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warm tonight and Thursday.
Temperature
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Lowest thU mornlnf m
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area ran be quickly and no
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war. If too hare som-thlnf to
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.