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Newspaper Page Text. fun U tt Wcauv Weathcr r,u r,porl Foreomtt: Fair mnH con tinned warm tonight and Thursday. Temperature HlKhfftt trsttrday na Lowest thU mornlnf m Note the Result The southern Or-ion trade area ran be quickly and no Kiifulljr reached tht Want a war. If too hare som-thlnf to aril, or trade ue the Want Ada and note how main come yoar way. .Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Prut United Press Thirty-sixth Year M EDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1941 No. 70. M Fd el iiiipffiirs leas meaess 1 i . i THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER Copyright, 1941. by New York Tribune, Inc. Washington, June 11. The worst defects of the president's policy of limited frankness with congress and the people were luridly displayed by Ambassador John G. Winant's visit to the capitol last Saturday. In the course of a round of calls, Win ant dropped in to see Vice-President Henry A. Wallace. Wallace invited Walter F. George, chair man of the senate foreign rela tions committee, and two or three other senators to have a talk with the returned ambassa dor about conditions in Britain. After the talk one of the sena tors passed on what he under stood Winant had said to the waiting newspapermen. Winant is a slow speaker, given to elisions, and to leaving points obvious to him to be in ferred by his audience. The senators were fearful this coun try was "investing in a losing war." and Winant wished to per suade them this was not so. No doubt the senator who gave the newspapers his version of Win ant's remarks preferred to look on the bright side. And thus stories were printed all over the country, the sense of which was summed up in the banner head line carried by one of the best known, most ably edited Ameri can newspapers: "Winant says Brith can win without Ameri ca in war." yHIS Is, unfortunately, the pre- cise contrary of what Winant believes. The fault was not Winant's, or the senators' or the newspapermen's. The fault was In the failure of the White House to disclose the complete facts of the war situation, however bleak, which encourages confu sion of this sort. There cannot be the slightest doubt that Winant was grossly misrepresented by the second hand summary of his views. Winant himself was so disturbed that when he received the early editions of the Sunday papers on Saturday evening, he did his best to have at least one of the stories killed. In the interval, your correspondents have again investigated the purposp of Win ant's return to Washington. They have received positive as surance, from the highest pos sible sources, that Winant's sole motive in leaving his post was to warn the president in person, with all the force at his com- (Contlnurd From Pag Six) FARMER'S HAND HURT WHEN CABLE BROKEN Otis Buck. Applegate farmer, received medical treatment from a local physician yesterday after noon for painfully cut extensor tendons behind the knuckles on his right hand. According to the doctor. Buck suffered the injury when a cable broke while he was working on his farm. No other details were available, but the physician said the cuts were not serious. SICE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Frank DcSouza and Ward Spatz talking over the Bourbon political situation for years to come. Jack Smith parsing out the cigars In celebration of the ar rival of a male heir. Fred Lennard adding the Job of Softball publicist to his other athletic endeavors, baseball um piring and golfing. Mary Lou Wat.on destituting her garden of lettuce and rad ishes to provide for friends the ingredients of a fine salad. Albert Orr reporting with pride that his 14 chickens had laid fcur eggs. Albert Armstrong of Wash ington. D. C, expressing a de lire to contact VFW members for a social chat, he being reach able at city hall. OVER $75,000,000 IN MATERIAL SENT CONGRESSIS TOLD Will See to It Munitions Help to Defeat Aggressors Is President's Assertion Washington, June 11 JP) President Roosevelt, reporting that "a little over $75,000,000" of defense materials have been transferred under the lease-lend law, told congress today "we will help Britain to outstrip the axis powers in munitions of war." "And we will see to it," the p r e s ident emphasized, "that these munitions get to the places where they can be effectively used to weaken and defeat the aggressors." Methods Not Revealed He made no mention of meth ods to be used to insure deliv ery. It was the chief executive's first report to the legislators on the progress of the gigantic pro gram to supply arms to Britain, China and "the other democra tic nations." The lease-'end authorization bill was signed three months ago today. How much of the $75,000,000 went to Britain and how much may have been transferred to other na tions was not indicated. "We have supplied and we will supply," Mr. Rooseve't de clared, "planes, guns, ammuni tion, and other defense articles in ever increasing quantities to Britain, China, and other democ racies resisting aggression." The report itself, a lengthy printed pamphlet containing tablets and charts as well as text, showed that of the trans fers of war supplies already made, the greatest portion of $75,202,425 was for "water craft, etc.", to a total of $26,182,193, with ordnance including arms and miscellaneous next with $20,580,109. Aircraft was down for $4,028,296. Of Many Categories Other categories included am munition $9,760,361, vehicles $3,405,718, clothing and medical supplies $616,000, signal and chemical equipment $1,804,566, agricultural products $7,998,261, machinery $242,181, raw mater ials and metals $497,806, and miscellaneous $86,930. The figures did not represent actual cost of the weapons of war. Some were approximations of value after depreciation, ob solescence and deterioration were taken into account. And while the total was rela tively small, Mr. Roosevelt not ed that exports of war goods to Britain had risen steadily since September 1939, when European nations began their conflict. His report itself covered ship ments for the period from March 11 to May 31, but in the first five months of this year, the president said, Britain was sent 12 times as many planes and 10 times as many aircraft engines as in the first five months of 1940. "Relatively more and more heavy bombers and medium bombers are bring sent," he said. Mr. Roosevelt also said this country had sent 17 times as much in dollar value of explo sives over the first four months of the year and 90 times as much in dollar valuation of firearms and ammunition in the first four months of 1941. compared with the similar 1940 period. The president said facts and figures were being given "to the extent advisable without disclos ing military secrets to benefit the axis powers." Squaw Butte Tin Hopes Shattered Washington. June 11 Vi The geological survey notified Senator McNary (R-Ore) that tets of a number of samples of i alleged tin bearing ore from ! near Squaw Butte, 37 miles from Burns. Ore., "contained no significant amount of tin." The samples had been gath ered from an area in which it i was believed tin could be found. Funeral of Former Kaiser Relatives follow the casket of former Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was buried at Doom, the Netherlands. Behind the casket in this radiophoto from Berlin are former Crown Prince Fried rich Wilhelm (bareheaded) with Princess Hermine, who was the Kaiser's second wife; behind them are Prince Eitel Friedrich (left) and the Princesses Cecilia and Victoria Luise of Bruns wick. Background. Prince Oscar (steel helmet) and Prince Au gust Wilhelm of Prussia (steel helmet). War Bulletins London, Thursday. June 11. M W. Averell Harriman. U. S. coordinator of the aid-to-Britain program, has left Lon don for the middle-east "in connection with arrangements for the receipt of American equipment being shipped there from the United States," it wat announced today. London. June 1 1 (IP) A reliable United States source said that a British bomber equipped with a United States developed bomb-sight sank an axis ship off the Dutch coast June 7 with a direct hit from 8.000 feet with the first bomb released. This source said a United States civilian bomb-sight ex pert was aboard the bomber at the time. New York. June 11 (IP) The S, 655-ton Norwegian mo torthip freighter Teneriffa, operating under British con trol in ferrying American sup plies to England, has been sunk in the north Atlantic and her entire crew saved, mari time circles said tonight. BAD CHECK SUSPECT NABBED WHILE BUSY WITH LOCAL STORES Rollin Walter Herrlck, 22, of Los Angeles was to be arraigned in Justice of the peace court this afternoon on a charge of obtain ing money by false pretenses following his arrest early last evening by city police. Police said that Herrlck ad mitted passing a worthless $26 check at the Medford Stationery store, receiving slightly over $20 in change after purchasing a pen and pencil, and also admitted attempting to pass one for $42 at Lamport's Sporting Goods store. The check presented at Lam port's was refused, police said, whereupon the management, suspicious of Herrick. notified police and . gave Herrick s de scription. He was picked up on the street a short time later and his car, a 1937 Pontiac, was taken into custody. Photographer Diet Seattle, June 11 iPi C. A. Bushnell, 75, retired photogra pher and co-founder of the studio bearing his name, died yesterday after a short i;!np. The funeral will be Friday. He waj born in Eugene, Ore. II LOOKOUT POSTS FORMED IN DEFENSE Salem, June 11. (IP) Of ficials of the army air force dis closed to Governor Charles A. Sprague today that they have completed plans in western Ore gon for defense against air in vasion, and that they now are working on similar plans for eastern Oregon. Major Harrod G. Miller and Capt. W. B. Mann, both of north west air district headquarters in Spokane, Wash., said they plan observation posts in each seven to 10 square miles in western Oregon, each post capable of observing 40 square miles. County defense councils will appoint organizers for the posts, the organizers to be army trained, to organize four or five posts each. E Chicago, June 11 (JP) Repre sentatives of 1.150,000 organized railroad workers formally de manded wage increases of the carrier managements late Tues day. The general chairman of each union notified each railroad with which his group has an agreement of the union's decis ion to open existing agreements "for the purpose of making such changes in wages as may be necessary" to provide for the higher scales asked, and to make "such changes" effective July 10. L LATEST THREAT Washington, June 11 Already confronted by threat ened restrictions on gasoline heating oil and electric power, householders over the nation were admonished today to "buy coal now" lest they face a short age of this fuel also next winter. Foreseeing a "very grave danger" of a deficiency due to the defense strain on transporta tion facilities, a government statement last night