Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 26, 1941, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textruu g a. wa-u- Weather nvm Foracut: Showan tonlxht. Try Them Out Want Ass In thla nawipapar hT lonf alnc prona their Talua to thouaanda of people who hara uatd thetn. Tha op portunity It -ours to try them and learn their true Taioa, W hy not now. TRIBUNE FORD VidHKlir parti elonar with occasional lifht sbowera. LltUa chanfa In temptratnra. Temperature Hllheat Veaterda-., , , IT Lou eat tola Mornlnr (1 Full AMecUtod Preea United Press Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1941 No. 135. Med 9 M I I SPOKESMAN 111 " WELCOMEPARLEY Foreign Office Mouthpiece Urges Britain And U. S. Take Present Opportunity Gold HU1 Fair Scores Success Again LCLELAND ELECTFPORTLAND ASKED i- ;av. . . . ?6H ': ' Tokyo. Wednesday, Aug. 27. (jpy With the German embassy warning Japanese against an axis split, the Japan Times and Advertiser, close to the foreign office, today urged Britain and the United States to take ad vantage of an opportunity for "renunciation of their past er- Tnra" on the basis of the eight- point declaration of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. w That the government also was debating J a p a n's opportunity was believed reflected by a Domel reDort that the cabi net exchanged "free and frank views" on the International sit-uation. The Times and Advertiser complained that the post-war aims enunciated by Mr. Roose velt and the British prime min Ister conceded the very "legiti mate) riahts" which the two countries have denied to Japan, Tokyo. Aug. 26. (IP) Japan would welcome negotiations with the United States to ease tension in the far east "if we can come to reasonable con clusion," Koh Ishii, Japanese cabinet information bureau spokesman, said today. Ishii, who made this state ment in response to questions st arpiess conference, said, how- ever, he had no information that any such negotiation! were under way. Asked about the purpose of recent talks between Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo No mura and Secretary of State Hull in Washington, the spokes man merely replied: "I am not Informed." Commenting on the British Russian Invasion of Iran, Isshl aid: "The peace-loving American nations must have been shock ed by this unprovoked act." Japan, he said, was shocked also. The Japanese press character ized the British-Russian action as aggression, and Nichl Nichl said: "The Anglo-Soviet demands regarding the expulsion of Ger mans In Iran amount to nign- handed Interference in Iran's domestic affairs." Dome! said a well-qualified Observer declared Britain and Russia had exposed a complete lack of international faith. Count Ladislaws von Mir- bach-Geldern, press attache of the German embassy, said Prime Minifj.r Churchill's Sunday ref erences to Japan were part of a British strategy to split the axis camp. He declared that one day af ter Churchill talked of protect ing minority peoples he sent his troon into Iran. "We should take care," the German attache said, "not to rjlav into the hands of the Brit ish clot and thus be divided and ruled." Insoect Camp Site Cant. Hobart E. N'orthnip from the engineering department of the zone quartermasters oi aVripa San Francisco, made routine inspection today of the site and plans of the proposea Rrosla-Antelnne cantonment. Capt. Northrup arrived last right from Corvallis. where an army camp is projected also, and was to leave by train for San Francisco this evening. I S Z. . 'W.t 1 I f 1. W -.I- ' -4 I. . iv. M -,. . af v4V ; - . I I I . F.-M i aT -m ' . - . , IT ,: I B-U m k Another northwest Jackson county fair, the ninth annuat. at Gold Hill was put down In the record books today as complete success. In this photograph we see the queen and her courti (Left to right) Princesses In Pearl Lucas and Charlotte Carter, little Mildred Gall, the crown bearer, her father, Norman Gail, who officiated at the coronation. Queen Leona Hoi derness and Princesses Geneva Moore and Evalyn Christensen. (Photos by Brainerd Studio). BASEBALL ORGANIZED TO AID HITLER SAYS F.D1 Washlneton. Aug. 28. (IP) President Roosevelt declared to day that there was no doubt a campaign had been organized to spread rumors, distortions. hall truths, and taisenooas in an effort to sabotage the pro gram of aid to opponents- to Hitlerism. He made that charge at a press conference alter Deinx asked to comment on reports of the misuse of lease-lend funds. When he requested particu lars, the president was told by a reporter that he had read that the bi'tish had run up big bins at a Whsnington restaurant. Certainly, the president as serted, that never was charged to lease-lend. It was then that he SDoke of an -organized cam nalgn of sabotage and added that the instance cited was prob ably a very good example. He said he did not want it said he was denying all charges of misuse of lease-lend funds because the emphasis should be elsewhere on what he called the campaign to spread vicious rumors, distortions and false hoods. First game: Cincinnati National R. . 