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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1941.
NO. 168.
HUES W mm B4H.Y Hi
1 i , t .
Hugh Johnson
Eyes Men and
Issues of Day
Br Gen. Hugh S. Johnson
New York, Oct. 3. Here Is
letter written by man of
prominence in one field of
American endeavor to a man
of prominence In quite a dif
ferent field. I may say that tt
received a sympathetic not to
say enthusiastic response. Note
that the letter was written two
days before the Nova fight:
Jo Louis, heavyweight cham
pion of the world.
"Greenwood Lake, N. Y.,
Sept. 27th, 1941.
"Dear Mr. Baruch:
"I have been reclassified by
the selective draft board, and
I expect to be called into the
service of my country. This my
cause me to retire from the
ring.
' "But before I retire, I want
to put up one more- fight the
best of my career to help my
people.
"The hardest fight I ever had
was against prejudice and intol
erance. My people know what
I mean. They are all fighting
their way up, and I want to
open the door of opportunity a
little wider for them. The fight
I propose to make will not be
staged In an arena against one
particular opponent, but out in
the open across the country. If
I could get a 'gate' as big as
I've ever seen in the Yankee
Stadium and turn it over to the
Department of Race Relations
of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ In America
for the splendid work that de
partment is doing on behalf of
the Negro people and better re
lations with their white neigh
bors, I'd feel lika a real cham
pion. "I propose to start the 'gate'
with my own contribution, and
I want you to subscribe for a
box, a ringside seat or other
reservation. This is one purse
which does not have to be
shared with promoters or man
agers. Every cent will be used
to better the condition of my
people and In creating better
human relations in America.
"Will you cooperate by send
ing your cheque or money
order, in any amount, payable
to Frank H. Mann, treasurer,
and mail it today? If you help
me win this time, I'll feel that
(Continued on Pag Twelve)
Radio Highlights
The play-by-play broadcast of
the Oregon State college-University
of Washington football
game in Portland Saturday after
noon will be carried by Grants
Pass station KUIN (1340 kilo
cycles), starting at 1:45 p. m.
KM ED, Medford, will broadcast
the Notre Dame-Indiana game
starting at noon Saturday.
By Associated Press
(Time is Pacific Standard)
A broadcast tonight by Presi
dent Roosevelt and Wendell
Willkie, opening the 1941 cam
paign for the mobilization of
human needs is to be via all
networks at 7:30. The president
speaks from the White House;
Willkie from CBS New York
studios.
MBS network will broadcast
a football game Saturday after
it completes the world series
description which starts at 10:13
p. m., making a total of four
contests available to network
listeners. They are:
NBC-Blue 10:45 Michigan vs.
Iowa: CBS 10:45 Fordham vs.
Southern Methodist; NBC-Red
11:15 Notre Dame vs. Indiana;
MBS approximately 12:45 Ne
braska vs. Iowa State.
Tonight, Tba War 5:15 MBS;
5:55 CBS; 7 MBS: 8 CBS; 8:30
MBS; 9 NBC CBS; 9:55 NBC
CBS.
Talks NBC-Red 4:45 Floyd
B. Odium on "Little Business
snd Defense." NBC-Blue 6:30
Charles A. Lindbergh from Ft
Wayne, Ind., America First
meeting; MBS 8:15 Rep. F. B.
Keefe on "No Cause for War."
Saturday. The War 8 CBS
MBS: 12 CBS MBS; 3:25 NBC;
3.30 CBS.
San rraortm Bailer
Ben Pranclaro, Oct. S. sr But
ter 2 tear. SSe: SI acare. Mr- BO
sects, 7e, M iccca, Uie J
Won't Be Able
To Rise Again
Fuehrer Boasts
By the Associated Press.
Berlin, Oct. 3 Adolf Hitler, home from the Russian front to
launch Germany's ninth winter relief campaign, declared today
that Russia had been so stricken she "never again will rise up"
and that "a gigantic new development" has opened on the front
in the last 48 hours.
That - development, he said,
had made it especially difficult
for him to leave his field head
quarters. "The decision now being
fought out is for the next 100
years," he shouted. Thunderous
cheers of the thousands assem
bled in the sportspalast greeted
this.
Blames Churchill
The fuehrer declared that
Germany before the war had
sought particularly to reach a
settlement with Britain but that
Prime Minister Churchill had
asked for war; that Russia had
failed to live up to her non
aggression pact with Germany
and had mobilized on the reich's
borders.
"By August and September of
last year it became clear that I
had an ener.iy at the back ready
to stab at any time," Hitler said.
He said that Russian Foreign
Minister Molotov had come to
Berlin late in 1940, seeking a
commitment from Germany on
Rumania and Finland. Hitler
said he had "declined all Rus
sian suggestions that the U.S.S.
R. extend her influence west
ward, including the Darda
nelles." The address lasted 83 minutes.
The fuehrer- asserted that
everything had proceeded ac
cording to plan since June 22,
when the German armies struck
into Russia.
He said that he had painfully
kept his silence for months
while he knew that Russia, as
he said, was preparing to attack.
Reds Underestimated
That, Hitler said, was part of
his traditional strategy of sur
prise. He added that the decision
to remain silent was "the hard
est decision of my life" but that
hundreds of thousands of lives
were at stake.
"We were not mistaken about
anything except that we did not
know how awfully big the pre
parations were against us and
how closely Europe escaped Bol
shevism," he said.
