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Thirty sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1941.
No. 64.
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Kelly's
Comment
From Washington
Site Sought for
Munitions Depot
Government Bans
Export of Seed
Need for Wool
Takes Big Jump
Br John W. Kellr
Washington, D. C, May 23.
Higid requirements for a tem
porary munitions depot may
prevent such a base being locat
ed on the Columbia river. War
department has been scouting
around the Columbia river and
on Puget sound looking for
exactly what s wanted and,
at this time, nothing has been
found that meets all of the
plans and specifications. A tem
porary base is where munitions
frcm the big base at Hermiston
can be transferred to ships,
either navy craft or transports.
In the first place, the army
wants a site which will not
endanger any lives or property.
On rubber heels, a representa
tive of the war department has
scuttled around the Columbia
river from Vancouver to As
toria. He found one likely site
on the lower Columbia, back
In the brush, of many thousands
of acres of cut-over land, but
there was this handicap: To
reach this site (a short railroad
would have to be built from the
site to the river) the munitions
would be compelled to cross the
Columbia river highway and the
Astoria railroad. War depart
ment wishes to avoid highways
and railroads if it is possible.
Another military officer
browsed around the north end
of Portland harbor looking for
a suitable place but found none.
There were industries present
or potential near the terminals
and further downstream the
situation was not appealing.
THOUGHT was given (and
still Is) to anchoring a vessel
In some deep pool somewhere
between Vancouver and Astoria
then bringing the munitions
barge to the ship and transfer
ring the explosives. Such an
arrangement eliminates the pur
chase of a site, railroad con
struction, docks, etc. Bringing
a barge of explosives down the
Columbia river from Hermiston,
through the locks at Bonneville
dam, raised the question as to
what would happen if a barge
load of explosives struck against
the Bonneville sealock and went
bang!
If munitions were hauled by
train to somewhere on the lower
Columbia the train would have
to pass through a section of
Portland, involving a risk, al
though railroads are carrying
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by
IS RtMEHY POLL
Eugene, Ore., May 23. UP)
University of Oregon students
spent $2. 072. 200 during 1940-41.
nearly $300,000 more than dur
ing the previous school year, ac
cording to a survey marie by an
economics class under Dr. Beat
rice Aitchison, instructor, it was
announced here today.
The figures were arrived at
through a questionnaire submit
ted to a representative 8 per
cent of the university student
body.
Other results revealed by the
survey:
Men are SI per cent self sup
porting, and women 16 per cent
During the school year, stu
dents earned S391.B00. and
brought back last fall with them
$370,000, making their total
year's earnings $761,800.
Male students earned $625,000.
almost five times as much as the
$135,000 earned by the women
students.
Expenditures included tuition
and fees, which amounted to
$294,105 for the year.
Tacoma. May 23. '-r Kid
naping charges were filed last
night against Mrs. Muriel Bab
cock of Tacoma, shortly after she
ran from the courthouse with
her four-year-old child, after
hearing a superior judr.e award
the custody of the child to a for
mer husband.
ACK-ACK GUNNERS!!
TAKE HEAVY I0LL
OF AERIALFORCES
Sixteen German Junkers
Transports Downed in 3
Days Heavy Fighting
Br the Associated Prats
British anti-aircraft gunners
were reported today to have
shot down at last 16 German
Junkers troop transports in the
first three days of the four-day-old
battle of Crete, and the
British further reported that al
lied defenders of the island
have now gained a definite edge
over the nazi aerial invaders.
The bigger-type German
Focke-W u 1 f transports carry
from 50 to 75 men each. The
Junkers planes are somewhat
smaller.
The fiercest fighting in the
conflict was said to be develop
ing around the Malemi airport,
10 miles south of Canea, the
Crete capital.
Two Spots Claarad
British headquarters said nazi
air-borne detachments at Can
dia, in central Crete, and at
Rctimo, about half way between
Candia and Canea, had been ac
counted for, killed or taken
prisoner, in bitter hand-to-hand
fighting.
Prime Minister Winston
Churchill reported yesterday
that the Germans had occupied
Canadia, the old-time capital of
Crete and largest island city. . .
