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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1941)
. . nui o a wuw- Weather lr"u " Medford Result Obtained V1 Forecast: flood? with Inter- TRIBUNE Lack plays bo part la too re tails obtained by tha odnr tlarr from Want Adi roa In mil Imt light rains tonight and Tomday; little chant la trmprrature. Temperatura this newipaper. A trot nut people make It their hnHnraa to follow the Ida dally and boy from them. Loveat this morning M Full Associated Praia United Press Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1941. No. 74. o)M l M F4)lilSiLATES i , I I a Kelly's Comment From Washington New Ship Yards Not Desired Portland Dredge Aids Island Jobs Squaw Tin Hope Goes Glimmering Br John W. gaily Washington, D. C, June 16 Apparently there is little diffi culty in raising money to organ iie ship-building company in either Oregon or Washington. The stumbling block appears to be Admiral Land, chairman of the United States maritime com' mission, who does not hold out hope for new companies to ob tain contracts. At the moment there are sev eral men from Oregon who are talking to marine architects in New York responsible for con struction. This Is the firm which has awarded engines and deck equipment to machine shops in Portland; has given these plants all the business they can handle. The Oregon applicants want to build ships and they have a million dollar nest egg to start with, but they are shy on technicians. Across the Columbia river from Portland, at Vancouver, plans were laid for a ten-way shipyard. A site was optioned and, to top it all, the group in tended building a drydock. Money was available, too, and there were a number of key men tied in on the organization. The only thing that has prevented this enterprise from materializ ing is the failure to obtain con tracts to build ships. Someone started the rumor that there is to be a wood ship program; that 200 of these would be built on Columbia river or the Willamette. Portlanders, money in hand, were prepared to invest, but inquiry in Wash ington, D. C, met with the an nouncement that there would be no wood ships. ADMIRAL LAND opposes awarding contracts to new ship building companies on Columbia river. He is willing to arrange for additional ways and give additional contracts, as instanced with the Oregon Shipbuilding Co., but it is thumbs down on other companies. His reason; Another yard with contracts for freighters would compete for key men, technicians and shop foremen with the Oregon Ship- (Continued on Pag Four) London, June 16. (JP) A re liable foreign source said today that German-Russian relations are rapidly approaching a crit ical stage where they must either be cemented more close ly in a pan-European economic scheme or break into open hos tility. The situation, this source said, has arisen from Germany's pressure for more oil, grain and ore from Russia and the con viction of certain Russian lead ers that the spread of German influence through repeated European victories was endan gering the Soviet's own ambi tions as a world power. SICE GLANCES bt tribune reporters Frank Charboneau recalling that he hadn't purchased a straw hat since 1907 when summer rains melted two of 'em. Hcrschel Obye telling about the trout he caught that had bird feathers protruding from and inside of its tummy. The Waltham boys out In force Sunday, according to operative 18. Carrie Yoakley remarking to Joe Gray that he should have been a football player, she being unaware of the national grid reputation he made while atUnd "ig Oregon State, Improper Activities Cited by Welles as Ground for Decree Washington, June 16. (IP) The United States today ordered all German consulates closed by July 10 because of activities "inimical to the welfare of this country." Announcing the action, Sunv ner Welles, undersecretary of state, said it did not imply break in diplomatic relations with Germany and did not affect the diplomatic staff in Washing ton. He made the announcement after handing a note to Dr. Wil- helm Tannenberg, first secretary of the German embassy, In the absence of Hans Thomsen, charge d'affaires, who was in New York. Propaganda Bureau Hit The order requires the closing of the German library of in formation and railway tourist bureau and the German Trans- ocean news agency. It calls for removal of all nationals con nected with the consulates and these agencies. (Transocean