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DIAL 2141 for Southern Oregon's Leading Newspaper The MAIL TRIBUNE TTCalIlCrr Burwu report tnsid. ForcoMt Partly cloudy today, vtuet tle4 tomorrow; llttlec hang Im temperature or humidity. Trmprratura Htht 7r.7 n Lowest yry , , M Medford RIBUNE Full Associated Press United Prcu Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1940. No. 151. W A M 151 Nl m a wm IN If? 1 i THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP, and ROBERT KINTNER Released by the North American Newspaper Allianco. Inc. Washington, Sept. 14 As an anti-climax to the president's bold release of fifty overage de stroyers, defense officials are continuing their - negotiations with the British purchasing commission to supply equipment arms and ammunition. The lat est negotiations are said to relate to speeding delivery on a small number of large bombers, which the British need desperately. Both this country and the British have placed huge orders for bombing planes, with com plete deliveries delayed for sev eral years. In one particular case United States orders had prece dence over those of the British, and Arthur Purvis, chairman of the British representatives, was anxious to get at least some de livery in the not too distant fu ture. He negotiated with the treasury and the defense com mission. A plan has been agreed upon to alternate delivery be tween this country and England on finished planes. The net re sult of the deal is that the Brit ish will receive five large bomb ers three to six months sooner than was expected. HOWEVER, if officials whom the president consulted on the destroyer trade are informed it seems unlikely that in the immediate future at least, any large quantity of this country's military equipment will be sold or exchanged. Obsolete rifles and small arms are still being shipped to England, but the ne gotiations seem picayune in con trast to the transfer of the de stroyers. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and his assistants continue to be the god fathers to the British commis sion, giving Purvis and his asso ciates full cooperation and every help in dealing with the other branches of the government. But at least until the battle of Eng land can be judged more accur ately, nothing comparable to the trading of the destroyers seems in prospect. INHERE is, as everyone knows, great controversy over the efficiency of the military plane program. But one optimistic conclusion can now be drawn. William S. Knudsen, defense commissioner in charge of plane production, has introduced a new policy that was long need ed. For the past year, when large amounts of money have been appropriated for aircraft production, manufacturers have been driven almost crazy by the army and navy technicians. Just (Continued on Pag eight.) TEST BOMB HITS - Tokyo, Sept. 14. (IP) T h e 16.090-ton Canadian liner Emp ress of Asia was hit by a test bomb dropped by Japanese na val pilots engaged in bombing practice off Oshima island, at the mouth of Tokyo bay, but suffered no damage, the Japan ese admiralty announced to night. Four Chinese crewmen were injured. Japanese officials hurried aboard to apologize and naval surseons attended the injured. The liner sailed tonight for Vancouver, B. C, her home port. Her purser. In a radio te'.e-phor.-J opaverialioa with the Associated Press, confirmed that the bomb caused do struc tural damage. Ho declined to give further Information. Lightning Hits Vancouver Vancouver, Wash., Sept 14. (JP) Lightning bolts threw two power lines out of com mission near here last night and sent Elmer Sramp, 63, to St. Joseph's hospital with eye and leg burns - I BERLIN PROMISES FATE WORSE THAN f WARSAW TO COME L Blame Put on British, Who Repulse Bomber Attacks Batter French Coast. By Louis P. Lochner Berlin, Sept 14. (JPh-Britain must hand over London to the armed forces of Germany or see it bombed like Warsaw, a well-informed spokesman told the foreign press today. Hand over London and all will be well, he intimated. This commentary from the German viewpoint was deliver H Inct b wmlr aftpr Gnrmanv began the heavy raids on Lon- Anrt nrViinh th infllrPtmnn Pall ed "a measure of retaiation for months of planless bombing of Gprman civilians and non-mili tary objects by the British." TVia Hermans said thev used a so-called "flvina arrow" bomb er, similar to the Dorner "fly ing pencil which smashed war saw and Rotterdam. They said 21 British planes were snot down. rta nTHiftf4 that nn more Rrituh nianp would reach Ger many in large formations this winter. Won't Accept Guilt As for London, he went on: "W HpMine to acceDt the guilt for what's happening to London. "England declared war be cause we brought Danzig back into the reich . . . "The British government has tVi nnihilitv of saving Lon don, even now after 5,000 lives are lost, from the fate of War saw. "The German air force will .i!n. tim rlntlpui attacks unless the British government acts. "If there's misery in London tav it in't our fault. It's England's for not preparing the city properly against imam A nafn h a 1 f 1 "If Churchill finds it possible to sacrifice further tens of thousands in cold blood, that will merely prove unheard-of unscrupulousness." Rurnuni Beat Back London, Sunday, Sept. 15. (p) Four German air rams on London by the dark of night were beaten back last nigni ana early today, three of them by British fighter planes aioneanu