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Newspaper Page TextFull 0 Waath- Sometimes Pays It U kattar la know (ban ta aari 1 with I aa knowa." Man paapla aa KNOW aa eeass they rasa the Want Ada daily. It la aa aaiy wit ta sate aoated and omatlmaa Weather TJT" r,p0" reretaet: Sboweta tonight a Tatwby. Mild tempata- Medford Tribune Tauipeiatttr MlhMt Venerea- Loweat this Mornlnl U Precipitation part t hours. T aloa dlfldeada ta. tha Full Associated Press Thirty-sixth Year P.7. H reader. ' F -y 1 ' United Prau I1 " IBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBl MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 75 il No. 134. i . " - News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Aug. 25. Mr. Roosevelt let down his national mediation board and his labor mentor Sidney Hillman in the Kearny strike trouble with a thud that may not have been heard outside, but it jarred the whole ad minis tration defense labor a1 r ti e'uP I ? 1 The boys Jftitanal stlU pick i are picking themselves up from the floor. A well placed ear can hear some injured mur muring from them about "an executive ought to show some confidence in his delegated sub ordinates." An occasional whisp ered threat of a resignation can b detected also in the inner air, but the matter probably will not come to that. To an impartial outside re porter, it seems the White House labor handlers merely over-corn- mltted the president while he was away on vacation. They thought he would take over the Kearny plant when they told him to. But every point of dis pute had been settled except one; the union demand for a form of closed shop called the "maintenance of membership" ahop. After all, the labor ad visers were asking a lot in ex pecting the president to take over a plant just to make the employer promise to maintain the union in perpetuity. While they were surprised at Paul . his first refusal, not many poll tical advisers of the White House were. They know the president must Justify plant seizures on solid, popular grounds. It all came about this way: National Mediation board came Into the Kearny strike picture long before the strike, through the insistence of Mr. Hillman the White House defense labor man, who held some conferences with John Green, the CIO mart- (Continued on Paga Fire) PT. HOI FLAME DAMAGED Central Point. Aug. 25. fSol.) Fire yesterday forenoon damaged the kitchen and bed room and destroyed most of their contents at the residence of Mrs. Mary S. Stansble. The fire started from a grease rag behind the kitchen stove, aid firemen who held the blaze to the two rooms. E Santa Monica. Calif.. Aug. 25. W) Now it's Mr. California of 19411 Harold Z I n k I n, 10-year-old truck driver, is the Pacific coast Adonis, chosen on the basis of muscular symmetry and devel opment, carriage and general appearance. Normal Training Hit Salem. Aug. 25. CP) The state superintendent of public Instruction cannot require an ap plicant for an elementary school teacher certificate to be a gra duate of the normal school in which a teacher's training course Is given, the attorney general ruled today. SICE GLAIICES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Daisy Straus deciding to have only black coffee for breakfast but gradually adding to her order until she had consumed a sizable meal. Prank Perl nursing along his Dew shiny car so as to avoid scratches and fender dents, much to the amusement of George Qvi ALLIES FEAR OIL FIELD SABOTAGE BY NAZIAGENTS Ouster of 'Tourists' Main Aim First Clash Report edBrief Campaign Pre dicted. New York. Aug. 25. JP A BBC broadcast said today the Iranian premier had made a statement that "British forces have attacked by land, sea and air and Iranian authorities have taken measures" to meet the invasion. The broadcast. In which the Teheran radio was quoted, was heard in New York by CBS. Br the Associated Press London. Aug. 25 (IP) Iran's army of about 190,000 men was reported authoritatively toaay to be resisting British-Russian invading forces, spreading the war across that oil-rich kingdom wedKed strategically between the Persian gulf and the Caspian sea. The extent or place of the engagements was not disclosed here. (The German wireless broad cast an Ankara dispatch stating that "clashes already have been reported from the Caucasian border," the point of entry for Soviet troops.) Veteran British desert fight ers moved east and north from British-dominated Iraq, and from the Persian gulf and for merly a frontier threat at Ba luchistan, which