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Weather BarMu "P0 taalda Fonauti Fartly doaay to al(ht and Tntmr. Llltl Chang In temperature, Tem p rat art Hlthest yetttrdaj U The Quickest Way No matter what Jon bar to sell, or arlih to any, the quick at way to reach your proapect U tha Want AO Way In tha Mall Tribune. Ihoaaanda of eyaa am on thrw Adi dally. FORD MBUNE Loweat IhU mornlnf Full Associated Press United Press Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941. No. 56. TO: IUTODAT MED m n 1 i mil SMS i mm THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER Copyright. 1941. by Haw York Tribune. Inc. precisely In terms of days, Washington, May 26. For tha first time In the course of the war, the president Is under really strong pressure from vir tually all of his most important advisers. Hitherto, one depart ment or another has fought sporadically for this or that line of policy. Measures have been taken almost in haphazard. But now, according to well inform ed officials, there is virtual un animity. The matter on which this unanimity exists Is a deeply significant one. For the fact is that all of the chief men of the war and navy departments and . most of the Influential advisers at the state department are now agreed that active aid to Britain, first in the battle of the Atlantic ' and later elsewhere cannot be much longer delayed U the British are to win the war. The report brought back from London by Major General it. it. Arnold, chief of the air corps and deputy chief of staff, crys tallized this conclusion. And the conclusion is understood to have been forcefully confirmed by tha equally Important report on the British situation made a few days later by Under Secretary of Navy James Forrestal, on his return from England. Forrestal's opportunities to review the balance of the war were the best possible, for dur ing his entire stay in London T he wbs In closest contact with Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other important personages. Moreover, as one of tha shrewdest of the new mem bers of the administration and a very careful observer, his opinions carry great weight, both at the White House and tha navy department. rls conceded in all Informed circles that the time factor is the most serious of all the numerous elements In the na tional situation which the pres ident must consider before reaching a decision. It is, of course, impossible to estimate (Continued on Fin flut CALL EQUIPMENT Two grass fires almost simul taneously called out the fire de partment shortly before 3 p.m. today. One at 12th and Hamilton streets was put out by the de partment, while one in the rear of the Crystal Springs laundry was out when the department arrived. ViSiT VIRGIN ISLANDS Charlotte Amalle, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. May 26. (JP Former King Carol II of Ru mania and Madame Elena Lu pescu, set foot on territorial soil of the United States for the first time today when they landed here from the liner Acadia. Carol and Madame Lupescu are to remain here two days and then embark on the liner America, which will land them at Havana, Cuba. June 1. SICE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Nanette Holmes sporting a perky pair of goggles on the ten nis court. Harper Hamilton after filling a glass too many times, finally ) giving thirsty customers a pitch er of water. Ned Liebman being the height of modesty in requesting that hi name be left off a yarn he put together SECRETARY SEES EFFORT TO DELAY DEFENSE EFFORT Stephen Early Hints. Tomor row's Fireside Chat Will Hold Deep Significance What Convoy Mean Berlin, May 26. VP) Srand Admiral Erich Raeder's warning that American con voys for contraband to Eng land would be an "open war act" which would be met by the guns of the German navy if necessary removed "all pos libility of misunderstanding jver the significance of con rays and what Germany holds to be an act of war," authori tative sources declared today. Raeder described the Amer ican patrol system as "ag gressive" and said German warships would be justified in engaging any American naval units trying to protect cargoes :f contraband for England. Washington, May 26. VP) Secretary of State Hull accused Germany today of seeking by threats to induce the United States to refrain from any real efforts at self defense. Hull made this comment on the statement yesterday of Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the