4 7 H. 10 40 CHIEF SAN D1'. Copco President Here To Assume New Duties At Once A Surprise. War Bulletins HENINGRAD RAIL L, SAVE BEAN CROP Gov. Sprague 'Awfully Wor- Appeal Clerks Tied.' Issues Hint Salem Shirked. New York . ' waiters, -turner ana umiw di;..J.Blddlei McQee, - Schu macher nd Canning. Second game: Cincinnati New York. R. . 9 . 4 H. 11 6 SENATE QUIZ OF GAS 'SHORTAGE1 IN f riot liiTiirthnm itAilAUIWtU (Called end 8th, darkness) Thompson, Derringer and West, Lombardl; Bowman, Melton and Hartnett. First game;- Pittsburgh a Boston R. . 3 H. 4 13 4 Wilkie and Davis; Tobln-and Berres, Montgomery. Second game: Pittsburgh - Boston R. . 6 . 1 H. 13 8 Butcher and Lopez; Errickton, Lamanna, Hutchlngs, and Ber res, Montgomery. First game: Chicago Philadelphia R. . 3 . 4 H. 8 13 Mooty and McCulIough; Hoerst, Melton. Beck, and Livingston, Warren. Second game: Chicago R. -11 H. 18 Philadelphia 3 Erickson and . Schefflng; Johnson, Podgajny, Beck Warren. T. 1 2 Si and SICE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS U. S. HELD AS SPY New York. Aug. 26. (IP) Arrest and indictment of Kurt Frederick Ludwig, 38-year-old American-born son of German parents, on charges of sending abroad information concerning the strength of the United States army, was announced today by United States 'Attorney Mathias F. Correa. Ludwig was accused of un lawfully using the mails in vio lation of section 34, title 18, to send matter banned by the es pionage act of 1917. Specifical ly, it was alleged he sent ma terial, on the disposition, numer ical strength and equipment of the army. Correa said Ludwig was taken in custody Saturday by federal bureau of Investigation agents near Seattle. American (First game): R. Philadelphia 8 Detroit 1 H. 14 8 Marchildon. Beckman (8), and Wagner; Newsom, Rowe (8), and Sullivan.. Score: Boston . Cleveland R. . 0 - 4 H. 13 8 H. New some and Pytlak; Bag by, Brown and Hem-ley. Washington. Aug. 28. Ph- The senate commerce committee voted unanimously today to un dertake an immediate investiga tion of "the whole situation" regarding gasoline and oil shortages. Chairman Bailey CD... Nv C.) named a subcommittee headed by Senator Maloney (D., Conn.) to conduct the inquiry. Bailey explained that the committee was empowered to act without senate authorization. . Maloney said he would start open hearings Thursday to in quire Into oil and petroleum shortages which have developed in the east. ' - Maloney said the mere offer ing of the gasoline investigation proposal had "done some good already." He cited as an ex ample the assurance from deal ers that an adequate supply would be available for motorists over the Labor day week-end. Malony sponsored another resolution, also approved unan imously by the commerce com mittee, calling for an inquiry into priorities. Maloney said this would cover the entire problem of obtaining prompt de livery of defense materials. The priorities resolution requires senate approval. The committee acted a day after Senator Walsh (D.. Mass.) had demande-1 a thorough In vestigation of gasoline shortages in the eastern area, Walsh term ed the method of supplying petroleum in the east "a glar ing example - of bureaucratic blundering." Word was received here today of the election yesterday of Hance H. Cleland as president of the San Diego Gas & Electric company, San Diego, Cat. Now In San Diego, Mr. Cle land will give up his duties as president of the California Ore gon Power company and take up his new position immediate ly, it was stated at the Copco office. Announcement of his election was said to come as a complete surprise to Copco em ployes and his many friends here. Mr. Cleland succeeds W. F. Raber who asked to be relieved of his duties upon reaching the retirement age after serving for many years