MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEPFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18. 1941.
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1L CHAIN IS Paris Newspaper Raps Nazis
FAV0RFI1 RY FfPl With Double Meaning Poem
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AVERS NBC HEAD
New Network Regulations
Not Based On Public De
mand or Deficiency, Claim
Washington. June 18. (IP)
Niles Trammell. president of the
National Broadcasting company,
told the senate interstate com
merce committee today that new
radio network regulations issued
by the Federal Communications
commission would "disasterous
ly affect the entire broadcasting
structure of the nation."
The regulations. Trammell as
serted, are the result of "un
proven charges of domination,
control and monopoly" against
NBC and the Columbia Broad
casting System and are not based
on public demand on a defici
ency of service by the radio
chains.
He contended the FCC fore
saw a possible breakdown in the
competitive system of broadcast
ing by private enterprise and
was "perfectly willing" to recom
mend a government-controlled
radio monopoly for the future.
William S. Paley, president of
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys
tem, charged the FCC "strives
and strains to injure" Columbia
and the National Broadcasting
company. At the same time,
Paley claimed, the FCC sought
to "help" the Mutual Broad
casting system.
London, June 18. (SpU
Nazis in Paris, recently were
puzzled when the newspaper,
"Paris-Soir," appearing on the
streets with verse extolling
Hitler I reich and damning Great
Britain, prove 5 a sell-out among
nazi-hating Frenchmen who be
came convulsed with laughter
as soon as they scanned the
lines.
The face of many a German
"Let us honor and praise
"England for aye;
"Let us curse, let us raze
"The nazy array.
"Let us be the prop strong
"Of the sailors' renown;
'To them shall belong
'The conqueror's crown
turned crimson when It was dis
covered that the quick-witted
Parisians, by splitting the verse
down the middle and making
two stanzas out of it. had suc
ceeded in giving the meaning a
100 per cent pro-British twist.
The following English trans
lation, from the London "News
Chronicle," shows how the
theme of the poem was changed
to praise of the British by split
ting it into two stanzas:
the Lord of the Rhine
is fit only for death;
the land o'er the brine
shall alone draw free breath.
of Germany's lord
the end is a pall:
the curse of the sword
on the Swastika fall."
Hypothetical Question
Chicago, June 18. (IP) De
fense Attorney W. W. Smith
propounded a hypothetical ques
tion to an alienist in a murder
trial. The question took 4.800
words and covered 16 pages.
The answer was "no."
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GROWING BIRTH RATE RUSSIAN ARMY BASES
CONFOUNDS SAVANTS; AT ALASKA
HIGHEST SINCE 1930 IS HIGHWAY
ALUMINUM LACK
SENAM AVERS
Construction of Hydro-Electric
Plant Delayed Is View
After Defense Hearing
Washington, June 18.
Reversing all scientific fore
casts, the census bureau said to
day the American birth rate was
rising.
J. C. Capt, census director,
asserted that in the first four
months of this year alone, the
crop of new babies was approx
imately 20,000 larger than in
the similar period last year and
indicated an annual birth rate
of 18.9 per thousand population,
the highest rate since 1930.
Dr. Halbert L. Dunn, chief
statistician for vital statistics,
said previous statistics Indica
ted that not even enough babies
were being born to keep the na
tion at its present size. Now, he
added, it appears that the birth
rate is sufficiently high to cause
an increase in the population of
7 per cent per generation.
EON JUL! 1
Camp Hunter Liggett, Calif.
June 18. (JP) Forty thousand
soldiers will start their march
back to Fort Lewis July 1, after
completing the greatest mass war
maneuvers ever held on the
Pacific coast.
The troops will take six days
to reach their home post and will
follow virtually the same route
they took on their southward
march.
The east column of troops will
drive over the new highway
from Klamath Falls to Eugene,
instead of going by way of Bend
and the Mount Hood highway
as they did on their southward
journey. Fairfield and Redding,
Calif., were added as overnight
stopping places for the coastal
column which will also bivouac
at Grants Pass and Eugene. Ore.,
and Vancouver barracks, Wash.
East route bivouacs include
modesto. Red Bluff, Klamath
Falls, Eugene and Vancouver
Seattle, June 18. (JP) Re
turned from Alaska with a re
port that Russia had established
military bases with German
technical aid "at Alska's back
door," Rep. Warren G. Magnus
on (D-Wash.) said today he
would recommend immediate
creation of a Joint internation
al highway authority to direct
construction of an arterial road
to the northern territory.
Magnuson, chairman of the
international highway commis
sion, presided at a meeting of
the body in Alaska and sur
veyed the proposed northern
routes of the highway.
