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run u ft hut Weather ZST9 nvan Forte t: lncreulnf eJoncll ! tonight followed by ftbow rt Thunday. Blight.) cooler Tbnrtday. Tern per tor Hlgheat VMttto n l0et thlS Mftrwltig 47 Want Ad Talk Make the Want Ads Ulk far you. EmnltaT Yh Inoaaa, and com ankilr. A amall amount, tar a frw eenta ln la Iheaa little Ada, and tha pnrpoaa la arrmpUhd reaemlmllj ant ipfdtlj trj it. (TRIBUNE FORD full Associated Frees United Press Thirty-sLxth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1941. NO. 154. Med Neither Isolation Nor Intervention Is Hoover Advice Chicago, Sept. 17. W) Neither Isolation nor intervention Is wise or possible course for the United States in dealing with the present war, former President Herbert Hoover believes. "We must have impregnable defense" and "we must give the tools of defense to the democracies," he declared in radio address last night. "We should reserve our strength that unexhausted we jpay give real aid to reconstruction and stabilizing of peace when Hitler collapses of his own overreaching. "We can do our greatest service to civilization by strengthen ing here in the Western Hemisphere free institutions and free men mm blasts in 1 SUM and women, Troubled Btfore i 'Twenty-five years ago and again today are not the only times we have been troubled by these eruptions of dictatorships in Europe. "Some Americans have per haps forgotten that we had a vigorous interventionist move ment in the United States urging us to join with England in com bat with Nap-ilon. That inter ventionist mov :ment v as led by Fisher Ames a Journalist of that day, one-time member of Con gress, and said to have been pre vented only by illness from be coming president of Harvard University. The leader against Joining in war was one Thomas Wefferson. "Fisher Ames thought Jeffer son was reactionary and did not realize the modern forces. Ames Insisted that Napoleon would dominate the world, including the United States. He was full of pungent phrases. I give a col lection of them: I am sure we ..'a to be subjugated by Bona. parte.' 'Let no man in America deceive themselves. If Bona parte prevails (in Europe) we will be bis vassals.' 'We shall be reduced to slavery. 'In case Europe accepts peace and chains we of the United States are ripe and rotten for servitude and tribute.' 'Britain fights our bat tles.' "One single hope of secur ity is the British Navy." 'If Rus sia is disarmed how long will it be before England will be done for?' 'We are infatuated i annuiih to think America- is a hiding place for liberty.' "And Ames had some accomp lishment in .-.ame-calling. Gen erallv he felt Jefferson ai.d Mad ison and Monroe were the Fifth Column of that day. He says of them, Our noisy liberty-men are eager for power and indifferent about the fall of our country "And in those times ours was puny nation of less people than New York City today. Ex cept for the Fisher Ames the Americans of that day were not scared. A Proaram of Action "Ai the situation stands to- dav. we can sum up certain bases upon which American pol trie ahould be nredicated: "1. If we prepare we cannot be invaded nor our economic life be daneerouslv imDaired. "2. England can prevent in vasion of her shores if we give her the tools, and even warships, without our sending our boys to death, either on shins or land "3. Hitler is on the way to be crushed by the vicious forces within his own regime. "4. We have proved by bitter experience that It is a futility for ui to try to Impose freedom Radio Highlights By the Associated Press (Time is Pacific Standard) Tonight, talks NBC-Blue S, Sen. C. W. Tobey on "Interna tional Policies": CBS 6:15 Sen. Francis MacDermont of Irish parliament on "Ireland and the war." CBS 8 0S, New York De fense Ball. Thursday, the war 8 MBS; 9:45 NBC; 10 MBS; 11:55 CBS, MBS; 12:55 p. m, NBC-Blue; 2 CBS; 2.25 NBC-Red; 2:45 CBS, NBC-Blue. American Legion convention MBS. 7:30 a. m. auxiliary pro gram; 10:45 a. m. election of of ficers. NBC-blue 12 m. New Commander; CBS: 2:15, New and Retiring Commanders . . . Army Maneuvers CBS 12:30, NBC-Blue, 12:45, MBS 2 30. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS 1 iags waving in observance of Constitution day, Frank Hull thinking they were for the week- end rodeo. Gasman Harold Wilson trying to convince Copco Seth Bullis It was a discarded electric lamp that caused the fire in the tra?h burner behind the gas company. and Justice upon the world by war. "5. The ideas and ideals of the West can grow and spread a jroad by our demonstration in our own country. They will die in the world if the freedoms shall become weakened or die in America. "6. To send our sons into this war must also be weighed in the scales of future Ameripa. Should we not weigh in this scale the dead and maimed? Should we not weigh the one-third of under fed, undernourished, under housed, and undereducated Americans for r.nother genera tion that will be Inevitable? Should we not weigh the loss of our own freedoms? And where do these facts, reasons and conclusions point? What is the constructive pol- ici for America? Is it isolation? Is it intervention? Neither is Dossible. Neither is wisdom. We must nave impregnate defense. This defense must in clude the other 20 nations in tl.e Western Hemisphere. That is not isolation. We must give the tools of defense to the democracies. That is not isolation. Should Keep Strength "We should reserve our treneth that unexhausted we may give real aid to reconstruc tion and stabilizing of peace when Hitler collapses of his own overreaching. That is neither iso. lation nor intervention. "We can do our greatest ser vice to civilization by strength ening here in the Western Hem isphere free institutions and free men and vomen. That is not isolation. It is a service to all mankind. "But to send our boys out to kill. That ii intervention. "We hear much urging to na tional unity. We could easily get unity "If we stopped calling names "If we directed our prepared nass policies to the minimum in terference with economic free dom. "If we gave aid to democ racies alone of Europe and Asia, and save it generously. "If we stopped provocative steDS that may take our sons into war. "If no war-like step be taken and no agreement be made that is not submitted to the Congress. If the Congress decides for war then we accept it. "I believe real unity can be had among the American people in these proposals. "Let us never forget we came over the ocean to this oasis of liberty. We extended this oasis greatly by mighty stream oi f-eedom. They were dug and builded by the toil of our fath ers and defended with their blood. Are we now to march out into the desert of European war and see the wells of freedom dried up behind us?" U. S. Now Convoying British Shipments Is Knox Disclosure Washington, Sept. 17. UP) Secretary of the Navy Knox said today the United States fleet was using all methods, in cluding convoys, to Insure the arrival of lend-lease goods to Great Britain. 'The escort of convoys by combatant ships is only one of many methods that can be used and are being used." the navy secretary told his prei confer ence in reply to questions. After disclosing for the first time that ships and planes of the Atlantic fleet were escorting cargoes on the north Atlantic, the secretary was questioned as to whether the United States was escorting ships to a point off Iceland and there turning them over to the British navy to complete their trans-Atlantic jouney. Knox said he believed it "would be unwise and India icreet to go further into de- tails." Northern California: Fair to night and Thursday but fog on the coast; cooler in interior i Thursday; gentle northwest I wind off coast. DISASTER VISITS I At Least 31 Known Dead- Oil Fires Rage About Scene Motorship Sunk. By the Associated Press A series of mysterious ex plosions sank three Swedish de stroyers riding at anchor off the east coast of neutral Sweden today, with first reports declar ing at least 31 officers and crew members were killed. Raging oil fires around the scene of the triple disaster, in Haarsfjaerden fjord, south of Stockholm, seriously hampered rescue efforts. Ambulances Rushed . All ambulances in Stockholm were rushed to the spot and the entire Swedish coastal fleet was assigned to pick up survivors. A dispatch received in New York from the American-Swedish news exchange in Stock holm said that a boiler ex plosion aboard the destroyer Goteborg, one of the three sunken warships, caused the ac cident. Swedish