was organized in Au gust, 1931, was appointed deputy superintendent of state police ; today, according to an Associated ; Press dispatch from Salem. Bown, the dispatch said, suc 1 ceeds H. G. Maison, who has been called into National Guard ! service. The Associated Press said that no successor to Bown was an nounced. Lieut- Bert J. Staats is in charge of the Medford dis trict of the state police at the present time. Lieut. Staats has been here several months. Capt. Bown left Medford for Salem two days ago, and took up his new duties today. He will return here in a few days, how- ever, to remove his family to Salem. During Itis nine years' service here. Capt. Bown made a host of friends who will regret to see him leave, although rejoicing over his promotion. He is a member of the Medford Elks' lodge and participated in many civic undertakings for the bet terment of the city. IN GOLF, CLASSIC Mamaroncck. N. Y., Sept. 12 (VP) Defending Champion Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, was knocked out of the national amateur golf championship to day by Ray Billows of Pough kecpsic, 4 and 3. Jess Swectser, winner In 1922, was beaten in the mornini Washington Athletic club early today when firemen arrived to fight a room fire on the 15th floor. The damage was about $1,300, the fire started from a cigaret left on a davenport. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 'Invasion' Barges Bombed by F.R. Reaffirms To Keep War From U S- Shores Washington, Sept. 12. (IP) Reaffirming a "supreme deter mination" to keep war away from American shores, Presi dent Roosevelt inaugurated his third term campaign last night by advocating compulsory service for industry as well as manpower, if necessary, and pledging that his labor and social program would expand rather than retreat in building national defense. He coupled these definite! statements with an attack on unnamed critics who "love the laboring man in November but forget him in January" and called for an end "to the sort of appeasement which seeks to keep us helpless by playing on fear and by indirect sabotage of all the progress we are making." Misdirected Partisans " 'Appeasement,' incidentally as I use it," he said, "is a polite word for misdirected partisan ship." The president spoke before a demonstrative audience of members of the International Teamsters' Union (AFL) in Con stitutional hall. Daniel J. To bin, president of the union since 1907, estimated there were 1,400 delegates on the floor and 1,000 guests in the horseshoe balcony. Many of the delegates were in shirtsleeves. The president wore a steel-grey business suit. Just before he took up his man uscript to begin the 2,500 word address, a man in the rear of the hall shouted "Give'm hell, Franklin." Mr. Roosevelt join ed In the laughter. Given Ovation The audience gave him a one-1 minute standing ovation as he walked on the platform on the arm of Capt. Daniel J. Callag han, his naval aide. Twenty times it interrupted the address to applaud. He stopped, too, for cheers and whistles. He Interpolated often. At the start he brought laugnter by laying down his prepared speech and asserting he was "in a quandary" because he could not tell whether the address was "political" or not. He said he would thrown himself on the indulgence of the union, the radio companies and the public at large. Mr. Roosevelt reserved for the latter part of his speech the renewed pledged to do all in his power to keep this coun try at peace. Declaring that weakness in these days was a "cordial invi tation to attack," he brought loud applause when he added: "I hate war now more than ever. I have one supreme deter i mination to do all I can to keep war away from these shores for all time." Then, as the audience cheer ed again, he said: "I stand, with my party, and outside of my party as presi dent of all the people, upon the platform adopted In Chicago: " 'We will not participate In foreign wars, and we will not send our army, naval or air forces to fight in foreign lands outside of the Americas, except in case of attack War Bulletins Rome. Sept. 12. (IT) Un official reports circulated In Rome tonight that the Italians had begun ihelr long-expected attack on Egypt. Cairo. Egypt, Sept. 12. (IP) Italy's Marshal Graslana has rushed fresh troops from the Interior of Libya and massed them near Bardia. 