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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1941.
No. 76.
Thirty-sixth Year
WE,
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Kelly's
Comment
From Washington
Many Plant for
Handling Power
Icket Unwanted
At Head Man
OPM Insi.U
On Plant
Br John W. Kelly
Washington, D. C. June 18.
It looks as though everyone
from Greenland's icy mountains
to India's coral strand has an
idea on how to handle the gov
ernment power from Grand Cou
lee and Bonneville. Further
more, these ideas are condensed
to writing and no two are alike.
This is the confusion and multi
plicity of suggestions rapidly
coming to a head as various in
terested individuals and groups
wish to be heard.
There is only one point on
which the many views advanced
agree: No one in Oregon or
Washington wants Secretary of
the Ickes as headman. The peo
ple of Oregon have not forgotten
hnur Trkes intruded in the poli
tics of that state. The PUDs of
Washington demand the right
to manage the power without a
dictator in the national capital.
Editors handle Ickes with gloves.
Th. fre - Dower for nothing
crowd demand that they be
given the administration, which
would provide plenty of jobs,
in hi. communication to Sen-
MrNarv and Bone, Presi-
Rnnsevelt expressed the
wish for a one-man adminis
trator under the secretary of the
interior- This does not please
those champions of home rule
the groups who are insisting on
a board of three directors. No
one, outside the PUDs. favors the
proposal of the PUDs submitting
a list of names ior aire-iui
council and limiting
the selection by the president
to such a list. Another proposal
i. 4nr tvio administrator and two
directors to be residents of the
Pacific northwest, but not mem
bers of any PUD. and their se
lection left to the governors of
the two states.
OFFICE of Production Man
agement is insisting that a gov
ernment plant for manufactur
ing aluminum be started in the
northwest without delay. Here
again Secretary Ickes is bat
tling against the world. OPM
thinks the proper location Is at
(Continued or Paga BUt)
PAROLIHED
Dannemora. N. Y.. June 18.
(IP) Fritz Kuhn, former German-American
Bund leader now
serving a 24 to five year prison
term for stealing money from
the Bund, was "unanimously"
refused a parole today by the
parole board sitting at Clinton,
prison.
The decision, announced by
Dr. Joseph W. Moore, parole
h.i .i,.;m.n i.rmnl Kuhn
B1D1AN Kill
h,rH to the nubile neace.the Palestine frontier in the 11-
and security" and said "we do
not believe his release would be
compa table with the welfare of
society."
"Most of his associations and
acquaintances are with persons
who are or have been active In
anti-democratic activity," Moore
continued. "An investigation of
his history has convinced the
parole board that the crimes for
which he was convicted were not
by any means the first of his
career.
"He Is not suitable parole
risk."
SOUGHT IN PORTLAND
I be continuing the battle amid
Portland. Ore., June 18. IP the wrecks of tanks which had
Re-opening of the strike-closed j been knocked out of action.
Montgomery Ward & Company .. .
store was proposed todar bv a Vlchv. tnoccupied France,
committee of non-striking em- June 18 (J-Vlce-Premier Ad
plorees in a newspaper adver-miral Jean Darlan sent a mes
tisement. AFL unions were 'MM tonight to soldiers of the
k-d to drop the strike, the free French force fighting be
store to rehire both strikers and side the British in Syria offering
non-strikers, the NLRB to deter-i them full pardon if they cross
mine a bargaining agent in an 'to the other side and cease fight
eiectior 'mg ' against their brothers. ''
TERRITORIAL AND
ECONOMIC TREATY
COVERSJUEARS
Both Countries Agree Press
and Radio Shall Promote
Mutual Friendly Spirit
Berlin, June 18 VP) Ger
many and Turkey In a friend
ship treaty signed at Ankara to
night agreed to respect the in
tegrity of each other's territory
and in a friendly negotiation
iron out all possible differences
between them, the reich govern
ment announced.
The treaty of three articles
and a preamble will be ratified
in Berlin at the earliest moment
and will have a 10-year effective
period.
Simultaneously, Germany ana
Turkey agreed to economic co
operation especially taking into
account the lessons of the pres
ent war, the foreign spokesman
said.
He added that both countries
further agreed that their press
and radio shall be conducted in
a spirit of mutual friendship.
