PATtE EIGHT
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1941
U-BOATVICTIMS
RAF Recruit Tells Of Sinking
Of Ship Saw Fellow
Fliers Perish In Waters.
tha iurvlvori. Thirty-seven of
the thipi' crew and passengers
were lost.
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London, Sept 10. (JP) The
vessel on which four American
recruits for the RAF were kill
ed recently was trailed for more
than a day by the attacking sub
marine, one of the seven sur
vivors disclosed here tonight
The survivor, Jim Jordan, of
Pasadena, Cal., also disclosed
for the first time the names of
the four who lost their lives.
They were:
Harry Hay, Talahassee, Fla.,
William Bishop, Cleveland, O.,
Frank Kruszynskl, who address
was unknown to Jordan, and
a youth whose last name was
Cox. from New York City.
"The last two didn't train
with me," Jordan said, "but I
got to know them on the boat."
Wants Revenge
Jordan, who like the other
fliers, was trained In Canada for
RAF duty, donned his uniform
today and begged for a plane
to bomb the submarine that
took the life of his four com
panions. "Boy," he said, sticking out
Ms jaw, "I saw those fellows
die. I want to do something
about them."
The survivors reached a Brit
ish port Friday, and their names
were made public the following
day, but few details of the tor
pedoing became known to the
public until Jordan told his
story tonight. Here It is:
"We realized v one morning
that we were being trailed by
a submarine. That didn't worry
us much, but later in the day
our engine broke down. We
worked on It, all 11 American
boys, for 18 hours.
Speed Reduced
"The broken engine reduced
our speed from 18 knots to
seven. That's a hell of a feel
ing when you know submarine
is after you. Anyhow, we chug
ged along zigzagging and twist
ing for another day.
'The next day there was a
fog and the first thing we knew
out of this fog came a plane.
It machine-gunned us, turned a
cannon on us and dropped a
bomb or two. The bombs didn't
hit us but the machine-gun and
cannon surely knocked us
about
"Along about dusk subs
closed in on us. We could even
see their periscopes. They woul.l
come up, then duck down and
then come up again.
"I saw one very close. I ran
and got the captain, and just
then there was an awful bang
and a mess of black smoke and
spray. We were hit all right,
and began listing to port.
"We were so badly hit that
we couldn't stop our engine.
She just kept going 'round and
'round. The machine guns and
cannon had banged up both our
lifeboats so we began throwing
off rafts.
"I threw one off and then
slid down the side of the ship
after It. I got caught in a flock
of ropes and swung out from
the side of the boat. Then I
swung back and bounced off the
boat. I reckon that saved my
life.
Chased By Ship
"The others did the same
thing. The listing boat began
chasing us. I saw the ship's
propeller cut into a bunch of
them and about 20 fellows in
cluding seamen got chopped
up."
"All this time the ship's
whistle was screaming. I never
knew there could be such a
horrible noise in my life. And
I never knew that men's
screams could be heard above
the whistle's screams, but they
were. Later, I'm afraid, their
screaming stopped."
Jordan said he and ten others
clung to two rafts for 1U
hours. The submarine approach
ed them once, he said.
"The sub gunner turned his
gun on us," Jordan said, "I
thought It was all up. Then the
commander waved him aside,
lie later gave us some meat.
A Polish warship picked up
Funeral services for Mr. and
Mrs. Al Selgrlst of Santa Mon
ica, Cal., who were killed in an
automobile accident near Lodi,
Cal., last Sunday night while
they were en route home after
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. V.
E. Rolfe of 1208 East Main
street, will be held Friday aft
ernoon at the Smith undertak
ing parlors in Spokane, Wash.,
their former home.
Mrs. Seigrist, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rolfe, and well known
here, died Sunday night Her
husband, an architect engineer
at the North American Aviation
company at Santa Monica, suc
cumbed to injuries suffered in
the wreck Monday night. The
Seigrists' infant son sustained
only minor injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe and their
son Vern, Jr., who left here for
Lodi early Monday morning,
will return to Medford today.
spend the night here and con
tine on to Spokane Thursday
for the funeral services, ac
cording to a telegram received
from Mr. Rolfe.
Sound motion pictures of the
U. S. navy will be shown by
Hal s camera shop at 8 tonight
in the recreation tent at the
farm security administration mi
grant agricultural labor camp
here.
At 8 p. m. tomorrow an am
atuer show will be staged in
the recreation tent. First, sec
ond, third and fourth prizes, do
nated by Anderson's Thrift
Market and the Piggly Wiggly
store, will be awarded. Samuel
Reed, camp caretaker, will be
master of ceremonies.
Second issue of the camp's
weekly newspaper, the Peris
cope, was being run off the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce mimeograph machine
today for distribution this evening.
VETCH GROWERS
ASKED 10 IE!
All farmers Interested In
growing vetch and Austrian
winter pears are asked to at
tend a meeting at the court
house auditorium, Friday, Sep
tember 12 at 1:30 p. m.
According to County Agent
R. G. Fowler, the government
is very much interested In ex
tending the acreage of vetch in
Oregon, the seed to be sown
and purchased on contract to
the government. Attractive
prices are being offered for def
inite varieties of vetch and as
the price is guaranteed many
Jarkson county farmers should
avail themselves of this oppor
tunity. The time is short for
contracting and all interested
should attend the meeting, Mr.
Fowler said. The vetch pr.
duced will be used in the south
eastern states.
AT ROTARY MEET
An enlightening discussion of
Oregon's timber resources was
presented at the Tuesday lun
cheon meeting of Medford Rot
ary club by George Peavey,
former president of Oregon State
college. Dean Peavey is con
sidered an authority on forestry.