30 miles from the Egyptian fron tier, British scouts reported tonight. They took the move ments as a definite Indica tion that Italy has decided to make the long-awaited thrust into Egypt. London. Sept. ll.tPt German warplanes were re ported over the northeast, the northwest and the midlands section of England tonight as well as over Scotland. a sw Determination ROOSEVELT HANDLING OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CLUMSY, SAYS WILLI Indianapolis, Sept. 12. (IP) Wendell L. Willkie and Senator Charles L'. McNary of Oregon talked over detailed plans for the Republican campaign today at a conference with party chairman Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Rushville, Ind.. Sept. 12. (IP) Describing President Roose velt's handling of foreign affairs as "clumsy" Wendell L. Willkie said today that "the United States cannot but fail in the present world struggle under such leadership. In a statement Issued Just be fore going to Indianapolis for a conference with other Republi can leaders, the presidential can didate made this comment on Mr. Roosevelt's address last night: I have never felt so encour- aged about the outcome of the election as I did after listening to Mr. Roosevelt's speech last night. "If the American people have any sense of realism of. the con dition of the world in which they are living, they will reject over whelmingly a president who preaches such class conscious and economic sabotage doctrines as was preached last night. The kindest words which can be applied to the president's speech are that he does not un derstand the laws of economics government finance, or the forces at work in the world to day. "The United States cannot but fail in the present world Strug gle under such leadership it Is the same doctrine which Blum of France taught: AGES FOR DRAFT Washington, Sept. 12. (IP) A Joint senate-house committee gave final approval today to compromise legislation making men from 21 through 39 years of age liable for compulsory military service In the nation's first peacetime draft. Before acting, the committee modified the restrictions It had previously voted to impose on power of the president to take over industrial plants refusing to cooperate In national defense. Chairman Sheppard (D., Tex.) said the purpose of the modifi cation was to make it possible for the president to use the power under existing conditions instead of waiting for a more extreme emergency. Italians Say Subs Busy in Atlantic Rome, Sept. 12 (IP) Italy declared today that her subma rine arm had reached Into the Atlantic ocean to prey on British shipping, crediting one boat with sinking 27,000 tons in a single voyage beyond the strait of Gibraltar. The high command's commu nique also claimed that In a raid on Aden, British base at the entrance to the Red sea, at the other extreme of Italy's battle front, two British destroyers were sunk by air bombing Sept. 1 and 2. Tribune United Press 1940. MEDFORD VOTES .1 FIVE COUNCIL! Recorder and Treasurer Also Up for Election Incum bents Expected to Run With a gigantic war raging In Europe, everyone talking of American defense and a presi dential campaign In progress. Medford s municipal election has been more or less overlooked. Nevertheless, there will be a city election on November 1- City voters will ballot for a mayor, recorder, treasurer and five councilmen. The terms of four councilmen, one in each ward, are expiring. A fifth councilman is to be elected for the unexpired term of J. Frank Reinhart, who has moved out of the fourth ward which he represented. The unexpired term is two years. Regular term for councilmen Is four years. Two-Year Terms. The mayor, recorder n d treasurer are elected for terms of two years. Now holding the offices are Mayor C. C. Furnas, Recorder M. L. Alford and Treasurer Gus H. Samuels. Councilmen whose terms are expiring are J. F. Erickson, first ward: H. S. Deuel, second ward; Thomas Roscberry, third ward, and George T. Frey, fourth Ward. Mr. Deuel is chairman of the important finance com mittee and vice-mayor. louncilmen who have two years more to serve are M. N. H o g a n, first ward: Lirrv Schade, second ward; C. H. Her man, third ward. While no commitments have been made, It is generally as sumed that all incumbents will be candidates for re-election. The city election is non-partisan. Henry G. Endera of Ashland W. H. Young of Eagle Point, and H. A. (Bert) Thierolf of Medford were named yesterday by the county court as members of the budget committee. All three have had previous experience on the budget body, Enders once acting as chairman. First meeting of the budget committee will be held the last of the moqth. The county court also sets with the committee in preparing the budget. ELECTION OF C0MACH0 PROCLAIMED IN MEXICO Mexico City, Sept. 12. (IP) The chamber of deputies today proclaimed Mamiel Avila Ca macho president-elect of Mexico, ruling that he had been success ful in the disputed election of July 7. Potato Bug War On Nazi Fields Laid to British Berlin, Sept. 12 OP) Auth arized German sources charg ed today that British airmen are throwing bags of "Colora do potato bugs" into potato fields in Germany, Luxem bourg and Belgium in an ef fort to lay waste the major 'ood source of those coun tries. These sources said the bugs multiply rapidly and are lard to control. They cited his alleged form of attack as mother "example of British infairnM " HA I baseball I I American Detroit, Sept. 12. (JP The . battling Detroit Tigers scored ' I four runs In the eishth innlnp today to come from behind and beat the New York Yankees 8 3 to hold onto first place in the American league. School boy Rowe went the route for his 14th victory, scattering 11 hits. Score: R. H. E. New York 3 11 1 Detroit 8 9 1 Donald, Breuer, and Dickey; Rowe and Sullivan. First game: R. H. E. Philadelphia 0 4 0 Chicago ISO Ross and F. Hayes; Dietrich and Tresh. (Second game) R. H. E. Philadelphia ........ 