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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1941.
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Copyright. 1941. by
Now York Tribuns. Inc.
Washington, May 29. There
was a simple reason for the
strange, grimly ineffectual aim
lessness that has afflicted Wash-
Instnn fnr thp last tWO months.
A great Issue had to be met
somehow or other. Virtually;
every department of the govern-;
ment and all major policies;
were certain to be affected, and ;
until the issue had been met,'
every other decision had to wait ,
on the major one.
The issue was met by the:
president on Tuesday. His de-j
eision is now clear to everyone.
' His speech, therefore, whatever I
else it does, should serve as a1
signal for action of the great-j
est importance in many fields, i
An example is economic de
fense, long neglected and now
ripe for effective organization.
TIE first comprehensive treas
ury memorandum proposing
an American program of eco
nomic measures to be coordin
ated with the activities of the
British ministry of economic
warfare was prepared in the of
fice of the general counsel in
September 1940. Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Morgen
thau Jr., championed the idea
until , the question whether or
not to embark on such a pro
gram became a really hot issue
k at the White House. Discussions
dragged on until the present
day.
The same arguments, the
same facts, the same theories,
were chewed over and spat back
and forth between the state,
treasury, war and justice de
partments, the RFC, SEC and
all the other governmental di
visions that exercise some sort
of economic power. Precious
time was wasted and precious
opportunities slipped away.
KTOW that the president has
' faced the main issue, how
ever, other issues are also be
ing faced. In fact several weeks
ago, before the president clari
fied his position, the contending
champions in the economic de
fense struggle, the treasury and
state departments, ended their
differences in a memorandum
(Continued on Pe Six!
BOMBING SFAX
Cairo, May 29. MV-RAF
headquarters acknowledged to
night a raid on the French har
bor of Sfax, Tunisia, saying a
motor vessel of between 4.000
and 5,000 tons was attacked
and that the enormous explos
ion that resulted made it ap
parent she was loaded with
munitions.
The French have announced
that two Italian merchantmen
and a French steamer were
bombed in the harbor on Tues
day. SICE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bob Duff coming out second
best with one of those picture
taking marhines, he turning his
head Just as the thing went into
operation with the result that
only the back of his head was
depicted in the finished product.
State Cop Clark Johnson
falling asleep in a barber's chair The Herald Tribune said Dr.
and awakening to find his hair j Rieth used the name of Walter
bad been trimmed In a style to'C. Teagle. chairman of the
which he was not accustomed, board of the Standard Oil Com-
panv of New York, when he
Murray Marley buytng up ( entered this country. That corn
back copies of the MT so as tOp,ny sursequently denied know
keep his baseball scrapbook up jn him.
to date.
C. H. Lorton, of Route 1, find
ing a pearl while enjoying a dish
of oystpr stew in Melzer's Ice
cream store.
SUDA BAY TAKEN,
IN HOTJIGHTING
British Struggle Desperately;
Concede Major Gains by
Nazis; Reinforcements Aid
Bomb Plow Cities
London, May 29. VP)
Greek Prime Minister Em
manuel Tiouderos, now
somewhere in the Middle
East, informed his legation in
London today that German
bombers had so hammered
the Crete cities of Canea,
Candia and Retimo that there
was "not one stone left stand
ing." Tsouderous alleged the
German raiders "ruthlessly
machine-gunned" the civilian
population.
Raging fires, he declared,
completed the work of de
struction started by high ex
plosives. By tho Associated Prats
With newlv - arrived Italian
troops striking from the east end
tho iijnri Adolf Hitler's
aerial invaders captured Crete'
prize harbor ot suoa Day on
tho tuost tnriav and occuDied Can
dia, in central Crete, as the Brit
ish struggled desperately in ine
jaws of a closing vise.
Candia is the island s Diggesi
city, with a population of 33,
000, about 55 miles east of Suda
bay.
nritish military headauarters.
conceding that the heavily-reinforced
Germans had scored ma
jor gains, declared that violent
hand-to-hand fighting was con
tinuing. Casualties Heavy
Pncimltip were heavy on both
sides, the British said, with New
7ealanrt and other imperial
forces fighting bitterly east of
Suda bay.
Amirl the loslne struggle in
Crete, British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden gave tne ursi
comprehensive statement on
Britain s war aims ana aeciarea.
"We must never forget that
is the worst master
Fiirnno hna known. Five times
in the last century sne nas vio
lated the peace. She must never
be in a position to play that role
again.
Seizure of Suda bay gave tne
Germans a bridgehead for land
ing sea-borne troops, and mili
tary experts said it may prove
to be the turning-point of the
struggle the beginning of an
other British debacle.