as president of the San Diego Gas,-c Electrio com nany. The company is an in dependent organization without holding company affiliation. It does a gross business about twice that of Copco. Name Successor Boon Mr. ' Cleland's successor as cresident of Copco will be chosen by the board of directors at a meeting that has not yet been arranged, the office here stated. Before coming to Medford, Mr Cleland resided in Olympia, Wash' Foeabaul.44 iearile was counsel tor - several wit utility companies in the north west after serving as assistant attorney general of the state of Washington.. He also served on the Washlneton oublic service commission and for a -year and a half was a member of a prom inent law firm In Chicago.: Mr. Cleland was elected presi dent of the -California Oregon Power company in April, 1MB. Since comlnt here he has made numerous friends in southern Oregon and northern California. His special interest nas Deen the development of industry and the procurement of additional payrolls for the territory served by the company. Mr. Cleland has been active in Boy Scout work, the Rotary club, the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce and other civic and welfare endeavors. The family, residing at 718 South Oakdale avenue, will move to San Diego in the near future. Mrs. Cleland and ner son, Hance, Jr, 19, are now vialtine in Olympia. Mr. and Mrs. Cleland's other son, John, will enter law school at Stan ford university this fall, having been graduated from Northwest ern university last June. Their daughter, Mrs. Tom D. Throck morton, resides In Rochester, Minn. Mr. Cleland was expected to return to Medford in a week or so to complete his affair here, Salem, Aug. 28. VP Gover nor Charles A. Sprague appeal ed today to Ralph E. Dugdale, superintendent of Portland schodls, to excuse students to work in the bean, hop and fruit fields. Portland schools open next week. Asserting there is a "serious emergency " In the harvesting of fall crops, the governor wrote that the shortage of farm work ers would be especially acute for the next two weeks. 'For many years, the farmers have depended upon young peo ple, including many of school age, for assistance in' gathering their crops. They will need to rely on these young people more this year than in former years. In the past, tha Portland schools have been very cooper ative in the matter of releasing young people tor this special employment,' the governor wrote. Rome, Aug. 28. JP) The Italian high command an nounced today that as Italian torpedo-carrying piano had damaged a British cruiser of the Dido class off the Libyan coast near -alum. Berlin. Aug. 28. (IP) Five British bombers attacking a German convoy were shot down today, authorised Ger man sources said. London. Aug. 28. (TV Diving over the white cliffs oi Dover to skim at times Just above the sea. a squad ron of British fighters hurtled toward the French coast to day, picking up In bright sun shine overnight raids on Mannheim and Karlsruhe In G e r m a n y's Rhlneland. Six planes were reported missing from the night operations over Germany. German planes dropped bombs last night on two points In South Wales and at one place In southwest England, causing no casualties and only slight damage, the air and home security ministries said. Helsinki. Finland. Aug. 28. () The Finnish state In formation bureau announced tonight the capture of three villages from Russian defense forces, SuosaeruL Suvllehtl and Hyrsylae. The Russians. It said, had abandoned . two other village en the northen front, Vuon tal and AlttoJokL STATIONS AFIRE; BERLIN REPORT Russian Home Guards Fight Fiercely Power Center Taken Iran Peaeai Moves. Salem, Aug. 26. (IP) Salem business men let their employes have the day off yesterday so they could pick beans, but the Dosses suspect that many of the emplcvet ust went home mnd had- a good day a rest. Only 2, S00 persons. Including several hundred in the govern ment's farm labor camp at West Stayton, picked beans. At least 3.000 more pickers are needed immediately. "Any real let down In pick ing within the next 48 - hours can cause a serious crop loss," W. H. Balllla, manager of the Salem . office of the state em ployment service, said. The bean harvest will continue for three more weeks. - CURT DAVIS HITS HOMER AND HURLS TO I LI PUT UNDER BAN Berlin, Aug. 26. (IP) The German military commander In Belgium decreed today immed iate dissolution of all