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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1941.
Thirty-sixth Year
No. 75.
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Comment
From Washington
- Oil From Copra
Getting Scarce
Rubber Shortage
Due to Shipping
CorvallU After
Army Cantonment
: Br John W. Kelly :
Washington, D. C, June 17.
Oil from copra (dried meat of
the cocoanut) will shortly be so
scarce that housewives will have
to look for something else for
whipping up salad dressing,
which should give a boost to the
olive oil of California. The rea
son why this copra oil will be
scarce Is that the shortage of
ships, predicted in this column,
makes finding bottoms difficult.
The administration is so raiding
the American flag fleet of
freighters and passenger liners,
taking them for auxiliaries for
the navy and transports for the
army and for use of the British,
that this policy is Injuring the
American defense program seri
ously. In Chill are thousands of tons
of copper ore waiting for Ameri
can freighters to bring It to
smelters in the United States.
The ore is piling up monthly.
Boliva has contracted to sell
tons of tin ore to the Metals
Reserve corporation, a subsidi
ary of Reconstruction Finance
corporation, and while a smelter
for the tin is being built at Texas
City. Tex., with RFC money, the
ore is not being delivered. With
some of the best chromlte in the
world in the mountains af south
western Oregon and Alaka,
Metals Reserve corporation has
nooopH inn 000 tons from the
Philippines, with the under
standing that It be delivered at
the rate of 8.000 tons a month
& lmnc t nnnfl has heen delivered
at Tacoma yet. MRC arranged
for 100.000 tons of chrornite
from South Africa, of which 13,
000 tons have arrived when
there should be 40,000 tons.
Almost a year ago MRC con
tracted for 50,000 tons of tung
sten from the Philippines, with
scarcelv 25.000 tons delivered.
Last November there was an
other contract for 100.000 tons.
,i(Vi ahnnt 25 rwr cent landed on
rlnrks. The cocoflnut
shells which are made into char
coal, powdered and used in gas
masks is trickling in from the
Philippines when It should be
arriving by the ton. Jesse H.
Jones, through MRC, contracted
. for the output of tungsten from
Bolivia for the next three years,
out-bidding the Japanese for this
material, but no ships are avail
able. The government was to
receive quantities of tungsten
from China in return for the
millions of dollars given that
country, but very little has been
obtained. Recently government
scientists reported a large de
posit of good tungsten in Val
ley county, Idaho, but MRC is
not looking for domestic ores.
(Continued on Page Pour)
Schonchin Freed
In Gun Assault
Portland. June 17. D Guy
Schonchin. Modoc Indian, was
found innocent on a charge of
assault with a dangerous weap
on in federal court yesterday.
Schonchin denied firing a
shot which injured Melvin
Barkley on the Klamath Reserv
ation April 7.
SICE GLANCES
bt
tribune reporters
Eddie Nave staying home to
nurse a bump on his cranium
which he struck on the bottom
of a pool in a fancy high dive,
and getting out of bed seconds
before the entire ceiling plaster
crashed to the floor, -
Janet Ross haunting the
stage depot since Saturday wait
ing for two friends who finally
informed her they were coming
this afternoon.
Gertrude Haskins Risse pass
ing out pith helmets to custo
mers on account of there being
a bird loose in the store, the
creature refusing to leave after
flying ui from the outside.
EFFORT TO INVADE
SCOTLAND IS SEEN
IN BIG MOVEMENT
Steady Stream of Troop
Trains and Transports to
Coastal Bases Is Report
By tho Astoclatad Prass
Adolf Hitler was reported
massing "large numbers" of
German troops today on the
west coast of Norway possible
springboard for Invasion of
Scotland and advices reaching
London said a steady stream of
troop trains and sea-going
transports was moving toward
coastal bases.
Only a few days ago, soviet
Russia announced officially that
German soldiers were moving
back into northern and north
eastern Germany from the Bal
kans. The soviet announcement said
"it must be assumed" that the
nazi troop movements were not
directed against Russia, and the
British declared talk of friction
between Germany and Russia
might be a feint to mask prepar
ations for Hitler s long-awanea
attempt to Invade the British
Isles.
Ripa For Surprise
Coincidentally, the Finnish
newspaper Sanomat in Helsin
ki declared that the military sit
uation in the Baltic was ripe
for surprises likely to affect
Finland. ' -
"We have no right to shut' our
eyes to what is happening
around us," the newspaper said,
and Helsinki was alive with ru
mors of troop movements on
both sides of the Russian fron
tier with Finland.