Magnuson said he was ad
vised while in the north that
four of the known Russian bases
are located on the Kamchatka
peninsula, only a few hours'
flight from Alaska.
One combined air and sub
marine base is at Bering island,
only 280 miles from the most
westerly of the Aleutian islands,
he said.
RAMBLING FORTS
London, June 18. (JP)
Soviet factories were reported
today to be turning out 100-ton
tanks carrying one 105 mill!
meter, two 75 millimeter, two
anti-aircraft and eight machine
guns.
The report, from the Ankara
correspondent of the British
news agency, Reuters, said the
Russians also had a new fighter
plane capable of 400 miles per
hour and a bomber with a range
of 8.750 miles in productions.
Germans in Moscow, Reuter
said, appeared concerned over
the immense number cf planes
being turned out by factories
mostly in Moscow and the Ural
mountains.
Closing time for Too Lata to Clae
tfy Am u 1 :S0 p. m.
Washington, June 18. (JP)
Senator Mead (D.-N. Y.) asserted
today that testimony taken by
the senate defense investigating
committee indicated that the of
fice of production management
was what he called the "culprit"
delaying the construction of a
hydro-electric project capable of
producing 100,000,000 pounds of
aluminum yearly.
Mead made the statement after
I. W. Wilson, vice president of
the Aluminum company of
America, had testified that his
company was ready to apply to
the RFC for financing the Fon
tana project in North Carolina
as soon as the OPM gave its
approval.
Provide Big Output
Wilson said the project on the
Little Tennessee river would
provide power for a plant which
would produce 100,000.000
pounds of aluminum annually.
The New York senator asked
Wilson whether he thought the
OPM was withholding its ap
proval because it favored having
the army build the project on a
plan which would let the alum
inum company purchase it at the
end of five years.
The witness replied that he
thought the OPM was studying
the Fontana project as one of
many to be considered before it
decided on where to expand
aluminum facilities.
"It looks to me," Mead seld,
"as if the OPM is the culprit in
the delay in this instance, if this
testimony is correct.
Wilson said the company had
a "very high opinion" of the In
dividuals in the OPM and
thought they were working as
expeditiously as they could.
"I can't account for the de
lay," Mead insisted.
Restriction Told
Edward K. Davis, head of
Canada's aluminum Industry,
told the committee that the
world's largest producers of the
metal except the Aluminum
company of America restricted
aluminum output between 1931
and 1938.
He explained that British.
German, French, Swiss and
Canadian producers worked out
an agreement to restrict alum
inum production "during the de
pression." 'The agreement was substan
tially altered In 1938." Davis,
head of Aluminum, Ltd., testi
fied. "I might say it was ab
rogated." Under questioning by Chair
man Truman (D.-Mo.) of the sen
ate committee, Davis emphati
cally denied that the Canadian
Aluminum company and its 30
subsidiaries had been formed to
control prices and production in
the United States or was linked
with the American company.
Earlier Wilson, flatly denying
charges by Secretary of the In
terior Ickes, asserted that his
company "has done everything
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Roseburg, Ore., June 18. (IPs
The Roseburg airport, now
undergoing reconstruction, will
be used by the army as a base
for reconnaisance and defense
training following completion of
the improvements. City Engineer
H. L. Eppstein said today he had
been informed by army officers.
Groups of 20 or more bombers
from Pacific coast bases, with a
complement of 200 officers and
men will occupy the field for
periods of two weeks each,
Eppstein said he was informed.
The personnel will be changed
every two weeks. Flights will
be made to acquaint pilots with
the terrain and defense tactics,
it was reported. Barracks and
machine shops are to be pro
vided prior to start of the train
ing program, which probably
will be in the early fall after
the airport improvements are
finished, the engineer said.
WHEAT T11IS YEAR
Jackson county farmers can
obtain wheat loans at rates
higher than prevailed last year
on their 1941 crop according to
Fred C. Homes, chairman of the
county AAA committee.
Loan rates for the 1941 crop
are based on a value of a dollar
and five cents a bushel for No.
1, soft white at Portland and
Seattle. After freight and han
dling costs are deducted, rates
at Jackson county points will be
about 85 cents. Deductions will
be made for lower grades, mixed
wheat and smut; while premiums
will be allowed for higher
grades.
Barley loan value will be 45
cents per bushel for No. 1 stored
on farms anywhere in Oregon,
or warehouse-stored barley
where a grower presents an
eligible warehouse receipt with
handling and storage charges
paid to April 30, 1942. v
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Baker, Ore., June 18. (IP)
A resolution endorsing the or
ganization of the state and coun
ty defense council for Oregon
and commending Gov. Charles
Sprague for his - Initiative in
bringing about its formation was
adopted unanimously Tuesday at
the annual convention of the
Oregon Lions clubs.