is not connected with any American news agency). "It has come to the knowledge of this government," the Welles note said, that agencies of the German reich in this country. including German consular es tablishments, have been engaged in activities wholly outside the scope of their legitimate duties. "These activities have been of an improper and unwarranted character. "They render the continued presence in the United States of those agencies and consular es tablishments inimical to the wel fare of this country." Italians Closed Earlier This was the ' first action against German consular estab lishments in this country, al though Italian consulates at De troit and Newark, N. J., were ordered closed some time ago. The action against the Italian consulates was considered a re prisal for an Italian order requir ing the closing of two American consulates in Italy in mid-February. In another step against Italy, the United States several weeks ago forced the recall of Admiral Roberto Lais, Italian naval at tache in Washington on the grounds that he was connected with the sabotaging of Italian merchant ships in American ports. Promptly, Italy demanded the recall of Captain Will.am C. Bentley, then assistant military attache at Rome. Affects Many Today's notice to the German government affects scores of con sular officials throughout the United States, including Captain Fritz Wiedemann, the German consul general at San Francisco who is a personal friend of Adolf Hitler. In making the action known. Welles told his press conference that the government had nothing in mind at this time regarding similar action against other countries. Including Italy. He asserted also that the step had no relation to the sinking of the American merchant ship Robin Moor which survivors said was torpedoed by a German sub marine. The closing of the German consulates and other agencies. Welles said, had been under con sideration for some time. ITALY FREEZES Rome, June 18. (JP) The Italian government froze Ameri can bank accounts in Italy today in swift reprisal ordered by Pre mier Mussolini for like action taken against Italian holdings in the United States. Italy's deci sion to retaliate was made known yesterday In a communique which said: "Following the blocking of Italian and German funds and the registration of all foreign property by the president of the United States, the fascist govern ment, besides ordering suitable measures in reply, has ordered immediate registration of all ororjerty belonging to the United j States and existing in Italy." AT' ORDER TO QUIT POST IN SAN F Berlin, June 16 (IP) German sources said today they had been advised of the American action closing German consulates but that "we are not authorized to say anything." San Francisco, June 16 (P) Captain Fritz Wiedemann, Ger man consul general here and Adolf Hitler's superior officer in the old war, shrugged his shoul ders and said "I don't know where I'm going to go," after discussing the U. S. order clos ing all German consulates. A small American flag was on his desk. "The times here haven't been very easy," he told newspaper men. "Sometimes it has been a little tough." He added: "I don't think I will have to join the army. I am very curious, too, and very in terested in where I will have to go." Portland, June 16 (IP) Rob ert G. Clostermann, German consul for this district, said to day the state department order closing German consulates and other establishments, came as a surprise to him. Clostermann is naturalized citizen of this country, and is a practicing attorney. He declined further comment. El Seattle, June 16. (IP)0. M. Orton, International Woodwork ers of America, announced "all workers returned to their work this morning," ending the five-weeks-old strike of this CIO affiliated timber and sawmill union in western Washington. About 22,000 men were In volved. He said Philip Murray, CIO president and members of the national defense mediation board on whose urgings Orton called off the strike, telegraph ed him "appreciation for the action of your organization in accepting the proposals of the board. 