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Weather n Put Off Going If yea raaa Want A today u put oft fotaf to check op until tomorrow tha ehanc ftre ten to on you'll b too lata. fenwniDrr thoawndt sf eyrt r oa theat sdt daily. Sa find what yo wmnt thra tanrrjt Medford Forecast: rartljr cloudy to Tetbune night and TuewUy; Ilttl change In temperature. Temperature Hifhest yesterday - . Lowest thla morning . 47 rrcrlpltatlon past Z4 hour. .00 Full Associated Press 4 Plata Thirty -sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1941. No. 62. o) MM MT MfnM Ml IK Waterfront Thi. li in aerial view of fire which iw.pt through n eight-story oraln elevator Saturday night end Mused consider. bU damage to other plants and th. Erl. Rallw.r t.rminal on th. Hud.on river waterfront in Jersey City. N. J. . Air Jersey City r apparatus, and fir. coast guard tugs fought th. blai. which uud dam.g. Mtlm.t.d to .xc..d $3,300,000. A. ociat.d Press photo by air mall to Mail Tribunal. THE CAPITAL PARADE By JOSEPH ALSOP .nd ROBERT KIMTNER " Copyright. 1941. by Now York Tribun.. Ine. Washlngton, June 2. Thus far, the president has taken only on. concrete step 'to implement th. policy laid down in his mes sage to the nation. He has rein forced and extended the Atlan tic patrol. How much does the step mean? The answer must necessarily be tentative, for the subject is hedged about with th. prohibitions of official sec recy. Yet there are a few facts on which to form a Judgment. First, the Atlantic patrol i it self only an extension of the old so-called neutrality patrol, ordered by the president in the first days of the war. The osten sible purpose of the old neutral ity patrol was to prevent bellig erent vessels from operating off th. shores of the Americas. It contained the complete germ of j th. Atlantic patrol, however. If C th. patrolling ships and planes sighted German craft, they an nounced the fact to Washington in an intentionally simple code, which it was not difficult for th. British navy to break. Second, the neutrality patrol was transformed into the At lantic patrol sometime ago, when the Atlantic fleet was or dered to extend its surveillance to 30 degrees West or to a line about half way across the ocean, running down between Iceland and Greenland. The order was givan at a moment when con voying as far as Greenland was being so seriously considered that Dolitical preparations for it had actually been made. At th. last minute, probably be lt cause of fear of public opinion, the president substituted the half-measure. And although Winston Churchill told the Brit ish people it meant much, the half-measure was pretty ineffec tual. The area under patrol was (Continued on Pff four) Gearhart. Ore.. June 2 WV Pacific coast seedmen and deal ers opened their 16th annual ses sion here today. SICE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Don Monteith. Don Wright and Ken Scripter informing friends that they were "going to 'he hills of Wert Virginia to find Nancy Brown." A stray dog wandering acros? th. stage of the Craterian steal ing a scene from Hedy LaMarr Saturday night Fire Threatens No Sabotage Seen in Costly Conrlagration on Waterfront Jersey City, N. J., June 2. JP Blackened rubble and heat twisted steelwork held the secret today of the cause of a 24 hour fire that ravaged eight blocks along the Jersey City water front, but the police, coast guard and federal bureau of Investi gation expressed belief that it definitely was not sabotage. Fire Chief Frank Ertle, who. estimated the damage at $25.- 000,000 told newsmen to "put any sabotage ideas out of your mind," adding that the fire could have started from a care lessly-tossed cigarette. J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, who also discounted the sabo tage possibility, said in Omaha, Neb., that there were no nation al defense materials destroyed. The fire broke out Saturday afternoon in a stock yard and was not extinguished until after th. flames had mushroomed spectacularly through the water front area between Sixth street and Pavonia avenue. Berlin, June 2. IP) Relchs marshal Herman Wilhelm Goe- rlng declared tonight that Nazi parachutists and