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Newspaper Page TextDIAL 2141 for Soulharo Oregon's Leading Newspaper The MAIL TRIBUNE TT CalOCl er Bumi report uul de. Fam-ut: l ntrttlrd mn4 tnlli irtth ecraUoBal llgbl aboavra tonight ana MedneMlay. Temperature Hitrmt Yttrr4at 11 Leant thla Mornlnc 1 raat SI hours . X Medford Tribune Full Associated Press Unllad Praia Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, No. 153. AN1N1 ILL LflMH 3M Ml ' aH1? jl ,ME THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and ROBERT KINTNER Released by tha North American Nawtpapar Allianca. Inc. Washington, Sept. 17. Many professional politicians argue that Wendell L. Willkie's great est mistake has been the alien ation of men of their kind, and particularly the Republican members of congress. Beginning an hour or so after his nomina tion in Philadelphia until a short time ago, with very few exceptions, Willkie neglected members of his party who make politics a business. He rather naturally chose to rely on a small group of close friends, who helped plan his pre-convention campaign. .These friends pride themselves on be ing amateurs, and have little re spect and almost a distaste for the ordinary politician. Willkie expanded his intimate circle by adding a few men such as Bruce Barton, four or five research workers and one or two extra secretaries, but essentially since he became the Republican can didate, he haa looked for ad vice to old associates who are dabbling for the first time in the tricky game of a national election. THIS has brought great resent ment within the Republican party, which is now rather bad ly divided. Probably the unhap piest man of all is Joseph W. Martin, Jr., who holds the dual Jobs of national chairman and Republican leader of the house. Martin whipped the Republican minority into a cohesive group, and nothing bothers him as much as dissension. But Martin has grown philo sophical over the complaints of his colleagues. As he told a friend recently. "Willkie has ideas of his own, and that's all there is to it." But while Martin (Continued on Page E'.i ) LEGION CHIEF WARNS FEAR, WAR HYSTERIA Boston, Sept. 17. (JP) Na tional Commander Raymond J. Kelly of the American Legion said today a shift of public opinion toward the viewpoint that the United States was headed for war was "the very national factor most likely to plunge us into the holocaust." Here for the Legicv's national convention, starting September 22. Kelly told the Advertising club of Boston in a prepared address: "In my opinion there is no more important mission for thinking Americans than to give their best efforts to the Job of reducing and if possible elim inating the type of war hysteria and fear which in the end most likely may lead us into the con flict." 'The sound policy for out country is to strengthen our national defenses to the utmost, and as efficiently and expedi. tiously as possible," Kelly said, "but these armed forces must be to defend America, first, last and always." SIDE GLANCES bT TRIEUNE REPORTERS Sara Stuart watching the restlin riots battle rnyal with all the expressions of fright in the book. Virginia Sherwood thinking it awfully funny seeing her sister-in-law's moniker in this col. Bob Stedman being very an xious that more ladies and gentlemen turn out for "Petti coat Fever' tryouts tonight, he thinking the production is go- 04 to be r;V CROSS-CHANNEL 10 INCREASE DAILY Gale Scatters Invasion Fleets Storm Fails to Halt German Aerial Assaults Telescope Barrels Berlin, Sept. 17. (Ger many's long distance guns which have gone into action against London are super-can. non hitherto unused, and even now their firing is more or less limited to range-finding. Strictest secrecy prevails concerning the calibre of the guns. Informed sources, how ever, said that certain "big berthas" during the World war would fire 7S miles (one was used against Paris). Since then; they added, science has made great strides and the somewhat longer distance from Calais to London is "no problem." From newsreel pictures shown in the reich it appears that these new guns have bar rels resembling a telescope. The news reel pictures indi cate these barrels actually sway in the air after a shot has been fired. By tha Associated Praia Gorman long-range guns on the French coast, firing