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(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.