air-borne troops who occupied Crete had "proved before the whole world tne words of the fuehrer That there are no unconquerable islands." In an order of the day, tne air chieftain virtually stamped out the ground for their future actions. (This could mean an attempt to invade England but Cyprus is another potential island ob jective of the luftwaffe.) Goering called th. conquest of Crete "an unprecedented achievement" marked by "super human accomplishments" by the parachute fighters. The parachutists, he said, "were InsDired by a tremendous offensive spirit and were entirely on their own resources and de feated the enemy in heroic and embittered fighting. IS FORCED TO STAY t wai an Intended goodwill vi.it that Willis Turpin, 4S. marl at the city jail Saturday. but it turned out to be not so good for him. Tnrnin. Medford man. took some tobacco to the bastille for his friend. R. W. (Goldie) Walk- i er, who had just been given five i days for being drunk. City police took coupie oi -..irk lnoks at Turpin and he suddenly found hlnwelf Inside looking out Me appearea ui cut court this morning ana was sen tencea to live aaja. imuwii Drunk ennes Jersey Railway Terminal !,o S ex1 .wfV -j " j TONIGHT AT 7 FOR 14 BOYS IN DRAFT A farewell meeting will be held in the county courthouse auditorium at 7 o'clock tonight for 14 youths leaving on the 8:05 p. m. train for a year of selective service training. The public is urged to attend the meeting, to be presided over by Dr. Sherman L. Divine, chair man of the National Defense committee. The farewell address will be given by George M. Roberts, Medford attorney. Dr. Arthur S. Taylor of the Southern Ore gon College of Education, will represent th. Ashland Elks lodge in 'he presentation of small American flag to each selectee. Following the meeting, the selectees, local patriotic bodies and the senior high school girls' drum corps will march from the courthouse to the depot. Selectees of county board 1 . Joseph E u g . n . Hillls, Charles Richard Declous, Mel vin William Kohn and Arthur I. Cook. Selectees from board 2 are John Everritt Rayle, Leslie Win- fred Dungan, Richard Ingle Simmons, Robert LeRoy Lindner. Walter Caster, Everett Wesley Cushman, Lome D. Bowman, Bruce Edwin DeMers, Walter Earl Rives and Howard Reld Garrett The last two named are CCC boys whose home are in Mississippi and Georgia, re spectively. Cotton Grows in Oakridge Garden Oakridge. June 2. CP) Think nothing of it if you hear the catchy strains of "Dixie" in these parts Mrs. John Archer is growing cotton In her garden Along with peanuts and fancy squash, the cotton is growing readily, Mrs. Archer, former Oklahoman, says. CAPTAIN ROOSEVELT QUITS MIDDLE EAST Cairo, Egypt. June 2. (&h Captain James Roosevelt and Major Gerald Thomas of the United States Marine left yes terday for horn, after three weeks as special observers with Britain's forces in the Middle East. They cam. her. from th. Far East. ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY FUNDS RECOMMENDED FOR DEFENSE EFFORT Washington, June 2'IP) Pre IHpnt Ronsi-velt recommended to congress today additional ap propriations ot $iZ3,uuu,uuu ior special defense nignway con (traction. In a message to congress, the nriiriint nrnnnufl ttul S1UU. nnn nnn h authorized sDecifical ly for assisting in the develop ment of access roads ana 3, 000.000 to strengthen bridges and widen services in key roads. Th mpAff raid that the fed eral works administrator soon would submit a draft of a bill authorizing the appropriations "and it is hoped that this matter may have early consiaeration. tlons were based upon a survey by the federal worKs aaminisira inr nf hiehwnv facilities from the viewpoint of national defense. This survey related particu larly "to tne aaequacy oi ui ereni to and eseress from urban centers, the servicing of existing and proposed army, navy ana air bases and the possible neces- ltv for the strenethening of bridses and the widening of roads in strategic areas. SLAYETlSTLES AFTER SENTENCE Belllneham. Wash.. June ! (Pi Berton Leander Gossett Femdale rancher, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault in the second degree in connection with