1 want you to know that the national CIO will lend every practical and constructive sup port to the fulfillment of your reasonable demands." By the Associated Press Harvey W. Brown, president of the American Federation of Labor's International Associa tion of Machinists, said today he would go to San Francisco at once to try to persuade striking machinists in shipyards there to return to work in com pliance with President Roose velt's wishes. IS Waldo Jack Emerson, SO, of 408 Alice street, was brought to Community hospital at 3:05 this afternoon after a long trek from the woods in which he suffered a fractured right leg at I p. m. yesterday while fishing In south fork of the Rogue river. CCC crews helped bring him out of the woods. Meed 1000 Pickers Lebanon, Ore, June 16. (IP) Cal Edwards, manager of the state employment office here, said today an additional 1000 berry pickers would be needed in the harvest beginning June 20. County Residents 15 BUN MS Battles Develop When RAF Bombers Approach Coast Cargo Ship Is Bombed Berlin, June 16. (JP) An au thorized spokesman announced today the Germans iPhot down 15 British planes on the channel coast this afternoon. Fourteen planes were downed in air fights and one by anti-aircraft, the Germans said. The air fights developed when single British bombers, pro tected by pursuit planes ap proached the channel coast. A 3.000-ton merchantman was "successfully bombed" south of Plymouth, the spokesman said. London, June 16. (IP) The RAF swept over the Strait of Dover and the German occupied French coast in daylight today, bombing targets at Boulogne the air ministry announced. The ministry said it was un able to give detailed results at the time save that "several" Ger man fighters were shot down in combat and some British planes were lost. Cairo, Egypt, June 16. (IP) The British have launched a slashing offensive against the Germans and Italians along the Egyptian-Libyan frontier and the mop-up of East Africa has advanced a major step with the surrender of, an Italian general and 2,000 troops in southern Ethiopia, the middle east com mand announced today. Jive Session On Methodist Organ Maryville. Mo., June 16. UP) Passersby were aghast boogie woogie organ music was pouring from the Metho dist church. Rock of Ages was pulver ized In swing, followed by an unholy blast of chopsticks. Police investigated, found eight high school boys and girls who said they saw the church door open and walked In for a ive session. Dog Loses Eye in Protecting Master The Dalles, Ore., June 16. (JP) Duke, a valiant black cocker spaniel, lost an eye in protecting his master, but will recover from a rattlesnako bite. After treatment here the dog was taken home Saturday by his master, E. L. Binns, Roosevelt, Wash., in front of whom the dog leaped as a snake struck. Balance of Robin Moor Survivors Landed At Capetown From British Rescue Vessel By Robert St. John Capetown, Union of South Africa. June 16. (JPy Thirty five survivors of the American freighter Robin Moor all those hitherto unaccounted for land ed late today at Capetown from a British ship which rescued them. The American legation an nounced the arrival of the sur vivors, including seven passen gersfour of them Americans and 28 crewmen. This group, along with 11 others who had reached Recife. Brazil, had abandoned their ship for lifeboats May 21 in mid-Atlantic just before the Robin Moor was torpedoed. (Eleven survivors who had reached Recife, Brazil, aboard a Brazilian steamer, already had identified the submarine which sank the ship as German. The Brazilian group was leaving for the United States today.) Tha rescue of the remaining passengers and crewmen should provide additional identification of tha U-boat, for the group of PEA INDUSTRY IN 1 !E 69 Persons, Firms, Organi zations Indicted by Fed eral Jury; Methods Related Chicago, June 16. (IP) Sixty nine persons, firms and organiza tions were indicted today by a federal grand Jury investigating food prices. The defendants Included 31 canning companies and three na tional canned pea marketing as sociations. They were accused of conspir ing to fix prices for canned peas in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. The indictment alleged that since 1938 the defendants have agreed upon an acreage reduc tion plan, determined the annual pack of each canner, suppressed competition among canners and fixed non-competitive prices for canned peas. Organizations Listed Indicted were the Canned Pea Marketing Institute, Inc., and Canned Pea Marketing, Inc., listed as associations composed of canners, and Stevenson. Jor dan and Harrison, Inc., described as "managerial engineers." The indcitment identified them as the organizations which promoted the program. In addition to