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and Tomday; little chant la
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people make It their hnHnraa
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United Press
Thirty-sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1941.
No. 74.
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F4)lilSiLATES
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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
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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.
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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
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WHEN TIRE BLOWS;
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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.