from a distance of at least 00 miles, have begun to shell London It self in a new phase of the 10-day-old assault on the British capital, informed Nazi quarters in Berlin said late today. Simultaneously, the London air ministry reported that a gale sweeping through the English channel all last night scattered Germany's invasion fleet and sent her ships scurrying to shel ter. To Increase Daily The German report of shell ing London which was unveri fied in London itself said the guns were "super cannon" hith erto held in reserve and that the cross-channel bombardment was expected to increase daily. Britons had taken hope earlier . today that the chances of in vasion were dimmed ty trie nrsi autumn storm raging over the channel. The 10-day-old air siege of London went ahead with undi minished ferocity, however. Air-raid sirens screamed their warnings twice during the morn, ing, and the air ministry report ed that Nazi bombs had wrought considerable havoc in London's exclusive Mayfair district and in the smart west end shopping streets. I The targets Included Bond, Re gent and Oxford streets. Picca dilly. Park Lane. Berkeley and Sloan squares corresponding toi New York's Fifth and Park ave- nues and prompted the semi-official press association to re mark: "Hitler's bombers are culti vating more expensive tastes. Today fashionable shopping streets were carpeted with glass as thick as snow ..." Storm Whips Channel Storm winds blowing at 35 to 40 miles an hour whipped the English channel waters, and de fenders of the island's kingdom promptly dubbed it "Churchill I weather" In contrast to the clear, dry weather which aided Hitler's conquests in Poland, Holland. Belgium and France. ! An Associated Press corres pondent posted on the Dover coat telephoned London: "There's a nasty cross-sea run ning and the channel would be bad for regular steamers in peacetime, let alone for any flat bottomed troop barges." Elsewhere over Pritain, the skies were thick with fog. fur- i thcr hampering the Nazi aerial sieee. 1 Even brighter news was re flected in the headlines of Lon don't great metropolitan dailies, which told of new RAF assaults ; on German barge concentrations i and 1 nvasion bases along the channel coast. Some of these ex claimed: "Invasion Armada in Chaos!" "Havoc in Channel Baes!" "Invader Hitler Gets Big Bat. itoingV - baseball National Philadelphia, Sept. 17. Bill Werber's triple and Ival Goodman's double In the ninth inning gave Cincinnati a 2 to 1 victory over the Phillies and moved the Reds a step closer to the National league pennant to day. Whitey Moore, shading Kirby Higbe in a mound duel, stopped the consecutive hitting streak of Dan Litwhiler at 21 games by blanking the rookie Phil outfielder. R. H. E. Cincinnati 2 7 1 Philadelphia ISO Moore and J. Wilson; Higbe and Millies. R. H. E. Chicago 9 14 1 New York 8 13 2 Olsen, Bryant, Raffensberger and Todd. Collins; Hubbcll, Lynn, Melton, P. Dean and Dan ning. St. Louis .......... 5 7 1 Brooklyn 0 3 1 Lanier and Owen; Grissom, Tamulis, Rachunok and Man cuso. Pittsburgh 5 12 2 Boston ...10 14 0 Lanahan, MacFayden, Brown, Swigart, and Davis, Fernandes: Erickson, Strincevich and Ber res. American League Detroit, Sept. 17. (JP) The Detroit Tigers regained first place in the American league race today, taking advantage of the wildness of Washington pitching to defeat the Senators 6 to 3 while Cleveland was los ing to Philadelphia. Rudy York hit his 29th home run of the year with Hank Greenbcrg on base. Washington . 3 7 1 Detroit 6 6 0 Masterson, Moneagudo and Early; Rowe, Benton and Sul livan, Tebbetts. Philadelphia 4 9 1 Cleveland 3 9 2 Beckman and Hayes; Milnar. Humphries, Zuber, Howell and Pytlak. CCC REGISTRATION TO BE IN CAMPS Washington, Sept- 17 The 12 per cent of CCC en rollees whose ages make them liable for registration under the conscription law will be regis tered in their camps October 16. Officials who announced this to day said the camps would use forms provided by the gover nors of the states in which the camps are located. New Astoria Manager Astoria, Sept. 17. (IP) George T. McCIean, Astoria, city engineer, was sworn in to day as city manager. He suc ceeds James O. Convill, a re lerve officer called In the guard mobilization. Thank You Weary members of the Mail Tribune circulation staff locked the