Opening his address at the
Hotel Medford, Peavey reminded
the Rotarlans of the dissipation
of this nation's great timber re
sources in past generations,
when mighty forests were ex
ploited and misused. A more
farsighted policy of conservation
was urged.
Oregon has approximately 29
million acres of forest lands, 24
million of which are of com
mercial value, the speaker
pointed out. Of this, 10 million
are in state and national forests,
10 million In private ownership,
1,200.000 acres In Indian reser
vations and approximately two
million in revested O. end C.
lands.
The Importance of timber to
the prosperity of the state is ob
vious. Dean Peavey said. Forty
five thousand Oregonians re
ceive their livelihood through
lumbering with payrolls of $60,
000.000 annually or 60 per c.-nt
of the industrial payroll of the
entire state. The value of lum
ber products reaches the size
able total of $180,000,000 annu
ally. A program for the future
handling of Oregon's timber re
sources was given by the
speaker. This program calls for
sweeping educational efforts to
acquaint citizens with the im
portance of Oregon's forests,
classification of lands, rigid con
servation through sustained yield
selective cutting and revision of
lews as relating to timber lands.
Peavey also recommended a far
reaching recreational program
for Oregon forests and forest
fire laws "with teeth."
John Day introduced the
rpeaker and Leonard Mayfield,
vice president of the club, was
chairman for the meeting.
TRAFFIC SAFETY
PROBLEMS AIRED
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Northern California: Tartly
cloudy tonight and Thursday,
with showers in extreme north
portion and on the north coast;
cool over Interior Thursday;
gentle variable wind off coast.
speak in kindly and fasherly
fashion to youths they observed
driving recklessly or thought
lessly. Iverson Unanswered
George Iverson posed this ques
tion: In the many serious and fa
tal accidents around Jackson
county of recent years wherein
it was obvious someone was to
blame, why have all investiga
tions absolved everyone? The
question was unanswered.
L. C. Latham said the recent
police spurt in arresting drivers
for various minor violations
was having a beneficial effect.
Stanley H. Church, represent
ing the safety division of the
secretary of state's office, dwel
led upon new ways and means
of teasing or cajoling drivers
into safety consciousness, such
as placing "Safety Sally" signs
at schools and lining industrial
plants up in a sort of game to
see which ran establish the best
record while the workers are
off the job. Mr. Church left a
detailed report of Medford's
1940 traffic record with the
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Pass Fourth Street
As has been tha case since its
inception, tha council again by
passed the problem along Fourth
ous for accidents. Several, how
ever, discussed the question,
some believing stop-signs or at
least "slow" signs should be
erected at Fourth street inter
sections, It being pointed cut
that Fourth street is a through
thoroughfare that relieves con
gested Main and Sixth streets of
much traffic. Police Chief Cla
tous McCredie asserted that if
any signs were put up at all
they would have to be erected
all along Fourth street and not
at only a few corners. He com
mented that accidents do not
occur at corners where vision
is obscured but at corners where
there are no visual obstructions.
Mr. Church said he was glad
to see such a good turnout, there
being about 20 present, and
Seth Bullis, council chairman,
expressed the same thought
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Tokyo Government's Decision
May Mean Revolution, or War
Br DeWltt MacKensle
(Associated Press Analyst)
On the basis of somewhat auspicious signs one Is not too
optimistic in believing that a real effort has been made dur
ing the past few days in the direction of an accord between
the United States and Japan over the grave differences which
have arisen as the result of Tokyo's expansionist policy.
would be folly, however.
Bill Llngaas, general chair
man of the local Elks picnic com
mittee, announced today the pic
nic will be held as scheduled
tomorrow night at the Elks pic
nic grounds as the weather man
has stated that although there
may be a shower or two, the in
dications are for a clear eve
ning. Large tents have been set up
In case it is showe.ing and the
dinner will be served promptly
at 7 o'clock.
Births
RAY To Mr. and Mrs. Clifford,
203 North Grape street, Sep
tember 10, a girl, 7V'j lbs., at
Community hospital.
It
not to recognire that war is
skulking outside the doors of
the Japanese council chambers
where midnight oil has been
burning.
The Tokyo government is In
a tight and precarious position.
The majority of the people of
the island empire are against
war with America, but at the
same time they appear to be un
willing to stand for abandon
ment of the policy of a new
order for Asia.
Should the government give
up this cardinal program, which
already has cost so many lives
in battle and has brought the
country to grave economic
straits, there certainly would be
a mighty outcry from the pub
lic. Indeed, some ooservers be
lieve that it might precipitate a
revolt.
The strong probabilities are
that Premier Prince Konoye and
his cabinet have been trying to
figure out some sort of com
promise between the extreme
of war on the one hand and
the desertion by the cherished
new order on the other. It is
a difficult and momentous prob
lem, and there can be small
doubt that war and peace have
been balanced uncertainly on a
razor edge before the harassed
ministers of state.
One vital problem which
must have been under consid
eration i s whether Nippon
should cut loose from the axis.
Such a switch, while startling,
has plenty of precedent to en
courage it, and they do tell us
that only fools and dead men
never ehajige their minds.
The Japanese backed a doubt
ful horse when they subscribed
to the axis back in November
of last year, but it certainly
looked a good deal more like
a winner then than It does now.
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whether Germany is, or is not,
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COMPLETE IN OCTOBER
officials of the power company
report One of tha new fish lad
ders has been completed, en
is ia operation.
About 100 men working la
three shifts are engaged.
The California-Oregon Power ,
company's dam at Ray Gold on
Rogue River near Gold Hill will
be completed early in October, I
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