the fourth by a thundering anti aircraft barrage. Some bombs fell, wnisumg. but the clear signal came at t ot . m (fl-27 n. m. PST Sat urday) when the noise of plane motors died away alter a iwu hour and 11-minute alarm. The attack, by a few Ger man planes shuttling over the capital, was the lightest in more than a week. Only odd bombs were dropped, and the raid ap peared similar to the "insom nia" flights over London pre ceding the past week of all night onslaughts. in.. hlazrd away for 20 minutes before an alarm, the seventh since Saturday morn ing, was sounded. Heavy Firing from the Thames estuary direction and nr,rth t-nndon- indicated the Germans attempted to break into the heart of London from two directions. The gunfire along the Thames crept toward the north, appar ently tracing the course of the raiders. The successive night alarms. I with "clear" Intervals up to three hours, constituted a de parture from the weeg-iong mer man tactics of all-night raids and came as Britain's own bombers pounded heavily at German "invasion ports" on the ooart of Fraoce. The British Press association said these latest blows for Brit- a in were heavier even than tee fierce British attack wrucn ceased at dawn Saturday. The authoritative Br It Im press association estimated that 300 bombers had been thrown back by early evening In a "huge battle" over the south east coaft which watchers de scribed as "the biggest ever." Patterson Killed in Airplane Crash at Willkie a tftw a wendeii L. Willkie. Republican presidential nominee, is giving his running mate. Sena tor Charles L. McNary of Oregon a warm handshake at the Indianapolis airport. McNary flew to Indianapolis from Washington, D. C. with Joe Martin, chairman of the Republican na tional committee, to confer with Willkie before the latter left on a campaign tour through the west. NEW DEAL AIDES Defense Program and Draft Expected to Cause Spurt By January. Washington,' Sept. 14. m Administration economists, an ticipating vast industrial and employment gains in the next year, urged immediate action to day to prevent industrial Dome necks which might touch off a spiral of rocketing prices. The recommendations were made in a memorandum pre pared for circulation among high officials, particularly those concerned with defense. While the report has not been made public, it was learned that the economists set out these gen eral conclusions and recommen dations: Immediate expansion is neces sary particularly in the number of railroad freight cars and pro duction facilities for steel and machinery. Unless more are built, freight cars are expected to be 100,000 short of require ments by next fall. Steel pro duction is slated to hit "practi cal capacity" by January, with shortages appearing already in some types of steel such as ar mor plate. The machine tool in dustry needs 25 per cent more facilities. Business is expected to pro duce employment such as the country has not seen since 192a. Depending on how fast the de fense program gathers speed, in dustry is slated to take on be tween 2,500,000 and 3.7M.O00 more workers by next July. The conscription and national guard mobilization programs are due to take more than 1,000,000 ad ditional men out of the labor market in this period. GIVEN DISCHARGE Salem, Ore Sept 14. Major General George A. White said today that many Oregon national guardsmen marrying last week and applying for dis charges received them. However, future discharges will be suspended until after mobilization of the guard is completed next week, the 41st division commander added. i MARRYING RIIM , i ii mil im w w l Greets Running Mate ELEANOR ANSWERS! ATTACK OF GUILD New York. Sept. 14 (Pi- Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to. day championed conscription against an attack by the Amer ican Newspaper Guild (CIO), of which she is member. Replying to a recent circular setting forth anti-conscription views of the guild's internation al executive board, Mrs. Roose velt wrote in the Guild Repor ter, union organ, that "to make sweeping statements seems to me stupid beyond words, and to use such claptrap as the young people in the American Youth Congress use seems to me even more stupid. "You are quite right that more democracy, not less, is needed in this country, but more unselfish willingness to serve for the good of the people Is what we really need not a group of democratic citizens who are always asking and nev er giving." In an answering letter, Don al M. Sullivan, guild president, wrote, "I submit that the board's I statement, drafted after hours of cartful discussion, was accur ate, particularly In the refer ences to the anti-labor possibili ties of the bill." The board's letter said the Burke-Wadsworth bill contained "anti-labor and anti-democratic features" and the "very exist ence of the emergency" was "belied by the failure of the gov ernment to require Industry to forego excessive profits and to produce, and produce fast." ICKESlDEBATE BRIDGES, 4J0DAY New York. SeDt. 14. V Some significant debates and forums this week-end- Probably hottest will be Sec retary Ickes' clash with Repub lican Senator Bridges of New Hampshire on ilES American Forum of the Air, at 4 p. m. Sunday. They'll discuss 'The New Deal and National De fense." Ship's Crew Rescued. New York. Sept. 14. VP) The American export liner Exo chorda radioed today that she had rescued "all 64 members" of the crew of the 5,19-ton British freighter Saint Agnes, sunk 700 miles west of Lisbon AT-.