German navy, that the American patrol system was "aggressive" and that American naval convoys for British ships would "mean shooting." Stephen Early, presidential secretary, earlier had comment ed to reporters that he had an idea that Berlin "is trying to do anything it can to "becloud President Roosevelt's fireside chat tomorrow night. Early too was commenting on Raeder's statement. Hitler's System Hull told his press conference that Raeder's statement appear ed to be some sort of threat to induce this country and prob ably other American nations to refrain from real efforts at self defense until Adolf Hitler gets control of the high seas of the world and other continents. It is a favorite system which Hitler has used in the case of many countries in Europe, Hull said, either by threats or persua sion to induce other countries to refrain from any real defense until Hitler was ready to seize them. The secretary said Raeder's statement seemed to be an In tegral part of a program of world conquest by force. Early told reporters: "I've got an idea Berlin today Is trying to do anything it can to becloud, the president's speech and precipitate some thing for you gentlemen be tween now and Tuesday night." Speech Significant The speech had begun to take on new significance from world developments, such as the Rae der declaration and Japan's seizure in French Indo-China of $10,000,000 worth of American products belonging to American firms. The address replaces one Mr. Roosevelt was to have made two weeks ago and Early had told reporters not to build it up as of extreme importance. But when asked today wheth er he thought a similar warning was warranted, he said: "Up to yesterday I would have repeated the warning. To day I can tell you the president will be engaged through the day, into the night and most of tomorrow in revising his speech In the light of rapidly changing conditions abroad. "Don't ask me to go into de tails because I can't You'll get them when you get the speech." TWO MEDFORD YOUTHS TO GET COMMISSIONS Eugene. May 26. 'PI Col. R. M. Lyon announced Saturday that 40 University of Oregon seniors would be commissioned second lieutenants in the army reserve, effective June S, and ordered to active duty. Those to be given infantry commissions included Bruce Hammond and Richard Thierolf. both Medford " t-j V - t : "ff-v, : nv asa- akJtv-'VaWfSSaMaaVeW aaaaaaaaataaaaaMgfc! J?, i.. . y. . rTl. . , t 1if t . . . . n 1 1 ii iimiiy r 'lit Ifftlil iM i ' rfr m 'frail aai'l fc. i i h i n ' ii ' ' -sviaJiiVaVifrll HI i While striking machinist pickets looks on in tha background, marina and navy trucks enter the Moore drydock at Oakland, Cal., as the navy took over to re-open strike-bound shipyards on San Francisco bay. However, the navy escorted workmen to two yard?. The trucks took tha workers from the Oakland labor temple to the Moore and General Engin eering yards. Rival CIO and AFL Agents Battle In San Fran Bay Shipyard Strike ROOSEVELT SIGNS FARM LOAN BILL; PARITY LIMITED Washington, May 26. VP) President Roosevelt signed to day legislation providing for loans on major farm crops of 85 percent of parity but de clared that he had done so with the undemanding that farm prices should not be permitted to go above tie so-called parity level. The legislation provides for mandatory loaiu' on cotton. corn, wheat, rice and tobacco. Mr. Roosevelt saM in a state ment that the legislation re flected the government's objec tive for eight years and the fact that farmers "did not have and have not as great share of the national income as other groups." But he noted that when the bill becomes law farmers coop erating with the government farm program will be able to receive 85 percent parity loans, plus cash parity payments, plus soil conservation payments in 1 cash. I "Under no circumstances," the chief executive declared. "should the sum of these three exceed parity. ... I am approv ing this Joint resolution on the distinct understanding that par ity payments will be limited to the amount necessary to bring the basic commodities to parity but not beyond parity." (Parity prices are designed to give farmers the same pur chasing power in terms of non farm products as they had dur ing the period from 1909 to 1914). Brand Takes Oath In Supreme Court Salem, May 26. OP) James T. Brand of Marshfield was sworn in today as a state su preme court justice by Chief