Reach Almyro Bay
Hitler's high command re
ported that Nazi mountain
troops, striking on beyond suda
bay, reached Almyro bay to the
east in pursuit of the "defeated"
British.
The German communique said
Nazi forces had taken a large
number of prisoners.
Fascist press dispatches re
ported also that hundreds of lit
tle Greek sailboats, loaded with
German troops had been safely
escorted to Crete under the guns
of Italian warships.
New York, May 29
Kurt Henrich Rieth, German
citizen and former diplomat,
was taken into custody today
and hurried to Ellis island by
immigration authorities.
Dr. Rieth's presence In the
United States was revealed last
Saturday by the New York
Herald Tribune which said he
was here to buy American-
owned oil properties in eastern
; Europe.
England: Note
Clinton, Okla. W H. B
Gannaway of Clinton has car
ried the same umbrella with
Jhim daily for the past 30 years.
! Bismarck
Matsuoka Reaffirms Loyalty to Axis;
Crisis Is Seen in Indies Negotiations
By the Associated Press
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka reaffirmed
Japan's loyalty to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo alliance today and
conferred for more than an hour with German Ambassador Eu
gen Ott on the reported subject of President Roosevelt's fire
side chat.
While the Tokyo stock ex-i
change boomed in apparent re
lief over the president's speech
particularly the lack of refer
ence to America's problems in
the Pacific the Japanese news
paper Chugai declared bluntly.
"If the United States continues
her present policy (of aid to
China), conflict with Japan is
inevitable.
Meanwhile, the Japanese news
agency Domel said it understood
authoritatively that economic
negotiations between the Dutch
East Indies and Japan in Batavia
had reached a most critical stage
Tokvo dispatches said Matsu
oka had demanded that the East
Indies government come to terms
in trade with Japan, ana inai
the Japanese foreign minister
had virtually told Britain to
keep "hands off" from interfer
ing in the negotiations.
Addressing teachers at Uie
Tokvo ministry of education
Matsuoka said the present world
crisis must end either in the de
struction of modern civilization
or in the establishment of a new
world order.
In Washington, D. C legis
lators said there was a growing
belief that Japan's adherence to
the axis may soon weaken a
belief based on information that
business interests apparently
were gaining influence in the
Tokyo government.
Pendleton, May 29
Expecting a 20 percent increase
in Pendleton school district pop
ulation, the budget committee
yesterday authorized a 6 per
cent Increase In the district's
special tax levy. The total bud
get of $98,855 will be raised
through a levy of about 15
mills.
ROOSEVELT DEPARTS
FOR WEEK-END REST
Washington. May 29.
President Roosevelt left today
for a week-end visit at his Hyde
Park, N. Y, home. A fellow
traveler as far as Weekhawken.
N. J., was Judge Samuel I.
Rosenman, who helped Mr.
Roosevelt prepare his speech of
Tuesday bight.
Sinking Revenges Loss of Mighty Hood
FINED FOR VIOLATION
OF ANTI TRUST LAWS
Washington, May 29. (IP)
Justice James M. Proctor of Dis
trict court today fined the
American Medical association
$2,500 and the District of Co
lumbia Medical society $1,500
for violation of the Sherman
anti-trust act.
The A.M.A. and the District
society were convicted of con
spiracy to violate the act on
ADril 4. At the same time 18
physicians, including five offic
ials of the A.M.A., were exon
erated. In the trial attorneys of the
justice department argued that
the two groups and the physic
ii ns had conspired to obstruct
the activities of Group Healtn
association, a federation of gov
ernment employees organized to
provide cooperative medical aid
They charged that the assoc
iation and its affiliated societies
had "concertedly restrained 12
Washington hospitals" by refus
ing thfl croup health doctors the
orivilege of practicing in the
hospitals and had brought pres
sure to bear to prevent other
physicians from consulting with
the group healtn physicians.
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LAST TO BE
BATTLE OF BISMARCK
London. May 29 (IP) British
destroyer Mashona was sunk bv
German planes when they got
in the last blow of the sea bat
tle which costCermany the 35,
000-ton battleship Bismarck, the
admiralty announced today.
One officer and 45 men are
missing from the 1,850-ton tribal
class destroyer, which went
down shortly after the Bismarck
was pounded to ruin 400 miles
west of Brest, France, last Tues
day morning.
The Mashona'i normal comple
ment was 240 110 more than
that usual for British destroyers.
The admiralty said that more
than 100 officers and men of the
Bismarck were picked up alter
the battleship was sunk.
British warships and long
range Catalina (American-made)
and Sunderland flying boats
still searched today for the
Prinz Eugen, the Bismarck's
cruiser escort which left her be
fore the sinking.
