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f ... . run o watt- Weather BurMu wp Fom-ut: Fair tonight. To day partly cloudy wtth oocat klonal Hcht rmln. Not much rhang In temperature. HlfheU LOWMt this Mwwlny i 44 Thirty -sixth Year THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER Copyright. 1941. by New York Tribune. Inc. Washington, June 9 Nothing better Illustrates the strangely equivocal position in which pres ent war policy places this coun try than the undisclosed episodes of the Atlantic patrol. In one case, rather more than a month go, an encounter between Ger man and American warcraft at sea very nearly terminated in an attack by the German. In another, slightly more recent, an attack on what was believed to be a German submarine was ac tually made by an American de stroyer. No details of the first episode are available, but the basic facts of the second are known. The destroyer, the name of which cannot be ascertained, was pick ing up survivors from a British vessel sunk not far from the coast of Greenland. While the operation was in progress, the destroyer's detecting device an nounced the approach of a sub marine. The submarine could only have been German. It was virtually certain to use Its tor pedoes, as semi-darkness con cealed the nationality of the American ship. And the com mander of the destroyer accord ingly dropped three depth charges. Thus, although the president Is waiting for the Germans to shoot first, the truth is that there has been shooting already. The truth may be denied in deed, it is likely to be. The out come of the episode is a mys tery, since the light was too poor for the commander of the destroyer to make certain that the submarine really was near by, or to guess whether his depth charges had taken effect But official denials cannot alter cither the episode's basic facts, or Its broad meaning. THE episode's meaning Is pretty obvious. The Atlantic patrol in itself is not effective. Even now it has not been ex tended to cover the most dan- (Continued From Page 01z) Fainting Orator Gets Second Prize Eugene, Ore., June 9. JP First place in the Falling-Beek-min oratorical contest was won by Edward C. Burtenshaw, Boise. Ida., here Saturday night. His prize was $150. Leonard B. Clark, Portland, who fainted but revived to speak on "The American Way," won the $100 second place award. Raymond C. Coulter, Eugene, gained honorable mention. Portland, Ore., June 9 OP) The first steel naval ship built here In many years was to be delivered to the navy today. A 184-foot submarine net tender, the U.S.5. Catalpa, cost about S500.000. SICE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Well-known Citizen James Shirley becoming highly upset because none of his friends rec ognized him in work clothes. Home-town Boy Emory Cul bertson, now a co-pilot on a big transport line, deadheading through the old burg In one of his mainliners. Harvey Stump's friends kid ding him on his ability as a boatman after he was forced to wade ashore when his barge got out of control in Rogue river. And Ardath Williamson, scratched by blackberry bushes, promising herself not to get into another boat that doesn't have a motor i MEDFORD IB AS IE Bayonets Bring Quick Peace At Inglewood Gate Los Angeles, June 9. UP) Production was resumed today at the North American Aviation company, iU officials announced. There were 1,210 strikers at their jobs after army troops wrested control of the strike-bound plant from 1,000 CIO pickets. Norm al capacity is 12,000 workers. Los Angeles, June 9 (JP) Three men were reported by CIO strikers to have been bayonetted by federal troops, which took over the strike-bound plant of the North American Aviation company today. Work Or Fight Washington, June 9. UP) Workers judged by the gov ernment to be "impeding" the national defense program were virtually ordered today to "work or fight." Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hersh ey, deputy selective service director, telegraphed all state directors to reclassify draft registrants "who have ceased to perform the Jobs for which they were deferred." One, a strike captain, Cal Clements, was cut seriously enough to warrant treatment, and the others were slightly wounded, the CIO first aid tent officials said. Three thousand U. S. troops. bayonets and machine guns drawn, took over the strike bound North American Aviation plant under presidential order after two brief riots in which tear gas bombs were hurled be tween police and a CIO picket line, 1,000 strong. Six Hurt in Fights Six persons were taken to Venice hospital after fights be tween the pickets and workers who tried to enter the plant. Strikers generally yielded to the troops that advanced on the big plane factory in long skirmish lines, but one who stood his ground was bayonetted and taken to a hospital. Immediately after the troops had taken control of the huge, sprawling factory, Lieut. Col. Charles E. Branshaw, regional director of the army air corps, announced the plant was open for work under government con trol. He summoned the nine man CIO bargaining committee and its members were escorted