-..-.,. 7 V 4 M Hi It, V i ' J 1 J O f WILLKIE CLAIMS FOREIGN POLICY OFFl.'BUNGLING Ik V' Nominee's Throat Sore- Corn Belt Told President Not Qualified. Enroute to Kansas City, Sept. 14. JP In a voice so hoarse that aides summoned throat specialists from Chicago and California, Wendell L. Willkie charged today that President Roosevelt "has been one of the principal contributors to the breakdown in Europe", Speaking In Peoria, 111., after a series of rear platform ad dresses had strained his voice, Willkie said huskily: "where was Franklin Roosevelt, this great, indispensable man, when Germany was reaching out? If he had given encouragement, this thing would never have happened. "Franklin Roosevelt, instead of being one factor for the pres. ervation of the democratic way, has been one of the principal factors in the destruction of the democratic way." Although declaring that the president's motives "are always noble," the Republican presi dential candidate said that "It doesn't do any good to have no ble motives if you don't know what you're talking about." Referring to a statement by Henry A. Wallace that the Re publican party Is the party of appeasement, Willkie said: "ap peasers? he (Roosevelt) has ap peased the Democratic world to destruction. Of all the men I know who have any acquain tanceshlp with international af fairs. Franklin Roosevelt Is the least qualified to lead this na tion." Willkie asked his audience whether Mr. Roosevelt had any "extraordinary skill" in foreign affairs and then continued "Instead of being unusually skilled in International affairs, Franklin Roosevelt has handled foreign affairs in the last seven years in a bungling and inrom petent way, in tits and starts and with provocative and un necessary statements. "I don't pretend to be much," Willkie began, "but I tell the truth. I never have lied. 1 asked the president recently to com ment on some legislation, but he said he never commented on pending legislation. The record showed that he had commented 17 times on pending legislation this year." i DRAFT ACT; SENT TO WHITE HOUSE President to Set Date for Registering Fund to Speed Operation- Washington, Sept. 14. (IP) For the first time in United States history, a peace time draft bill won final approval of congress today and the presi dent's signature, expected early next week, was the last remain ing step necessary to start the machinery for raising a con script army of 900,000 men. Theg revised bill, requirin 16,500,000 men aged 21 to 35, inclusive, to register for possible service went through both houses by margins of almost two to one today, thus demonstra ting how sharply Hitler's on slaughts abroad have reversed the traditional congressional aversion to peace-time conscription- The millions of America's young manhood will be regis tered by some local 700,000 elec. tion officials on day to be set by the president, perhaps early in October. In mid-November the first batch of 75,000 draftees are due to be called to the col- ors. Under the war department', plans, subsequent calls would build up the army to 400,000 early in 1941 and to 900,000 by the spring of 1941. The president, anticipating congress' action, dispatched a rMitimrt tn Rnpntror n&nlrKAH for an additional $1,733,886,970: for the defense program, includ ing $24,823,108 to start the draft. Obviously prepared before congress finished its ' Job, this proposed appropriation would speed the conscription proces ses. Although registration may take place when the president has signed and fixed the regis tration date, the legislation re quires that appropriations must precede the actual calling of men. The final congressional ac tions, approval first by the sen ate and then by the house of a compromise version of the legis lation, came quickly at midday after brief debate. The senate approved 47 to 25 and the house 232 to 124. This compromise version In cluded authority for the presi- aent to take over and operate on a rental basis plants from which the government could not obtain defence orders as expeditiously as desired. At the insistence of the senate, the bill had been shorn of restrictions which, sev eral senators complained, weak ened this industrial section snd made it unenforceable in the courts. ICO RACE Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 14. VP) Rep. J. J. Dempsey. fight ing congressional champion of me natcn "clean-politics" bill held a consistent lead tonight on the basis of returns from his battle to wrest the Democratic senatorial nomination from In cumbent Dennis Chavez. With returns in from 98 of the state's 914 voting divisions In today's first New Mexico di rect primary, the count was: Dempsey 8.069, Chavez 8,734. In the Democratic guberna torial race, incumbent John X. Miles pulled away to an early and substantial lead over bis opponent, Clyde T ink ley, for mer governor and present may or of Albuquerque. New Game Refuge Portland, Sept 14. HP) The state game department recom- i mended today that Carlton lake be turned into a migratory 'waterfowl refuge. SPEAKER, PASSES Washington, Sunday, Sept. 15. P) Speaker William B. Bankhead of Alabama died at 1:35 a. m. (Eastern Standard time) today In naval hospital. He was 66 years old. His death was due to rup tured artery In the abdomen. He had been unconscious for four hours before his death. The Democratic leader was