urged sum mer buying and storage of coal :"s a direct and substantial aid 'to national defense." f LOST IN ATTEMPT TO STEMBRITISH Vichy Admits Fighting Rages Only Ten Miles From Damascus in Syria Action By the Associated Press A whole French battalion, probably 600 to 700 men has been sacrificed in a vain attempt to prevent British troops from crossing the Litani river in a drive toward the Lebanese capi tal of Beirut, the French acknowledged late today. The French also admitted that heavy fighting was raging "in front of Kissoue," a town only 10 miles south of Damascus, the capital of Syria. Damascus Fall Near French troops were described as holding fast in that sector, but the British declared that allied forces had already entered Kissoue. London quarters ex pected to hear that Damascus had been captured by nightfall. These developments capped previous French assertions that the 4-day-old allied invasion was faltering and as indications arose that Adolf Hitler's luft waffe has entered the conflict to bolster the hard-pressed French. Censored dispatches from Damascus said Vichy French troops were being supported by unidentified air force units which yesterday attacked Haifa, 11 British-mandated Palestine. Coincidcntally, the German high command reported that German warplanes, operating from "new bases" raided Haifa yesterday. The British said the German base was at Aleppo, Syria. In the battle of the Atlantic, the Nazi high command said the German navy and air force had sunk a total of 2,235,000 tons of British shipping during the first four months of 1941. French reports said Vichy troops, rallying against the British-French invasion, had exe cuted a successful counter-at tack to check allied forces driv ing toward Damascus. RAF warplanes, it was said bombed the capital city of Beirut Lebanon, during the night. French officials In Vichy still insisted that as far as actual operations in Syria were con cerned, they not only had re ceived no German help, but had turned down Nazi offers of aid Reports from the Jig-saw bat tlefront said that the allies were using loud speakers extensively in appealing to Vichy French soldiers to Join Gen. Charles de Gaulle s free French invasion forces and that 600 Vichy troops had already transferred to the allies. Farmer Captured in Army Play War With the Army In Ten lessee, June 11. VP) A prl ate in the 153rd infantry rom Camp Robinson, Ark., proudly led in as a prisoner i man wearing blue denim the color of the "enemy's" uniform in the war games lere. Commanding officers, with oft-handed diplomacy, turned he "prisoner" loose he was I farmer living in the maneu rer area. Strike Clouds Lift in Plants Vital to National Defense By the Aaee elated Press CIO leaders announced today the end of two strikes which had tied up production of aluminum parts necessary for produc tion of bomber engines, as the army reported a 100 per cent turn out back at work in the commandeered North American plant at Inglewood, Cal. At the same time in Washing ton Secretary of Navy Knox said that subversive and communis tic elements using tabor union activity as a "cloak to attack American freedom and liberty" from now on would be proceeded against as enemies of the coun try. Paul Martin, president of the Frank Van Dyke Appointed Coordinator for Cantonment T OF CCC REPAIR UNIT Engineer Armstrong Arrives to Start Work on $60,000 to $80,000 Project Formal call was issued today for bids on construction of the CCC automotive repair unit on the old county fairgrounds site Just south of town. Sealed bids in triplicate will be received up to 9 a. m., central standard time, June 21 in the office of the Commanding Offi cer, Quartermaster Depot, 819 West Pershing road, Chicago, 111. The construction work will be done under .supervision of Al bert M. Armstrong of Washing ton, D. C, resident engineer representing the war depart ment, office of the quartermas ter general, CCC branch. Mr. Armstrong arrived here last eve ning and this morning establish ed a temporary office in the city superintendent's office, city hall He has sets of complete plans and specifications and he may be consulted by prospective bid !; on other interested parties at city hall from 8 to 9 daily. Several Buildings Mr. Armstrong said the unit consists of a repair shop about 61 by 181 feet, constructed of masonry and steel with a com position roof; a service building, 32 by 64 feet, same construction; an oil house, 14 by 20 feet, same construction; and three truck shelters, each 32 by 105 feet, frame construction. Included also will be all pertinent grad ing, sewer, water and electrifi cation, Mr. Armstrong stated. Informal estimates of construc tion cost have ranged from $60, 000 to $80,000 but Mr. Arm strong would make no comment on this. Construction must be under way within ten days after award of contract, Mr. Armstrong said. Bidders are required to specify how much time they will re quire to do the Job. Mr. Armstrong is commander of Equality-Walter Reed post 284, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in Washington, D. C. L SEEN FOR VALLEY i I County Horticulturist C. B. i Cordy estimated today the I Rogue River valley pear crop i this season would be 85 per cent ( of last year. Packers and (rowers, consld- ' ering these figures, said pear shipments would be in the neighborhood of 2.500 ears this year. Last year the total was 3,000 cars. Cordy said the Bote and Wln- ' ter Nells crops this year would i be less than last. CIO Die Casters union at Cleve land, said some men on the