London, June 18. W) Well
Informed foreign sources re
ported the signing of "some sort
of an agreement" between Ger
many and Turkey was imminent
today and said Britain had been
kept informed of the negotia
tions throughout.
They also said the Germans
expected the impending pact to
leave Russia with a feeling ol
still greater isolation and en
circlement and consequently to
lessen her will to resist German
demands."
Ankara, Turkey, June 17 (IP)
(Delayed) Nazi circles claim
ed today that "all signs point
toward war with Russia" but at
the same time expressed optim
ism in the belief that large con
cessions might be won from the
Soviet without actual conflict.
These concessions would place
Russia's economic life in the
hands of German experts to
make the reich blockade-proof
for a long war with the Anglo
Saxon world, they said.
Rumanian legation sources
said mobilization was virtually
completed in Rumania and that
the public there had been led by
German-inspired rumors to ex
pect return of Bessarabia from
Russian control.
BRITISH SUFFER
HEAVY SETBACKS
F
(By Associated Press)
French troops counter-attack
ing against the allies were re
ported to have driven through
1 the British lines and reached
day-old invasion of Syria today.
while in north Africa, the axis
high commands asserted that
the British had been routed and
"broken" in a violent three-day
battle at Salum, Egypt,
Reports reaching Vichy said
the French had advanced to
the Palestine frontier south cf j
Mcrdjayoun and were threaten
ing the whole British communi
cations system on the central
front
London, June 18 VP) A
Reuters British news agency
dispatch from Cairo tonight said
the battle of the Egyptian bor
der still was raging fiercely in
the triangle east of Halfaya
(Hellfire) pass, according to lat
est reports.
Armored giants were said to
Robin Moor Survivors Interviewed
Two rtportars (axtreme right and left) Interviewed three survivors of the sunken merchant
ship Robin Moor afttr their arrival at Recife, Braiil. The survivors are (left to right) John J.
Baningan. Karl Nilton and Virgil Sandelin. This picture was transmitted by radio from Bue
nos Aires to New York.
FEHL WILL FIGHT
Salem. June 18. VP) The
state hospital paroled Earl Fehl
yesterday, but the former Jack
son county judge protested the
action.
He Insisted he was entitled to
an unqualified discharge, and
said he would appeal to the U.S.
supreme court for one.
Fehl, who was imprisoned,
originally in the state peniten
tiary on a ballot theft convic
tion, was committed to the hos
pital in 1937.
"I issued the parole despite
Fehl's protests for the reason
that he has showed considerable
mental improvement and should
be given an opportunity to re
habilitate himself," Dr. John C.
Evans, hospital superintendent,
said.
Dr. Evans said that Fehl Indl
cated he would stay in Salem at
least temporarily. There are
no restrictions in the parole, al
though Dr. Evans advised him
not to return to Jackson county,
"Fehl is bitter and feels he
has been persecuted," Dr. Evans
said, "but I think that If he goes
to work and tries to make a
social adjustment, he'll forget
some of that bitterness. If he
does that, then we'll give him
an outright discharge.
Parole of Earl H. Fehl, for
mer Jackson county Judge, from
the state hospital at Salem, as
reported in news dispatches
came as a surprise to Jackson
county officials.
County Clerk George R. Car
ter said his office received no
tice a week or ten days ago
rem was to be paroled "over
week-ends to his wife. Electa
A. Fehl." District Attorne
George W. Neilson said the pa
role was news to him.
The district attorney further
stated he was assembling legal
matters to procure title to the
Pacific Record-Herald building
on Sixth street for the estate of
the late Ted Heimroth and
J. B. Thomas of Ashland, who
have a claim on the building for
money loaned to Fehl.
T
London, Juna 18. (IP) The
admiralty announced tonight
that British submarines, cred
ited only Saturday with a series
of heavy blows against axis ship
ping, had sunk eight additional
vessels under German-Italian
control, including a troop-carrying
schooner.
The schooner was "carrying
troops, ammunition and stores"
to an Aegean island, a com
munique said.
Scio. Ore., June 18. (IPK
white blackbird with pink eyes
was caught by Dr. A. G. Prill
of Scio in the vicinity of Me-ihama.