office doors at 10 o'clock last night after a whirl wind windup of this newspaper's annual "Bargain Days." Tribune clerks worked at top speed most of the day and eve ning, serving the last-minute crowd of Bargain Day subscribers anxious to make the savings that this annual event provide. And, as a result of this rush, all previous Bargain Day records have been smashed. The names of many new subscrib ers appear on the Tribune list of readers and the auditor of the Audit Bureau of Circulations will find a substantially increased n imber of new paid subscribers when he makes his next official visit to Medford. Much of the success of the 1940 Bargain Days may be attributed to the intense and widespread interest in the fast moving events throughout the world. Never before has there Been such universal interest in NEWS. The results of the Mail Tribune 1 Bargain Day subscription sale clearly indicates that this newspaper Is the choice of southern Oregon and northern California people who are anxious to keep abreast of the rapid developments in the Battle of England, the Italian African "blitzkrieg." the turmoil in the Balkans, the dangerous Far East situation and events in our own country. Important world happenings have been consistently brought lo people of this area FIRST by the Mail Tribune hours in idvance of metropolitan newspapers entering southern Oregon. This fact, plus thorough local news coverage, and many popular features and comics, has spelled growing preference for the Mail Tribune. Tribune carriers, operating under the "Little Merchant" plan, performed valuable service in contacting the public for new subscriptions and renewals. The publishers of this newspaper sincerely appreciate the p1cndid public response to this year's renewal of Bargain Days jnd renew their pledge of offering the finert news and adver tising .ervfee nnihle to Mail Tribune render and advertiser ILLKIE TO Rotation in Office Necessary to Preserve Democracy Says G- 0- P. Candidate By Theodore F. Koop. Amarillo, Tex., Sept. 17. t.T) Wendell L. Willkie urged south erners today to abandon their traditional Democratic affilia tions because, he said, President Roosevelt in seeking a third term was breaking a still older tradition. Addressing an audience In Elwood park, the Republican presidential nominee said "Southerners say to me we be lieve In everything you believe in. "But. they say, they have a great tradition In the south, a tradition 80 years or more old. and that is the tradition of vot ing democratic. They say it's difficult for us to abandon that tradition." Conflict of Traditions "No one in all this land could be more sympathetic with that viewpoint than I. Traditions have a way of being true. "I would say that under nor mal circumstances for the peo ple of the south to live up to that tradition would be a very proper and a very wise thing to do. "But the people of the south are faced with a conflict of tra ditions. In order to keep that 80-years-old Democratic tradi tion they must abandon another tradition. That tradition is 150 years old. "When the republic of Texas was established, Sam Houston saw that there was written into the law a provision for rotation in office." Rotation Necessary. Saying that rotation of per sons in office was necessary "for the preservation of democ racy," Willkie continued: "The only difference between this great democracy of ours and totalitarianism is the con tinuation in office of one man." As the crowd applauded, the nominee added: "Germany found the Indis pensable man. Italy found the the indispensable man and Rus sia found the indispensable man." KLAMATH WILL VOTE ON FOUR-YEAR TERMS Klamath Falls, Sept. 17. WP The city council last night voted to place on the Novem ber 5 ballot a measure provid ing for four-year terms for mu nicipal officials. At present all officers of the city serve simul taneous two-year terms. Time Bomb A delayed action bomb dropped by German filers In their raids on Buckingham palace later exploded, leaving this wreckage. A gatepost and part of tha iron fence were destroyed. Part of the palace It in thr background. Tha piciura was sent from London to New York by cable. , , ' ...,',...