through the gates by troopers. In a statement inviting and requesting strikers to return to work, Branshaw promised them "absolute safety and protection" while they are on the Job, while proceeding to and from work and while they are in their homes. He added that the North American plant is one of the most vital of the national de fense industries "and these men are most urgently needed in the service of their country." "I don't know what the con ference is for and I have no idea what the result will be," said Lew Michener, west coast di rector of the aircraft division. United Automobile workers. Troops Cheered A convoy of 50 trucks, loaded with army troops, moved down Redondo boulevard in front of the plant. The troops were greeted with cheers by the lines of workers across the road from the plant main entrance, who had reen prevented from entering the struck plant by disorders. The soldiers moved into the plant quietly. Disorders ceased when the convoy came down the road and the occupation of the great aircraft manufacturing .center took place with the sim - plicity of routine military maneuver. The men are demanding a 'minimum of 75 cents an hour. ' an increase of 25 cents over the present wage, and an Increase of 10 cents an hour for all work ers now paid 75 cents an hour or more. The dispute has been In prog ress for several weeks. The strike order went into effect last i Thursday, called by local repre- Full Associated Press 1 1 Ml and Guns STRIKE BROKEN IS ARMY HEAD'S WORD TO F.D.R. Washington, June 9 WV- President Roosevelt was In formed today that the strike at the North American Aviation plant near Los Angeles virtu ally had been broken. The word came from Lieut Col. Charles E. Branshaw, on duty at the plant. The plant was taken over by the army earlier in the day. Reporting to Robert P. Pat terson, undersecretary, of war, who relayed word to Mr. Roose velt, Colonel Branshaw said he expected production to be prac tically normal by tomorrow. Stephen Early, presidential secretary, said the president was delighted" at the news from the coast. Early quoted Branshaw as saying that the nearest picket line was half a mile from the plant and was breaking up. Colonel Branshaw, Early said, praised the conduct of the troops and described conditions as all quiet" now. The presidential secretary said he thought it should be em- phasized that "while the army is in possession and operating this plant, mediation still goes on there is no stoppage of me diation and no stoppage of col' lective bargaining." The president's executive or der was issued at 7:40 a. m. PST, a few minutes after the plant had opened at 7 a. m. In a statement accompanying the order, Mr. Roosevelt said in part: "Continuous production the Los Angeles plant of North American Aviation, Inc., is es sential to national defense. It Is engaged in the production of airplanes vital to our defense and much of the property in the plant is owned, directly or in directly, by the United States. Production in this plant has ceased because of a labor dis pute. "Conciliation was resorted to and efforts at conciliation failed. The dispute was then certified by the secretary of labor to the national defense mediation board. "The course of mediation has now been interrupted in viola tion of an agreement entered into by the bargaining represen tatives of the workers to con tinue production during the course of mediation. Full stop page of production has resulted This has created a situation se riourly detrimental to the de fense of the United States. "Because of this situation, as president and commander in chief of the armed forces of the United States, I have deter mined that this plant must be reopened at once. I have there fore directed that the secretary of war shall Immediately take charge of the plant and remain in charge and operate the plant until normal production shall be resumed. sentatlves, while CIO leaders were In Washington in confer ence with the mediation board , It had been postponed twice at request of the mediation board. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1941. CITY AND COUNTY FACING HUGE TASK Study of Fort and Camp Roberts Gives Group New Ideas About Cantonment. Establishment of the proposed army cantonment in the Antelope-Beagle district is the larg est undertaking ever assumed by this community, the coordin ating board representing Med- ford, Jackson county and the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce said In a formal statement today after the group had made a study of the effects of Fort Ord and Camp Roberts on civilian life in cities near the new California posts. The board, composed of May or H. S. Deuel, County Judge J. B. Coleman, and Glenn L. Jackson, chamber of commerce president, studied business, schooling, religious, sanitary, permanent and temporary hous ing and other conditions in cities affected by Fort Crd and Camp Roberts. . H. 