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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1941.
In The
i; Days
.News;,
By Frank Jenkins
THE linking of the Bismarck,
which fills the news today
(Tuesday) almost to the exclu
sion of everything else, is for
the British a psychological vic
tory of the utmost importance.
It AVENGES the sinking of
the Hood, and thus bolsters the
ages-old tradition (a part of .the
fiber of every Englishman's be-
SHELL DEALERS
III CIVIC MOVE
Local Oil Men Will
Do Their Part to
Impress Visitors
With Western travel authorities
predicting 13 more automo
bile tourists in the West this
year, local Shell dealers today
urged preparations for the record-breaking
thousands who will
pass through Medford.
"We are sure every Medford
business house will freshen up
the "welcome mat' to show our
guests that we are glad to have
them stop and shop," they said.
"While we Shell dealers make
practice of keeping our rest
rooms 'home-clean' for regular
customers, we are taking extra
pains with this convenience dur
ing the rush season. In this way
we expect to do our part toward
making a good impression cn
visitors."
Shell Service Station Dealers
maintaining restroom facilities
that measure up to specifications
are awarded the Good House
keeping Magazine "White Cross
of Cleanliness."
Local Shell Dealers who have
the "cleanliness" seal and who
have pledged themselves to up
hold civic pride are:
A. J. "Barney" Beaton
Klihtn anil atitareld.
Q. W. "Woody" Tuipln
Sixth and ITont
R. W. Bjorkqulit
Riverside and Jaekatm
T. Hornecker
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be monkeyed with.
Its effect on British morale
Is incalculable.
THE story of the whole action
involving the Hood and the
Bismarck is emerging slowly
today from the mists of censor
ship. The Bismarck and her lesser
satellite, the cruiser Prince
Eugen, were first sighted on
Saturday by British scouting
planes at Bergen, Norway. They
were seen again as they were
passing through the Strait of
Denmark, between Iceland and
Greenland.
Apparently they were head
ing out Into the Atlantic to raid
merchant shipping.
IJEAVY British naval forces
were at once dispatched to
intercept them, and in the first
skirmish after contact was es
tablished a lucky salvo from the
Bismarck found a weak spot in
the Hood's armor and blew up
her magazines, sinking her.
JN the ensuing confusion, the
Bismarck escaped into the fog
and was lost for several hours
Then an American-made scout
ing plane from the British fleet
located her.
Quoting the language of the
official British communique,
"planes from the carrier Ark
Royal struck the first telling
blows and later other torpedo
carrying planes from the Ark
Royal and UNITS OF THE
ATLANTIC FLEET gave her
the coup de grace." (Coup de
grace means literally "grace
blow" the blow with which
the bull fighter finishes the
bull.)
The Bismarck Is said to have
been slowed down to a speed
of about eight knots after hits
from two aerial torpedoes from
planes launched from British
warships.
A FURTHER dispatch asserts
" that: "The cruiser Dorset
shire rammed home torpedoes
that finished off the Bismarck
after she had been shelled into
helplessness by British heavy
ships and destroyers."
AS yet the important question
as to whether the Bismarck
was destroyed by planes or
warships Is not fully clear
probably won't be for some
time. Too many important is
sues are Involved for snap Judg
ment to be taken.
At least the planes involved
In her destruction were operat
ing as UNITS OF THE BRITISH
FLEET not as an .independent
attacking force.
"THE Issue of airplane vs. war-
ship remains Indecisive in
the eastern Mediterranean on
the basis of the dispatches.
The British admit the loss of
two cruisers and four destroyers
in the battle of Crete and
DAMAGE to two battleships
and "several other cruisers."
But they assert that NO SEA
BORNE German forces have
been landed on Crete, whereas
reinforcements are reaching the
allied (British-Greek) garrison
there.
This Indicates that In spite
of severe losses the British fleet
there has given a good account
of Itself.
AS to Crete, the British admit
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Inforcementa continue to arrive
and the weight of this attack
has grown from day to day.
London says this (Tuesday)
morning: "At this moment the
issue of magnificent resistance
hangs in the balance."
CO much for today's (Tues-
day's) news. Tomorrow's
(Wednesday's) news will all
revolve around what President
Roosevelt says In his long
awaited speech tonight.
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By JOSEPH AL80P and
ROBERT KINTNER
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state of the isolationist move
ment, have aroused comment in
other directions. Particularly,
fair-minded persons in every city
where they have been held have
noted with distress the extreme
ly high proportion of men and
women with obvious Commun
ist or Bundist affiliations among
the honest pacifists and old-fashioned
little-America advocates in
attendance.
