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Thirty -sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1941.
No. 62.
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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
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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
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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)
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Errickson and Berres.
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