authorities said the explosions apparently started on one ship and sank all three one after the other. Stockholm dispatches also re ported the sinking of the. new 9,050-ton Swedish motorship Yarrawonga. The locale of the sinking was not given. (An unidentified . transport was reported in a DNB broad cast also to have been lost de spite heroic efforts. The news agency said the 1,570-ton Swed ish minelayer Klas Fleming was heavily damaged when mines aboard her exploded. (The transport was said to have burned). Swedes Assailed Coincidental;?, the press of German-allied Finland bitterly assailed Swedish newspapers, declaring that through blind an tagonism toward Germany they had lost sight of their own in terests and were playing into the hands of Russia, Finland's foe. The Swedish newspapers were accused of spreading rumors in jurious to the Finnish causa. BASEBALL National First game: R. H. E. Philadelphia 0 3 2 Cincinnati 18 0 Melton and Livingston; van- dermeer and Lombardl. First game: Boston -St. Louis R. H. E. 1 8 2 7 1 and Masi; Earley, Johnson Pollet and Mancuso. Brooklyn 6 15 J 1'ittsburgh 4 0 C. Davis, Hamlin and Owen, Franks; Heintzelman, SeweU and Lrpez. New York. ZL 10 2 Chicago 7 10 1 Koslo and Denning; V. Olson and McCullough. Amerleaa R. . 8 H. S 8 Chicago New York E. SmiUr and Chandler, and W, vestra. 5 C. Dickey; Dickey, Sil- Detroit Philadelphia 2 7 3 Benton and Tebbetts: Marchil don, Vaughn and Wagner. - Cleveland 8 10 Boston Bagby and Hegan; Dobson and Pytlak. Astoria, Ore, Sept. 17 (JP) A heart attack while playing handball at the YJri.CA. claim ed the life of Sam L. Nuddle man, 41 manager of an Astoria clothing store, last Bight. RUSSIANS CLAIM I Smashing Counter-Offensive On Central Front Hurls Nazis Back 10,000 Lost By the Associated Press Russia's armies today report ed a smashing counter-offensive on the central front, 30 miles northeast of Smolensk, in which the Germans were hurled back westward with 10,000 killed and wounded after an eight-day bat tle. The Soviet army newspaper Red Star said the fighting raged around Yartsevo, on the main highway between Smolensk and Moscow. Other dispatches said the Rus sians, still pressing tne auacn. now were in a position to invest Smolensk. Leningrad Eased Soviet reports also declared 't at Red army troops defending Leningrad had recaptured a strategically Important cross roads village lying at one of the approaches to the northern industrial tity, thus wrecking German plans for a new thrust against Leningrad itself. . Lying 230 miles west of Mos cow, Smolensk was capiurea oj the Germans more than six weeks ago in the first head-long drive toward the Russian capi tal. Adolf Hitler's high command today asserted that the German offensive was "developing into a -i operation of the greatest ex tent." Beyond this general state ment, the high command gave no details, but Nazi miliary dis patches said German panzer col umns slashing across the steppes from the Dnieper river were threatening Russia's great Don ets river industrial basin. In the north, Nazi armies were said to have unleashed a new drive to choke off rail sup plies from Moscow feeding the Red armies defending Lenin grad. STOREllKS IN JACKSON COUNTY WORTH $1,123,000 Valuation of merchandise in stores of Jackson county is placed at $1,123,990 by the as sessor's office In fixing the per sonal property valuations for 1941, all subject to tax levy. The valuation tops the list followed closely by movable machinery and equipment with $1,094 630 The statistics show there was an increase in both stock cattle and dairy cattle in the county the past year. Dairy cows num ber 8,789, an Increase of 221 over 1940; stock cattle 18.20S, an increase of 1.325. The dairy cow valuation is fixed at $395, 200; the stock cattle at $327,330. Sheep and goats number 12.889, with a valuation of $37,260; swine 4.539, valuation $21,260, and horses and mules total 2.928 with a valuation of $109, 130. Improvements on U. S. lands are given a valuation of $36,730; farm machinery equipment and Implements are placed at $260, 550, and logging roads and equipment are given a valuation of $84,060. Commercial used furniture is rated at $183,380. The poultry population is given as 19,786, with a valuation of $7,740, fur bearing animals 