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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1. .0.
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THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and
ROBERT KINTNER
Released by tho
North American Newspaper
Allianca. Inc.
Washington, Sept. 16. One of
the few persons in the country
who can explain with some
clarity the multiple versions of
the house and senate excess
profits tax bills is John Law
rence Sullivan, assistant of the
treasury. For almost a year,
Sullivan has been in charge of
taxes, and as another new tax
law is being written, it is ap
propriate to know a little more
about him.
.
AS A rule, tax experts are in-
clined to be pretty pompous I
fellows, apparently born to tne
belief that the taxpayer should
never understand how his tax
Is computed- Sullivan would
be the last man to claim an
expert's title. As his name sug
gests, he is an agreeable Irish
man, brought to the government
a year ago from a prosperous
New Hampshire law practice.
He is an able lawyer, has a good
grasp of tax principle, with an
ability of clear expression un
usual to those who dabble in
the mysteries of tax law.
To anyone who follows tax
legislation at all. two points are
very clear. First, Sullivan's
Job is not an easy one. He suc
ceeded to a place previously
held by the left-winger, Herman
Oliphant; the middle-of-the-roader,
Roswell Magill, and the more
conservative John W. Hanes.
For a good many years, neither
the executive nor the legisla
tive branch of the government
has had an integrated policy.
.
AFTER two months of being buf
feted about la two congressional
committees, Sullivan no doubt would
much prefer his law office In Man
chester, N. H., to Washington. But
with all his difficulties, he haa
remained popular with both Repub
Ucan and Democratic committee
members, even though he has stuck
to his theorlee. Fortunately be Is an
extremely likeable person, with all
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LURES JURISTS
Grants Pass, Sent. 16. rP
Opening of the Willamette high
way apparently attracted many
southbound tourists in August
to the Dalles-California high
way. The California agricultur
al inspection stations reported
13.690 cars pntered the state
via the Dalles-California, 12,
584 via the Oregon Coast high
way, and 11,770 via the Red
wood highway from Grants
Pass. The Pacific highway, us
ually a leader, was fourth with
11.561. Trucks, buses, and local
cars were not included in the
figures.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIEUNE REPORTERS
The Frank Remhart family en
masse getting many chuckles
from the very comical picture
at the Crate.
Ruthie Bowne Dew being most
unobserving in thinking this col
umn of wit had been done away
with.
A couple of feminine fans of
Gordon Roosevelt Green decid
ing definitely not to dun him for
bets he made with them at a
golf tournament some weeks
ago.
Retired Colonel William Paine
dropping in on the soldiers at
the armory, a happy clint creco
ir.g irto h's eyes as he viewed
tea nuiiury activity.
ENGAGE IN DUEL
ACROSS CHANNEL
Nazi Troop Carriers Active
Along French Coast
Air Battle Over London
Dover, Sept. 16 (IP) Invasion
barometer:
Southwesterly winds brought
mist and rain to the Dover
straits tonight. Visibility was
sharply restricted. The channel
was rough, a heavy swell pound
ing the beach.
By the Associated Press
German and British long-range
guns duelled across the channel
this morning, with Nazi artillery
sending tons of shells screaming
into the Dover area invasion
gateway to London while Brit
ish, guns fired a salvo of about
24 shells at German bases oh the
French coast.
Amid these developments.
Britons celebrated what they
called the greatest air victory
since the battle of Britain began.
185 Naiis Downed
An official London com
munique said RAF fighters and
anti-aircraft guns shot down 185
Nazi warplancs In yesterday's
flaming sky battles the biggest
single day's "bag" of the war.
Only 25 British planes were re
ported lost and the English said
pilots of 12 were saved.
Hitler's "big berthas'' opened
up a cross-channel assault at 11
a. m. ( 2 a. m.. PST). raining
shells into Dover's streets crowd
ed with shoppers. The civilian
population fled to shelters as
four salvos arrived within 10
minutes.
Mist Causes Worry
Correspondents in English
coastal towns reported German
troop carriers of every descrip
tion were stealing along the
French coast. A ghostly mist
hung over the channel waters,
and it was feared Hitler might
take advantage of the weather
to cloak a troop-landing venture.
Eleven persons were wounded
in the shelling of Dover.
A big air battle raged high
over London, meanwhile, as the
capital experienced its fourth
air-raid alarm of the day. Shrap
nel rattled like hail on the city's
rooftops and batteries of "arch
ies anti-aircraft guns set up
a terrific barrage.
London's weary millions.
emerging from their under
ground shelters after a nine and
one-half hour night attack, un
derwent three more air raid
alarms, the first at 9:57 a. m.,
less than four hours after the
end of the night-long alarm. The
second was at 10:55 a. m.. and
the third at 12:09 p. m.
