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... . ruu u a wmui- Weather " ,urMu npan uulde. roceeaatt doner with a, rulonal rain to4mj, loalfbt nd Saturday; not much rhafi tn temperature. U.(hnt ;nrrdaj U Vowtt thu morning M PreU?ltatlon past 14 hoar. M Tribune .1 2:30 p.m. EDITION FORD full Ah eclated Preaa United Press Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1941. No. 60. MED 4 WW. . THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER Copyright. 1941. by New York Tribune, Inc. Washington, May 30. In his historic message to the nation, the president left some things unsaid. He did not tell the peo ple. "I am ready to order the Atlantic fleet into action to clear the sea lanes to Britain." He did not tell the people, "I am ready, if necessary, to order preventive occupation of the Atlantic Islands and Dakar." And he did not tell the people, "By every practical test, we are now at war. Yet although he did not say these things in so many words, v there is no room for doubt that he meant them. Events with their remorseless logic have long called on him to take the great decision. His speech was the-solemn utterance of a man who had accepted the logic of events and faced the conse quences. And the men close to him, who have seen him groping towards his choice, are unani mous in believing that the great decision has been taken, once and for all, for better or for worse. "PHI! great decision was not - taken easily or ngmiy. u could not be. Even the Roose velt of eight years ago who so gaily rode the tempest In the spring of 1933, would hardly have reached such a decision without much pain and heart- searching. The Roosevelt of to day is a much mellower, wiser and more cautious man, worn by a gruelling term of office, and taught by harsh experience to consider risks the Roosevelt of 1933 would scarcely have imag ined. Before he could settle his own and his country's fate, the president naturally passed through period of agonizing uncertainty. The whole story will not be told for many years, but even now some details are known that give an inkling of the at mosphere of the White House in this last month. It is known, for example, that a fortnight ago, when the speech was first scheduled, he had not made up (Continued on Pace fllz) E . SLIGHTLY BETTER Berlin, May 30 (Pi Slight Improvement in the condition of former Kaiser Wilhelm II was reported today as members of the family hastened to the bed side of 'be 82-year-old World war em' or who is In exile at Doom, Holland. A telephone call from Doom to the Hohenzollern estate here said Wilhelm appeared slightly stronger but that his condition was still serious. He was stricken several weeks ago with an obscure Intestinal disorder, and artificial feeding has been resorted to while phy sicians sought to diagnose the exact nature of the complaint. Veteran Motor man Hangs up Gloves Portland, May 30 IIP) John J. Tichenor, who drove a horse car in Salem when Herbert Hoover was in charge of the Ore gon Land company's livestock, retired today after SI years on streetcars. He maneuvered a horse trol ley in Salem from 1899 until the turn of the century when he came to Portland. . For 41 years he has clicked the throttle and applied the air to a succes sion of models, ending his ca reer as a Montavilla route mo-torman-conductor. OLD MASK ORDINANCE IS FINALLY REPEALED Fortland. May 30 ip You won't break the law any more if you appear on Portland streets without a mask. Th almost forgotten ordinance, a relic of the 1919 flu epidemic, was repealed yesterday by the city council, along with several other obsolete measures. M FIRST FUGUES" ARRIVE IN EGYPT IS BERLIN CLAIM ; Remaining Forces Wander I ing, Demoralized by Arti f icial Fog Spread by Nazis By the Associated Press British and Greek troops were reported fleeing the Mediter ranean isle of Crete today, at tempting to reach Egypt aboard small fishing boats in another Dunkerque. Axis dispatches pictured al lied forces still remaining on the island as wandering, lost and demoralized, in an artificial fog spread by the Germans. 