Free Ma son lodges and institutions as well aa similar organizations and their affiliates. Property of such organiza tions was confiscated In favor of Belcium. the commentary Duett Aus Deutschland said. It added the purpose of the decree was to "guarantee the mainten ance of order" in Belgium. , Little Brenda Bengtson not getting much chance to try out her birthday gift of a two-seater pony wagon. Papa Hilding and Varna Luola usurping the ve 'hicle for their own pleasure. D. A. George Neilson and Sherf Syd Brown patting the Bed Russians on the back for Pear Markets PRESIDENT VETO Milk Boost Hearing Salem. Aug. 26. (JP The state milk control board held a hearing here this afternoon to consider proposals by dairymen for an Increase in the milk price to 13 cents a quart. Precautions based on weather bureau, department of com- their valiant resistance to the merce. frost warnings have ai Xizi hordes- Jfected Urge aving of fruit. New York, Aug. 26. AP USDAV Pears: 21 cars arrived, 10 California unloaded, 1 cars on track; California Bartletts. 7.24S boxes $2.00-3.45, average $2.32. Chicago, Aug. 26 (AP-USDA) Pears: 4 ears California arrived, 9 cars on track; California Bart letts, 3.924 -boxes 42.00-3.30, average f 2.36. Kappa Ksppa Meet Corvallis. Aug. 28. (IP) K.DDa Kappa Psl, national bandsmen's honor society, open ed a three-day national conven tion at Oregon State college to day. Teacher Accepts Redmond. Aug. 26. Principal L. A. Gooding said to day that Miss Helen Pearson, Hillsboro. bad accepted a teach ing pott in the Redmond grade school. HT FEAR PILOT ROCK FL( SHORTAGE OF FISH IS LATEST FEAR Washington. August 26. (JP House members predicted to day that no attempt would be made to override President Roosevelt's sharply-worded veto of legislation to freeze govern ment loan stocks of wneat ana cotton and to relax penalties for producing above-quota wheat That bill 1 as oeaa as any thing can be and I don't think anyone will be foolish enough to ask for vote," Rep. Coch ran (D. Mo.) said. There's not a chance for the legislation now." Rep. Michener (R Mich.), acting minority leader, observed. Italy has produced a light Pendleton. Aug. 26. IIP) Heavy . rainstorm Just after noon today oiled up a wall of water which was reported at 1:30 to be roaring down West Birch creek toward Pilot KocK small mill town 19 miles south of here and scene of a serious fliwl laat vear. Scanty Information Indicated the highway was blocked in Nye canyon, five miles west of the town and state highway officials had been asked for help In the fear that bridges may be carriea away. New Submarine Launched Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 26, UP, A month ahead of sched ule, the new navy submarine finback was launched today be fore a restricted crowd of naval officials and yard workmen at the Portsmouth navy yard. The Weather Northern California: Partly cloudy with light rain In north portion tonight and Wednesday nin- nnwmd bv a charcoal I temperatures slightly below nor- burning motor, the department I mal; gentle northwest wind off -. - HM.t I Mill St. Louis Beaten 8 To 3 By Former Valley Pitcher In Crucial Game. 444, Moscow, Aug. 26. (IP) Red army machine-gunners were re. ported today to be mowing down waves of German in fantry, motorcyclists and panzer crews trying to close In on Len Ingrad for the kill after smash, ing through fortified Novgorod, in Leningrad's outer defense system. Battles continued along tha entire western front, but a Sov let Information bureau com munique named no ipecifia areas. Red Star, Soviet army publi cation, cited the work of ma. chine-gunners of an Infantry regiment In Marshal Klementt Voroshllov'a northwest forces) defending Leningrad, the see ond city and one-time capital of the U.S.S.R. Defenders of besieged Odessa, at tha opposite end of the front, were declared to be levying severe continuing toll upon at tacking Rumanian forces. City Traffle Disrupted Berlin, Aug. 26. JP) DNB reported today that the lutV waffe blasted railway station and yards in Leningrad last night and that "the glow of numerous ' fires lighted tna sky for hours." The nevs agency sa.d th ntght assault followed day long assault yesterday, which disrupted traffic on line run. nlng in the Russian Baltic city. On the central sector of the front it added that main rail lines ' were destroyed and ev era! train derailed. St. Loul. Aug. 26. (IP) The Increased demand for fish from American water might cause a shortage In this country, Charles E. Jackson, assistant director 01 the United States fish and wild life service, warned members of the American Fisheries oc- iety. Canadian catches formerly shipped to the United States now are sent to ureal Britain, Jackson Informed members meeting her at the organiza tions' 71st annual convention. Duff Cooper Off San Francisco, Aug. 26. IIP) Alfred Duff Cooper, British coordinator for the far east, and Willys R. Peck, newly appoint- ed United States minister to Thailand, left San Francisco by clipper plane on their way to their new posts in th Orient Record Beaa Canning Salem. Aug. 26. 