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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORP. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 30. 1941. . i y I it : , In The ;f Day's i: . News PAGE THREE Society And Clubs By Frank Jtnklni TODAY'S (Ihuridt y's) dls- patches indicate that Italian forces have been landed on the eastern end of Crete, thus put ting the British-Greek defend ers between the Jaws of a vise. The Germans are reported to have captured Suda Bay har bor, giving them a landing place for troops and heavy equipment such as tanks. 4 A REPORT from Italy asserts , that hundreds of little TGreek sailboats loaded with German troops have been safe ly escorted to Crete under the guns of Italian warships, indi cating (if true) that the British fleet has been driven from I Cretan waters. This indication is strengthen ed by a dispatch from Alexan dria yesterday saying that a part of the British fleet had ar rived at the base there. Hc DARRING a miracle (and mir- acles have been few and far between in this war) Crete is lost to the British. vWhat re mains is merely a matter of time and detail. OW did it happen? It is the same old story, beginning in Poland and run ning through all the German conquests since: The Germans had ALL THE AIRPLANES THEY NEEDED p.and their opponents didn't. THIS writer, having no inside sources of information, can only guess. But this seems a fair guess as to what has hap pened in Crete: The British, lacking air strength, undertook to defend Crete with their Mediterranean navy (supported, but inade quately, by the air arm of the fleet). The restHt is history. ' The adequate German air force first landed enough para chute troops to seize a foothold. Then it drove the scanty Brit ish air force from the island, meanwhile pouring in reinforce ments steadily from the air. After that it attacked and ap parently mastered the defend- lng British fleet, which was in adequately supported in the air. THE military lesson of Crete (guessed at from incomplete and heavily censored data) is this: Only airplanes can success fully fight airplanes. "THE lesson is heeded NOW! Two days ago, President Roosevelt allocated an addi tional three billion dollars, most of it to be spent for planes. Today (Thursday) Secretary of War Stimson discloses a plan to train 8.000 British Tiers in this country, beginning June 7. If it had been heeded years ago, when Colonel Lindbergh warned Britain, France and U. S. of the Immensity and com pleteness of German prepara tion for air war, the history of -the world in this present era might have been changed. A FEW side issues at this " point: Germany and Italy are re ported to have relaxed the arm istice regulations to permit France to build up a continen tal air force for the "defense of her empire." Defense against whom? Certainly not against the Germans, who are permitting her to strengthen herself. One must conclude that she is get ting feady for Britain and for United States. Club Holds Dance Preceded By No-Host Dinner Members of Lively Rogue Dancing club enjoyed a danc ing party at the K. of P. hall Wednesday evening. The deco rations carried out a patriotic tneme. Joe Marshall was chair man of the evening, assisted by Mrs. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Schmidt. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duff and Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Hoselton. Music was furnished by Whipple s orchestra. Preceding the dance a group of the members held a no-host dinner at Burgoyne's. Among those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duff, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Schino, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zacharisen, Dr. and Mrs. George S. Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ogle, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Muncy, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Thurman, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Proctor, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Hoselton and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Latham. Pro-America To Hear Official Pro-America will hold a lunch eon meeting at the Hotel Hol land Wednesday rather than Monday as previously scheduled, according to an announcement by Pro-America officers today. At that time Mrs. Roy T. Bishop of Portland, state presi dent, will be in Medford to ad dress the entire membership. All members are urged to be in attendance. Past Matrons Club To Hold Luncheon Past Matrons club of Reamcs chapter. O.E.S., will hold a meet ing Monday at 12:30 at the Ma sonic temple. Luncheon will be served with Mrs. Georgia Hollo way as