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Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941. No. 77.
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, , If APPLIES TO ALL AT NEGOTIATION IN FATAL SMASHUP
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J A C v U J ( f';1 ployes Also Ousted in Re- Owners Reject Defense and pytiak.
j S s- vL taliation for U. S. Action Mediation Board Proposal
I J.TAI Rom. Juna IS (IP) The By tha Associated Press
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NEW WAR
Kelly's
Comment
From Washington
Industry Centers
Take Population
Machine Shops
Wait Contracts
Shipyards Gain
Many Workers
Br John W. Kelly
Washington, D. C, June 19.
Up-state cities in Oregon are los
ing people to the industrial
centers, a situation which will
increase the relief problem in
metropolitan areas after the em
ergency. The situation in Ore
son is similar to most of the
other states and several govern
ment agencies are speculating
on what can be done to prevent
families being stranded in the
big cities or loft high and dry
in ehost towns when the last
war order has been filled.
Office of Production Manage
ment reiterates its suggestion:
farm out subcontracts, do piece
work. Although OPM has ham
(Continued on Pae Ten)
SICE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Attorney Victor Tengwald
visiting the cavalry contingent
at the fair grounds at an early
hour and much surprised to find
no horses.
Harold Wall doing a tactful
Job in letting Activians know
they would have to pay their
own way after inviting them to
S 20-30 club dinner.
MEDFORDe&sTRIBUNE I
ALARMS IN EUROPE
F
E
THRUSTS HALTED
Vichy, Unoccupied France.
June 19. (IP) The French con
ceded tonight that their counter
attacks on the Syrian front have
been stalled since yesterday and
that the British have driven to
within six miles of Damascus.
The British fleet was said to
have reappeared off the Leban
ese coast between Sidon and
Beirut and to have pounded
French positions.
Cairo. Egypt, June 19. !ffV
The British command announced
today that "important positions
have been captured Just south
of Damascus" in the British-Free
French siege of the Syrian capi
tal. The middle east command's
daily war bulletin also an
nounced that allied troops in
southern Syria had recaptured
Kuneitra while "strong Vichy
forces in Merdjayoun have now
been surrounded."
These two towns, southwest of
Oamascus near the Palestine
border, had been seized by a
French counter drive whictt held
up the allied advance.
Salem, June 19. JP Con
tract for constructing a 400-foot
overcrossing near Stanfield on
the Boardman Stanfield high
way In Umatilla county was
awarded by the state highway
commission today to C. J. Mon
tag and Sons, Portland, on a
low bid of $61 827 30.
Pendleton, June 19. (IP)
Umatilla county citizens will reg
ister for civilian defense work
June 27-28. the county council
decided today. Mayor C. L.
Lieuallen will act ai coordica-tor.
FRANTIC EFFORTS
TO MOBILIZE IN
FINLAND, RUSSIA
By the Associated Press
Europe rang with new war
alarms today.
Little Finland, defeated by
Russia's red armies a year ago,
suddenly called up reserves at
midnight and sped other mili
tary preparations, and simul
taneously travelers reported that
Russia was carrying out "frantic
mobilization" across the border
from Finland.
The Finnish government, plac
ing the nation on a virtual war
footing, sharply curtailed civil
ian train traffic to facilitate
military transport.
Finnish army and navy cadets
are to be graduated Immediately,
it was announced, to become
lieutenants in the nation's fight-
ing forces.
The situation In Finland still
required clarification, and there
was no immediate Indication of
any ultimatum having been
served
between Finland and
Russia.
By presidential decree, all
Finnish reserve officers were
made regular army officers.
Dispatches from Helsinki, the
Finnish capital, said the popu
lace calmly and quietly was
obeying measures to safeguard'
their Independence, as they did
in 1939 when the war with
RusKia broke out.
Meanwhile, in lack of the
slightest confirmation, attention
dwindled on wildcat reports
from Turkey that Adolf Hitler's
war machine had started an in
vasion of Russia, attacking the
Soviet border at IS points, after
a German diplomatic stroke
had neutralized Turkey and vir
tually isolated tha U53JI.