Wave An Hour
The Germans apparently were
attacking the empire capital now
on a "wave an hour" schedule.
Earlier, a large formation of
Nazi planes was reported beaten
off in an attempt to cross the
southeast coast, moving off
under a counter-attack within
10 minutes after it was sighted.
Semi-official London reports
said yesterday's aerial clashes
boosted the total of German
planes down over England to
2.143. Berlin countered with
an assertion that 775 British
planes were destroyed between
Sept. 1 and Sept. 14.
For all their activity of de
fense, the British found time to
continue their hammering at
German "front line" of invasion
the continental ports, and to
swarm over Germany again.
Berlin had two half. hour air
raid alarms Just prior to and
just aftermidnight. German au
thorities said the British were
turned back before reaching the
city.
Roseburg. Ore.. Sept. 16. Ai
Edwin Wyatt. 20. son of John
Wyatt. Winchester farmer, was
brought to Mercy hospital here
oday suffering from hip and
back injuries sustained in
runaway. Wyatt attempted t'j
jump fmrn n farm wnon. wh.)
a tr-n of hT-es hera-re fright
iened and juried to run.
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SAM RAYBURN
Washington, Sept. 16 P)
Sam Rayburn, 58-year-old Tex
as Democrat, was elected speak
er, of the house of representa
tives by acclamation , today
while the body of his predeces
sor, the late William B. Bank
head of Alabama, lay in state.
Members of a Democratic
conference held Just before the
election said there was no dis
cussion regarding filling the
majority leadership which Ray
burn is vacating and some ex
pressed belief nothing would be
done about it immediately. .
.B.
Washington, Sept. 16. (if)
President Rooseveit and sorrow
ing members of congress at
tended simple, impressive state
funeral services for Speaker Wil
liam B. Bankhead today in the
house chamber where he had
presided since 1936.
Members of the cabinet, the
senate and supreme court were
present. Galleries, to which ad
mission was strictly limited,
were packed.
Less than an hour before the
services began, the house, by ac
clamation, elected Rep. Sam
Rayburn of Texas as Bankhead's
successor one of the rare in
stances in which that high post
was filled without a contest.
President Roosevelt sat in
front of the rostrum with his
cabinet.
Family Present
Behind him sat members of
! the speaker's family Mrs-
I Bankhead, heavily veiled; Sen
! ator John Bankhead, his brother;
, the speaker's two daughters. Act
I ress laiiuian uanKnead and Mrs
Eugenia Hoyt. both dressed in
black: a brother, Col. H. M.
I Bankhead. commercial attache
at the United States legation in
Ottawa, Canada: Charles Crow.
a son-in-law, and Charles Crow,
Jr., a grandson.
The house arranged to recess
for three days and the senate
agreed to quit later in the day
i until Wednesday. '
ine speakers body, in a
flower banked gray casket, lay
in state in the well of the cham
ber. The services were conducted
by the house chaplain, the Rev.
Dr. James Shera Montgomery.
The 66. year-old speaker, an
administration stalwart for the
past seven years, died early yes-
terday after an internal hemor-
rhage. He was stricken a week
ago in Baltimore a short time
. before he was to address a politi
, cal rally.
! Burial In Alabama
I At the conclusion of the ser
I vices, a special train left the
capital bearing Speaker Bank
head's body to his home In Jas-
per, Ala., for burial. President
' Roosevelt, a committee of 60
house members, and other repre
sentatives of officialdom will ac.
company the body south to at
tend the final services.
Mr. Roosevelt, who received
word of Bankhead's death while
cruising on the Potomac, said
that "every American loses a
tried and proven friend of our
system of government." The
president's tribute v es one of
the rnsny mourning bankhcad .
I pilling.
Roosevelt Signs Conscription Bill;
Registration To Start October 1 6
WILLKIE EXPECTS
Candidate Says Battle of
America Now in Progress
Democracy Weakened
Coffcyville. Kas., Sep. 16
P) Asserting that the "battle
of America" is in progress, Wen
dell L. Willkie contended today
that President Roosevelt's re
election would bring totalitarian
government to the United States
before the third term ended.
The Republican presidential
pomincc, speaking in the city
where he taught high school his
tory in 1913-14, accused the ad
ministration of materially assist
ing Hitler "in his aggressive
plans."
Ho voiced .a denial "tli.il
Franklin Roosevelt whatever
his intentions is the defender
of democracy," and said:
Democracy Weakened
"First, I charge that his In
fluence has weakened, rather
than strengthened, democracy
throughout the world.