204. $3,670, with 2.023 hives of bees listed at $4,090. and 74 dogs valuation $960, whose own- era desired them listed on the tax rolla. - - X IT Sergeant j M'&w fin, 'tmm Sergeant Alvla C. York (right), obliges with autographs for four Milwaukee girls. Ruth Guetslalf, Batty Maadarer, Marion Dunst and Dorothy Malloy (L-R) before his speech on the eve of the American Legion convention at Milwaukee, Wis. The famed World war hero criticised San. Gerald P. Nye (R.. N.D.) for his testimony la the snotloa picture investiga tion In Waikington. American Legion on Record For Neutrality Act Repeal Milwaukee, Sept. 17 (If) The American Legion national convention went on record today favoring repeal of the Ameri can neutrality act and removal of the present geographical limitation on use of American troops. Scrapping of the neutrality act was recommended by the convention's committee on for eign relations, while that con cerning use of troops outside of Pick New Orleans Milwaukee, Wis., Sept 17. (P) New Orleans today was assured the privilege of entertaining the 1942 Amer ican Legion convention when the only other candidate, At lantic City, withdrew in favor of the nouthern city. the nation's borders was pro posed by the convention com mittee on national defense. Both propositions carried by voice vote, great choruses of "aye" being shouted as Com mander Milo Warner put the questions. Another resolution adopted called for the defeat of Adolf Hitler "and all that he stands for and all diverting controver sies should be subordinated to the main objective." The resolu tion "appealed for unity on this national objective. A resolution advocating com pletion of two ocean navy pro gram was adopted. Milwaukee,' Sepf. 17 (JP) Two candidates for the national presidency of the American Le gion auxiliary were piacea in nomination today. The election will be held tomorrow. Mrs. P. I. Dixon, of Amerlcus, Ga was nominated by Mrs. H. B. Ritchie, of Athens, Ga. Her opponent, Mrs. Mark W. Mur rill, of Scituate .Mass., was nom inated by Mrs. Fianklin Lee Bishop, of Boston. Wheeler Granted Portland Rostrum Portland, Sept. 17. W) Portland granted use yesterday of its civic auditorium for a speech by Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana here next Monday. Previously denied the build lng, the America First commit tee protested to the city council Council members said last week's vote was unofficial, and turned the matter over to Com- He granted the hall's use, York Gives Signatures WASHINGTON ASKS PERMIT FOR RADIO Washington, Sept. 17. (te) Frank Jenkins, president and general manager of the Klamath Falls, Ore., Herald Publishing company told a federal commu nications commission examiner today of his company's plan to spend $16,185 to construct a ra dio station In Klamath Falls if the commission granted its ap plication for a station to operate on 1,400 kilocycles with 250 watts of power. The company asked for an un limited station and the witness described the company's publish ing facilities, weather reporting and market service furnished the area. Dorman Schaeffer also asked permission to construct a station in Klamath Falls with facilities similar to those requested by the Herald Publishing company. His application will be heard at con clusion of the Herald's hearing War Bulletins London, Sept. 17. W Tha Royal air force attacked a power plant at Mastngarbe. near Bethune la northern France, la heavy raid this afternoea la which It lost eight planes. It was learned authoritatively tonight. The atUck was one of a ser ies et raids made throughout the day ea northern France by British planes. Bar lie. Sept. 17 W) German bombing elanee sank two Russiaa transport ships and damaged a battleship yes terday DNB announced to night Elevea transport ships and freighters also were dam aged, the agency said. The city council last night adopted the recommendation of its public safety committee by approving a resolution making Fourth street a stop street from the west line of North Oakdale avenue to the west line of River side avenue, excepting Central avenue. On recommendation of the public safety committee, the council also embodied In the resolution a provision making Central avenue a stop street from the north line of Sixth street to the