lies southeast of Iran. Some of the British landed from ships in the Persian gulf. Russian Cossacks and mount ed infantrymen made up the Soviet Invading forces, moving toward junctions with the Brit ish in a synchronized Invasion over baking plains and moun tains. Ouster of German agents was the announced Russian-British aim. From Cairo, headquarters of the British middle east com mand, it was reported that In dian mechanized forces, strongly supported by RAF squadrons, were In the vanguard of the invasion. Opposing the Invaders was an army estimated in Cairo to con sist of about 19 divisions of ap proximately 10,000 men each. Cairo sources said Iranian ar tillery was mainly of Swedish make and arms included both light - and heavy machine-guns, There are a few German tanks, they said, and the air force con sists of a single Tomahawk and about a dozen Hurricanes. They predicted a brief campaign, say ing Iranians were poor airmen with little knowledge of naviga tion. Some British estimates of the total number of German 'tour ists and technicians" in Iran rose as high as 8,000, although Iranian police declare there are only 590 German men In the country. Russians moved down from the north; Britans from the west and south. Their prime objective was to win a race against time and pre vent sabotage and destruction of vital oil pipe lines and fields by German specialists alleged to have infiltrated into the coun try. - Failure of Iran to expel these agents was given by the British as the cause of the action. The chief purpose of the Rus sians in Joining in the Invasion was to secure U S S R.'s south ern or "side door" frontier from the possibility of disruptive In fluence of a German firth column" In Iran which the Rus sian have said wa attempting i to engineer a coup d'etat such a that which upset Iraq. Anglo-Soviet occupation of the land. It was pointed out by observers, also would establish a juncture of British and Soviet forces and a line of communica tion from the Persian gulf in the event the German drive in the Ukraine develops Into a threat against Russian oil fields in the Caucasus. The British operations were directed from Simla by Sir Archibald P. Wavell, newly ap- pointed coannndrr in ladi. 2Kmed,25HurtinBus.Coupe&ash POSTPONE SENIOR War Bulletins CHURCHILL TELLS aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaj anaananaaaaaanaaaaarnaaa I i '" M III Ann III IA IIIPPII Two man rldlna in a coupe were killed whan their machine and on on the Waldo approach of the Golden Gate bridge near San passenger were injured, soma of them seriously. In the foreground are receiving first aid. TRI-STATE AREA, KILL 1,20 Philadelphia, Aug. 25 ( A windstorm that approached cyclonic proportions swept thru a tri-state area today, killing at least one person and injuring more than a score of others, top pling factory smokestacks, and homes, and leaving a trial of other property damages. The wind hit with terrific force at Swedesboro and Wood- bridge, N. J., and Wilmington, Del., about 1 p. m. (EST), Phila delphia streets were flooded. Eleven airplane were smash ed at the DuPont airport in Wil mington and airport officials said only three appeared to be worth repairing. Five smokestack tumbled down upon the Edgar F. Hurff canning plant at Swedesboro, injuring employes and killing ueorge Hemple, about 35, a milkman passing by a truck. A synthetic rubber plant at Woodbridge wa reported aflame after the passage of the storm. Trucks in that 'vicinity were overturned. About 20 houses were blown down. Hospitals at Woodbury, N. J and Perth Amboy were crowded with the injured. CIO. STRIKE ENDS WHEN NAVY TAKES OVER SHIP PLANT By the Associated Pre Three thousand worker, van guard of 14,000. headed back to work today under navy manage ment at the plant of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Com pany in Keamy. N. J. CIO' industrial union of Mar ine and Shipbuilding Workers. who tied up half a billion dol lar of ship construction with their strike call August 7. voted yesterday to end their walkout in view of President Roosevelt's order Saturday that the navy take over the yards. It was ex pected that full operations would be underway Tuesday. The union will negotiate with the navy over it demand for a maintenance-of-union contract clause which would provide for dismissal of worker who failed to pay their due. Thi clause was what caused the company to balk at accepting a national me diation board recommendation for settlement of the dispute. Multnomah Drive Open Portland. Aug. 25. IIP) A campaign to enlist 50.000 Mult nomah county resident in de fense work was started today under the direction of Z. O. Summon, cbairm' ' : H w N IN w rrTZ AFAN tXFAHMM A j aaaaaBaaw . 