Justice Percy Kelly, the cere mony being held in the supreme court chamber. Brand, before the ceremony, resigned as circuit judge, a post he had held for 14 years. Brand is succeeded as circuit Judge by Dal M. King, Myrtle Point at torney. Justice Brand succeeds the late Henry J. Bean. Need Cherry Pickers Milton-rreewater. May 26. P The state employment of fice reported today that a short age of 500 pickers was antici pated for the opening of the cherry harvert here next week. Sufficient wcrkert were found for strawberry and hay harvests now under way. ,or i San Francisco, May 26. VP) A fist fight between rival AFL and CIO business agents today brought the first disorder to the two-week-old $500,000,000 shipyard strike as a threat arose that a twelfth San Francisco bay shipyard would be closed Saturday. . - , . The fight, 'a renewal ot an old j pickef line rivalry, broke out as an increasing number of other craftsmen passed through AFL and CIO machinists picket lines in Oakland, Alameda and San Francisco. Fifteen hundred men, repre senting all crafts but machinists, went to work at Moore's dry dock which was today awarded a maritime commission order for 12 more freighters and an other shipway. Nearly 1,000 AFL men walked through the CIO line in a body while the rest were carried through in 11 naval trucks. Booes of 500 CIO pickets were concentrated on John P. Frey, AFL metal trades president, who led returning workmen in a station wagon. Jack Child, CIO .steel work ers organizing committee busi ness agent, and N. T. Peterson, AFL International union of op erating engineers business agent gave each other bloody noses as 75 AFL men went through a crowd of more than 600 CIO men at the general engineering plant. SABOTAGE SEEN IN DOOR PLANT FIRE Hoqulam, May 26. VP) Sabotage was blamed today by a plant official as the cause of a f 100.000 fire which destroyed part of the huge, sprawling one acre Acme door company plant here early Sunday. "It looks like sabotage," Plant Superintendent Herman Snider declared in pointing out that flames, discovered by watch man, broke out in a store room where there were no motors and no electric wiring except that carried in conduits. A block-long building housing three departments of the plant is burned to the ground, along with 12,000 finished doors, many of them ordered by the United States army for cantonments. Five carloads of doors wera saved in a spectacular dash by a locomotive through the flames while firemen poured streams of water on the engine cab to pro tect the crew during the rescue Marion Co. Judge Taken by Death Salem, May 26. i?V-Marlon County Judge Leroy Hewlett. 60, who has held his office only since January 1, died today after a long illness. He was county commissioner from 1935 to 1938, had lived in Marion county 27 yean ar.d was a farmer and nut grower. BRITISH SEARCH SEAS E London, May 26. W Brit ish swordfish planes and speedy destroyers were reported search ing the fogbanks of the North Atlantic today in a vengeance driven effort to put a British fighting squadron back in battle contact with Germany's big new Bismarck and her supporting ships. The navy's torpedo-carrying planes were said to have scored at least one hit Katiirrinv nla-ht on the German squadron which the British said broke off the engagement after the 35-000-ton Bismarck sank the 42,100-ton battlecrulser Hood, pride of the British navy, earlier that day. Tha Britiah nrt that tha Bismarck was damaged during in tight and expressed hope that this and the tnrnaHn hit WOUld alow the R,rnni so that they might be overtaken or neaaea on. mere were hints that powerful new units of the British navy might be speeding to the scene. Tha admiraltv Man mi tha direction the German squadron took from the sea fight In the strait between Iceland and Greenland, at the edge of the Western Hemisphere. HaH Inari comment on German claims that the Bismarck Ian riamatfa ami drove off a battleship ot Brit ain s new 35,000-ton King George V class. FOR MAY SESSION L. A. Smith of Eagle Point was named foreman of the grand Jury drawn this morning at the opening of the May term of the circuit court Other members are S. R. Morris. Ashland: James Weldmann, Eagle Point: William E. Burg, Eagle Point: Hector E. Kennedy, Ashland; Golden Zun del. Lake Creek and Emella O Tuttle, Central Point. District Attorney George W. Neilson said no criminal matters were pending for grand Jury action. It is expected the body will study recent auto tragedies in Jackson county, and make a report upon them. The civil calendar is also light for the new term, with three civil suits scheduled for trial within the next week. 