th. death of his estranged wue, Nora E. Gossett today in superior court He" was sentenced to serve not less than 10 vears nor more than 24 years in the state penitentiary by Judge Hobart Dawson. Gossett left the court room whistling a tune after he had admitted smothering his wife to death with his hands and casting her body into water welL SHANGHAI FIGHT Shanghai, June 2 (IP) United State marin officers and police headquarters said to night there had been no clashes between American and Italian marines. New York. June 2 P) The Rome radio broadcast today Shanghai dispatch saying that fighting had broken out in the Chinese city between Italian .nd American sailors. Th. broad cat gave no further details. NBC heard th. report FULL AGREEMENT AT BRENNER PASS How to Capitalize on Medi terranean Control Believed Among Conference Topics By th. Associated Prats Carman motorliad Infantry troops war. raportad today to hav. landad at th. port of Latakla. Syria, and th. British announcad th. removal of British woman and childran from th. island of Cyprus, off th. coast of Syria, in antici pation of a quick axis assault th.r. following th. conqueit of Crate. A British crown colony sine. 1914. Cyprus It th. third largest island in th. Mediter ranean aft.r Sicily and Sar dinia. Dispatches from Ankara. Turkey, said. th. German troops landed on th. Syrian eoast May 29, arriving by fr.lght.rs. By th. Associated Prats Adolf Hitler and Premier Mussolini reached a new "com plete agreement" on the course of the war today in another meeting at Brenner pass, scene of so many fateful decisions In th. 21 month-old European war. At the same time the British acknowledged that the Mediter ranean had becomo virtually an "axis sea. This situation and how to j capitalize on It undoubtedly figured in th. Hitler-Mussolini talks. In this respect, th. presence at th. five-hour conversation of General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of th. nazi high command, and General Ugo Cavallero, Italian chief of the general staff, was significant. British Link Lost Qualified informants in Lon don said the part week's de velopments notably the fall of Crete and th. alignment of France with the axis had prac tically eliminated the Mediter ranean at a link between Brit ain and th. Middle East Even fast warships, It was said, were likely to find transit of th. 1,900-mile sea a feat of extreme peril, with two dan gerout bottlenecks in th. mid dle. Surface vessels In th. two danger ion. a th. 200-mile stretch between nazl-conquered Crete and axis-held Libya, and th. 100-mlle gap between Sicily and French-ruled Tunisia were described as vulnerable to at tacks from axis bombers. Thus, the inland waterway once fondly termed "mar. nos trumour sea" by th. Italians, now Is shared with the Ger man instead of th. British. Talks Mark Phases Each meeting of Hitler and Mussolini has signalled the be ginning or end of a major phase in th. conflict Th. axis leaden last confer ence, January 20, preceded the nazi assault on Yugoslavia and Greece. While Berlin announce ment merely said broadly that Hitler and Mussolini conferred 'about th. political situation. speculation arose that they may hav. discussed: 1. A possible ultimatum to Turkey, demanding passage of axis troops Into th. Middle East 2. A "final" peace offer to Britain, now that Crete has fallen. t. Plans for a full-scale axis driv. Into Egypt to sell, the Suez canal. Other development In the international picture, pacing these swift-breaking events, in cluding smashing overnight assault by nazi bomber on the big English industrial city of Manchester, and reported pro clamation of stale of siege in eastern Syria. French-ruled next door to British-controlled Iraq. Germany's luftwaffe, knock out victor in th. 12-day battle of Crete, turned it fury anew on th. last Britith and Greek survivor attempting to escape to North Africa In tiny fishing boat. -- SABOTAGE HINTED i i IN CRASH OF NEW 25-TON BOMBER Four Fliers Believed Dead in San Diego Plunge of Giant $250,C00 Machine San Diego, Calif., Jun. 2. (iD -Four fliers apparently per ished today in th. crash of a British Liberator bomber into San Diego bay which a Consoli