1 aaTlaaaallllal I atw asa J f & d ' ' SEN. HI JOHNSON IN BIT OF HUFF San Francisco, Aug. 25. (JP) Senator Hiram Johnson, one of America's leading isolation ists, and Lord Alfred Duff Coop er, former British minister of information, traveled across the continent on the same train without speaking to each other and refused to exchange greet ings when they arrived here to day. When Lord Alfred and his wife, Lady Diana, were told they had ridden several thousand mile only a car' length from the veteran isolationist. Lady Diana exclaimed, "Oh, let's have a look at him." "No," snapped Lord Alfred, and abruptly walked away. Senator Johnson was asked if he would pose for a photograph with the Englishman. "I will not." he answered. Duff Cooper will leave San Francisco tomorrow by Pan American clipper for Singapore where he will become British coordinator for the Far East. Lord Alfred, who recently conferred with President Roose velt and Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull, commented, "so far as I can see, public opinion 1 becoming more and more favor able in the United States toward helping u a much a possible." T E Arthur L. Sherman, member of the three-man contract board ef the war department, Wash ington. D. C, is here today con ferring at the office of the con structing quartermaster and the architect-engineer of the pro posed army cantonment. - Mr. Sherman was quoted as saying he stopped here "Just to take a look-in" because he was so near to Medford, having been at Corvalli where an army camp is proposed also. The con tract board negotiates construc tion contracts. ARMY CHIEFS TO SEE MANEUVERS Corvalli. Aug. 25 W) Army appraisers are viewing lands north of here, where the pro- nosed army cantonment 1 ex pected to be built Announcement of exact boun daries is expected soon, possibly this week. Farm owner have been assured the army will pay prevailing Willamette valley price tor tb land. this heavy bus collided head- Rafael. Calif. Twenty-five bus some of the injured passengers DEATH COMES TO J.H.C00LEY.L0NG A RESIDENT HERE J. H. Cooley, prominent south ern Oregon resident and bus! net man for more than 30 year died last night in Grants Pass where he had resided for the past five or six year. He wa 85 year old. Mr. Cooley cam to Medford In 1909. He engaged In a number of business enterprises, includ ing the lumber business and real estate, here and in Grants Pass. He held a number of property interests here. Funeral services will be held in the Hall chapel. Grants Pass, at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Last rites will be conducted by Malta Commandery, Knights Templar of Ashland of which he was long a member. Mr. Cooley was affili ated also with other Masonic bodies, including Medford Blue lodge, A. F. and A. M., Crater Lake chapter of Medford, Royal Arch Masons, and Hillah Temple Shrine, Ashland. He was a mem ber also, of the Presbyterian church here. Survivor ' are a ' daughter, Mr. Grace Collins, Medford, and two sons, Charles R. and Allen H. Cooley, both of Grant Pass. LOST MAN WORKS WAY OUT WOODS Herman Sommer, 44, San Francisco, walked out on the Dead Indian road this noon after a searching party of foresters, state police and sheriffs' depu ties had been organized to hunt for him. Rogue River national forest headquarter reported. On a visit at the home of his father-in-law, J. M. Wagner of Ashland, Sommer went out with a party of fishermen yesterday morning to Grizzly Creek can yon above Plnehurst. Sommer did not fish himself and when other member of the party turned to their car last evening he wa missing. After search of their own failed to find the missing man, hi friend notified state police. ' Forest headquarter said that Sommer evidently wandered around all night and thi morn ing until he came out on the road, about six mile from hi starting point. Coast Highway Tragedy Marshfield, Aug. 25 (P) A Coast highway collision killed Mrs. W. W. Harper, 48, San Francisco, and injured the dri ver of second automobile, W, H. Anderson, Portland I ester da. REST OPEN SEPT.8 Labor Survey Shows 221 Students In Fruit Work Board Acts. A a result of a labor survey disclosing that 221 Medford senior school student were em ployed at the present time in the harvesting of the valley pear crop, the school