E
STEEL SHORTAGE
Washington, May 28.
President Roosevelt declared to
day that a report on the ade
quacy of the steel industry to
produce for civilian and mili
tary uses showed a prospective
shortage of 1,400.000 torn for
the current calendar year.
A deficit of 8,000,000 tons Is
estimated for the 1942 calendar
year.
Asserting that approximately
25 per cent of steel output was
needed for defense needs and
that 75 per cent went for civil
ian purposes, the president said
a study was being made wheth
er to take one of two steps:
Curtailment of civilian con
sumption. Increasing the capacity ot the
industry.
He did not say which method
he preferred.
The report was presented
to Mr. Roosevelt by Cano Dunn
of the office of production
management.
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Tho map below indicates tho
route of Germany's 35.000-ton
battleship Bismarck from the
time it was first observed off
Bergen. Norway, until it suc
cumbed to a combined air and
sea attack by the British, 400
miles west of Brest. France. It
was first discovered at Bergen
(1). next seen off the Strait of
Denmark oif Iceland (2). It was
Intercepted by the British battle
cruiser Hood off Greenland (3).
where the Hood was sunk. Bis
marck slowed by aerial torpedo
hit (4). as British fleet pursued
it Then BrUiih aircraft and
warships closed in and further
crippled German battleship sank
(5). under combined attack.
LABOR FEDERATION
TO RESUME WORK
By the Associated Press
The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor
declared today that AFL ma
chinists on strike at shipyards
in the San Francisco bay 'area
"should call it off immediately
and return to work."
This formal announcement by
the council backed up a sweep
ing pronouncement it Issued
yesterday, calling on all its af
filiates to take disciplinary ac
tion against local unions which
strike without exhausting re
sources for mediation. The ex
ecutive council said it would
take Bimilar action itself against
federal labor unions directly un
der its control.
Production Vital
The council declared that un
interrupted production by the
west coast shipyards was vital
to the nation's defense, and
further that "the good name,
the honor and the 'no-strike'
policy of the American Federa
tion of Labor demand that the
coastwise master agreement be
tween the shipbuilders and the
metal trades unions, barring
strikes and lockouts, be relig
iously observed and respected.
Differences should be adjust
ed through conferences, media
tion and arbitration, the coun
cil declared.
The AFL machinists paced
the gateways at the San Fran
cisco yards under telegraphic
advice from E. F. Dillon, union
business agent, to "hold your
picket lines tight."
Dillon telegraphed from
Washington that he and Harry
Hook, another union business
agent, were "accorded brutal
treatment by the senate" when
they appeared before a special
senate defense Investigating
committee yesterday.
The United States conciliation
service assigned Paul Broder
Ick of Its staff to a labor dispute
at Cleveland which threatened
to close five plans of the Aiuur
ir um Company of America, CIO
din casters there voted last
night to empower a negotiating
committee to call a strike. The
workmen seek a wage Increase
of 4V4 cents an hour, in addi
tion to a recent eight-cent raise
granted by the company. The
present minimum scale is 72
cents.
Early Paper Friday
In order to permit em
ployes to participate in Mem
orial day observance, the
Mail Tribune will publish
soon after noon on Friday.
The business office will close
as soon as the paper foes to
pre.
DAYLIGHT SAVING
URGED BY ICKES
10 SAVE
Restrictions on Use of Elec
tricity and Gasoline May
Come, Says Secretary
Washington. May 29 VP)
Interior Secretary Ickes today
advocated c:v'i8ht saving time
on a nationwide scale, and sug
gested that America may have
to resort to restricted use of elec
tricity and institute "gasless
Sundays" to meet shortages of
power and oil.
The statement came as an of
ficial of the federal power com
mission foresaw a power emerg
ency, "perhaps the most serious
In history," and revealed studies
were being made on means of
diverting power from civilian to
industrial uses, to prevent in
terruptions of defense produc
tion. Congress Could Act.
Daylight saving, Ickei said,
could be instituted by an act of
congress, to save substantial
amounts of power.
In mentioning the possibility
of priorities in the use of power,
the secretary said restricted con
sumption might easily include
night baseball, and he comment
ed: "It's more Important to make
aluminum than to have night
baseball."
The power shortage, he said,
might "be met by moral sua
sion," through civilians volun
tarily restricting consumption.
Turning to oil, Ickes told his
press conference the problem
was strictly one of transporta
tion and he foresaw a possibility
of restricted use, especially on
the eastern seaboard.
RANGE OF GIANT
London, May 29. (Pi An
article in the authoritative avia
tion publication, "Aeroplane,"
to be published tomorrow, states
that "whenever the Germans
want to bomb New York they
can do it."