dated Aircraft spokesman said had "evidences of sabotage. The spokesman said the $290, 000, 25-ton land bomber had been "thoroughly tested, and things like that just don't hap pen." Believed dead were: William Wheatley, 39, Chest er, N. V., chief test pilot for the company Allen T. Austin, 28, Kansas City, Mo., assistant test pilot Bruce K. Craig, 27, Chicago, engineer. William H. Rleser, 23, Cam bridge, Mass. Lewis, M. McCannon, 23, Woodstock, 111., chief mechanic, was seriously Injured. The bodies of Wheatley, Craig and Austin had not been recov ered from th. shattered bomber. Witnesses said th. hug. plane left the airport on what appear ed a normal takeoff, but that th. bomber pulled up steep Into a vertical climb instead ot lev eling off. At about S00 feet the plan, apparently was in stall. , Th. bomber then fell oft to th. left, and nosed down and th. pu0t, using th. throtti. appear- ed to hav. recovered. This dif ficulty was experienced over the airport, but by th. time the pilot apparently had regained control of th. craft it was fly ing over th. water at an alti tude of only 60 feet. A few sec onds later from an altitude of about 100 feet, the bomber again fell off to th. left and th. wing struck th. water. Th. Impact with th. water shattered th. bomber, witnesses said, and It tank. Navy and small fishing vessels went to the rescue. A company official said con trol on th. bomber "just don't jam." Rleser was dead when taken from th. plane. McCannon, ap parently seriously injured, was rushed to th. naval air station on North Island. Th. bomber wa completing test and, th. company aaid, about ready for a flight to Eng land, 29 ISSUED IN LAST MONTH Marriage license Issued In Jackson county during May totalled 29, according to records In the county clerk's office. This is eight more than in April when the total was 21. It is approxi mately twice as many as during each of th. first three months of th. year. JACKSONVILLE COUPLE MARRY IN LEWISTON Lewlston, Idaho, Jun. 2 (IP) Marriage license applications: Irving C. Stabb and Margaret E. Thunes, both Jacksonville, Or.. "Show of Patriotism" Urged In Walkout of Shipbuilders Washington, Jun. 2. tP) The defense mediation board called on management and labor of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding company to "show their patriot ism" by arranging "immediate resumption of production" pend ing a final settlement of strike at Bethlehem' San Francisco plant Washington. Jun. J. (IP) Secretary Perkins certified to the defente mediation board to day the dispute between the Bethlehem Shipbuilding com War Bulletins Cairo. Egypt Jun. 2. WP Th. Graak goT.rnment-in-.x-il. resigned today and th. res ignations war. accepted by King Gaorga II. Th. king was (ported convinced It was now datirabla to reduc. member ship of the government. Eman uel Ttoudarous remains as premier, with th. additional portfolios of foreign affairs and finance. New York, Jun. 2 CP) Britith imperial troops with drawn from Crete lost all their war matarial. th. German radio declared today. London. Jun. 2. (P) A Berlin radio broadcast heard her. said today that th. ex iled grand mufti of Jerutalem. who attempted to fan Mos lem' uprising agalntt Britain during th. ttruggl. with Iraq, had arrived at Mosul to re organise Iraq retlstanc. to th. Britith. , ' ROOSEVELT GIVEN TO IPOS E PRIORITIES Hyd. Park, N. Y., Jun. 2 W) President Roosevelt ob tained today power to speed the production of arms for Great Britain and the United States by imposing on American in dustry mandatory priorities of wartime scope. Mr. Roosevelt has signed a bill, th. temporary White House announced, under, which man datory priorities may be as signed to an order or contract of any foreign government brought within th. terms of the lease-lend act and In some cases, to orders of any government de partment or of private Industry. Heretofore, only contracts placed by th. army and navy could b. given mandatory priori ties by th. office of production management the agency to which Mr. Roosevelt has dele gated hi authority over priori tie. Again to bolster th. arma ment program, th. chief execu tiv. has signed a bill to keep iron ore