War tremors stirred again In
the Balkans, too, as all Ru
mania was ordered blacked out,
beginning tonight, for the first
time since a general blackout
was lifted a month ago.
French Resistance Grows
In the middle east, Britain
faced a rising tide of French re
sistance. French military dispatches
said French troops had counter
attacked and driven the British
out of the strategic town of
Merdjayoun, only six miles
from the Palestine frontier.
British columns storming to
ward Damascus, the ancient
capital of Syria, claimed a 4
mile advance, but it was ac
knowledged that the fighting
was becoming heavier on all
fronts in the 10-day-old allied
invasion.
British headquarters in Cairo
said strong allied reinforce
ments had been sent to the
south Syrian front, where Vichy
French troops were lashing out
in fierce counter-attacks.
The British communique said
allied forces were making
"steady progress" on the Medi
terranean coastal sector in a
drive toward Beirut, capital of
Lebanon, but admitted that the
'French were putting up a bitter
fight at Merdjayoun and Kunei
tra. 40 miles southwest of Da
mascus. Advance in Libya
In North Africa, the British
reported that Imperial troops
penetrated across the Egyptian
frontier into Libya as far as
Fort Capuzzo and then "beat
back determined axis counter
attacks despite axis reinforce
ments rushed to the scene from
the Tobruk area, 80 miles in
side Libya.
The British war bulletin said
severe losses were inflicted on
German and Italian troops in
what appeared to be the open
ing or a major battle.
Oil Export Ban Is
Aim on East Coast
Washington, June 17
A complete ban on exports of
oil from the east coast of the
United States, without prior
government approval of indi
vidual shipment, was proposed
to the petroleum industry today
by Secretary Ickes, defense
petroleum coordinator.
The action followed close on
the heels of the stoppage yester
day of a 240.000 gallon ship
ment of oil from Philadelphia
to Japan, because of the threat
ened oil famine en the eastern
seaboard
ZamZam
r
American survivors of the Egyptian liner Zamiam, aunk In tho south Atlantic by a Ger
man raider, reach the railway station at San Sebastian. Spain, from St. Jean de Lua in occu
pied Franco where they were landed. They're on their way homo by way of Lisbon. Portugal.
SEEK ROPE CLUE
IN RAPE, MURDER
OF PRETTY CLERK
Washington June 17. GTV
Washington police searched for
a piece of hemp rope today in
the hope it might be a vital -clue
in the strangulation-rape death
of comely 23-year-old Jessie E.
Strleff, war department work
er, whose nude body was found
in a garage yesterday.
Homicide Chief George Dar-
nall said an eight-inch mark on
Miss Strieff's right hip indicat
ed she had been bound with a
rope about three-eighths of an
inch in diameter.
As police pressed their search
also for the missing clothes
Miss Strieff wore when she left
her apartment Sunday, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed
concern to her press conference
over the safety of young women
who take defense jobs.
Mrs. Roosevelt suggested that
no young Washington women
should return to their homes in
the late evening without an es
cort. Miss Strieff disappeared in
mid-afternoon, however.
Police said discovery of the
missing clothes and rope might
give them valuable leads in the
mystery. The girl's body was
found sprawling in the garage
of a retired professor, who was
vacationing in St. Mary's, Md.
All evidence indicated that
the crime had been committed
elsewhere and that the girl's
body was thrust into the garage
for temporary concealment.
Abrasions on her back and legs
led authorities to believe that
she had been dragged some dis
tance.
EMPLOYERS WILL
Oregon state unemployment
compensation commission will
hold a public meeting at 8 p. m.
tomorrow In the Jackson county
courthouse auditorium for Jack
son and Josephine county em-
ployers Interested in hearing re- company, where they will be
sumei and explanations of the!tored. Berries wanted, he said,
changes in the law adopted by I were boysenberries. youngber
the 1941 legislature. Employers ! ries. loganberries and a few rasp-
unable to attend were urged by
the commission to send repre
sentatives. Silas Galser. commission ad
ministrator, will address the
meeting.
i i.t.t;... -v - ;..!
representatives will explain the
new procedure of employer co
operation in reporting on partial
earnings of regular emoloyes.
Other phases of administration
also will be discussed.
Brownsville, Ore., June 17.
P The Linn county pioneer
association will hold its 54th
annual reunion on the banks of
the Calapooia river here June
19-21. Governor Spragua will
speak Friday.