mid night shift would go back into the five Aluminum company of America plants here tonight and full production would be re sumed tomorrow. Bona Strike Ends Almost simultaneously an BASEBALL National R. H. E. Cincinnati 0 3 1 Boston 2 8 1 Walters and Lombardi: Errick. son and Berres. First game: R. H. E. Chicago 3 7 2 New York 2 11 0 Passeau and Scheffllng; Mel ton and Danning. American R H E Philadelphia 2 6 6 Detroit 5 10 0 Knott, Dean and Hayes; New son and Sullivan. FOR ASHLAND P J. DEMOCRATS' PLAN Executive committee of the Jackson county Democratic cen tral committee voted at a meet ing last night to call for another civil service examination for the Ashland postmastership if op portunity to make such a re quest arises. Ordinarily, it was explained. the central committee would be invited to make a recommenda tion regarding the three highest certified by the civil service or to make "other recommenda tions". Such an Invitation had not been received yet today by Scott Hamilton, county commit tee chairman, and so the com mittee did not know whether the phrase "other recommenda tions" would be Included this time. If it was not, committee members were of the belief nothing further could be done. Only two of the six who took the examination last January passed and both were Republi cans. Millard Grubb was under stood to be rated first and Ted Guetzlaff of Bellview second. Grubb is assistant postmaster at Ashland. The committee last night, meeting in Attorney George Codding's office, endorsed James W. Maloney of Portland for re appointment as collector of in ternal revenue for Oregon and discussed possible candidates for congress from the new southern Oregon district. Another meeting will be held at 8 p. m. next Wednesday In Codding's office to consider con gressional candidates further. Kdward C. Kelly, former Med ford resident now employed as attorney of the Bonneville pow er administration in Portland and understood to be a contend er, was expected to attend the meeting. Meningitis Scare in Camp Callan San Diego, Cel., June 11. (IP) Sixty-five troopers of battery A, 52nd training battalion, were nlarrt tinri-r auarantine at Camp Callan today after Pvt. Elvln L. Kooken, 23, Visalla, Cel., showed symptoms of spinal meningitis. agreement was reached to end the tie-up of six Bonn Aluminum and Brass corporation plants at Detroit where the CIO United Automobile Workers had walked out. The firm, defense officials said, makes all bearings for bomber engines now made in this country. Martin made his announce ment as the Alcoa strikers met to act on the settlement terms announced last nlgM by the National D e 1 1 o s Mediation board, STARTS THURSDAY, ON LIAISON OUTY Problems in Influx of Con struction Workers First to Face Civilian Agent The army cantonment coordi nating committee this afternoon announced employment of Frank J. Van Dyke, Ashland attorney, as coordinator to carry out the actual work in finding solutions to the numerous problems estab lishment of the proposed camp is expected to create. Mr. Van Dyke will also act as a sort of liaison officer between the army executives working on the cantonment plans and the civilian interests represented by the coordinating committee which consists of County Judge J. B. Coleman, Mayor H. 8. Deuel and Glenn L. Jackson, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Starts Tomorrow One of the first Jobs facing Mr. Van Dyke is to carry out the actual work of solving the problems to arise from the in, flux of camp construction work, era, Um1 committee said. Mr. Van Dyke will begin his work to morrow and will have his office, in the armory where the con struction quartermaster and ar chitect and engineering staff are housed. Mr. Van Dyke will continue) his private law practice in Ash land and as Ashland city attor ney, he said, but will give the major part of his time to hi new Job. He is a graduate of Medford high school and Wil lamette university law school. He has been practicing law since 1932 and has resided in Ashland since 1933 when he became city attorney. He is a director and past president of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce and member of the Ashland school board. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Van Dyke of Route 4. E CIVIL RESERVES TO ENLIST SOOII Salem, June 11. VP) County defense councils will begin with in two weeks to enroll several thousand Oregon citizens Into force of civil reserves that will defend the civilian population from possible air attacks, Jer rold Owen, state civilian defense) coordinator, said today. Owen said 50,000 application blanks will be printed in few days and sent to the county councils, with the volunteer to be enlisted as police reserves, fire reservees, aircraft observers, air raid wardens, and members of first aid squads. Every applicant will be asked whether he Is willing to be finger-printed In case he is enrolled. Those who are not willing prob ably will not be enrolled, as the state civilian defense council wants the fingerprints checked to prevent the enlistment of members of subversive groups. Spaniards Arrest Yankee Geologist Madrid. June 11. 4IP Bran don H. Grove, American geo logist employed by the Spanish Petroleum company, has been under arrest by Spanish police since Monday night. The United States embassy, which has taken steps to obtain Grove's release, said no formal charge were preferred against him although It was understood the police were Interested in geology maps he made during field expeditions seeking oil deposit.