'Hedrtck, city school superintendent, accom panied the board to Join in the general study and to delve par ticularly into the school prob lem. Several days were spent on the study and the board indicat ed that conditions in the Cali fornia cities near new canton ments disclosed the need of ad vance planning. Much of value for planning here was learned, It was indicated. Can Handle Tasks The board's statement said: We are not at all perturbed ov er the ability of Medford and Jackson county to meet the problems brought about by thej construction of a cantonment and assignment of troops in this area. Our Investigation in the south revealed many problems, some of them rather serious, but none, however, beyond the ca pacity of the community to meet and solve satisfactorily. "On the other hand, as citi zens we must change our per spective and realize that this is the greatest undertaking ever to be assumed by this community Its ultimate benefit to the com munity depends a great deal up on careful planning and timely action on the part of the county, city and business people of this area." Mr. Hedrlck said the school problem, because there had been no advance planning, was serious in Salinas, Paso Robles, San Miguel and the other Cali fornia towns affected by Fort Ord and Camp Roberts but he was confident the problems would be solved here satisfactor ily. While general plans will be made In advance, the whole problem cannot be solved until it becomes known how many additional children the schools will be called upon to absorb. He pointed out that the schools of Ashland, Gold Hill. Central Point and Eagle Point will be affected as well as those of Med ford, some of them, proportion ately, more severely. The whole general situation, Mr. Hedrick said, requires care ful planning and a willingness to follow leadership. Capt. Baaa Returns Capt. Theron W. Bean, head of the army's constructing quar termaster's office here, was back on the Job today after confer ring in San Francisco with the commanding general of the ninth corps area and other high army officers regarding re quirements of the troops to oc cupy the proposed cantonment. He went to the conference with Myron Hunt, cantonment archi tect, and was Joined in San Francisco by Harold I. Wood, associated as engineer with Mr. Hunt, for a study at Fort Ord and Camp Roberts. Mr. Wood returned by motor with Mrs. 15 140 Nazi Soldiers Enter Strikebound Factory I Before tha army took over morning, soldiers ware among shown above entering the gates Troops on Duty at Inglewood Use 'Can Do' as Flag Slogan Fort Lewis, Wash., June 9. IP) The famous I5th Infan try, which occupied the North American Aviation plant in Los Angeles today, probably is the best trained and best equipped regiment on the Pacific coast, said Colonel John J. Fulmer, act ing commander of the 9th army corps. The 15th infantrv had many years service in China before ! being brought to Fort Lewis in 1938. It was considered thej most experienced at the fort. The slogan on its battle flag is "Can Do." ! Colonel Fulmer said the 15th infantry had long been prepared to occupy aviation plants in case of threatened property damage, and several companies were held on constant "alert" for possible movement to the Boeing aircraft plant In Seattle, during recent labor troubles. ! Although a majority of the 9th army corps troops Is in the j south for maneuvers, authorities said the 205th coast artillery and the 115th cavalry are available for domestic troubles hereabouts. WILD PLANE HITS, KILLS LABORER Oakland, Calif., June 9. (Pi A naval training plane careen ing and skidding out of control crashed into a group of WPA workers at the Oakland airport today and killed Charles Mit chell. 52. Naval Cadet Arne Havu, 25. of Pontiac, Mich., was at the controls of the plane ready to take off on his first solo flight when, he said, the plane started to move before he was ready He tried to lift the ship from the ground but it settled back to earth out of control. Running crazily along the ground, the ship skidded into WPA cement workers at the United Air Line's hangar. Mit chell was killed. The plane came came to a stop in front of the doors of the dual hangar where big transport planes were berthed. A tank truck was first used for shipping milk in 1914. Wood and the others all return ed by train. Carl H. Dawson, of the audit ing office of the zone quarter master's office in San Francisco, made an inspection of accounts and organized the auditing staff at the armory today. Tribune C nltad Praia ' ' - " r. .. :'- Ja:ci No. 68. 'itlM IMI t 1 ! 'Chutists Taken the North American Aviation tha faw parsons permitted to to gat planes for the army. Too Many Salmon In Lower Rogue Gold Beach, June 9 (TV Spring Chinook salmon in the Rogue river are biting so well they can't keep supplied with anglers to supply bait, state police said today. The merry-go-round works this way: The fishermen, all enthused over such sport, tosses his line In too many times. Too many fish bite and there he Is with the limit, forcing him to quit fishing for the rest of the week and leaving the poor fish without i bslt to hite. LINDBERGH TO MAKE ANTI-WAR SPEECHES IN NORTHWEST AREA Spokane, Wash., June 9. UP) Charles A. Lindbergh, Ameri ca's No. 1 Isolationist, is coming to the northwest for a series of speeches, State Treasurer Otto A. Case, Washington chairman of the America First committee, said today. Case said the famous flier would sreak at rallies at Port land and Seattle, and probably at Spokane on the way back east. "Ml know the dates of the Portland and Seattle meetings within a day or two," said Case, who will discuss the possibility of a Spokane meeting with America First members here be fore returning to Olympia to day. Senators R. Reynolds CD.