Billr Conn (top) makes
futilo effort to get up as Referee
Eddie Josephs is about to count
"ten." a few seconds before the
end of the 13th round of the
title bout at the Polo Crounds
In Mew York last night. Cham'
pion Jo Louis stands In a neu-
tral corner. Conn is shown (left)
orimacina in an earlr round
after absorbing a left to the Jaw,
(A. P. Photos br Wire and Air
Mall to Mail Tribune).
STORY ON SPORT PAGE
DRAFT BOARDS PUN
FOR NEW REGISTRY,
SCHEDULED JULY; 1
Jackson county local boards
No. 1 and 2 were today engaged
in setting up the machinery for
the second registration under the
1940 selective training and serv
ice act.
The registration will be held
throughout the country on July
1. Those who must register are
all male persons whose 21st
birth anniversary comes on or
before July 1, 1941, and subse
quent to October 16, 1940.
The registration is to be super
vised by local boards, headquart
ers here said. Under the au
thority of the director of selec
tive service, the local boards are
empowered to establish places of
registration wherever they are
needed for the convenience of
the registrants, it was explained.
Hours of registration will be
from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. Places
of registration for Jackson coun
ty have not yet been determined.
SAYS U. S. CERTAIN TO
FIGHT BESIDE BRITISH
Tokyo, June 19. (TP) Ko
Ishii, spokesman of the Japanese
government, addressing the cen
tral cooperative council tonight,
declared "it Is almost certain
that the United States will enter
the European war on the British
side."
He asserted that Japan's pri
mary goal is "construction of a
new order In East Asia." He
mentioned no other aim.
Ishii said that "though rumors
are rife about Japanese foreign
policy . . . Japan has not budged
from her established road since
conclusion of the three-power
i (axis) pact."
He said that Emperor Hirohito
j had issued his rescript approving
! the treaty and that Japan must
go ahead with national policy
as Indicated.
LINDERGH IN L A.
FOR FRIDAY TALK
Los Angeles, Jun 19. (IP)
Charles A. Lindbergh arrived to
day for an address in Hollywood
bowl tomorrow night under the
auspices of the America first
committee. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Lindbergh.
Also addressing the meeting
will be Senator D. Worjh Clark
of Idaho-
Rome. June IS (IP) The
Italian government tonight
asked the United States to
close its consular offices In
Italy and to recall consular
functionaries and clerks br
July IS.
The request extends to the
Kingdom of Italy and to terri
tories under Italian sover
eigntr and to those occupied
br Italian troops.
At the same time the Italian
government reserved the right
to close the American Express
In Italy.
Berlin, June 19 (IP) Ger
many tonight asked the United
States to remove all consular
and American Express company
employes from Germany, Nor
way, Holland. Belgium, Luxem
bourg, occupied France, Serbia
and occupied Greece not later
than July 13.
This was don In a not hand
ed by the German foreign min
istry to the United States charge
d'affaires.
This was retaliation In kind
for a similar action against Ger
many ordered only last Monday
by President Roosevelt.
The president ordered closing
of all German consulates in the
United States and removal of all
consular personnel before July
10.
(The American order also re
quired the closing of the Ger
man Library of Information and
the Railway Tourist Bureau and
the German Transocean News
Agency.
(German consular officials,
said Undersecretary of State
Sumner Welles, were accused of
engaging in activities harmful to
the United States.)
July IS Deadline
All American consulates in
the places listed in the note must
be closed by July 19, the note
said.
"The conduct of consular and
travel agency employes for long
has been highly objectionable,"
was the explanation of DNB, the
official German news agency.
The American representative,
DNB said, had been furnished
with a list of activities by Unit
ed States officials declared to be
'injurious to the state" and
'outside the legitimate informa
tion service of the American
consulates.'
The charge d'affaires, who re
ceived the German communica
tion, is Leland Moris.
The allegations of activities
injurious to the state," which
DNB said came from a respon
sible source. Included charges
that:
1. The consul at Frankfurt-
Main, Sidney Redecker, In the
fall of 1939, "delivered ad
dresses In support of propagan
da unfriendly to Germany" and
"passed on information concern
ing militarily secretive war and
economy problems.
rfh.tPOr
and Consul Roy Bower In Mun
ich "during the course of the
year 1940 were active in hostil
ity toward Germany in that they
in the presence of German per
sonalities made disapproving
observations about Germany
and the German government."