The detailed article, by Peter
Maseficld, said the Germans,
using four types of long-range
bombers, could attack the east
ern seaboard and Panama from
bases in Norway, France, Port
ugal and West Africa.
(The author apparently takes
it for granted that the Germans
would acquire bases in Portugal
and West Africa for such an un
dertaking. Those areas are not
now German-occupied).
"If they (the Germans) de
cide to bomb airplane factories
on Long Island, in Baltimore or
Hartford, they have bombers
capable of performing the task
and getting back to Europe
again," the writer asserts.
"The canal zone is not out
fde the range of certain of
their airplanes."
Non-Salutera Fired
At Parkrose School
Portland, May 29. (if) The
school board of Parkrose grade
school. Just east of Portland,
announced yesterday that two
boys were expelled for refusing
to salute the flag.
The board withheld the boys'
names, but Norman Larson of
Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious
wet, said they were Robert and
Wilford Woodruff, of the sixth
and fifth grades, respectively.
Leon Janney Hurled
Cards, Wife Charges
Los Angeles, May 29. iiPy
Wilma Francis was awarded a
divorce today from Leon Jan
ney. They are movie actors. She
told Judge Goodwin J. Knight
her husband once threw a deck
of cards at her.
I "I suppose you had trumped
his see?'' asked Judge Knight
! "No, he had no reason for t
at all."
I Lancester, Mo. (IP) Henry
Roberts terrier went visiting on
a farm. In the next 20 hours
I be killed 110 rats.
L TRAVEL TO
HOLLY SITE
Fluhrer Bakery Expansion
Requires Removal Large
Residence On Main Street
Constructed in 1908 and one
of the handsomest residences in
southern Oregon at that time,
the old Vawter home at 810
West Main street, converted sev
eral years ago into an apart
ment house, will soon be moved
from the location it has occu
pied for 35 years.
William H. Fluhrer, owner of
the beautiful three-story frame
structure, announced yesterday
that he would move the build
ing to the toutheast corner of
Eighth and Holly streets on two
lots, which he has purchased
from the county for an unre
vealed consideration.
' Bakery to Expand
Built by the late W. I. Vaw
ter, Sr., prominent Medford
banker and lawyer, the apart- -ment
house will be moved to
make way for the contemplated
expansion of Fluhrer s bakery.
located adjacent to the old home.
according to Mr. Fluhrer. Tho
Richfield Oil company service)
station at 308 West Main street
also will be enlarged after the
building is moved, Mr. Fluhrer
said. He added that plans for
the bakery expansion were still
in the formulative stage.
Moving of the Vawter apart
ments, which will entail consid
erable planning and Ingenious
operation, is expected to take
about six weeks from the time
the present foundation is torn
out until the building Is again
ready for occupancy in its new
location. Hbwever, once the
huge rollers are placed under
the structure, the actual mov
ing will be accomplished in two
days, Mr. Fluhrer stated. Work
will start about June 15.
To Remove Porches
The building houses four
apartments and is 80 by 58 feet
in dimension. Its elaborate
porches will have to be sawed
off before It is moved, Mr.
Fluhrer explained, and much
other work will have to be dona
before it is ready to be rolled to
its new location. Mr. Fluhrer
said the present tenants of the
apartments would continue to
reside in the building after it
was moved.
Occupying the two lots at
Eighth and Holly streets, which
were purchased by Mr. Fluhrer,
is a blacksmith shop owned and
operated by Joseph O. Frailer,
two frame buildings and a resi
dence. The blacksmith shop and
the frame buildings will be torn
down and the house moved, Mr.
Fluhrer explained.
CAPTURED SCHMEL1NG
KILLED IN CRETE AS
ESCAPE ATTEMPTED
Cairo, Egypt, May 29 W
Max Schmeling, former world
champion heavyweight boxer,
has been killed while trying to
escape from British Imperial
forces which captured him in
the German invasion ot Crete,
a New Zealand ambulance driv
er witness declared today.
Returning to Egypt, the ambu
lance driver said:
"Early in the battle of Crete,
a husky German soldier was cap
tured, slightly wounded.
"Speaking English with
strong American accent, he said
he was Schmeling and his pa
pers bore that name. Ha was
truculent and surly.
"After talking with him at
length, our officers were con
vinced he was Schmeling.
"Later In the day he was be
ing taken to a field hospital by
our ambulance corps, when more
German parachutists descended
on top of us and a dog fight
opened.
"Schmeling grabbed a rifle)
from one of our soldiers who
had been wounded and went
into action like a wild bull.
"Before he did any damage,
however, someone let him have
it and that was the end ol
Max."
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