3 5 2 Chicago 4 8 2 Bablch and F. Hayes; Smith and Turner. Boston 13 2 Cleveland '..'.: 8 10 0 Ostermueller, Dickman, Hash and Foxx; Harder and Pytlak. . National . First game: R. H. E. Pittsburgh ; : 0 3 1 Brooklyn 7 12 0 Heintzelman, Lanning, and Lopez, Fernandez; Casey and Mancuso. Second gome: R. H. E. Pittsburgh r.,.....:. 4 10 1 Brooklyn ' 7 12 1 Butcher, Lanahan end Davis, Lopez; Hamlin, Casey, and Phelps, Mancuso,' Score: Cincinnati R. H. E. 9 13 1 4 11 1 New York Thompson and Lombard! ; Lohrman, .Carpenter and Dan- nlng. Score: R. H. E. Chicago 8 14 0 Philadelphia 15 2 French and Todd; Si Johnson, Smoll, Wilson and Atwood. R. H. E. St. Louit 7 13 1 Boston 17 21 1 Bowman, Lanier, Doyle and Padgett; Tobin and Berres. (2nd game) R. H. E. St. Louis 1 8 1 Boston 8 18 3 Cooper, Hutchinson and Owen Posedel and Broskie, J CHIL0QU1N PARTY Klamath Falls, Sept. 1J. (IP) Clinton Charles, 84, Chiloquln Indian, is In the hospital suffer ing from third degree burns as a result of an alleged "human torch" episode at a drinking party near Chiloquin, it was learned here today. Federal authorities are In vestigating a report that Charles lost consciousness at a party at the Thelma Hood place near Chiloquin and when he "came to" . hi clothing was on fire. Kerosene had evidently been poured on the garments. Charles was taken to the hos pital at Klamath agency. No one is under arrest in the case at this time. It was reported here. f A FUNDS APPROVED Washington, Sept. 12. (IP) The president approved today a $27,778 WPA allocation to im prove the campus and athletic field at the University of Ore- nn Annthmr allnration for Sldd,lo lo improve WW ivuir . ty roads also was approved. I Salem, Sept. 12. (IP) Gover- , nor and Mrs. Charles A. Sprague letf today by automobile to at . tend the Pendleton roundup. They will return here late Sat- urday. DIAL 2141 for Southern Oregon's Leading Newspaper The MAIL TRIBUNE No. 149. V British GERMAN CAPITA! ! ALSO JTTACKED Three Nazi Supply Ships) Among Targets British) Use New Air Defense London, Sept. 12. IP) A de layed action bomb exploded with a terrific roar heard over a wide area of London today. Property on either side of tho thoroughfare where the bomb lay was badly damaged and the) street was blocked with debris. The explosion was in a cen- tral London thoroughfare but it was not the bomb discovered near St. Paul's Cathedral. By the Associated Press. The London air ministry re ported late today that British bombers again slashed at Ger man "invasion" barge concen trations massed along the nazi held channel coast and attacked docks and shipping in wide spread raids. A German supply ship was) sunk off Dunkerque, another was hit and left burning, and" a third was damaged by bomb hits, the ministry said. "Enemy E-boats (torpedo carrying craft) were machine gunned from a low altitude,' an official communique re ported. New All Defense. ' Nazi raiders in great high flying waves made their first raid of the day on London at 4:39 p. m., drawing a terrifia barrage from the British capi tal's new anti-aircraft defense. The all-clear signal was sound ed an hour and two minutes later. Berlin reported the nazl air men, aided by good weather, penetrated England's south, coast defenses and dropped bombs over the London area "almost unmolested." British RAF warplanes show ered fire-bombs around Berlin' Tlergarten the German capi tal's "central park" in a 02 minute raid before dawn, today and pounded the great shipping ports of Hamburg and Bremen In an Intensified assault on Hit ler's relch. The Tlergarten lies near tha Wilhelmstrasse, where German government buildings and Hit ler's own chancellery are situ ated. Templehof Bombed. Lodnon reported the RAJ raiders also bombed An halter railway station, in central Ber lin, and the big Templehof air drome. Hitler's high command ad mltted 14 persona were killed, 41 Injured and many fires start ed in the three cities attacked. London's weary millions un derwent their fifth straight dusk-to-dawn attacks, sleeping1 again In the dank, sepulchral gloom of underground shelters, but the populace found warm ing note of comfort In the steady slam of "archies" anti-aircraft guns setting up a screen of firw to blast the raiders. New London defense tactic ot throwing up a rapid-fire "cat-o'-nine-tails" barrage, instead of sniping singly at individual planes picked out by search lights, was officially credited with having greatly impeded the German assault. Toll Mounts. . Casualty figures for the first three of the five all-night raids showed a heavily mounting toll, with 1,010 known dead and 4,300 wounded. The British reported 89 Ger man planes shot down In yes terday's battles, with 24 RAT planes missing; the Germans as serted 80 British planes were) destroyed and 20 nazl aircraft were missing. Nine German, planes were shot down by anti aircraft fire.