"And secondly, I charge that
here in America he has strained
our democratic institutions to
the breaking point.
"If, because of some fine
speeches about humanity, you re
turn this administration to of
fice, you will be serving under
an American totalitarian govern,
ment before the long third term
is finished."
Expressing the belief "Frank
lin Roosevelt has lost faith In
the American people," Willkie
continued:
"When I read of blood and
destruction in Europe I am
frightened to think that our only
shelter is not airplanes and
tanks but a man who in seven
years of peace could not get
factories producing our peace
time needs."
Repeats Charges
The candidate reiterated state
ments made to Illinois audiences
Saturday that Mr. Roosevelt.
"by his own meddling In inter
national politics, encouraged the
European conflagration."
For instance, he tnrrjedneri
the London economic conference
in 1933 at the very time when
the democracies were ready to
come together on a strong,
united economic policy.
I "And he was the coHfaihor
'of that unhappy conference at
; Munich the conference from
which the word 'appeasement'
i was born the conference from
I which Hitler went forth to de
stroy the European democ
racies." I Willkie did not amplify his
! mention of the Munich meet
ing. I Regarding the German at
tacks on London, the candidate
said:
"A philosophy Is In flames,
a way of life is in peril. And I
wonder what stands between us
and that calamity except a
smooth radio voice offering us
the gold brick of safety with
out sacrifice. . . ,
Democracy In Danger
"Although our cities are not
in flames, American democracy
Is in danger. It is in danger
from without and from within.
And it is in danger from with
out because it is in danger from
within. That Is our battle of
America."
Unless a president trusts the
American people, h auerted,
"we shall never be able to de
fend ourselves from threat of
aggression."
"The doubt in the president's
heart l a 'o weakened this
I country that Hi. Roosavelt ii
Famed London Shops Damaged by Bombs
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Londoners gate ai smashed windows and damaged storefronts In famous Regent street,
fashionable shopping area not far from the bright-light section of Picedilly Circus. ThU pic
ture was cabled from London.
BASEBALL
National
First game: R. H. E.
St. Louis 2 5 1
Philadelphia . 3 7 2
Cooper and Owen; Si Johnson
and Millies, Warren.
2nd game:
St. Louis 7 8 0
Philadelphia 17 3
Hutchinson, Masterson, and
Owen; Frye and Warren.
Pittsburgh 7 7 1
New York 6 7 1
Butcher, Brown, Klinger, and
Davis; Lohrmann, Carpenter,
Lynn, and Danning.
(10 innings)
Cincinnati ....... 4 9 0
Brooklyn 3 10 1
Thompson, Bcggs, and Wilson,
Baker; Davis and Franks.
American
(First game: R. H. E.
Philadelphia 3 6 1
Cleveland 8 9 0
Ross and Hayes, Wagner; Har-
I (Second game)
Philadelphia 3 7 0
Cleveland 2 6 0
Babich and Hayes; Eiscnstat,
Dobston and Hemsley.
Washington 2 9 2
Detroit 9 11 0
Krakauskas, Haynes, Carras
quel and Ferrell, Early; New
som and Tebbctts.
being pushed I believe against
i his will toward unconstitu
tional government.
I "He Is being pushed by the
I foreign situation, in which he
.considers himself Justified In
violating the constitution.
I "He is being pushed by the
failure of his own domestic pol
' icles to relieve us of unem
ployment, which has btii the
root of dictatorship in other
, lands.
I "He Is being pushed by his
own incompetence to deal with
American industry an Incom
petence from which his only es
cape can be confiscation of our
; enfeebled enterprises.
"He is being pushed by his
cynical advisers, who have in
vented all sorts of tricks to
liort circuit the Democratic pro
ceu."
Un
,)..-.,.
Medford Guards Mobilized
Spend First Day in Armory
"Right face!"
"At-ten-shun!"
"As you were."
These and other commands reminiscent of the summer of
1917 could be heard around the big armory today as the men cf
Company A and headquarters detachment, third battalion, 186th
infantry of the Oregon national guard were mobilized into tha
regular army and put on a strictly military regimen.
The air hummed with activity
around the armory. Kitchen po
lice were put to work right off
the bat and the process of clean
ing, dusting and mopping was
carried on In earnest. In the
kitchen the cook's helpers were
busy chopping up appetizing
onions, peeling potatoes and
cleaning carrots while the cook
cut first day's dinner: onion
smothered steaks, potatoes, car
rots and various accessory tid
bits. Out In the spacious auditor
ium recruits were being taught
how to stand properly, how to
hold their feet together, how to
turn right, left, how to stand at
attention. In charge of the re
cruit training was Sgt. Charles
E. Overmycr, son of O. L. Over
myer of 6)0 South Holly street,
a retired S. army captain.