stricken last Tuesday (Septem ber 10) in Baltimore where he had gone to deliver a political address. At that time Dr. George W. Calver, capitol phy siclan, announced that the speaker had fainted as the re sult of a painful attack of sci atica. Dr. Calver explained that he had withheld the true nature of the illness because Bankhead was able to converse with others and read newspapers and he did not wish him to learn how seriously ill he was. Conscription Law in Brief Washington, Sept 14 OP) What the conscription bill says: Registration of men from 21 through 35 years. A maximum of 900,000 men would be liable for year's military training. tfe army estimates there are io.soo.oou men in me zi-sa group. After 60 days, the draft ma chinery could be invoked by the president The government, could take over Industrial plants .needed for production of defense ma terials if they deemed essential. The owner would receive rent The legislation would con tinue In effect until May, 1943; voluntary enlistments would be encouraged. Deferment of training would be granted men with depend ents and some other special classes. The trainees could be used anywhere In the western hemis phere, United States possessions snd territories, including tne Philippine Islands. Base pay would be 130 month ly after the first four months. Upon completion of training, a conscripted man would be eaj titled to return to nis former Job unless changed circum stances made It Impossible for his employer to rehire him. No men could be called to service until congress made ap propriations for their training. The men in service wouia De entitled to vote, provided their states of residence had absentee voting laws. FOR COMI Northern California: Fair Sunday but overcast on coast: slightly warmer In in terior; gentle variable wind off coast Oregon: Generally fair east and considerable cloudiness west portion Sunday; un settled on north coast; little change in temperature; light southerly wind off coast Outlook, for far .western states for September 14 to 18 inclusive: temperature near nor mal, with little trend; precipi tation on form of showers will total moderate amount north of latitude 40 degrees, except easy amounts Washington coasts: showers will total light amounts over California, preceded by fair weather Saturday and Sun day. Reed Meet Lads Salmon, Idaho, Sept 14. UP) The International Four-States Highway association, holding Its seventh annual convention here, today accepted the Invitation of a 16-member Mexican delega tion to meet next year at Mex ican, Mex. Wimer CCC COMMANDER AND PILOT NEAR DEATHISREPORT Cabin Ship Strikes Trees In Landing Saturday Afternoon. Robert E. Patterson, 29, of 236 North Ivy street was fatally injured In an airplane accident on the small field at the Wimer CCC camp near Rogue River yesterday afternoon. He died in a hospital in Grants Pass a few hours after the crash. William L. Harley, 25, com mander of the Camp Wimer CCC company and pilot of the plane, was critically injured. He also was taken to the hospital In Grants Pass. He was not expected to live. In bringing the small two place private plane down for a landing, Harley overshot the field and the plane crashed into trees. The plane was owned by the Grants Pass Flying club of which Harley was a student member. The accident happened about 2:30 p. m. The plane flipped over on its back after shearing off the tops of the trees. Patterson, employed by the state forest department for the past seven years, was foreman at the Wimer CCC camp, a camp administered by the state forest department He had been a camp foreman for 3Vi years. He was married about a year ago to Miss Maxlne Thompson. Mrs. Patterson Is a bookkeeper In the city water department En route with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hall of Ashland to the coast on a week-end fishing trip, Mrs. Patterson was intercepted by state police at Coquille late yesterday and informed of the tragedy. Known by his friends as Bob, Patterson was a graduate of the Hillsboro high school and the Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland, 1933. Harley suffered skull, chest and Jaw fractures. He came from his home In Atlanta, Ga., in March, 1938, to serve in the CCC in this district WhUe Wimer camp commander he made his home with his wife and infant daughter in Rogue River. ITALY CAUTIOUS IN DESERT DRIVE, RUINS CAPTURED Cairo, Egypt, Sept 14. UP) Italian troops, In what ap peared to be the preparatory stages of a desert blitzkrieg, moved cautin -ly tonight into the no man's iand on the Libyan Egyptian border, occupying the ruined Egyptian village of Sol ium on the sea. They also spread out along the escarpment south of the vil lage and took over the ruins of nearby Musaid, the British ac knowledged, but they were con tinually harrassed by British ar mored units. "We have the situation well in hand," said the British, on the alert for the start of a real mech anised offensive against Egypt, the Sudan or both. Marshal Rodolfo Graiianl was reported to have increased his forces in Bardia, Italian Libya near the Egyptian border, to snore than 260,000, and there were big movements of infan try and armored fighting ve hicles. This was believed to indicate that the Marshal advised by German war technicians in tends to emulate the German strategy in depending largely on mechanised units as spearhead of a drive across the western desert Into Egypt