Survivors Reach Spain
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Japan Gives Up
Trade Pact With Netherlands
By Ralman Morin
Batavla, Netherlands East Indies, June 17. WV- Japan
abruptly broke off economic negotiations with the Netherlands
East Indies today, but both governments announced Jointly
that their failure to agree on a trade pact would lead to "no
change in normal relations" between them.
A Joint communique stated
that the long conferences at
which Japan had been seeking
hrs)er -shipments of oil, rubber
and tin "unfortunately have
come to no satisfactory result."
Observers Interpreted the
Japanese action as indicating
that Japan for the present was
abandoning economic penetra
tion of the Indies, rich in raw
materials vital for war. German
efforts to obtain these commodi
ties through Japan were con
sidered likewise blocked.
At the eleventh hour Ken
kichi Yoshizawa, head of the
Japanese delegation, asked the
N.E.I, delegation to reconsider
its reply of June 6 to previous
Japanese proposals.
Japan had termed this reply
"unsatisfactory." It rejected a
Japanese request for bigger
amounts of the strategic raw
materials than previously had
been purchased and refused to
accord Japan special privileges
for economic development of
the N.E.I.
Yoshizawa plans to leave for
Japan June 27.
50 IONS OF BERRIES
SOUGHT BY FLUHRER
FOR BAKERY SUPPLY
A minimum price of 614 cents
a pound will be paid by Fluhr
er's bakeries for 50 tons of Jack
son county berries, some 35 tons
more than the amount purchased
by the bakeries last year, it was
announced today by Otto A.
Wicklein, maintainance man for
Fhihrer's.
Wicklein, who made the an
nouncement at the Medford Ice
and Storage company to a group
of berry growers and representa
tive city officials, said that the
berries would start being re
ceived Wednesday morning at
the Medford Ice and Storage
berries.
A special porch Is being con
structed at the storage company
to handle the berries, said Wick
lein, who told the growers that
clean and firm berries were de
sired. All growers in the county
were Invited
by Wicklein to
bring their berries to the stor
age company for purchase.
Shanghai Gunman
r.M f
JVIff .lap UttlCtal
Shanghai. June 17. (Py
Chfkayuki Akagl. J a pa n e t e1
special deputy commissioner of
the Shanghai municipal council.
was asassinated by a gunman
today. Japanese officials immed
iately blamed terrorists of the
Chinese Chungking government.
Effort for
LUFTWAFFE AND
R. A. F. EXCHANG
E
HEAVY ATTACKS
London, June 17. (P) The
Royal Air Force in attacks last
night on western Germany de
livered Its principal blows on
the Cologne and Duesseldorf
districts, where "many fires
were left burning," the air min
istry announced today.
Dui.sburg also was reported
bombed in this sweep over Ger
many's Industrial Ruhr and
Rhineland districts, while other
planes attacked the docks at
Boulogne and machines of the
fleet air arm cooperated with
bombers of the RAF's coastal
command In an assault on the
docks and harbor at Dunkerque,
on the French coast.
The air ministry admitted the
loss of seven planes in these at
tacks.
Berlin, June 17. F "Indi
vidual industrial plants and rail
facilities" were hit In British
bomber raids on several places
in western Germany last night,
the high command announced
today, but added that 26 British
planes had been downed in day
and night operations.
The I.uftwalfe bombed sever
al points on the English south
west and southeast coasts and
the east coast of Scotland and
a number of British airports,
the war bulletin said.
Off Plymouth a 3,000-ton
merchantman was declared des
troyed and another badly dam
aged off the Scottish coast.
TO SCHOOL BOARD
Marc B. J.rmin was reelected
a director of the Medford dis-
a five-year term, receiving all I
the 32 votes cast at the senior
high school. He was the
lone
candidate on the ballot.
Under the new state law,
school board directors serve for
five years instead of three. Next
term expiring on the Medford
.board is that of Dr. R. E. Green.
in 1942. The term of N. H.
Franklin, chairman of the
board, expires in 1B3; Eugene
Thorndike't in 1944 and John
P. Moffat's in 1943.
Election Judge wat Mrs. Kate
Young. Clerks were Mrs. Nora
KirkpaUick and H. f. Plait
E
FOR AUTO COURTS
Those Planning to Help
House Cantonment Work
ers Advised Submit Plans
Plans to construct auto courts
and trailer parks must be sub
mitted to the Oregon State Board
of Health, 816 Oregon Building,
Portland, George Heryf ord,
county sanitarian, stated today
after receiving reports that a
number of individual persons
planned such construction to
help provide housing for men
who will work on the proposed
army cantonment.