I The serge r 1 was being assisted
I by five seasoned Company A
members.
Intensive drilling, In prepara
tion for a year at camp, was to
begin this afternoon.
Down in the store-rooms re
cruits were being fitted out with
clothing and equipment. Every
thing was being checked with
military precision, for someone
is responsible for every item, no
matter how small, and there
must be periodic accountings.
After tonight the men will
live at the armory until they
leave for Camp Murray near
Fort Lewis, Wash., next Sunday
or Monday. They will be permit
ted to go home tonight because
of the wrestling matches that
had been scheduled for some
time but after tonight the men
will sleep in the armory.
The men appeared In ' high
spirits and even those on K. P.
duty went about their work with
vigor and seeming pleasure
They j In tne array cowl
1
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OREGON STATE HISTORY
Salem, Sept. 16. (P) Ore
gon's national guard, for the
fourth time In history, became
part of the United States army
today as its 6,073eo(ficers and
men assembled In their armor
ies for at least one year'i mobi
lization. Next week-end the men will
move by train and truck to their
camps, the 249th coast artillery
going to Camp Clatsop and the
rest of the guardsmen leaving
for Fort Lewis, Wh., to train
with the 41st division.
In 1898 the guard fought In
the Spanish-American war as
the second Oregon volunteers.
In 1916 it went to the Mexican
border, and It fought In the
World War as part of the 41st
division.
Governor Charles A. Sprague
asked mayors of all cities in
which there are guard units to
give "some form of public fare
well to the men as they depart
for military duty." He said that
veteran and patriotic organiza
tion! would cooperate.
Philadelphia. Sept. 16. m
The keel was laid today at the
I niladclphla navy yard for the
United States navy second 49,-000-ton
battleship, largest fight
Ing vessels In the world, and
former Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison declared:
'The building of this ship is
jthe building of something to de
i fend human rlfhts,"
GOVERNORS ASKED
FOR COOPERATION
Local Election Officials and
Patriotic Citizens Urged
to Volunteer Services
Washington, Sept. 16. P)
President Roosevelt signed Intel
law today the nation's first
peace-time draft bill and Imp
mediately Issued a proclamation
requiring the registration Octo.
ber 16 of 16.300,000 men It
through 33 years old.
The president signed the hl
toric measure at 3:08 P.M., EST,
In the long rectangular White)
House cabinet room in the pre
ence of Chairman Sheppard (D
Tex.) and May (D-Ky.) of the)
sonata and house military com
mlttees and of Secretary of Waf
Stimson and General George C,
Marshall, army chief of staff.
Citlsenshlp Enriched
In a statement issued at the)
time of the signing the presw
dent said that "America ha
adopted selective - service lit
time of peace, and, in doing so,
has broadened and enriched out
basie concept of citizenship.''
'Beside the clear democratie)
Ideals of equal rights, equal prh
vileges and equal opportunb
ties," tha president said, "w
have set forth the underlying
other duties, obligationa and re
sponsibilltles of equal aervice. '
"In thus providing for nan
tlonal defense, we have not
carved a new and uncharted
trail in the history of our demo
cratie Institutions. On the con
trary, we have merely reassert,
ed an old and accepted prln
ciple of democratie govern
ment."
Ancient Heritage
"The militia system, the sets
armed citizenry with the obliga
Hon of military service Incum
bent upon every free man, has
Its root in the old common
law," the chief executive con,
tinued-
"It was brought to the eon,
tinent by our forefathers. It wa
an accepted institution In colons
ial days At .the time of the adop
tion of the federal constitution,
nine of the thirteen states ex
plicitly provided for universal
service in their basic laws.
In his proclamation Mr.
Roosevelt called upon "the gov
ernon of the several states to)
provide suitable and sufficient
places of registration within
their respective Jurisdiction and
to provide suitable and neces
say registration boards to effect
such registration."
Cooperation Asked
In addition he also called up,
on "all local election officials
and other patriotic citizen to
offer their service a member
of the boards of registration.'
"In order that there may be)
full cooperation In carrying In
to effect the purposes of aaid
act," the proclamation declared,
"I urge all employers, and gov
ernment agencies of all kinds
federal, state and local to give)
those under their charge suf
ficient time off In which to ful
fill the obligation of registra
tion Incumbent on them under
the said act."
The president said the registra
tion on Wednesday, October 16,
would be between the hour of
7 a. m. and 9 p. m. (local time).
On that day, he declared,
every male citlen between 31 and
39 inclusive, "will be expected
to report" to a neighborhood pre
cinct to fill out a registration
card and a registration certifi
cate ' "