north line of Ed wards street. The city superintendent was directed to erect the necessary markers to carry out the pro visions of the resolution. Cars Must Stop The action makes it necessary for cars to stop before entering Fourth street beginning at and Including North Oakdale avenue and extending eastward to, but not Including Riverside avenue Central avenue being excepted Cars on Fourth street already nuit stop before entering River side avenue, a state highway The same action makes It necessary for cars north of Sixth street to and Including Edwards street to stop before entering Central avenue. Thus Fourth street traffic must stop at Cen tral avenue. Traffic at Sixth and Central is now controlled by lights. It was Indicated that the aim of making Central avenue through street was to permit an even flow of traffic along Cen tral and Court street to the Pa cific highway, this through route being deemed of vast Im portance should the proposed army cantonment be established here. The Medford Traffic Safety Council had recommended that ' warning" signs be erected at Vourth street Intersections. This recommendation was made after years of study of the Fourth rtreet traffic problem and after a traffic safety council meeting last week disclosed that the pub lic was seriously concerned over the rising number of accidents here. LOCAL WOMEN F Mrs. Henrietta Young. Mrs Roy V. Martin, Mrs. J. 0, N. Poling Hospitalized Severely but apparently not seriously Injured, three valley women were confined In Com munity hospital today and a fourth was released to return to her home after receiving treat ment for hurts she and the oth ers suffered when their car left the highway a mile south of Phoenix about 8:15 last night, overturned In a ditch and came to rest on Its aide against a tale phone pole. Confined in the hospital were) Mrs. Henrietta Young, 73, ol Jacksonville, who suffered a chest injury the full extent ot which hadn t yet been deter mined, and a broken nose; he daughter, Mrs. Roy V. Martin. 46, also of Jacksonville, wh sustained bruises and lacera tiona of the forehead, and Mrs, J. O. N. Poling, 43, of Phoenix, who suffered a badly brokers left arm. Mrs. W. H. Arnold of Route 1. Medford, after being treated ioi surface bruises and minor outs, was released to return to he home. The others, according to their attending physician, were) apparently not critically Injured, Returalag From Meet The women, according to state police, were returning te their homes after attending a re ligious meeting In Merrill, Ore, The car, operated by Mrs. Mar tin, suddenly left the road and tumbled into ditch on the east side- of the highway, turned over and smashed against the) telephone pole. George Davis, driver for the) Perl ambulance which removed the victims to the hospital, quota ed Mra. Martin aa explaining 'something suddenly happened to the car, but whether it waa tha steering gear at fault or si blowout I don't know." The) machine waa badly wrecked, A. E. Allen, Phoenix file) chief, was the first at the scene) of the mishap, and notified tha state police and the ambulance. Prefitwr Stiffen! of Grtgea Ftc:!t Scr.sx:d by Dt:3 Eugene, Ore, Sept 17. UP) O. F. Stafford, 68, member oi the University of Oregon fae ulty for 41 years and a clUzesj who had served his home com munity in many capacities out side his campus duties, died this morning. He had been la 111 health for some time. Mr. Stafford came to the unla verslty In 1900 as instructor is, chemistry. In later years be il named dean of the lower dlvia Ion and service department which office he held In addition to his chemistry professorship and head of the chemistry de pertinent. Only two weeks ago, Mr. Stafr ford was retired from active) school duties at the meeting el die state board ot higher edueaa tion. He Is survived by his widows, one daughter, Mrs. Miriam Stafc ford Hamilton; and two son Howard and John E. Stafford. Oregon Firemen To Enjoy Trout Dinnet Bend, Ore., Sept 17. Iff1) Oregon firemen Journeyed to) Elk lake in the Cascade rang today for a trout dinner. They will conclude their annual cob ventlon with businee ssealona here tonight The state's fire chiefs, else) meeting here, were told of Loo dona wartime f I r e-f ightlnf methods yesterday by a Loodost constable.