-,...' Churchill Says Air War Decision Can Be Waited With Increasing Confidence of British Victory By the Associated Press London, Sept. 17. In a session kept secret for more than two hours because of relentless Nazi air raids, Winston Churchill warned the House of Commons today that Adolf Hit ler is pressing steadily the massing of his sea-borne forces of In vasion against both Great Britain and Ireland. At the same time the Prime Minister declared that that na tion could await the decision in the constant battle of the air over England "with sober and increasing confidence" because of the mounting strength of Bri tain's own air arm. Preparation Continues "The deployment of the Ger man barges and ships in prepar ation for invasion of Great Bri tain and Ireland continues steadily and we must expect that he (Hitler) will make the attempt at what he judges to be the best opportunity." said the prime minister. "All our preparations must, therefore, be maintained, in a state of vigilance. "The process of waiting no doubt imposes a heavy strain on all concerned, but we must also not underrate the damage inflicted on the enemy by the very heavy and prolonged nightly bombing upon his con centration of shipping and upon all focal points of his assembly of troops." Churchill ascribed the re peated air attacks on London "and our beloved king and queen" to the Idea that the peo ple would be "thrown Into con fusion" and that the govern ment would, therefore, be forced to submit. Barbarity Falls This "general barbarity." he said, had failed utterly of Its purpose. The great stained glass win dows of the house had been re moved and plain glass substi tuted. The prime minister's state ment, his first to commons in nearly two weeks,- ranged from a capitulation of air raid cas ualties at home to a terse an nouncement that "sharp fight ing" was taking place between the armored vehicles of British forces in western Egypt and those of the Italian invader. Disclosing that 2,000 persons had been killed and about 8.000 wounded in the first half of September in air raids on Brl-I The Italians, Immediately after will be placed In wnrkingmen s tain, Churchill asserted this ' entering the city, pushed out and school children's lunch bombardment was carried out ' covering forces to the south and ! pails. Bores. Comic and D'An with the "silly" idea that It i west and began consolidating Jotis are the varietlca dutribu would fore the British govern-' their position Itext Explodes Near Era. 7 ment to make peace. He added: Confidence Grows "We can await the decision of this prolonged air battle with sober and increasing confi dence." That, he asserted, was be cause the Royal Air Force has done serious damage to the Ger man invasion preparations on the other side of the English channel and because British strength Is developing steadily by air, land and sea. "We are only now beginning to get the Increase flow of pro duction from the great pro grams started at the outbreak of the war," he said. MAKE FAST TIME IN DESERT DRIVE Cairo, Sept. 17. (IP) Italian motorized columns, driving across hot Egyptian deserts from Libya, occupied Sldl Barrani, 60 miles Inside Egypt, and push ed onward, British military sources acknowledged today. British officials said that the fascist advance cost the Italians heavily in men and materials but that no large British forces had yet engaged the invaders, and no great battle had yet been fought, Sidi Barrani Is a coastal city in the road toward Alexandria and the Suez canal. The canal Is about 350 miles east. I The occupied city has 12 old Roman wells where water cant be found, both for soldiers and 1 the iron steeds that consume great quantities In temperatures I soaring to 120 degrees. Buckingham " ItaMfl M X- ..aw. ... . i., ' aV f '."'-. i ---e"-w. ... LOSE FIRST ROUND IN JOB TAX CASE An opinion filed by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, In the suit of the Pinnacle Packing com pany, and nine other Rogue River valley and Hood River fruit packing concerns against the state employment insur ance commission, holds "the op eration of packing companies does not come within the term 'agricultural labor as defined by the federal security act." The packing concerns sought exemptions from making "con tributions" to the joblesa Insur ance fund on the grounds they were engaged In the employ ment of agricultural labor In handling and marketing pears and other fruit, and that the state law