'Nazis Pierce British Lines In Fierce Battle TO Executive Committee In eludes County, City, C-C Heads; Will Hire 'Boss' At a meeting this noon at the Hotel Jackson ot a group of representative citizens back ing the effort to secure an army cantonment here, it was decided by unanimous vote to appoint an executive and advisory com mittee to start immediately on the vital task of preparing for this tremendous defense pro ject from a local welfare stand point. On motion of Ben H. Harder, former president of the First National bank, it was decided to have the executive commit tee of the new organization consist ot Mayor H. S. Deuel, County Judge Blinn Coleman, and President Glenn Jackson ot the chamber ot commerce, thus representing the three vital di visions of the community the city, county and the business in terests of southern Oregon. It was also decided by unan Imous vote to have a represen tative advisory committee ap pointed, to consist of technical and administrative experts, which will represent all Im portant Interests affected, such as highways, schools, water, recreation, sanitation, etc., the members ot this committee to be announced in tha near fu ture. Members of these two com mittees will select an executive head, to be boss and all time director ot the entire canton ment project on a salary prob ably to be paid by the city, county and the chamber of commerce. . It was the sense of the meet ing that this new organization. starting to function at once, will save a vast amount of con fusion, duplication of effort and wasted energy in properly pre paring for the cantonment, when the release date arrives. NEW DRAFT LIST TO CATCH YOUNG Washington, May 26. (JP) President Roosevelt today or dered a second registration under the selective service act on July 1. He said In a proclamation an other registration was "required in the interest of national de fense." New registrants will Include those men who, on or before July 1, have attained their 21st birthday and had not registered previously. The registration la to take place in the United States proper and in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Alaska. Every male citizen and every male alien residing in these areas, other than those specific ally exempted by the selective service act, must comply with the registration order if he has reached his 21st birthday since the initial registration. CALVIN HEILIG DIES OF HEART SEIZURE Portland, Ore., May 26. P) Calvin Helllg, 78, Tacoma, who dominated the Pacific northwest's theater business In the days of the roadshow, died of a heart attack here yester day. He sometime booked New York headlinera for a solid reason in his showhouses. He owned theaters In Seattle, Port land, Tacoma and Eugene, and had more than 100 others un der lease. Funeral services will be held here at 1 p. m. Tuesday, i baseball National R. H. E. Philadelphia , 4 10 3 Brooklyn 6 10 1 Blanton, Hoerst, Crouch, and Warren; Fitzsimmons, Higby, and Phelps, Owen. American Detroit 5 Cleveland .. 3 11 8 Newsom, Thomas and Teb betts; Smith, Heving and Hem- sley. T SITE IS EYED BY OFFICERS General Brehon Somervell. head of construction quartermas ter's division, Washington, D.C., and Col. E. F. George, zone nine, quartermaster's division, San Francisco, were In Medford to day making a routine inspection of the proposed cantonment area in company with Carjt. Theron W. Bean and the architect's staff. The group drove over the most important areas ot the pro posed cantonment and Captain Bean said this morning that tech nlcal points were discussed but none of the conversation could be released. The general, who is in charge of construction of camps and cantonments over the country, is Inspecting proposed sites per sonally throughout the country as rapidly as possible In order to get a personal viewpoint on the sites, which are still in the planning stage. Captain Bean said that the planning and survey work on the proposed cantonment here is progressing rapidly with four survey parties at work at the site. Employment to date totals 40, Including field and office help, with technical assistants arriving as needed. General Somervell and Col. George arrived Sunday evening by