board nas posv poned the opening of the senior high school one week to Mon day, September 15, it was an nounced today by E. H. Hedrick, city school superintendent. The survey, conducted by Principal Leonard B. Mayfield, revealed that 173 high school students were employed in the packing houses and 48 in the orchards, Hedrick stated, the total representing approximate ly one-third the senior high school student body. The junior high school and the four grade schools, however, will open for the 1941-42 school year on the original starting date, Monday, September 8, the superintendent announced. Hedrick stated that fruit men estimated the need for high school student labor until Sep tember IS at 184 in the packing houses and 46 in the orchards, at which time the peak of the harvesting was expected to be completed. For the few students needed after September 15, Hed rick said they would be encour aged to complete their work and would be given special consider ation in making up any school studie they might miss in re porting late. All teachers, including senior high school instructors, are to attend a teachers' meeting at the Junior high school at 9 a. m., Saturday, September 8, to meet with Mr. Hedrick. Although the high school won t open . until September 15, the high school teachers will report for duty September 8 and will work on their year' itudy course that week under Principal Mayfield, Hedrick explained. TWO LOCAL GIRLS T EN ROUTE SOUTH A search was being carried on today by city and state pol Ice and the sheriff office for two young girls, missing from their homes since 10:30 Satur day night. The girl were Peggy Riddle, 15, daughter of Mr. Marvin O. Riddle of 824 West Second street and Dona Miller. 16, both of them employees of the Dutch Mill, formerly the Brass Rail, on South Riverside avenue. City police said that the girls were seen getting into an auto mobile with two men In front of the Dutch Mill at 10:30 p. m. Saturday, the car then proceed Ing south. Police quoted Mr. Riddle as fearing Peggy might have been kidnaped by her father, William L. Hollands of Covins, cant. who. she told police, had been restrained from seeing his daughter by a court order. Miss Miller, police learned, had been a hitch-hiker who obtained em ployment recently at the Dutch Mill. The authorities were check ln with the sheriff office In Covins regarding the where about of Holland, and notified the California highway patrol to be on the lookout for the auto mobile. Washington, Aug. 25 (IP) Secretary of State HuU said to day that only Informal talks were in progress with Japan concerning difference In the Pa cific and Indicated an unwilling ness by the United State to compromise In any way on fun damental principles and policies. He said his Informal conversa tion Saturday with the Japanese ambassador. Admiral Nomura, was typical of the talk being held . TOKYO, Aug. 25. UP) Telichl Muto. a commentator in the newspaper Hochl. de clared today that United States oil tankers must not be per mitted to pas through the Tsugaru and Soya straits be cause they are within Japan ese territory. The straits are the passage through the Japanese archi pelago which encloses the Sea of Japan, the route to Russia's great Siberian port ol Vladivostok. TOKYO, Aug. 25 (IP) The National City bank ef New York ennounced today it would close branches at Kobe and Yokohama at the end of September because treating orders had reduced business. Since the Osaka branch was closed some months ago, the bank will have only one office in the Japanese empire. L ATTACKS OPENED Berlin Silent On Encircling Battles First Signs of Winter Arrive. Moscow. Aug. 25. (P) Gen eral red army counterattack with huge tanks, masse of in fantry and swift-striking cav alry ware reported today by the Russians a Soviet naval force claimed the sinking of two out of four heavily laden German troop and munition transport In the Baltic sea. The Russians said that on Rumanian and two German di visions were routed and that three other Rumanian division lost 26,000 men. During - the -week-end Inter mittent rain and fog set In around low-lying Leningrad- forerunner of the usual Sep tember and October rain which precede the northwest Russian snow of November. A Moscow communique Indi cated that the assault on Lenin grad from the north had been renewed yesterday In drive toward Kaklsalml in the north eastern sector of the heavily fortified Karelian Isthmus. - Berlin, Aug. 25. (IP) Ger man dispatches today said 123 Soviet tank were