Pointing out that a license is
required to operate auto courts
and trailer camps. Mr. Heryford
said that time and expense could
be saved by submitting plans in
advance to the board of health.
Law Copies Offered
Working in cooperation with
Mr. Heryford, Frank J. van
Dyke, cantonment coordinator,
said his office in the Medford
armory was prepared to discuss
such questions with any one in
terested. He counselled every
one planning to enter such fields
of business to go through tne
regular channels prescribed by
law, rather than take the r'sic
of losing the investment later
through condemnation. tilt oi-
flee has for distribution copies
of the laws pertaining to auto
courts and trailer camps, he said
The army, he emphasized, insists
that all state laws and local
ordinances be complied with
strictly.
Following up the coordinating
board's plea yesterday for data
on available lodging (or canton
ment workers, Mr. Van Dyke
todav asked that as far as prac
ticable families with rentable
rooms provide the information
by writing rather than pnoning.
The information should be given
to the chambers of commerce in
Medford and Ashland and the
community officials listed yes
terday.
No Rata Seal. Tat
Mr. Van Dyke said the In
formation should include: House
number and street or road
identification so that the place
can be found by a stranger;
whether there is an Inside or
outside entrance; whether the
bathroom Is attached to the room
or separated from it; whether
there is garage space; and the
number of persons that can be
accommodated.
Inmiirles have been received
regarding rates but no rate scale
has yet been set up, Mr. Van
Dvke stated. He empnasizea inai
the coordinating board doei not
intend to set ud a rigid rate
scale but Is desirous only of cor
relating rates to as to attain a
fair and more or less uniform
scale.
D. D. Tllton, ilte planner
under the tone construction
quartermaster, San Francisco,
continued today a conference he
began yesterday with Capt.
Theron W. Bean, in charge of
the constructing quartermaster's
office here, and heads of the
architectural and engineering
staffs. Mr. Tilton is concerned
with the general site set-up, in
cluding landscaping.
Capt. C. D. Barker, zone labor
relations officer from th. San
Francisco office, conferred yes
terday with Capt. Bean and a
number of fruit men, industrial
ize and other emoloyeri regard
ing existlne- labor rates. It is
Cant. Barker's task to invest!
gate local labor rates and re
port thereon directly to the quar
termaster general ai Yiaanma
ton. D. C. The aim, it was ex-
i : 1 I- haOn aa4 tin th
1 1 " . " " J.r. V h. em-
ly , whlch work u, to be
A.E.F.
CHIEF SUCCUMBS
San Antonio, Tex., Jun. 17.
(4) MaJ. Gen. Ernest Hinds, 70
U. S. A., retired. Gen. John 1
Pershing's chief of artillery I"
the A. E. r.. died today at the
Station hospital. Fort Sam Hous
ton.
baseball i
National
R. H. E.
New York 6 9 2
Pittsburgh 3 10 2
Hubbell and Danning; Sewcll,
J. Bowman and Lopez.
Boston 3 10 0
Cincinnati 8 7 0
Johnson, Hutchings and Ber
res, Masi; Derringer and Lom
bardi. (10) innings R. H. E.
Brooklyn 7 11 0
Chicago 6 12 1
Wvatt. Casev and Owen.
Franks; Lee, Page and McCul-
lough.
American
First game. R. H. E.
Detroit 6 11 5
Boston 14 15 0
Glebell, Thomas, Newhouser
and Sullivan; Dobson, Wilson
and Peacock.
Chicago
8 11
New York 7 9
Rigney, Hallett, E. Smith and
Tresh; Peek, Stanceau, Murphy
and Dickey.
PORTLAND VISIT
Charles Leroy (Jimmy) Val-
entlne, 46, long-time Medford ,
cafe owner who Just recently
purchased the Spouting Horn
hotel at Depot Bay on the Ore
gon coast, died suddenly in
Portland at 10:30 a.m. today, it
was revealed in a telegram re
ceived hore from hit wife, Er-
ma, who was with him in Port
land.
Mr. Valentine, because of his
health, sold Valentine's cafe
here about tlx months ago to
H. E. Bush and retired to his
beautiful home on Rogue River.
However not long ago, feeling
much better after his extended
rest, he purchased the hotel at
Depot Bay and apparently was
much improved in health. His
death comet at a shock to his
hundreds of friends throughout
southern Oregon.