The meetings are known to be
part of a carefully laid plan of
campaign. The chief members
of the America First Committee
and their political allies have
conferred constantly and regu
larly. In some cases the alli
ances are public. In others, as
when Henry Ford was discov
ered to be giving facilities to
Colonel Lindbergh and Senator
Wheeler for answering their
mail, the link has not been dis
closed. But it can be taken for
granted that th. Isolationist high
command Is acting as a unit . . .
how long?
THE double result of the lso-
lationist campaign is to give
courage and coherence to their
natural supporters among the
bundists and left wing groups
and to arouse to a sort of hys
at SAFEWAY
teria of excitement the disinter
ested anti-war party in the coun
try. The polls do not show that
they have been making numer
ical gains. On the contrary, the
recent Gallup survey showing a
supporting majority for active
shipping, protection actually in
dicated that the ioslationlsts
have been losing ground among
the masses of the people. But
while losing ground numerical
ly, they have been gaining in the
sense that they have been weld
ing together small but very
violent minority group, ready to
go any lengths in opposing the
President.
"How long will they keep this
up?" is the question being ask
ed here. The question is being
asked not because there is any
desire to limit the freedom cf
the Isolationists to express them
selves. The Communist leader,
Harry Pollltt, can still say what
he wants and speak where he
pleases in Britain. Obviously,
the Wheelers, the Lindberghs,
the Clarks and their friends
should have the same freedom
here. But at the same time, a
great many people are beginning
to wonder whether the isolation
ists are not now laying them
selves open to charges of serious
Irresponsibility.
.
THE reason for this is very
obvious. Not long ago the
Saturday Evening Post, the most
Important isolationist publication
In the country, sharply changed
its policy. In an editorial re
gretting but recognizing that the
country was in the war by every
practical test, the Post declared
that so long as a nation was at
war, it was the duty of every
citizen to support the war effort.
The Post's step was both sensible
and honorable. The Post's edi
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thada body of brilliant clarity. A small-bubble,
long-lasting sparkle.
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satisfyingly decisive in flavor.
nfact, the lively smack of Pilsner so spurred the
appetite that no other beer went as well with food.
torial explanation set forth facts
which It is time for the isola
tionist leaders to consider.
For the country is at war by
every practical test, and, as that
Is so, the Isolationists' campaign
can have only one of two objec
tives. Either it is intended to
obstruct the war effort, and in
sure a German victory, or it is
intended to lurther the ambi
tions of the men participating
in it after the war is over. When
Senator Wheeler and Colonel
Lindbergh clamor for the Presi
den to force a peace, they vir
tually confess the first objec
tive. For peace now would
mean making Germany master
of the world. As for the second
objective, one of the favorite
Isolationist doctrines is that it
will be easy to make a deal
with Germany when the war
ends. The implications of this
assertion are not altogether
pleasant, since this administra
tion cannot conceivably negoti
ate with success with the Nazi
reich. and since the normal po
litical process will keep the
President in office for almost
four years more.
The Isolationist leaders seek
to excuse their policy by an
nouncing they will support the
war effort when war is formally
declared, while simultaneously
foreclosing the President from
any resort to congress by frank
ly threatening an interminable
filibuster. Probably they will
be frustrated before long, as the
country comes to realize its true
situation, and pulls together to
deal with it. But meanwhile,
the Isolationist high command
would serve both the country
and themselves if they paused a
moment from their propaganda
ing and ontory to consider the
example of the Post.
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THREE DRAW FINES
ON AUTO CHARGES
LeRoy W. Bedingfield of
Trail, charged with driving an
auto without muffler, and pass
ing another car with insufficient
vision ahead, was scheduled to
appear in Justice court today.
Roy K. Byrd of Medford,
charged with viola don of the
basic rule, by speeding on North
Riverside, was fined $5 and
costs in justice court yesterday.
Eugene E. Montgomery, Ash
land, was fined $2.30 and costs
for haviug an Improper license.
He was hauling oyster shells
from Ashland to a local milling
firm under a pleasure car li
cense instead of a truck license.
Harry M. Beesley, charged
with an overweight load under
his PUC permit was fined S10
and costs.
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SLATED THURSDAY
John A. Cooper, former resi
dent of Central Point, entered
a plea of guilty to rape of a
daughter, before Circuit Judge
Herbert K. Hanna yesterday.
Sentence was set for tomorrow.
Cooper was returned from
Portland the first of the weeek
by Sheriff Syd I. Brown. Ac
cording to District Attorney
George W. Neilson, Cooper made
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better with foods
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t is brewed to our exclusive
a statement in which he admit
ted wrongdoing. The daughter
has been in a Portland refuge
home for several months, and is
a mother, the district attorney
said.
John Warner and Robert Mor
gan of the Trail district, charged
with larceny of livestock, en
tered pleas of not guilty when
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arraigned and were granted lib
erty on present bonds. Date of
trial will be set later.
About aoo.000 persons In th. Unit
ed state are victims of epileptic
leisures.
Th. amount of money in circula
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