'The first group of fugitive soldiers has already arrived in Egypt," the Berlin radio as serted. In Full Flight Hitler's high command de clared the British were "in full flight" in the 11-day-old strug gle, with nazi aerial troops al ready having captured the three principal Crete cities of Candia, Retimo and Canea, the Crete capital. Groups of British soldiers were reported tumbling along the rocky southern shores of the Island, hoping that ships might come to evacuate them. Fishing boats had taken off a few, it was reported. The German radio said a Cairo broadcast announced that General B. C. Freyberg, com mander of British Imperial forces in Crete, had been killed when his plane crashed en route to Egypt. Transport Sunk At sea, Premier Mussolini's high command acknowledged that the 17,879-ton Italian liner Conte Rosso, loaded with troops, had been torpedoed and sunk to the south of Syracuse, Sicily. Most of the troops were saved, it was announced. The fascist high command al so reported that the 1,340-ton British destroyer Hereward had been blown up by Italian aerial bomb hits and that so far' 229 members of the crew had been rescued, Including 26 seriously wounded. . With the conflict fast shaping toward another axis victory, the British stepped up their drive to prevent the rich Middle East oil kingdom of Iraq from falling into Hitler's grasp. ' British' Imperial troops ad vanced within five miles of Baghdad, the 4,000-year-old cap ital of Iraq, after a. 15-mile march in the past 24 hours. Emir Abdul Hah, deposed re gent of Iraq, was said to be fol lowing the British columns, ready to establish a new govern ment. IN MEMORIAL PARADE! Portland, May 80 (Pi Port land's Memorial Day plans to day included a parade of vet erans' organizations, cemetery rites and a program at the civic auditorium. Theodore A. Penland. depart ment commander of the G.A.R., will be grand marshal of the parade. IRAQ PREMIER FLEES TO NEIGHBORING IRAN London. May 30. UP) The anti-British premier of Iraq.! Rashid All Al Gailani, has fled 1 into neighboring Iran, it was authoritatively announced here tonight Rashid All, In power through a coup d'etat, had been leading Iraq forces against the British since they first opened fire on Britain's Treaty airdrome at Habbaniyah, Iraq, on May 4. BURDIC KEEPS SEAT ON ASHLAND BOARD Ashland. May 30 UPh-Dr. R. L. Burdic won another year on the district 9 school board this week by drawing lots with Chairman Hal McNair for the position. - - . HEX Western Hemisphere Dangers Cited President Roosevelt warned the war "is approaching the brink of the western hemisphere itself" in his speech proclaiming a state of unlimited emergency and declaring the control or occupation by Nasi forces of any of the islands of the Atlantic would jeopardise the ultimate safety of the United States. Arrows Indicate islands referred to by the president and approxi mate distances from the U. S. to to these islands, athwart main seas communication routes. Nazi Victory Of Queries By Dewitt Mackensle (Associated Press Analyst) v , The battle of Crete, in whiA the Anglo-Greek allies are making what looks like their death from the skies, fairly that are being thrown in the handfuls. What ts th fundamental ron nf the nllleri fafliir in hold the Germans off from this Island, which was defended by perhaps 30,000 troops and war ships? Answer: Lack of air-oower in the eastern Mediterranean. The nazi warplanes swarmed the sky like locusts, and there is no effective defense against such an attack except bombing and fighting planes. What about the story that the British have a large store of new warnlanes in reserve in England? Any truth in that? Answer: My information is that the British do have a re ,orv. Hnwever. we have no knowledge of the type of planes, or whether it would be feasible to use them for long-distance work. It's a safe bet Britain would use any planes available. What's the answer then win th. n.m.ni he able to con tinue their victories in the Near East because of this air super iority? Answer: Nazi air superiority will continue to tell heavily onlnrt the allies in the eastern Mediterranean until the British nrnvirimi with many more warplanes. especially the long distance type. They are depend ing largely on United states nrnrfnrtion to meet this crisis. However, the British presum- bly will be able to provme u h--r air defense in fighting in Egypt close to their air-bases. Is there any relation between' the battle of Crete and the fact that the nazls have done little bombing of England for nine teen days? Answer Definitely. Bad fly ing weather has accounted for part of the respite, but the oil experts tell us Hitler is so short of gasoline that he must con serve his supplies for such a ma jor operation as the attack on Crete. He hasn't enough gas to keen two big shows running at the same time for any great per iod. The outcome oi me war may hinge on this fact. If that is so. and if the allies will gain strength as American production gets under lull steam. Isn't 1 1 m working against Hitler and for Britain? Answer: Yes, that's the ker nel of the nut. We may easily know the