destroyed In eight assault which the Rus sians mad with mechanized forces in three day of counter attacks on the central front. The big German war machine wa described In official re port aa rolling forward on all active front, but the high com mand ventured only a brief general statement concerning the fighting: 'Operation In the east are making good progress every where, said the communique from Adolf Hitler's headquar ters. Complete official silence cov ered the extensive battle about the Nazi-encircled center . of Soviet resistance at Odessa in the south and Tallinn in the north, where It ha been ad mitted that death stands are being made by regular and civilian, and the fortified areas of Leningrad and Kiev, where the German forces seek to force similar bands of steel. Likewise, there wa a dearth of official word concerning the drive of the German between Kiev and Gomel In what I been described a another mas sive encirclement battle to en trap defender to the southwest of Moscow. BASEBALL Amerlcaa League (First game) Washington S 11 St. Louis 11 Anderson, Masterson, Carraa- quel and Evans, Early; Harris, McKain and Swift. Philadelphia at Detroit, called, end first Inning, rain. Double header tomorrow. National League All National league rained out. - games Pledges British Help If U. S, Efforts Fail In Pacific, In World Broadcast. Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 26 (JPl Prime Minister Churchill' as sertion that Britain and the United State were trying to ob tain a peaceful settlement with Japan wa described as "nothing but a big lie" today by Nlchl NichL on of the most influen. tial Japanese newspaper. Nlchl Nlchl called on Britain to end "anti-Japanese" activities immediately and proclaimed: 'Japan is determined to elim inate all obstacle to her south ward advance. Japan doe not hesitate to meet any 0000811100.". London. Aug. 25. UP) Prima Minister Churchill warn ed Japan yesterday that her cam. paign of military expansion must stop and pledged Great Britain to range herself beside tha United States should tha latter1 efforts to secure a peaceful set tlement in the Pacific fall. On the other side of tha world, he called the "Atlantic: charter" drawn by him and Pre. lident Roosevelt a British United State pledge to destroy nazi tyranny. In a broadcast to tha world) he described hi meeting with tha American executive as a 'marshalling of tha good force of the world against the evil forces" and a beacon of hop for all the conquered nations of Europe. In the German attack 01 Soviet Russia, he said nazi blood for the first time "has flowed In a fearful flood." He prom tied aid to Russia and praised) her efficiency and equipment. If Germany were to defeat Russia and then Britain in a policy of destroying her oppon ents on by one,' Churchill ex. pressed the opinion the Unite States would be attacked next. - I rejoice to find that Presk dent Roosevelt saw in their trua) light and proportion the extreme) danger by which the American people a well aa tha Brltisa people are now beset," ha said. . His reference to Japan won moat of the comment in the) , British newspaper today. . The Japanese, he said, "now stretch a gasping hand into tha southern seas of China. They snatch Indo-Chlna from tha wretched Vichy French. They menace by their movement Slam. They menace tha Slnga port British link with Austra lasla and menace the Philippine) islands which are under the pre tectlon of the United State. "It is certain that thi ha got to (top. Every effort will be made to secure a peaceful settle ment. The United State arej laboring with infinite patience) to arrive at a fair and amicable settlement which will give) Japan the utmost reassurance) for her legitimate Interest. Wa earnestly hope these negotia tions will succeed. But this I must say. that if these hope should fail we shall, of course, range ourselves unhesitatingly at the side of the United States. LOWER EXEMPTION NCOMES BACKED Washington. Aug. 25 V-e The senate finance committee voted today to broaden tha In come tax base by lowering ex emptions from $2,000 to f 1.000 tor married person and front $800 to 9750 for single Individ ual. Senator Clark (D-Mo), com mittee member, told reporters that the vote for tha lower as emptions was "substantial." The lower exemptions would! bring an additional (.000,000 persons under the Income tax structure and would add be tween $300,000,000 and $350 000.000 to federal revenues. Most of the Increase would coma from person already paying in come taxts. .