Photos Uphold
Moor Survivors
Washington, June 18 (IP)
Sumner Welles, undersecre
tary of state, said today that
survivors of the Robin Moor,
landed at Capetown, South
Africa, had excellent photo
graphs corroborating oral tes
timony that the American
steamer was sunk by a Ger
man submarine.
The photographs, Welles
asserted, were delivered to
the United States' consul at
Capetown.
CLOSED SHOP PACT
IN BAY CI1Y YARDS
IS
(By the Associated Press)
The defense mediation board
recommended today that the
Bethlehem Steel company's ship
building division sign a closed
shop contract with the Bay City's
Metal Trades council (AFL) in
the San Francisco bay area and
proposed that issues in dispute
between a CIO union and the
Marlin - Rockwell corporation.
Plainville, Conn., be submitted
to arbitration.
The closed shop recommenda
tion was the first such made by
the meditation board in seeking
a strike settlement.
Earlier Harvey W. Brown, pre
sident of the AFL's International
Machinists' union, had predicted
the shipyard - strike would end
tonight. It was called by some
2,000 CIO and AFL machinists
and affected more than 20,000
workers on $300,000,000 worth
of shipbuilding but a back-to-
work movement had restored
general operations to near nor
mal.
K.F.
DISCOVERED DEAD
Klamath Falls, June 18. P
George J. Walton, prominent
insurance and real estate man
here for many years, was found
dead in his car today after a
widspread search by officers and
friends.
Walton, widely known In the
Oregon Masonic lodge and for
mer executive secretary of the
American Red Cross here, ap
parently suffered a heart attack
yesterday as he was driving
along a little used road on the
western edge of the city, in
veestigators said.
NAVY RESERVES GIVEN
ORDERS TO STAND BY
Washington, June 18. (,V
The navy disclosed "stand by"
nrrlrra to the last remainirff re
servists today and launched an
intensive recruiting drive to as-
sure adequate man power for the
exnand n( sea forces.
The reservists not yet called
to active duty Include 6 f 64 of
ficers and 14,313 enlisted, men.
OF
HEART BLOOD CLOT
Marshfield, Ore . June It (IP)
State Senator Walter E. Pear
son of Portland died suddenly at
7:30 a. m. today" irv a. Marsh-
He was en route to his home
from a visit on Rogue river
and had stopped here overnight,
accompanied by Mrs. Pearson
and his sister-in-law, Mrs. John
Pearson. He appeared in good
health last night. Attending phy
sicians said death was due to
coronary thrombosis.
Pearson, who was born Sept.
23, 1874, served in the Oregon
state senate in 1933 and In 1937.
He was a Democrat.
In May, 1937, he was appoint
ed to the board of higher educa
tion. He resigned in 1938, the
year former Governor Charles
H. Martin appointed him state
treasurer on the resignation of
U. S. Senator Rufus Holman.
He served until this year when
Leslie M. Scott of Portland, Re
publican, became state treasurer.
Pearson did not seek reelection
as treasurer, but ran for the
state senate from Multnomah
county and was elected.
He was a member of the fort
land insurance firm of Bates,
Lively tc Pearsdn,
SEIZUREPOWER
Washington, June 18. VP)
Senator Downey (D-Callf.) pro
tested today that "property
seizure" powers asked by the
war department would "create
a military dictatorship under
which tens of thousands of small
businesses would be ruined.
"If this is absolutely neces
sary, then let's face the facts
Downey, a member of the sen
ate military affairs committee,
told Under Secretary of War
Robert P. Patterson.
Patterson, appearing at the
military committee's hearings on
the legislation, urged its early
aDDrova!.
Tha California senator said
both army and navy officials had
informed him that they intended
to seize machines and tools of
many small southern California
industries as soon as the prop
erty seizure measure was law.
Hairr VeTch"
Corvallis, June 18. IIP) Ad
ditional shipments of 1940 crop
hairy vetch seed from Oregon
to the southern states has
brought the total of 1940 cover
crop seed shipments through the
AAA to 890 carloads, according
to figures compiled by the state
office.
La Grande, June 18. iP
Millions of black caterpillars
' have Infested the Summervllle
area, farmers cneerea mem on
i however, for they avoidexi
- planted crops, but attacked
weeds with fervor.