feeding into steel plants. It would permit Canadian ves sels to carry or. between Ameri can ports on th. Great Lakes during th. 1941 transportation season. Th. bill suspends for a year a law reserving coastwise trade to American ships. There are not enough American bottom to carry all th. or. to meet de mand surpassing all previous records. SABOTAGE DENIED IN BOEING BLAZE Vancouver, B. C, Jun. ir (CP) Stanley Burke, president of tha Boeing Aircraft Company here, said today that "up to 11 a. m. this morning investigation into th. Sunday fir. at th. Boe ing aircraft plant at Sea Island had not adduced th. slightest evidence that pointed to sabot age." Th. company's administration building was destroyed yester day by a fire which caused dam age estimated at $73,000 and for a time threatened th. adjacent $1,500,000 plan, factory, only just completed. pany in th. San Francisco bay area and th. AFL'i San Fran cisco Bay Metal Trades council. Th. secretary's action appear ed to b. new effort by th. government to work out at least a partial settlement of the ship yard strik. which has tied up government shipbuilding opera tions in th. bay area. Th. labor department said the dispute turned over to th. me diation board Involved chiefly th. question of union security at Bethlehem's west coast (hip building plant IY POST TALK GIVES CENTRAL PL BOOM IN REALTY City Recorder Tex Says City-Owned Lots Wanted; Speculators Not Welcome Central Point, Jun. 2. (Spl) Something of a boom in real estate is being experienced here. By Jun. 22, when the city council will meet to consider again the prices established on May 22, City Recorder Guy Tex Lex pec ta practically all remain ing available city lots to bo sold. The city now owns 103 lot as compared with 267 about four years ago when prices were reduced in a mov. to get the property back on th. tax rolls, Mr. Tex said. Mr. Tex stated h. expected th. city to retain about 40 of th. lot Itself for any future need. Prospect of establishing an army cantonment In th. Ante lope or Beagl. areas hav. sharply accelerated th. sale ot both city and privately-owned real estate here, Mr. Tex said, though h. emphasized that even without expectation of th. camp Central Point has been steadily growing. Ot all th. cities In Jackson county. Central Point had th. largest percentage gain in population between th. 1930 and 1940 federal census enum erations, h. stated. Th. popula tlon now is about 1,000, h. re lated, adding that hs) believe Central Point will beoom. th. suburb of Medford. Speculator Uawantad There is no doubt however. that prospects of an army camp hav. created mild boom, tha city recorder said. W. ar. making every pos sible effort not to tell to spec ulators, n stated. "W. ara trying to sell only to thos. who want to erect homes or business buildings for themselves." To Illustrate his point, Mr. Tut said that h. wa asked by on man If th. city would be Inter ested in selling all Its lots (then wer. then 112) for $3,000 and th. Inquirer was told th. city would not Several Medford but! nets men hav. bought private property on Pin. street, th. main business street, Central Point business men hav. bought additional property to protect their In terests, renter hav. purchased home or acquired land to build homes and property owners and former residents who now r (Id. elsewhere hav. written to Mr. Tex regarding acquisition of land. Letters asking Mr. Tex to pick out lots for them hav been received from former resi dents now in Arizona, California and Nevada, he said. Prices ol (OooUnuad oa rasje Prn) BASEBALL National R. R. 1 Z. Chicago a s Philadelphia t French and Cullough: Padga- jny and Livingston. Cincinnati New York 4 s a I 8 0 E. Riddle, Begga and Lorn- bardi; McGee, Melton, Adam and Panning. Pittsburgh Boston Lannlng, Wilki. and Lopexl Errickson and Berres. St. Lout , Brooklyn White, Krlst, Shoun and Man cuso; Wicker, M. Brown, Swift, Davis and Owen. America R. H. U 4 C 1 a Boston 9 Detroit 1 Dobson and Pytlak; Nrwsom, Thomas and Tebbetts. Washington I II Chicago . J 10 a Sundra and Early; Dietrich, Ross and Tresh. New York $71 Cleveland J 10 I Russo. Stancsaus, Chandlef nd Rosar: Feller tod Hemsiar. I