Military sources in Cairo,
headquarters of the' British Mid
dle East command, said British
naval guns were shattering Ger
man attempts to land troops by
sea.
On the Mediterranean isle
itself, the British said, the Ger
mans had gained only a single
"decent" foothold in the Malemi
sector. Elsewhere, the trend was
pictured as slowly turning to
Britain's advantage despite new
swarms of nazi 'chutists and
other aerial troops dropping
from the clouds.
Fleet Main Guard
As long as the British fleet
can ward off sea-borne land
ings, it was said, there is a
chance that the invasion will
fail.
Virginio Gayda, fascist editor,
said in the Rome newspaper II
Giornalo d'ltalia that the Brit
ish warships engaged in the de
fense of Crete included at least
five big battleships, two air
craft carriers and a powerful
group of cruisers and destroy
ers. DNB, official news agency,
asserted that three more Brit
ish destroyers and five speed
boats were sunk and two other
destroyers damaged by nazi
warplanes today, and that two
cruisers were left aflame by
bomb hits.
Despite the fact that Crete
is now undefended by fighting
planes, at the mercy of inces
sant bombing by the luftwaffe.
the BBC reported that Greece's
King George II still was on the
island.
In a dramatic side phase of
the Mediterranean struggle, the
London admiralty announced
that British submarines tor
pedoed and sank a 9.000-ton
troopship and a 7,000-ton tanker
attempting to reach axis forces
in Libya, North Africa.
In addition, the admiralty
said, an Italian destroyer was
probably sunk, and a large ammunition-carrying
schooner was
sent to the bottom.
Cairo dispatches said crowded
boatloads of nazi troops trying
to reach Crete had been "blast
ed to bits" by British naval
guns amid a developing battle
between the British fleet and
the German luftwaffe's Stuka
dive bombers.
Heavy damage was said to
have been inflicted on a 30-boat
axis convoy and Italian ships
were seen picking up survivors.
I Klamath Falls, May 23. (!P
Private Robert Paugh was seri
I ouly burned as the 66th artil
: lery brigade broke camp here
. this morning.
I His condition was reported
serious at a local hospital where
! it was reported he was badly
I burned on hands, arms, face and
back by a gasoline explosion.
I Details of the accident were not
i known.
Suda Bay Site of British Cretan Base
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ish naval base, is shown. Germans attacking Crete dropped 3,000 parachute and glider
troops in tha Suda bar xsgion in single operation. Prim Minister Churchill told th
house of commons in London.
PROBLEMS FACED
IN CANTONMENT
TOLD C-C GROUP
A stralght-from-the-shoulder
talk regarding the projected
army cantonment and the prob
lems it would involve, if con
structed, was given at a lunch
eon of the Chamber of Com
merce today at the Hotel Med
ford by Myron. Hunt of Pasa
dena, Calif., who is the canton
ment architect in charge now en
gaged in drafting the prelimi
nary plans.
Mr. Hunt having built several
other army cantonments, as well
as being a student of city plan
ning in relation to them, pulled
no punches in his presentation,
laying special emphasis upon
local needs in the direction of
better highways, better housing,
added educational and sanitary
facilities, in case the money for
the cantonment is appropriated
and construction carried out, ac
cording to present plans. The
speaker expressed his personal
view that this money would be
forthcoming and actual construc
tion would probably start before
the summer ends.
Mr. Hunt also suggested a
special cantonment committee,
not too large but highly compe
tent, be selected with various
sub-committees to take single
vital problems in charge, and
also a committee be named at
once to visit the army canton
ments already in operation, par
ticularly in California, and learn
first hand what the major prob
lems have been, how they can
best be met and solved here in
southern Oregon.
There was a large attendance,
with representatives from Ash
land. Grants Pass, Gold Hill,
Central Point, Jacksonville and
other county districts. Glenn
Jackson, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, presided.
T
SETS NEW RECORD
Madford's weather bureau
reported th temperature as
88 at 2:30 p. m. today.
Thursday's maximum temper
ature of 100.5 degrees set a new
mark for Medford. according to
weather bureau records which
go back to 1911.