these three or ganizations and the 31 canning companies, the indictment named 35 Individual officers, dlr rectors, and members connected with the corporate defendants. DEFENSE ROAD BILL PASSED BY SENATE Washington, June 16 (IP) The senate passed today defense highway legislation calling for expenditure of $250,000,000 on road construction and mainten ance projects. The measure provides for ex tension of "main lines of the strategic networks of highways" and for access roads leading to military and naval reservations, defense production centers and sources of raw materials. Hit Runner Kills Lighted Walker Portland, Ore., June 16. (IP) A hit-run driver killed Fritz Neumiller, 75-year-old dairy em ploye here last , night. He was struck as he walked across an intersection at Barbur boule vard and the Pacific highway. although he carried a flashlight. 33 includes tha chief officer of the Robin Moor and the crew men he took with him by boat to the submarine in response to its summons before the tor pedoing. The survivors at Recife, taken there by the Brazilian steamship Ozorio after 18 days of lifeboat drifting. Included none of those seamen. Four lifeboats In all were low ered by the Robin Moor on short notice before the freighter was sunk. One contained 11 seamen, another 12 seamen, another 10 seamen and passenger and the fourth three married couples, a child and five seamen. Those In the boat with 10 sea men and one passenger reached Recife on the Brazilian ship. According to the Recife sur vivors tha commander of the submarine said he would wire less the position of the lifeboats to expedite 'their rescue. Upon whether this was actually done depends part of Washington's charges that the sinking was a violation of humanitarian rules for submarine warfare. Asked to I To Life t L.-.: " X ;'&, . " xU':? lUv ; . "'..!' rft' Charles Workman (canter) takes last look at the outside world as officsrs taka him from Jail at Newark, N. J., to tha Trenton state prison whare he will spend the rest of his life at hard labor. Workman plaadad non vult to a charge of killing Bear Baron Dutch Schulta in 1935 after ona of his alibi witnesses recanted. BASEBALL1UT0IST INJURED National R. n. E. Philadelphia 1 9 1 Chicago 3 10 0 Grissom, Crouch and Warren; Mooty, Pressnell and McCul lough. R. . 6 . 0 H. New York Cincinnati Lohrman and Danning; Van der Mcer, Thompson, L. Moore, Beggs, and Lombardl, West. American R H E Cleveland . 4 12 2 New York 6 10 1 Milnar, C. Brown and Hems ley; Gomez, Murphy, Russo and Rosar, Dickey. R. H. E. Detroit 18 1 Washington 3 11 1 Newsom, McKain and Teb betts; Chase and Early. Draft Grid Star Seattle, June 16 (IP) Jay MacDowell, three-year letter man end for the University of Washington football team, has been drafted and fnust report to his midwest selective service board June 23, Coach Jimmy Phelan disclosed today. Whether the British ship which took the 33 to Capetown had picked them up In response to any such wireless notification was not at once known. The Robin Moor, headed for Capetown with what Washing ton held to be a non-contraband cargo, was halted by the wink ing lights of the U-boat's blinker signal at 8 o'clock, Greenwich time, May 21. The position was south of the Cape Verde Islands, in tha At lantic about midway between Brazil and West Africa. She carried eight passengers, four of whom were Americans. All four were among the group re ported reaching Capetown. "Send a boat with papers," blinked the U-boat's signal. The chief officer went Into the submarine, conferred with the commander and was given 20 minutes for crew and passengers to abandon ship. When the ship had been clear ed the submarine fired a torpedo amidships, then pounded the re maining wreckage to pieces with soma 30 sheila from a deck gun. List Spare Rooms in Prison , rf WHEN TIRE BLOWS; E A blowout of the right front tire was blamed for an automo bile accident that yesterday afternoon sent John Dale, 32, of Tule Lake, Cal., to Community hospital with painful but not serious hip and head injuries. The hospital reported today that Dale was resting fairly well. The accident occurred about a quarter of a mile east of the Butte Falls Junction on the Crater Lake highway. Follow ing the blowout the car, travel ing toward Medford, left the highway and dropped into a deep ditch. It was damaged con siderably. Accompanying Dal was Eu gene Marchand, also of Tule Lake. Both were brought to Community