outcome of the war hr fall If th alllM pan kxn afloat that long, their stock will be on tne up-grade. Their prob lem ii to keep afloat now. Sacramento, May 20.. Churning cream butterfat, first grade 4Hic; second grade 3iV4c. UUu in Crete Brings Flood to Analyst MacKenzie last desperate stand against bristles with question marks direction of this column in SHIP LOSS DATA Washington, May 30. (P) Apparently authentic reports reached congress today, that only 28 ships loaded with war supplies in United States ports have been sunk en route to Britain since the European con flict began in September, 1939. While no tabulation was available on the total number of such vessels to clear U. S. ports. Interested legislators said it was safe to assume that the loss ratio of American goods thus far had been relatively small. Sinkings listed were said to have involved some food pro ducts from South America which were transshlped at porta here. It was pointed out, how ever, that the sinkings do not include sea losses of equipment produced In the United States and sent to Canada for ship ment from dominion porta. AIR COWSlLAlB Salt Lake City. May 30. UP) Apparently as a part of the precautionary movement In which many military units en gaged today, planes of the 20th bombardment wing, stationed at Fort Douglas, visited several points in the northwest today. Col. Lowell H. Smith, wing commander, said units of his organization today visited Sac ramento and Hamilton field tn California, Portland, Ore., Se attle and Spokane, and other cities within the past 24 hours, as part of a technical maneuver to simulate war conditions. Apostoli to Give Sailors Lessons San Francisco, May 30. (JPi Fred Apostoli, former world's middleweight boxing champion, will henceforth do his fighting for the United States navy. Apostoli, a San Francisclan, left for New York last night to enlist In the navy as boxing and athletic instructor. 8. F. Butter San Francisco, May 30. (IP) Butter, eggs and cheese un changed, - ' o) sees THREAT TO SA OUTPOSTS Z&4 RACE IS DELAYED WHILE FIRE RAGES Speedway, Indianapolis, May 30 OP) After a quick pit stop for fuel and tires, Wilbur Shaw, dapper little Indianapolis driver, roared back into the lead at 200 miles of the annual 500-miie automobile race today. His av erage speed for the 200 miles was 112.925 miles an hour. Harry McQuInn, also of In dianapolis, was in second posi tion and Cliff Bergere, Holly wood stunt driver, third. Twenty-four of the original 30 start ers remained in the grind. Mauri Rose, Indianapolis, who finished third in the 1940 race and who led at the 100 miles today, was forced out at 152 miles -with carburetor trouble, but he went back in as relief driver for Floyd Davis of Spring field, 111. Speedway, Indianapolis, May 30 (IP) Mauri Rose, mustached little Indianapolis driver, led his home town rival, Wilbur Shaw, by a fraction of a second at the end of 100 miles of the 900-mile Memorial Day automo bile race, the start of which was delayed an hour by a fire in the garage section. Rex Mays, G 1 e n d a 1 e, Cel.. comet, paced the pack for 87 miles, but Rose and Shaw pass ed him going into the 100-mile lap. Twenty-eight of the original field of 31 starters remained in the running. Rose's speed for the first cen tury averaged 108.434 miles an hour, much lower than the aver age for that distance in recent years. A collision, which elim inated Joel Thome of Burbank. Cel., and Emil Andres of Chi cago, slowed the race, the yel low flag of caution being hung out for more than 70 miles. This meant that drivers had to hold their positions until given the green flag again. The fire, which broke out about 7 a. m., damaged 30 ga raet. destroyed three race cars, injured seven men and caused doubt for a time to as whether the race would be run. Destruction of fuel and other supplies and damage to power lines, knocking out the electric clocking device, threatened to halt the race, but workmen la bored frantically to repair the damage, and fresh supplies were obtained. Population Itrnaltr la the 0!U of the Kile nm i luo ptraoui to la square mile. " - DEFENSE PLANTS COAST TO COAST Sudden Precautionary Activ ity Realistic Anti-Aircraft Guns On Roofs By the Associated Press Military and civil guards stood watch today at defense plants from coast to coast, sum moned overnight by civilian au thorities who spoke of sabotage and military officers who talked only of tactical maneuvers. Highlighting the sudden activ ity from New England to Cali fornia was cancellation of leaves of 14,000 Fort Dix. N. J., sold iers and "practice alert" at Fort Custer, Mich., was