chairman. Officers of Reames chapter will be special guests. SCHMELING NOT DEAD IN CM INVASION IS CLAIM OF ed by Imperial forces and in an attempt to escape had been shot (In London British official said "there appears to be no reason why German sources should say Schmeling is alive if he is not.") Berlin, May SO. (JPi Max Schmeling's own words were quoted in the German press to day to relate his part in the nazi invasion of Crete after reports that he had been killed were of ficially spiked. An interview with the form er heavyweight champion by Siegfried Kappe, a German luft waffe reporter, told how Schmeling had wandered alone half a day in the Crete wilder ness after becoming separated from his companions, then re joined them and helped capture a strategic coastal road. The official denial of Schmel ing's death said he was in an air force hospital with a minor at tack of a tropical disease. ( A New Zealand avnhulam-i- driver, arriving at Alexandria. Egypt, from Crete, said yester day Schmeling had been captur- E OF MEET Further expansion of the Boy Scout program among Catholic churches nd among boys of Catholic faith will be principal theme of the annual meeting of the Catholic Committee of Scouting for the Archdiocese of Perl and in Oregon which opens this afternoon at Hotel Medford, according to Kenneth Wells, local scout executive. Sixteen men will be in attendance from western Oregon for the two day business meeting. The committee is under chair manship of Alfred J. O'Brien of Portland with Rev. Martin Thielcn of Portland as scout chaplain. Men will be in attend ance from Portland, Canby, Sa lem, Gervais, Eugene, Marsh field, and Medford. Edward L. Curtis, regional scout executive for the north west region, arrived yesterday and will represent the National Council. Bov Scouts of America. at the sessions. Rev. Louis Bar celo of Portland university, na tional field scout commissioner, will also participate. Saturday morning there will be a special mass for Boy Scouts and their Inilm of Catholic faith at Sacred Heart parish. Local men participating in me conferences will h rv Augustine Meyer. Larry Schade, and Kenneth Wells. we might even hive to convoy ships." There were prolonged booes on two occasions as he re ferred to President Roosevelt's fireside rhat. rew of the Important buildings to, Berlin ere more than 100 year old. mu of the city's development hay. Ing come about In the put century. Dm Mali Tribune went ads. DAILY BIBLE SCHOOL Following the custom of nat years the First Methodist church will conduct a daily vacation Bible school, beginning? next Monday at 9 30 a. m. The school will be free to all children. Mrs. Donna Taylor will be in charge. She has secured several sble assistants. The usual pic nic will be eiven for the srourj on Saturday, June 14. Philadelphia, May 30.- Charles A. Lindbergh contends it is President Roosevelt himself who advocates world domina tion and declares: "If wt attempt to follow a policy such as the president sug gests, we will start a war be tween the hemispheres that may last for generations." An estimated 1S.000 packing the arena and overflowing into the street for an America First Committee rally against war last night and thousands cheered the flier's assertion that: This country is not going in to a foreign war. There is no question of our unity it is the will of a majority of our people. We will stay out of war." Lindbergh drew shouts of "no" from the heavily policed crowd with statements that in-j terventionists "have told us that I MURRAY'S MAID -RITE SOUTH CENTRAL AND 9TH ANNOUNCE COMPLETE DRIVE-IN-SERVICE FROM 11 A. M. TO 1 A. M. 'Ample Parking Space Courteous Attendants IR SHELL Ogden. Utah (U.R) Fourteen men, who helped assemble shells for the World war and then separated to enter private businesses, have been reunited by the threat of U. S. entrance into another war. All of the members of the group were employed at the great shell assembly plant in Parlin, N. J. All were friends. After the 1918 armistice, they scattered to other cities and other states. Recently the federal govern ment began construction of a shell factory at Burlington, la., and officials began looking around for experienced work men to staff the plant. From New Jersey, Philadel phia, New York and California the World war munitions work ers answered the call, and were sent to the Ogden ordnance de pot for training in modem techniques. Now, the number of ex-Par- lin employes totals 14 and most of them had not seen each other since their separation in 1918. Virtually all of Eiypta 16.000.000 population Uvea by the tide of the Nile. Use Mall Tribune want adi. 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