0" The California Packing corporation claimed today that its Salem olant set a world record when it received 388 tons of beans last Thursday. On the previous day, It had bandied 882 tons. Brooklyn, Aug. 26. (IP) The Dodger (cored in four of th first five Innings today to wal lop the St. Louis Cardinals to 3 in the first gam of their crucial double-header behind the steady seven-hit pitching of Curt Davis. Th victory boosted the Dodgers' National league lead to 2Vi games. A run in the fourth on doubles by Don Padgett and Johnny Mize, and Mize's two-run homer in the sixth marked th only scoring headway the Cards could make against Davis' slants. Against this, the Dodgers land ed on four Cardinal elbowers for an even dozen hits. Includ ing a fourth-inning homer by Davis, himself, and a four-bagger In the fifth by Dolph Camilll with one on. Camilli's homer was his 26th of the year; Davis his second. For Mire, It was the 14th of the season. Except for the Cards' two scoring Innings, Davis was rare ly In trouble. In fact, he wound up the game by fanning three straight batters In the ninth- Frank Crespl, Marty Marion and Pinchhitter Pep Young. rirst game: R. H. E St. Louis 3 7 0 Brooklyn 8 12 Lanier, 3 h o u n, Gumbert, Crouch and Mancuso, W. Coop er; Davis and Owen. T Fort Lewis, Wash. Ang. 26. (IP) Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Gen. George C Marshall, army chief of staff, praised both officers and men for marked advances In training at the windun today of west coast maneuvers of nearly 100, 000 men. In a pouring rain. General Marshall spent the night in the field as tha maneuver ended with a sweeping victory by de fending force which sent a mythical Invading force back In to th ocean. Secretary Stim son motored her from Seattle this morning and spent a few hour on th Ninth army corps front lines.' 1 -' By tha Associated Free - Adolf Hitler's high command late today reported tha capture of Dnleperopetrovsk, described as the last Russian bridgehead on tha west bank of the lower Dnieper river, along with 83,. 396 Soviet prisoners, and other German reports told of a new thrust in tha drive on Lenin grad in the north. Dnleperopetrovsk, an Import ant hydro-electric power cen ter, lies at the great bend or the Dnieper river, where Soviet Marshal Budyenny's armlea were expected to make their next major stand. Belated dlspatche from Te heran, th capital of Iran (Persia), indicated Iran might still be seeking a peaceful solu tion of th dispute which brought invasion by British and Russian armies. Aaglo-Russ Gain Even after the fighting start ed. these dispatches said, Te heran police ordered th expul sion of a small number of Ger mans and Premier All Mansur announced that his government was continuing conversation with Britain and Russia "to clarify the reason and object of these aggressions." Turkey's role in tha new mid dle east conflict, a position un der close scrutiny by th Wll helmstrasse, slanted away from the Anglo-Soviet allies with an official Turkish radio broadcast declaring: "All Turk feel sorrow lor Iran." Soma observer saw tha pos sibility that th Turks, under nazl - pressure, might permit German troops to march acroaf Turkey to aid Iran. Fierce Soviet Cossack swoop lng down from the north and British Imperial troop striking, from th south and west were reported meeting only sporadic resistance from Iran' little army of 190,000 men. Dispatches from Teheran, the Iran capital. Indicated that the government might be preparing the ground for early peace ne gotiations as Teheran police ordered 16 German busineaa men to get out of th country within a fortnight Dexter. Ore.. Aug. 26. OPh A strike of 100 CIO worker closed th Lewis Lumber com pany here yesterday. Th union asked union (hop and increased, wage.