-S. C). Vandenberg (R.-Mirh ). Wheeler (D Mont ) and Lafol lette (Prog -Wis.) also are being sought for northwest appear ances, he said. McMinnville, Ore., June . VPi Dan W. Poling, assistant dean of men at Oregon State college, was principal speaker at the McMinnville High school commencement last week. LE HUGE plant at Inglewood. Calif., this pass picket lines. Army man at EIGHT LIVES TOLL E Wichita. Kas., June 6, A tornado killed eight persons on farms north of Wichita late last night, five of them at the Guy Scrivner home, scene earlier In the day of Joint ob servance of a 23rd wedding anni versary and the mother's 42nd birthday. . The dead: Mrs. Guy Scrivner, 42; Betty Scrivner, 10; Margaret Scrivner, 19; Mrs. Ralph Kruger, about 70, mother of Mrs. Scriv ner; Janet Lee Paulson, four, a neighbor child spending the night with the Scrlvners: Miss Marie Penner, 30; Haskell Keyes, 59, of Oklahoma City; the in fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Thlerstine. Guy Scrivner, husband and father In the family whose one- story frame home was demol ished, was taken to a Newton, Kas., hospital suffering a broken leg and shock. Dr. A. S. Haw key, who treated him, said Scriv ner was blown 200 yards but managed to crawl a quarter mile to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vir gil Paulson, parents of Janet Lee, for aid. The entire Scrivner family was asleep when the storm struck. Bodies were scattered 100 yards. Two other Scrivner children were saved through absence from the home. Billy, a son. was visiting In Wichita, and Hazel, a third daughter, was in Halstead, Kas., hospital for treat ment. 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TRIPOLI ENGLAND FLEET British And Free French Drive Into Middle East Colonies Toward Capital By tha Associated Prats Cantura nf 140 n chute trooDS in Frenrh.rnleH Syria was reported today as B.Itlsh and Free French mech anized columns drove into France's Middle East colonies and the big guns of the British i t tr.-eatened to blast Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Both the German and French have vigorously insiatul there were no nazi troops In Syria. uispatches from Vichy report ed that defenders of Beirut had -own up the coastal road lead ing from Palestine to tha Leb capital, In a move to slow tha two-day-old allied invasion. Guns Menace Towns Vichv renArta aaM Hrlfl.K fleet squcdrons werj anchored before Beirut and Trlmli. and from this it appeared that tha British had demanded the sur t nder of the two cities. In Paris, Jacques Benolt Me chin, one of Fi -ice's chief col laborators with Germany, de scribed tha situation aa "partic ularly grve." Reuters, British news agency. In reporting the seizing of nazi chutists, quoted the Free French Levant radio station as saying th .t the Syrian populace was welcoming the allies enthusiast-ally and that French troops also were falling into line. Striking across ancient hat1 fields where the Crusaders fought the Saracens and near the Sea of Galilee where Chrlee sought disciples among the humble fisherfolk, the allied columns were reported to have advanced within 40 miles of I th Damascus, Syrian capital, and Beirut. Fighting In Progress General Henri Dentz, com mander of Syria's defense forces, declared bloody fighting was in progress. The French high command said French troops were fierce ly resisting their former British allies al.ng the Syrian-Lebanese frontier, destroying several ar mored cars and shooting down two RAF warplanes. A French communique said the RAF again bombed air fields at Damascus, at Aleppo In the north, and at Levaya. It was not immediately clear whether France would declare war on Great Britain. In Berlin, a nazi spokesman said the ques tion of Germany's attitude or ultimate action could not be dis cussed. British warships, supporting the land Invasion which began at 2 a. m. Sunday, were report ed In action along the Syrian coast, shelling the port of Trip oli, terminus of pipeline from Iraq's great Mosul oil fields, and bombarding other coastal points. Dispatches from Jerusalem said allied forces, which Vichy estimated at 20,000 strong, were driving across the broiling desert and Into the voleanla mountains of the French Levant states from Palestine and Trans Jordan and were pushing back the French armies of 45,000 men wherever they met. Ifaet Activity Basis The British government In formal statement, gave this ex planation for the onslaught against Britain's former comrades-in-arms: "Q e r m a n infiltration Into Syria has begun and the Vichy (French) government are con tinuing to take measures whose effect must be to bring Syria and Lebanon under full Ger man control.'