3. The consul general in Co
logne, Alfred W. Klieforth, "in
the autumn of 1939 and In the
spring of 1940 carried on espion
age against Germany by using
key wcrds under arrangement
with the Belgian consul general
In Cologne for reports intended
to concern themselves with Ger
mans marching into Belgium,
Holland and Luxembourg."
By the Associated Press
Employers representatives of
lumber mills and logging camps
In Washington rejected today a
proposal of the national defense
mediation board that they re
sume direct negotiations with
CIO union members pending a
study of the entire situation by
a special commission.
The mediation board Immedi
ately telegraphed both sides that
if an agreement could not be
reached It would have to ap
point a commission to make a
report on which to base Its final
recommendations.
The International Woodwork
ers' union went on strike against
the lumber mills and logging
camps in early May demanding
a closed shop, union hiring halls
and guarantees against piece
work but voted Saturday night
to end the strike pending the
federal study.
Mechanics Firm
AIT, machinists on strike at
11 San Francisco bay shipyards
failed to yield today to a sug
gestion from the president of
their International union that
they return to work and medi
ate their differences with the
management.
Harvey W. Brown, the Mach
inists' president, addressed sev
eral hundred strikers during a
tour-hour closed meeting which
ended after midnight.
The 11 shipyards hold $300,-
000,000 worth of defense con
tracts. Both AFL and CIO
machinists walked out six weeks
ago, demanding $1.15 an hour
and double pay for overtime.
FOR CIRCUIT COURT
A special venir was drawn
yesterday to fill the circuit court
Jury list, as follows:
Dora S. Jones, H. M. Dorland,
Fannie E. Lawrence, A. W.
Ayers and Tarcy E. Tracy, all
of Central Point, and James F.
King and William G. Sanders,
both of Ashland.
FIGHT INTEREST. HOLDS
THROUGH HEART ATTACK
Buffalo, N. Y., Jun 19 W)
Revived from a heart attack
by fire department squad
which worked two hours and
exhausted four tanks of oxygen,
Mrs. Delia M. Griffin, 88. asked:
"Who won the fight Louis or
Conn?"
Better Die on
Live on Knees-Roosevelt
Cambridge, Mass., Jun 19.
(p) Responding by proxy to a
precedent-shattering award of
University In Harvard Univers
ity's ancient yard. President
Roosevelt asserted today that
we . . . would rather me on
our feet than live on our knees."
"fe, too, born to freedom and
believing In freedom, are will
ing to fight to maintain free
dom," the chief executive said
in a message of response to a
citation read by Lord Halifax,
the British ambassador and
chancellor of Oxford.
The honorary doctorate of
civil laws was awarded to Mr.
Roosevelt at a dramatic cere
mony held only a few minutes
after Harvard, the United
States' oldest university, had
awarded an honorary doctorate
R. H. E.
Cleveland 12 19 2
Philadelphia 16 1
Bagby and Hemsley; Beck
man, Hadley, Harris and Hayes,
Wagner.
New York
Pittsburgh
Schumacher,
and Danning; Lannlng, Heintzel
man, Kllnger and Lopez.
F
FROM GUN BLAST
Garland A. Boomer, ST, a
miner of tha Sterling district,
was found dead In his small cab
In lata yesterday afternoon, and
state police and the coroner's
office said ha had apparently
taken his own life by firing a
blast from a 16-gauge, double-
barrelled shotgun into the left
side of his neck. The body was
badly decomposed and it was
estimated by the coroner that
Boomer had been dead since
about June 2.
Boomer was discovered by
Hardin Turnbull, a neighbor,
who told state police he went to
Boomer's cabin, located in Hugo
Gulch about a mil and a half
west of Sterling, shortly after
9 o'clock to listen to the radio
broadcast of the Louis-Conn
prizefight When nobody an
swered his knock at the door,
Turnbull related to police, he
looked In a window and saw
Boomer lying on the floor with
the shotgun beside him.
The nolle investigation in
dicated that Boomer, In a chair,
placed the butt of the shotgun
on the floor beside the chair.
and pulled the trigger of one
barrel.