SOVIET AND NAZIS
NEARJEXPLOSION
Exodus of Red Troops From
Hanko Base New Indica
tion; Finn Reserves Called
Helsinki, Finland. June 18.
(P) Military preparations, In
evidence on all sides, heightened
public apprehension here today,
War clouds have been thicken
ing steadily since signs of a
possible Russian-German break
appeared.
A new indication that rela
tions between the Soviet union
and Germany may be approach
ing the explosive stage was seen
in what appeared to be an ex
odus of Russian troops from the
military base at Hanko.
Head For Home
The Soviets had a 31-year lease
on Hanko, which was concluded
at the end of the Soviet-Finnish
war in 1940. Soviet troop trains
were reported heading back
from Hanko to Russia over Fin
nish territory and signs of evacu
ation also were reported over
the sea lanes.
Finnish reserves have been
called up for service. News
papers warned that if a German
Russian war breaks out Finland
Is likely to become involved.
The conservative organ, Uust
Suoml, said the country must be
ready to face any eventuality.
"European conditions have de
veloped to the point where our
position is serious," tt-nald.-'-K
an explosion of Russian-German
relations occurs we cannot be
left untouched.
FOR DEFENSE PURPOSE
SEEN IN NEAR FUTURE
Washington, June 18. (IP)
Government action probably
will be taken within the near
future to force conservation of
rubber, defense officials said to
day.
Concern over shipping diffi
culties, uncertainties in the Far
Eastern situation, and increased
domestic consumption have
prompted a decision to require
economizing on the use of rub
ber, but officials at the office
of production management as
serted that there is no present
shortage.
Severe curtailment of the
manufacture of tires or other
rubber products Is unlikely,
they asserted.
More than 80 per cent of the
crude rubber used In the United
States comes from British Ma
laya and the Netherlands East
Indies.
FOR YOUNGSTERS
Atlanta, Ga., June 18. (IP)
Programs for youth to be con
ducted throughout Washington
and Oregon were planned today
at the 23th annual convention of
Klwanls International.
The health work will Include
clinics, hospitalization, prevento
riums, supplying food, clothing,
school supplies, orthopedic appli
ances, etc. Churches and schools
will be asked to cooperate, said
Arthur S. Cory of Chehalis, dis
trict governor.
N. A. Broeren of Portland Is
chairman of the Pacific north
west district underprivileged
child committee. Dr. C. H.
Paske, Medford, is a member.
ICKES MOVES TO GIVE
EAST MORE GASOLINE
Washington, June 18. (IP)
In his first positive action to
put more oil into tha east.
threatened by petroleum fam
ine. Secretary Ickes announced
today a re-arrangement of a ship
tanher service to Increase the
Atlantic coast supply by 210,-
000,000 gallons annually.
Manr or tea earlr Buddnlrt temple
la China taa molting bookctaaa.
BASEBALL
National
R. H. E.
Brooklyn 1 5 2
Chicago 8 8 0
Hamlin, Kimball, Tamulis and
Owen; Olsen and McCullough.
R.
H.
Philadelphia
3
7
6
9
St. Louis
B. Lanton, Learson and Liv
ingston; Lanier and Mancuso.
American
R. H. E.
Cleveland 14 17 0
Philadelphia 2 4 2
Feller and Hemsley; McCrabb,
Dean and Hayes.
R. H. E.
Chicago 3 5 1
New York 2 10 2
Lee and G. Dickey; Chandler
and Rosar.
R. H. E.
Detroit . 8 11 0
Boston 2 8 3
Rowe and Tebbetts; Harris,
Ryba and Pytlak.
U. S. WILL REJECT
L
Washington, June 18 WV-A
strong German protest on the
expulsion of Nazi consuls from
the United States was delivered
to the state department today,
and Sumner Welles, undersecre
tary of state Indicated it would
ba flatly rejected. . . .
Tha note was taken to Welles
by Hans Thomien, German
charge d' affaires.
In announcing Its receipt,
Welles declined to disclose the
contents of the note except to
say that it was a protest against
the state departments order
Monday that all German consu
lar officials leave tha country by
July 10, on the grounds that
they had engaged in activities
inimical to the welfare of the
United States.