conflicts with the fed eral law. The opinion holds the Oregon law tends to clarify ti tle 9 of the federal security act. In an amended complaint filed this week, the packing companies ask that the state . employment Insurance com mission, show cause why it should not be restrained from collection of the "contributions" due September 30 next, pending final determination of the suit, and further seeks rulings on the packing companies, as Individ ual employers. It was indicated this legal step was towards an appeal to the state supreme court. SHIPPED BY FSC More than 100 cars of pears purchased last week by the fed eral surplus commodities cor poration have been shipped to I date, according to packing house officials, and mora will be dispatched this week. The pears are being sent to poInU In the east and mid-west for distribution under food stamps, relief, and other wel- Ifare agencies, borne of the pears NEW MEXICO VOTE DUE FOR PROBES LOSER DECLARES Rep. Dempsey Charges Po litical Bosses Intimidated Voters; Says FBI on Hand Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 17 (IP) United States Senator Den. nis Chavez, assured of renomin at ion over the challenge of Rep, John J. Dempsey on the basis of virtually complete unofficial returns, charged today the "op position was ruthless In its cam. paign" for Saturday's New Mexa ico Democratic primary eleo. tions. The senator's statement wag made as two federal lnvestigw tions of the bitterly waged sena. torial primary fight were pro. jected one by the department of justice on alleged violationt of the Hatch act, and the other by the senate campaign expend tures committee. Intimidation Charged. Chavez apparently referred t an assertion in Santa Fe by Dempsey house sponsor of th Hatch act that he was goinf to "break this gang up" an$ charged "New Mexico political bosses" with intimidation of voters. Meanwhile, Dempsey said th first of "30 to 40" F.BI. agent were in Santa Fe starting asj investigation. Chavez appeared assured n renomlnation on the basis o virtually complete unofficial re. turns which, gave him 48,553 t Dempsey'i '46.292, with 883 o 914 voting divisions reported. Bf the Associated Press. New York, Massachusetts and Wisconsin voted in primary eleo tions today. Connecticut Re. publicans met in a nominating TOiivcnuon. In New York, where 162 com testa were listed for nomination to congress and the state legist laiure, mucn interest attached to the battle in the American Labor party between the so called right wing which sup. ports President Roosevelt and the left wins whieh mimmm third term. Since A.L.P. contributed 275,. 000 votes to Mr. Roosevelt In 1936 and 420.000 to Democratic Governor Lehman In 1938,- the) Intra-party conflict was watcha ed for an index of thlrd-ternt sentiment. Another aspect of the election receiving attention was th comeback attemnt nt Jnhn r O'Connor, the only congressional incumrent to be defeated among the several opposed by the ad. ministration in 1938. In the Massachusetts primary Senator Walsh, Democrat, and Henry Parkman, former Boston corporation counsel. Republican, were without opposition for V. S. senate nominations. Major Interest centered on the Demo, cratlc gubernatorial contest be. tween Attorney-General Paul A. Dever and former Lieutenant. Governor Francis E. Kelly. Voters In Wisconsin. wher Senator LaFolIette Is unopposed for the Progressive party's noma inatlon .found the name of a) dead man among the candidate for the Republican U. S. senate) nomination. Dr. Glenn Frank, one of the seven entered in the) contest, was killed in an auto accident Sunday night after the) ballots had been printed, cany. Ing his name- In the Connecticut state con. ventlon of the Republican party there was a three-cornered fight for nomination to the U. S. sen. nate. The rivals were Paul L. Cornell, former Lleutenant-Gov. ernor Clifford B. Wilson, and Brigadler-General John H. Par ker of World war fame. DiMaggio Out With 1 Leg Charity Hot 90 St. Louis. Sept 17. (IP) Jo DiMaggio, key man of the New York Yankees' atrugl to re. tain their American league pen. nartt, suffered charley horse) today and had to retire) from the game with tha Browns in the second Inning. DiMaggio apparently hurt hi leg In the first Inning, but took: his turn at bat in the second, and singled horn two run.