Highest temperatures for May
previous to yesterday's new
mark had been 98 in 1931 and
1929.
Weather bureau officials ex
plained that due to low humidity
the heat was not as noticeable
as other days when tempera
tures failed to reach the new
record. Temperature j'or May
22, 1940, was 91.
Portland, May 23 'TV-The
sun boiled up a broth of weather
and served it sizzling hot to
Oregon yesterday.
At Portland the temperature
climbed to 88 degrees, bettering
! the previous spring mark of 87
set May 10.
Germany Drives at Crete
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TOBRUK
Three thousand mora German troops war reported to have
landed at night on strategic Crete (1), as th Germans contin
ued thair aerial offensive. British military man said Crata
mutt be held "at all costs" became its capture would give th
Germans another bai to attack th British fleet at Alexan
dria (2), fill in th Aegean tea gap to tha Dodecanese islands
and shield tha movement of axis troops from Italy to Africa.
An attempt on Cyprus (3). was foreieen.
Screaming Germans Drown in
Effort to Reach Crete Soil
Alexandria, Egypt, May 23. UP) British naval officers re
lated tonight how thousands of Germans have died, screaming
for rescue, as they clung to life-belts and boards from trans
ports smashed by the British fleet off Crete. Not a single
nazi, they said, has reached Crete by sea.
British cruisers and destroy
ers were unable to pick up the
survivors of their attack be
cause of the threat of torpedo
attacks from German "E-boats,"
the officers said.
The captain of one British
cruiser which took part in the
Cretan operations said:
"We sank (the German boats)
with four-inch guns and pom
poms (anti-a i r c r a f t pieces).
Cruisers and destroyers ram
med them. The sea was full of
thousands of Germans clinging
to the wreckage and shouting
for help.
'The havoc we wrought was
so great that no Germans man -
aged to
land in Crete that
night.1
SICE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Frank George and Gene Mon
aco wondering why it was so
torrid when they arrived in
Medford from a fishing trip to
Diamond Lake, and finally dis
covering that the heater on their
car was turned on full blast.
Jeunesse Butler remarking
that Hitler was the reason why
she was knitting for the soldiers
in world war 2, something she
didn't do in world war 1.
Tern Cherryholmes spending
her spare time by the highway
watching the army lads whizz
by.
Ray "Flee'.font" Johnson cool
ing off with a strawberry sundae.
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Company A, 186th Infantry,
Medford National Guard, will
leave Klamath Falls by train
! at 11:15 a. m. next Wednesday,
May 28, after stopping there for
just a few minutes en route
from Camp Lewis to June war
games in California, according
to a letter received here today
by Capt. Carl Y. Tengwald from
Capt. Weldon H. McBee, Com
pany A commander.
Capt. McBee wrote that Com
pany A, composed of about
100 Medford Guardsmen, would
leave Camp Lewis by train
next Tuesday, May 27, and make
the trip to California in railway
cars.
There has been considerable
confusion as to when, and by
what means and route Company
A would pass through southern
Oregon, but Capt. McBee's letter
is believed to clarify the situa
tion. London, May 23. iP) Lord
Austin, 75, manufacturer of the
Austin automobile, died today at
his home near Brosgrove.
Herbert Austin went to Aus
tralia to serve his rn" r.wrini;
apprenticeship after bei,i? edu
cated at Brampton collrye and
returned to England in 1890.
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TRANS'
t JORDAN
SHIPS DESERTED
BY S. STRIKERS
Vessels Will Be Moved to
Mare Island Navy Yard
for Completion, Statement
San Francisco, May 23. (P)
The navy stated today that if
work were not resumed in
strikebound shipyards here on
navy cor tracts, it was possible
some vessels nearly finished
would be moved to Mare island
navy yard for completion.
The statement from the 12th
naval district headquarters said
the navy does not plan use of
armed forces in protecting work
ers coming into struck plants.
And, the formal statement
said, "no serious consideration
has to date been given to use
of navy yard machinists in
struck plants.