Mr. Valentine wat born In
Gladstone, Mich., on Oct. 14,
1895, and came to Oregon with
his parents when a young boy.
He lived in Medford for about
15 years, during which he suc
cessfully engaged in the cafe
and restaurant business.
He wat a member of the Med
ford Elkt lodge and of the Mas
onic lodge, being a member of
all bodies of the later lodge
the York Rite, Scottish Rite and
Hillah temple. He was highly
esteemed in the community and
hit civic mlndedness won for
him many true friends.
He Is survived by hit wife,
Erma; a daughter by a former
marriage, Mrs. Don Brown of
Medford; hit parents of Cottage
Grove, a brother, Edward of De
pot Bay, and other brothers and
sisters. A complete list of sur
vivors will be published later.
Masonic services and Inter
ment will be in Medford, the
date to be announced tomorrow.
Armed with a "John Doe'
warrant charging larceny by
bailee, state police were search
ing today for a 1939 Lincoln
Zephyr owned by the Crater
Lake Motors of Medfo.-d, and
an unidentified man who took
th. car at 3 p. m. yesterday for
the purported purpose of try
ing it out with a view to pur
chase. The man, state police said they
were told, promised to return
the car by 7:30 last night. When
he hadn t returned this morning,
a warrant was obtained and po
lice were notified.
The man wat described to
police at being about 33 yean
old, five feet 10 inches tall.
weight about 170 pounds, and
wearing a green truck driver'!
uniform.
Washington, June 17. (-TV-Senator
Harrison (D-Mlas) un
derwent an operation today for
removal of an intestinal obstruc
tion and hospital attaches said
afterwards that his corxtition
was "satisfactory."
BERLIN PLANNING
COUNTER ACTION
Blocking Accounts Expected
to Result Italy Bans
Payments to Americans
Berlin. June 17. (JP Th.
German government hat
"pro test ad most sharply"
against th United Stataa or
der closing German consul
ates, it was officially an
nounced tonight.
Germany rejects charge,
that the consulates and other
German organisations engag
ed in "Inadmissible activities'
as "unfounded and despotic",
th. statement said.
Th. U. S. action was term
ed "contrary to agreement."
Thar, was no hint oi pos
sible German reprisal meas
ures. Berlin, June 17. ) Ger
many announced officially to
day that she -will take "the nec
essary measures" effective im
mediately to counter United
States action in freezing Ger
man funds in America.
(The German radio said that
there was no information im-
mediately .Just what the Ger
man measure would b. but that
obviously they too will con
sist of blocking accounts.")
Rome, June 17. CP) Thej
Italian government, freezing
American credits in Italy, today
blocked all payments from Italy
on private debts to Americana
under a decree published in the
official gazette in reprisal for
the freezing of Italian credits In
the United States.
The decree ordered Italian in
dividuals and firms to report alt
American credits against them
within 20 days.
Washington, June 17. JV-
John W. Pehle, the treasury de
partment's controller for for
eign funds, estimated today that
some $2,500,000,000 In cash and
other assets were affected by
President Roosevelt's order
"freezing" the holdings of Ger
many, Italy and other continen
tal European nations in the Uni
ted States. . .
Previous freezing orders had
put $4,500,000,000 of foreign as
sets under hit control, making
the total of restricted foreign
funds here approximately $7,
000,000,000. An inventory it be
ing taken to determine the ex
act amount.
To ferret 'out reportedly largf
sums hidden under "dummy
names by the axis, Pehle re
vealed that Erwin May, former
treasury attache in Berlin, hat)
been appointed to head a special
investigating staff.
War Bulletins
New York. Jun. 17. UP)
Th. Berlin radio. In a broad
cast reported by NBC, said
today clashes between Bagh
dad civilians and newly-ar-rlvad
Australian troop, re
sulted In 12 Arabs killed and
30 Injured and 10 Australian
casualties.
' Berlin. Jun. 17. (JPj
Twenty British plane at
tempting to fly Into Oermaa
occupied territory along th.
English channel war. shot
down. th. German high com
mand announced tonight. On
ly en. German plan, was re
ported lost.
DEFENIMDS
Jackson county civilian de
fense committee will hold Its)
organization meeting at th. Jack
ton county Chamber of Com
merce at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow.
County Judge J. B. Coleman,
chairman ex officio, will pre
side. He asked that all mem
bers make a special effort to b
present The committee, part of
a state set-up to take charge of
civilian defense planning, wat
appointed last week by Gov.
1 Charles A. Spragu.