so real istic that officers confessed "it even fooled us." The war department said at Washington it had issued no In structions of any kind to lead to precautions such as were re ported. It said it knew nothing of activities at Fort Dix and Fort Custer but pointed out that post or corps commanders may order "alerts" or "maneuvers" at any time. Airplane factories and estab lishments engaged In defense production, it was explained, are under the protection of the FBI and of individual protec tion forces at most plants. Anti-aircraft guns were plant ed atop California plane fac tories, Los Angeles harbor ships were floodlighted, police guards were augmented in several cities and west coast "patriotic bod ies" were asked to stand by. ' Most spectacular of the mili tary measures was the clamp ing on Fort Custer, Mich., of a "practice alert" which was so much like the real thing that Battle Creek police took to the streets to warn civilians against armed sentries. ORDERS PILE UP FOR WEST'S PINE LUMBER Portland, Ore., May 30. lP) The western pine order file fattened during the week end ing May 24, 93 mills reported to the Western Pine association today. On order was 81,526,000 board feet, compared with 79, 974,000 for the previous week and 73,200,000 for the same week last year. In the same order, shipment figures were: 77,178,000 feet, 76,357,000 and 71,497,000; production, 86,333, 000 feet, 81,434,000 and 78,006, 000. Berlin, May 30. (JP) Ger man outpost boats in the English channel reported a bitter fight with British speed boats last night and claimed to have sunk at least one. Sgt. York Raps Isolationists In Arlington Cemetery Talk Washington, May 30 (JP) Before the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Sergeant Alvin C. York called today for Immediate alt out aid to England, and added "If that means that we have to use convoys, then we should use them." The tall Tennessee mountain eer who became one of the out standing heroes of the World war A. E. F. was Invited as prin cipal speaker at Memorial Day ceremonies in Arlington national ceremtery. In his prepared address, York struck out at advocates of "iso lationism." He declared that Senator Wheeler iD.-Mont.) "ought to know by now that you can't protect yourself against bullets with an umbrella." To " a United States senator whose favorite bird must be the os trich" York coupled a reference to "a famous transatlantic avi ator." Both, he said, "feel dif ferently than the veterans do about this country's most press ing problems." For the veterans, he said, "liberty Is something they fought to keep." The ceremonies on the green Virginia hillside overlooking the Potomac were preceded by pa HIE GBEIE War Bulletins London. May 30 Au thoritatlve sources reported today that British forces had driven to a point within five miles of the Iraq capital of Baghdad. At the same time another British column moving up the Euphrates river was re ported to have reached Lu qualt. about 2S0 miles south of Baghdad and SO miles northwest of Basra. New York, May 30 F) Withdrawal of British women and children from Crete was disclosed by a British broad cast today which said they have arrived at a Mediterran ean port "with the first batch of wounded to come from the bland." DEFENSE CHIEFS GIVEN HOPE FOR STRIKE DECLINE By the Associated Press Although most factories were closed for the Memorial Day holiday, defense production chiefs received cheering news from several quarters today of steps to end industrial strife. A strike threat was lifted from the Packard Motor car plant at Detroit, walkouts were ended at an Illinois chemical works and a Pennsylvania shell factory, and the Nashville, Tenn. AFL building trades unions named coordinator to prevent work stoppages on defense pro jects. The Packard management of fered, and the CIO United Auto mobile Workers accepted, new contract providing 8-cent hourly increases for some 11,000 pro duction employes. Packard has $62,000,000 in armament orders. Wage Increases ended a six weeks strike by 900 AFL em ployes of the Monsanto Chemic al company at East St. Louis, 111. Workers will get an immed iate increase of 5 cents an hour, and 2Vi cents additional next October. The strike of 2,000 AFL and CIO machinists at 11 San Fran cisco bay shipyards continued to hold up work on $300,000,000 worth of ships. The national defense media tion board yesterday requested 10,000 striking CIO Pacific coast lumber workers to go back to work, calling attention to Pres ident Roosevelt's declaration Tuesday night for an end to strike stoppages In defense in dustries. Pendleton, Ore., May 