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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.