plane from the south and left this morning by motor for the north, where they will continue their inspections. T. C. Dugan, 74, of Eagle Point sustained painful and per haps serious chest injuries about 11 a.m. today when he was run over by a tractor he was oper ating on the Nick Young ranch at Eagle Point. His attending physician stated that the aged man suffered several broken ribs on the right side and prob ably internal injuries to the chest. He was resting as well as could be expected In Sacred Heart hospital, where he was taken by the Perl ambulance. Dugan, it was learned by the ambulance driver, fell off the tractor Just as he was making a turn at the end of a row he was plowing. His life was spar ed, it was believed, because the tractor was equipped with rubber wheels. He was working alone at the time of the mishap and received aid when a farmer nearby noticed the tractor trav eling with nobody in the driv er's seat. BIG TOMATO CROP SEEN FOR MILTON FREEWATER Milton Freewater, May 26. VP) Tomato growers expect one of the best crops In the his tory of the Industry here, with picking to start about July 1. Appro x I m a t e 1 y 2,250.000 plants were set out this spring. an increase of 10 percent over 1940. Memorial Boat Newport, Ore., May 26. (JP) A small flower-bedecked boot will sail out over the Yaquina harbor bar May 30 as a memor ial to those who have lost their live at sea. for Crete FLEET DRIVEN OFF WITH HEAVY LOSS IS GERMAN CLAIM 11 Cruisers, 8 Destroyers Among Vessels Sent to Bottom Declare Nazis New York, May 26. The German battleship Bis marck and other units of a German squadron now are fighting a superior British naval squadron In the Den. mark strait between Iceland and Greenland, the Oslo radio reported tonight in a broad cast heard here. No detail as to the outcome ot the battle was given. Cairo, Egypt, May 28 (P) At least 24 planes wera des troyed and others were badly damaged in new raids by Brit ish fighters and bombers against German forces on the bland of Crete, the Royal Ail force said tonight. By tha Associated Press Adolf Hitler's aerial Invaders of Crete, reinforced by air borne tanks and sea-transported troops, 'penetrated British de fense lines today In an attack: west of Canea, the Crete cap ital, and axis reports asserted that the British fleet had been driven off after suffering enor mous losses. British Middle East head quarters, acknowledging nazt inroads under cover of a violent assault by the German luft waffe, said that New Zealand. -troops were counter-atUtcklnar end that "severe fighting ia continuing" in the Canea sec. tor. 11 Cruisers Bunk The German hi ah wimm.n declared that nazi warplanes and Italian naval and air fnro sank a total of 11 cruisers. eight destroyers, a submarine and five speed boats In the east ern Mediterranean alnea tha conflict began last Tuesday. Despite these .reported set backs, Maj-.Gen. T. B. Hey wood, chief of the British mill. tary mission to the Greeks, pre dicted caimiy: "I think it Will be noaa'hla to hold Crete." In London, a British anoka. man said fighting on the Island aunaay was "quieter," but he cautioned Britons asainat think. Ing that "the German bolt was snot. Navy Lands Troops Dispatches from Rnma a-M German troops had been land ed on the island from ships pro tected by the Italian mvr. run. voyed through waters the Brit ish licet had guarded. The British Bpltiumlntaal that a few sea-borne reinfnrea. ments might have landed, but said they were Insignificant ine British, reporting the ar rival Of air-borne German tonka said that nazl aerial invaders were still holdine- tha imnnrt. ant Malcml airport, 10 miles from Canea. the Crete rnnit.l and that heavy fighting raged in me British-held sectors of Retlmo and Candia. in central Crete. Authoritative British ouartera disputed German elalma r a solid hold on the western end of the island. Long-rantfe RAF wimtanM flying from north African des ert airdromes, urers reported to have entered the fight against nazi aerial troop-carriers after RAF fighter planes had been withdrawn last week whan Crete's few airfields were de clared untenable asainat nazl dive-bombing assaults. Army Doctor Dies Fort Lewis, May 26. WV- Lieut Col. Charles A. Stammel. 55, second in command ot the station hospital at Fort Lewis, died yesterday of a heart at tack. His Immediate superior was Col. Albert D. Clark. Ha leaves his widow as his only immediate survivor.