Seaside was unanimously
chosen as 1942 convention city.
Lindsey Wright, of Stayton,
was elected governor of district
36 R. Frank Clark, of the Park-
rose club, was chosen governor
of district 36-0. Angus Gibson
of Junction City succeeds Le
land Knox of Medford as gover
nor of district 36-E.
Baker. June 18. (JP) Mrs.
Oscar Stepherd, Grants Pass,
was elected president of the
Oregon Lions club auxiliary at
a closing convention session here
yesterday.
Other officers: Mrs. George
Leslie, Tigard, first vice-president;
Mrs. Wilnur Jones.'Albany,
second vice-president; Mrs. O. L.
Adey, Enterprise, third vice
president; Mrs. L. L. Colville,
Grants Pass, secretary-treasurer.
All were installed.
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Roseburg, Ore., June 18v (JP)
The Coos Bay Lumber com
pany today announced plans to
establish a lumber remanufac
turing and shipping plant at
Roseburg to employ from 130 to
200 men.
Cooperation has been pledged
by the Roseburg city council,
which will donate a group of
city-owned lots to be used as a
part of the extensive site.
To Chicago Pastorate
Portland, June 18. (JP) Res
ignation of Dr. Weldon M. Wil
son, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Portland, who will be
come pastor of the North Shore
Baptist church of Chicago, was
announced yesterday.
UNIT FOR RENEWING
USED CARS IN CIW
An Innovation in the Improve
ment in used car reconditioning
procedure that has been hailed
in automotive circles as a dis
tinct contribution to used car
values. Is the new training pro
gram now in effect at Rogue
River Chevrolet Co., where a
unique mobile used car recon
ditioning shop is now stationed,
according to C. M. Hurd, head
of this concern. The mobile re
conditioning unit's visit to Med
ford is the first appearance of
this equipment In the Portland
zone.
Ralph T. Ure. divisional used
car manager for the Chevrolet
Motor company, Is also in Med
ford assisting Rogue River Chev
rolet officials in using the mo
bile unit at the newly established
reconditioning shops of Rogue
River Chevrolet recently estab
lished at 616-618 South River
side. This unit, an attractive Chev
rolet lVs-ton truck, is a complete
used car reconditioning depart
ment in itself, and is manned by
a recognized service expert, a
graduate of Chevrolet's used car
reconditioning school.
Under his direction, mechan
ics at Rogue River Chevrolet
Co. are studying all phases of
the reconditioning operation, in
the light of latest information
on the subject developed by
Chevrolet research mechanics.
The truck carries all latest ap
proved tools and equipment for
the successful training of the
service personnel of the Rogue
River Chevrolet Co.
At the conclusion of the two-
week course, Rogue River Chev
rolet used car men will have at
their finger tips the accumulated
information of several years of
study and research on modern
methods of used car recondition
ing. 'This schooling for our serv
ice experts is in line with the
constant effort of Rogue River
Chevrolet Co. to provide the best
in service and values for motor
ists of this area," Mr. Hurd said.
"Unusually fine stocks of used
cars are now proceeding through
our modern used car recondition
ing department, and with the in
auguration of this new and bet
ter system of reconditioning, we
feel that greater value is readily
apparent In the splendid assort
ment of high-quality used cars
now In our stock.
"Successful reconditioning of
any used car means to the aver
age buyer an increase in the
amount of unused transports
tion available in that particular
vehicle. The greater the mileage-potential
of a used car, the
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every known method for increas
ing this mileage-potential.
SQUAWBU1E
OWNER CONFIDENT
Portland, June 18. (IP) The
Squaw Butte mines, 33 miles
west of Burns, will produce tin
commercially within six months,
William J. Becker, St. Louis,
Mo., predicted.
Becker, who represents own
ers of the property, challenged a
report by Dr. W. C. Mendcnhall,
federal geological survey direc
tor, which said no significant
amount of tin was apparent in
ore samples.
Mendenhall's statement was
"premature and possibly even
misleading." Earl K. Nixon, di
rector of the Oregon department
of Geology and Mineral Indus
tries said.
He added that Mendenhall
used a different assay method
from that used by property own
ers, who reported a high tin cone
tent in the samples.
While Firemen Played
Van Alstyne, Tex., June 18..
(JP) The town had tint h.ri -
fire for three months, so last
night the Van Alstyne fire
fighters went on a plcnle 23
miles away. While they wera
gone, a brand-new fire truck
and a fireman's house burnerf
down.
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