Welles added, however, that
arrangements were being made
for the departure of the consuls,
Sharper control over immigra
tion into the United States is to
be Instituted before July 1, au
thoritative sources declared to
day, a few hours after the gov
ernment had barred the depar
ture "pending further instruc
tions" of any of the 330,000
German nationals now living In
this country.
MIL1UKIE GETS
E CONCLAVE
Newport, Ore., June 18. (IP)
This nation la already at war
with the axis powers and any
debate on the Issue is futile.
Palmer Hoyt, Portland, pub
lisher of the Oregonian, told
Oregon Grange convention dele
gates last night.
The United States eannot
live without the rest of the
world," he said In criticism of
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, Charles
A. Lindbergh and other isola
tionists.
Milwaukle was voted tha 1042
convention.
15 KILLED IN CRASH
OF RUMANIAN PLANE
Bucharest, June 18. (IP) All
IS persons aboard a Rumanian
air liner were killed today when
the plan crashed and burned
shortly after taking off from
Bucharest for Sofia.
Among th victims was an
Austrian paper manufacturer
named Vulckmar, whose wife
was said to be a former resident
of Newark, N. J. Mrs. Vulck
mar was not aboard.
T Vet On Water
Waldport, Ore., June 18. UP)
Waldport will ballot July 7 on
a proposed $15,000 bond issue
to Improve the city's water
system.
Portland, June 18. (ATh
Evans Products company ply
wood mill atObanon will boost
production from 6,000.000 to
10.000.000 feet a month by September.
PINBALL DEVICES,
BUT BANS PRIZES
$75 Yearly Fee for Each
Machine Played for
Pleasure Only Under Law,
The city council last night
buckled down te the plnball
problem and came up with an '
ordinance "regulating and lic
encing certain machines, devices
and apparatus and providing a
penalty for the violation there
of." The ordinance fixed fees at
$1500 annually for operators
and $75 a machine for owners.
An operator was defined as any
person or firm distributing and
controlling any mechanical de
vice which the public is permit
ted to play for a consideration.
An owner was defined as any
person or firm in possession of
or having the control of prem
ises wherein any such machine
is located. The operator's license
permits the placing of not more
than 80 such devices at locations
in the city. A fee of W3S each
was fixed for machines n excess
of 60.
Rewards Prohibited s
Applications for licenses must
be filed with the city recorder
who will report the application
at the next succeeding council
meeting. The licensing year
starts July 1, the ordinance pro
vided. Th ordinance made It unlaws"
fill to give any prize, token.
money or other thing of value
to the player of any machine-
Under provisions of the ordi
nance, pin balls and all other
such devices may be played sole
ly for pleasure. Other restric
tions also were embodied in the
ordinance.
Maximum penalty for viola
tions was fixed at a fine of $100
and confinement la the city jail
for SO days.
When such devices were gov
erned by ordinance previously
the city derived about $3,000 a
year from them in license reve
nue. The previous ordinance
was repealed a few years ago
when the citizens of the state
overwhelmingly outlawed all
gambling devices by heavy
referendum vote at general
election. Subsequently the state
supreme court ruled such ma
chines gambling devices.
Under the ordinance adopted
last night, license fees are the
highest ever Imposed here on
plnball and similar machines.
Fireworks Ruling
Over the protest of Fire Chief
Roy Elliott the council approved
an ordinance prohibiting the
possession, discharge or use of
firecrackers or other explosive
articles usually associated with
the celebration of the Fourth of
July. Pyrotechnic displays un
der proper supervision in public
parks, however, was authorized
under permit. ,
Chief Elliott objected to the
provision that permitted the
storage and sale of all such flre
e r a c k era and fireworks at
wholesale provided a permit ts
issued by the fire chief. Declar
ing that such wholesale storage
had never been permitted be
fore. Chief Elliott told tha coun
cil that such storage would In
(Continued on Pas Two)
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Councilman Harold Fry plac
ing sparkling cut-glass ash trays
around the councllmanle table
so that the old tin one wouldn't
have to be shifted from on to
another.
Paul Meyers likening Joe
Louis to the Notre Dame foot
ball team, explaining that If you
keep betting against them you
are certain, by the law of ave
rages, to win sometime.
Dorothy Tumy horrified te
discover in remodeling her
home that two emblems resembl
ing swastikas have adorned
either side of the fireplace in
th living room for 13 year.