Boomer, the coroner's office
said, had been doing a little
mining at the old Sterling mine
since arriving there from Klam
ath Falls about three months
ago. It was believed he original
ly came from Escanaba, Mlcn
as a picture of a girl about eight
years old, with Carroll Boomer,
Escanaba, Mich., written across
the back, was found In his pos
session. The coroner's office
buried Boomer this morning in
the Odd Fellows cemetery. . end
attempts are being made to lo
cate any possible survivors.
Feet Than
of laws to Lord Halifax
as a
representative of a "stalwart
nation unyielding before the
blows of tyranny." Eleven other
honorary degrees also were
handed down by Harvard,
Then, the tall ambassador,
supported by nine officers and
delegates of Oxford, England
oldest university, conducted
special correlation of Oxford.
It represented a history trans
fer of academic functions. Held
In the national capital, the pres
ident was represented by Major
General Edwiit M. Watson, his
military ide and secretary.
The president's diploma. In
toned by Lord Halifax, set forth
that Oxford's tribute was given
"in lively recollection of his
stand for liberty and of his
steadfast championship of hu
manity and law."
National
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Merle Kleven, Medford Auto
Mechanic, Dies When Car
Leaves Road, Hits Pole
Jackson county's traffic-accident
death toll for 1941 rose to
ten early last night when Merle
Edwin Kleven, 22, of 440 South
Riverside avenue, local me
chanic, was instantly killed as
hia high-powered Chrysler Air
flow left the Pacific highway a
mil south of Phoenix and
smashed Into a telephone pole
on the east side of the road.
A passenger in the machine,
Bernard Ronald Nattheisen, 19.
of 540 South Fir street, also a
mechalc, miraculously escaped
with only bruises and minor
scratches.
Head Strikes Pavement '
Both youths were hurled clear
of the car after it rammed into
the phone pole. Kleven's head
struck the pavement, fracturing
his skull and causing instant
death, the coroner's office re
ported, while state police quoted
Nattheisen as recalling that he
was knocked out for a few sec
onds and regained consciousness
almost under th front bumper
of th completely demolished
four-door sedan.
State police, after questioning
Nattheisen and the drivers of
two other cars, blamed th
tragic accident on excessive
speed. Nattheisen was quoted as
saying that the car was travel
ing about 70 miles an hour when
the mishap occurred, and that
Kleven was a "fast driver." Two
other motorists, who were pass
ed by Kleven shortly before tha
crackup, told police that th
Chrysler overtook and passed
them like they were "standing:
still."
Going For Bride
Th youths were southward
bound to Ashland to pick up
Mrs. Kleven, a bride of only
eight days, who was attending
a meeting of the Royal Neigh
bors in that city, police said they
learned. Kleven arrived in Med
ford about six weeks ago from
Watertown, S. D., with hi
bride-to-be following him three
weeks later. They were married
in Grants Pass Jun 11.
Nattheisen told nolle that
Kleven attempted to past an
other southbound car just as It
started to make a left-hand turn
Into a side road, and that th
Chrysler was forced to take to
th shoulder of the road to avoid
striking the other machine. Fol
lowing th terrific Impact with
the telephone pole, the Kleven
car shot skyward, described twtt
complete revolutions in the air.
and clattered back to the high
way. The fore of tha Impact
sheared off the entire back end
and part of tha left side of th
Chrysler, with th front end
continuing bnck across th road,
police aaid. The accident hap
pened about 7:49 p. m.
State nolle said they could
find no trace of th car Natthei
sen said they passed Just before
th accident, and stated that
marks on th road shoulder
showed that th Chrysler didn't
leave th highway until 82 feet
past th Intersection of th sid
road.
Ho Inquest
Klevea worked two days
week at th Greyhound bus ter
minal here, and part Urn at
Lewis Super Service station.
Nattheisen. who also is from
South Dakota and has been her
only a short time, is employed
part time at Lewis Super Ser
vice. Kleven's body was brought to
Conger's here by the Litwuler
ambulance from Ashland, and
will be shipped to South Dakota
for Interment- He is survived
by his wife. Joyce; and hia
mother, Mrs. Anna Oppen of
Troy. S. D.
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