CIO and AFL machinists
struck at 11 bay area shipyard
and repair docks May 10. The
yards hold more than $500,000,-
000 in contracts. Some AFL
yard workers, other than ma
chinists.' have gone back to
work. Navy trucks have hauled
many of them through machin
ists' picket lines.
(By Associated Press)
Chairman Emory S. Land of
the maritime commission today
advocated use of United States
forces to break up a strike of
union machinists which has tied
up work for two weeks at San
Francisco shipbuilding yards.
He testified before a special
senate defense investigation com
mittee at Washington as the
defense mediation board re
newed for a second time its
efforts to settle a wage dispute
between southern soft coal mine
operators and the United Mine
Workers union.
Land said "the most dire need
in the world today" was ships
as he explained he believed
there was justification "for ev
ery possible step the govern
ment might take up to and
including the use of United
States forces be they city, state
or national to take off this
picket line."
ON JAP SHIPPING
Washington, May 23. (IP)
Great Britain tightened up on
Japanese shipping in the Pacific
today with a warning published
in Los Angeles that "all disabili
ties" would be imposed on 11
large Japanese tankers and 81
smaller craft.
British officials here said this
represented an extension of the
long-standing blacklist of Jap
anese and other ships which con
travened British regulations.
Although such ships face pos
sible seizure, it was indicated
that the "disabilities" probably
would involve only the denial of
British port facilities and other
measures hampering their operations.
Nazis Shelled Zamzam While
Passengers Still on Board
Vichy, Unoccupied France,
May 23. lP) The Nazi raider
which sank the Egyptian liner
Zamzam shelled her while her
F'..sengers still were aboard,
American survivors related to
day, according to reports from
Bordeaux.
Vichy, Unoccupied France,
May 23. (J") Two Ameriams
and one Egyptian were wounded
when a German raider shelled
the Egyptian motorship Zamzam
April 17 in the south Atlantic,
it was reported tonight in ad
vices from Bordeaux.
They said two Americans. Ned
Laughinghouse of Wilson, N. C
and Frank Vicovari of New
York, were wounded and are
now hospitalized in France. A
third casualty was an Egyptian
The passengers identified thH
raider as tne Tamieses and told i on at St. Jean de Luz, In Ger
this story of the attack: I man-occupied France, May 20.
BASEBALL
American
Score: R. H. E.
Chicago 7 11 0
Detroit 1 11 1
Lyons and Tresh, Bridget,
Thomas and Tebbets.
(Tie-came, called end 9th ac
count of darkness).
Boston 9 13 2
New York J 9 10 1
Dobson, Dickman, H. New-
some, R y b a, and Peacock;
Chandler, Stanceau, B r e u e r.
Murphy, and Dickey.
(Second game)
Chicago 0 7 1
Detroit 9 14 0
Dietrich, Humphries and
Tresh, Dicky; Trout and Teb
betts. National
R. H. E.
Cincinnati . 8 10 1
Chicago 4 4 3
Vandermeer, E. Riddle and
Lombardi; P a s s e a u, Olson,
Erickson, and McCullough,
George.
LOSS OF WHEEL
INVOLVES THREE
AUTOS IN CRASH
Edward L. Samuels of Arling
Idaho, was given a $5 suspended
fine in city court this morning
on a charge of driving a car
without an Oregon operator's
permit, following an accident
shortly before 9 o'clock last
night involving his machine and
two others.
According to police, the left
front axle on the Samuels car
broke while he was traveling
vwst on East Main street. The
wheel came off, throwing the
machine into the path of an
eastbound auto operated by
Leonard L. Atkins of the Rain
bow Auto camp. Following this
collision, Atkins lost control of
his machine and it swerved to
the north curb and struck a
parked car registered to Leand
Brophy of Medford. The mis
hap occurred in front of 1206
East Main street.
Nobody was injured in the
three-car accident and damage
to the cars was not serious.
Samuels' fine was suspended
when he explained that he was
here on a short visit and planned
to drive the locally-purchased
car back to his home in Idaho.
AXIS CLOSE! ON
TOBRUK DEFENSE
Berlin, May 23. W) Axis
forces have tightened their ring
about the British-held Libyan
port of Tobruk in the past few
days, informed Germans report
ed today.