30 UP) Dandelle Neilsen, about 23, Colvllle, Wash., laborer at the Umatilla Ordnance depot, was killed last night when a car crashed against a concrete bridge east of Hermlston. rade of military units, veterans and patriotic organizations in the capital. Small American flags fluttered beside each of the uniform stone grave markers which extend In military pre cision over many acres of the national cemetery. York said he and other vet erans of the World war frequent ly were asked what they had gained by fighting "to make the world safe for democracy." "Let me answer that now," he said. "It got me 23 years of living in a country where the Godess of Liberty is stamped on men's hearts, as well as on the coins in their pockets. . . . "By our victory In the last war, we won a lease on liberty, not deed to It. Now, after 23 years, Adolf Hitler tells us that lease is expiring, and after the manner of all leases, we have the privilege of renewing It, or letting It go by default I have no doubt that the American peo ple choose to renew It, Senator Wheeler to the contrary not withstanding." Calling for no compromise with Hitler, he declared that if England should fall, America would be the next on the Nails' list v WAR THREAT ADDS SIGNIFICANCE TO L RITES i Commander Canfleld of V F. W. Says Efforts Will Ba Wasted If Vigil Relaxed Emphasizing the "stark realiz atlon that we in America are) again on the brink of another war," Ira D. Canfleld, depart, ment of Oregon commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, told Memorial Day gathering at city park this morning that "should! we grow careless in our vigil ance over the security of our? America, then those men who died at Bunker Hill, at Appom. attox, at San Juan, at Chateau Thierry or on the high seas, gave their lives without purpose and their loyalty In vain." Prior to the park services a long patriotic street parade) moved from city park to the) Bear Creek bridge and back to the park, as hundreds of persona lined Main street to watch the) procession. Pledged to Ideals 1 "We have promised our sold ier dead that we will never be false to their memory," Mr. Can field said from the flower and flag-bedecked park platform. 'Time and again we have pledg ed ourselves to the task of pre serving those ideals tor which they gave their lives. Thisj means we have promised mil- tant resistance against any force) that seeks to destroy our cher ished institutions of democracy.' Mr. Canfleld cited the sinking I of the British battle-cruiser Hood by a German warship in North American waters as proof that the conflict in Europe) "draws ever closer to our shores," and he said that "we have seen the democratic coun tries of the old world go down one by one under the heel of the) oppressor until, in Europe, Eng land alone stands as the bul wark of democracy." Also on the city park pro gram were the reading of Gen eral John A. Logan's first Mem orial Day general order, by Miss) Ore Cox; delivery of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, by Nell Coleman of Medford senior high school; decoration of vacant chairs by representatives of vet erans' and patriotic organiza tions in honor of the memory of departed comrades, three) numbers by Mrs. Eva Prentice's accordion band; aingtng of America by the large audience) and the benediction by the Rev. R. W. Coleman. The parade, starting at 9:39 included the Medford senior high school band and the girls drum corps, the Junior blgn) school girls' drum corps, the) sheriffs mounted posse. Boy Scouts, American Legion and auxiliary, the F. O. E. drill team, the Chester A. Arthur chapter of the Women's Relief Corps, Daughters of the American Rev olution, Daughters of the Union) Veterans of the Civil War, Uni ted Spanish War Veterans, Gold Star Mothers and other veteran, fraternal and civic organiza tions. Flowers ea Water At the Bear Creek bridge, flowers were strewn on the wa ter in memory of Americans) who gave their lives In the) country's service on oceans, lakes and rivers. The Rev. R. W. Coleman gave the Invoca tion. The Women's Relief Corps and the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War wets) to conduct memorial services in) Medford L O. O. F. cemetery at 2:30. BEND CLAIMS PORTLAND SNATCHING HER COACHES Bend, May 30 OP) Bend football fans advocated some) sort of an "Atherton" code to day to prevent Portland higil schools from "proselyting Becd high coaches." Coach Joe Huston was signed by Portland's Roosevelt high this week. His three successors, at Bend, Jerry Lillie, John Lon dahl and Miller Nicholson, alt war taken by Portland schools e