hospital in the Perl ambulance but Marchand. who suffered only a wrenched arm, was not hospitalized. George Davis, driver of the Pert ambulance, said that sev eral motorists disregarded his siren while he was driving to the scene of the accident and when he was returning to the hospital with the Injured man, and pointed out the danger to other vehicles whose drivers fail to pull to the side of the road upon hearing a police, fire truck or ambulance siren. Woman Assistant To Atty. Gen. Dies Salem, June 16. (IP) Miss Grace I'. Smith, the only woman who ever was an assistant at tomer general In Oregon, died In a hospital here yesterday after several months' illness. She was appointed assistant attorney general in 1921 and had served continuously sine then. She was graduated from Wil lamette law school in 1917, and was admitted to the bar the same year. PORTLAND CHEMICAL PLANT BIDS SCANNED Portland, Ore., June 19. (JP) The Stauffer Chemical com pany, San Francisco, will open bids today on construction of a $200,000 to $300,000 plan) In Portland. The firm, which manufactures chemicals of all sorts, principally for agricultural use, has an op tion oo 26 acre site here. BUILDING DF CAMP WILL BRING FLOOD OF WORKERS HERE 9,000 to Be Employed at Peak, Says Van Dyke 6,000 Will Need Rooms The army cantonment coordin ating board today Issued a plea for the cooperation of all Jack son county residents who have a room or other lodging accom modations for the workers who will come here to construct the proposed camp. It Is expected that about 6.000 workers will be employed at the peak of construction of whom possibly 3,000 would have trailer houses, leaving about 6.000 to be accommodated in hotels, auto courts, rooming houses and pri vate dwellings, it was stated by Frank J. Van Dyke, coordinator. It is the board's plan, he said, to use all existing lodging facili ties before arranging for new quarters. Chambers To Aid The chambers of commerce here and In Ashland and muni cipal officials In other Jackson county communities were re quested by the board today to list all available lodging facili ties. It will be easy enough to obtain data from hotels, auto courts and rooming places but the cooperation of everyone will be needed to procure the same sort of information regarding private homes, Mr. Van Dyke pointed out. "We want to hear from horn owners who have one room or more to spare and are willing to rent to the workers who will come here to build the camp," Mr. Van Dyke said. "We want to get this information as quickly as possible and so we hope that all who have a room to rent will get In touch with the proper per son Immediately.' Mr. Van Dyke named the fob lowing officials to whom this in formation should be given In tha smaller communities: William F. Hart, Talent; Jamea Hayes, Phoenix; John Chlsholm. Gold Hill; Dewey Hill, Prospect; William Brown, Eagle Point; Clinton Smith, Jacksonville; Reed Carter, Rogue River, and Guy Tex, Central Point. Uniform Pricee Aim The coordinating board want to set up a price schedule for the room so that there will be uniform rates for the same gen eral kind of accommodations, Mr. Van Dyke stated. Ha added that he felt certain the residents of the county, acting from patriotic motives, would cooperate with the board In establishing fair and uniform rates. Myron Hunt, cantonment ar chitect, and Mrs. Hunt addressed a dinner-meeting in the Lithia hotel, Ashland, Friday, Mr. Hunt describing what la likely to hap pen to community life when the proposed cantonment is con structed and Mrs. Hunt making a plea for residents to treat tha soldier boys as their own sons. Their talks followed the same lines as those they had previous ly given in Medford and Grants Pass. Sponsored by tha Ashland Chamber of Commerce, th dinner-meeting was attended by nearly 150 persons who were eager for first hand information regarding th proposed army camp. Woman Killed In Corvallis Crash Corvallls, Ore., June 16. W) Emma Hardeil, 24, of Cheshire) was fatally Injured and sis men were seriously hurt about 1:30 Sunday morning when two ear crashed six miles north of Cor vallls. State Officer Curt Chamber reported Miss Hardeil was pas senger in a car with Emmett Anderson of Albany, which wa parked partially on the highway and without lights. Portland, Ore., June 16. (IP) Tha University of Portland marina corps reserve unit wa ordered to active duty and started for Bremerton. Wash, to day.