Shock troops, assisted by artil
lery, were said to have worked
themselves close to British po
sitions, with some of the axis
forces advancing deeper into To
bruk's outer fortifications.
Passing through barbed wire
entanglements, these troops
were declared to have removed
mines and opened approaches to
several casemates.
At about 6 a. m. on April 17
the raider bore down on the
Zamzam and opened fire, hitting
her eight or nine times. That
was in latitude 27 degrees 41
minutes south, longitude eight
degrees eight minutes west.
After the shelling, all the
passengers and the crew more
than 300 in all were taken
aboard the raider along with
some of the ship's supplies.
The attackers then sent the
ship to the bottom with an
explosive charge which they
placed aboerd her.
iiic next uay me zamzam
?a'!i",.er".K.n?-CIlW Were.lrn,"i
ferred to the German motorship
Dresden which then began dodg
ing warily through the British
blockade and after a long and
slow voyage landed the surviv-
IRIAN DENIES
HITLER SEEKING
FRANCE FLEET
Vice Premier Also Denies
Colonial Rights Sought
Can Win War Alone
Br th Associated Press
Vichy, France. Mav 2S. .
Vice-Premier Admiral Jean Dar
lan told the French people to
day that Adolf Hitler had not
asked France for her fleet In
current negotiations and de
clared firmlv- "T urlll .r.i
hand it over."
Nor has Hitlpr ask fnf
onial concessions, said the vice
premier.
"The chancellor did not ask
me to hand over our fleet to
him." Dart an acMttA4 i -
broadcast. "Everyone knows
ana tne English beKer than
anyone that I will li-ver hnnH
it over."
"The chancellor did not ask
me for any colonial territory.
He did not ask me to declare
war on England.
"Why has he acted soT
Can Win Alone
"Germany began the war
alone and judges herself able
to end it alone aealnst nr. mnf.
ter what coalition.
"On the result of negotiations
in course." Darlan amsxi-ror! "M.
rectly depends the future of
r ranee.
"It is necessarv for hep n
choose between life and death.
The marshal and government
have chosen fife."
He emDhasized that "In 'Tuna
1940, the victor could have re
fused us an armistice, beaten
us and wined Franca nff iha
map of the world but he did
noi ao lt."
Now. Darlan said. "In V.w
1941, the victor has agreed to
negotiate with the French
eminent."
The vice nrpmler uM h. v,.j
gone to Bcrchtcsgaden to con
fer with Adolf Hitler at the
fuehrer's reouest. hut m
France "freely chooses the road
wnicn sne nas taken."
10 ADMIT GUILT,
GIVEN SENTENCES
TO STATE PRISON
Cyrus Hunter, 19, CCC en
rollee stationed at Camp Wimer,
who pleaded guilty to assault
with a deadly weapon was sen
tenced to serve an indeterminate
term not to exceed three years
in state prison by Circuit Judge
Herbert K. Hanna today.
Ralph E. Pcery, 26, who
pleaded guilty to contributing
to the delinquency of a minor
girl, was sentenced to serve an
indeterminate term not to ex
ceed one year in the peni
tentiary. Hunter, whose home Is In La
Pine, Fla., hit John Jacobs, civ
ilian of the Wimer district, with
a pop bottle, causing double
fracture of the skull. The at
tack occurred during a moving
picture show at the camp. Jac
obs, whose life was despaired of
at first, was reported as out of
danger by the district attorney.
Hunter, In a statement, was
unable to give any reason fop
his act, except that he had ex
changed some words with
Jacobs. District Attorney Neil
son told the court Hunter was
"inclined to be scrappy when he
inought his rights were in
vaded." Perry was told by the court
In passing sentence, "this Is the
least I can give you under the
law." District Attorney Neilson
read the two differing state
ments made by the girl. Chief
of Police McCredie also told of
procuring a statement from the
Hunter and Peery
will be
taken to the state prison Sun
day. San rranrlaco Buttrf
San Franclaco, May 3S ( AP-CADA)
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