"Something like a general
awakening went through Eur
ope, however. In the north,
brave Finland. In the south,
Rumania."
Hitler enumerated the other
states which had sent forma
tions into the "crusade against
Bolshevism."
Explaining his long silence
since the Russian campaign
started. Hitler said that he could
not have spoken until "the en
emy had been hit so hard he
never again will rise up."
To illustrate Germany's mili
tary position, he said that Rus
sian prisoners now number
2,500,000.
Reds Termed Beasts
He called the Russian forces
"not human beings, but animals
and beasts."
"That is what Bolshevism
made of them."
. He devoted much time to a
tribute to German soldiers, rail
way and road builders, the labor
service, the Red Cross and other
formations. The United States
was never directly mentioned.
The fuehrer said he was not
speaking "to answer any states
men who may have been won
dering at my long silence."
His last speech was before the
reichstag at the Kroll opera
bouse. May 4, although he is
sued a long proclamation at the
start of the war with Russia.
In the customary review sec
tion of his address, Hitler said
he had not lost sight of his goal
since 1933, when he came to
power.
"What we have accomplished
is unique," be said. "We did not
need this war to place our
names in history; the accomp
lishments of peace would have
been sufficient for that.
"We never aimed at war, but
one thing is certain: we would
jConKguH fit) tH fouu
30 MILES, CLAIM
By the Associated Press
Russia reported today her Red
armies had smashed the Ger
mans back nearly 30 miles in
one direction on the Leningrad
front, overrun n a z 1 siege
trenches around the old czarist
capital, and inflicted more than
8,700 casualties from the Gulf
of Finland to the Black sea.
Aside from the 30-mile set
back for the Germans east of
Leningrad, Soviet dispatches
said Russian troops had ad
vanced from one to two miles
in counter-attacks at other ap
proaches to the city.
Red Star, the Soviet army
newspaper, said Russian forces
had stormed across the river
"V" on the Leningrad front af
ter a 10-day battle.
On the Ukraine front, 'Ger
man troops, were reported by
the Vichy radio to have forced
a passage of the Perekop Isth
mus to the Crimea peninsula,
site of Russia's chief Black sea
naval base at Sevastopol.
NEUTRALITY ISSUE
TO WAIT Bl-PARTY
CONFABJAYS P. R.
Washington, Oct. 3. (AP)
President Roosevelt asserted
again today that undoubtedly
there would be some effort made
to revise the neutrality act.
A final decision on the. mat
ter, he told his press conference,
would be reached only after a bi
partisan conference next Tues
day with senate leaders.
On the issue of arming Amerl
can merchant vessels, now for
bidden by the law, the president
said in response to a question
that he considered the statute so
definite on this point that it
would not be right for him to
try to wiggle out from the defi
nite policy of congress.
Thresh Whole Issue
He said, too, that he had given
no thought to revising present
delineations of combat zones by
presidential order.
T
THIRD BATTLE IN
Ebbets Field. Brooklyn, Oct 3
(AP The third world series
game between the Yankees and
Dodgers was postponed today by
Commissioner Landis after a
steady rain had left the field un
playable. After Inspecting the sodden
field twice, the commissioner
called all the newspapermen to
gether under the grandstand
and announced: "Gentlemen, I
have made my decision. The
game's off."
Before deciding finally, he
called both the weather bureau
and the airport and was told
there was no chance that the
sun would coma out later In the
day, and that it probably would
go right on raining.
The weather man was none
too hopeful for tomorrow's
game. He predicted continued
light rains tonight and tomorrow
with clearing skies In tha afternoon,
' Condemned
General Alois Ellas (above),
the Bohemia-Moravia premier,
has been condemned to death
by a German court at Prague
for "preparation for high trea
son and abetting the enemy."
DNB, German news agency, said
he had made a "full confession."
E
OF
By tha Associated Press
The revolt of Europe's con
quered millions erupted in new
-violence today and drew iron-
fisted reprisals in many coun
tries.
. The quiet of pre-dawn Paris
was shattered by explosions
wrecking six synagogues, with
two persons injured. Right-wing
terrorists w re blamed.
. Berlin reported that the mayor
of Prague, Otokar Klapka, had
been condemned to death by the
German people's court on
charges of plotting rebellion.
and the government of nazi-dom-
mated Slovakia decreed the
death penalty for sabotage.
German firing-squads were re.
ported crackling again in both
Prague and Brno, in the Bo
hemia-Moravia protectorate (old
Czecho-Slovakia). Prague news
papers said 18 were executed yes
terday 15 shot, and three Jews,
hanged as agents of the Ger
man Gestapo pressed a sweeping
investigation of rebellion In the
protectorate.
Thirteen editors and officers
of the former Czech army, in
cluding three retired generals,
were among those executed, the
German radio said, following
the discovery of a plot for an
armed uprising.
London heard that eight per
sons had been executed in Hoi
land for aiding British fliers
and reported that German au
thorities there had threatened
"even stricter punishment in the
future."
WAGE BOOST FOR
The county budget for the first
six months of 1942, now in
course of preparation, contains a
tentative 1 0 per cent increase in
pay for all court house deputies,
member of the budget com
mittee said today. The deputies
asked for a 12 to 15 per cent
raise In pay. Reasons cited in
the request are the cost of living.
and general rise In prices. The
proposed boost also includes the
court house Janitors.
It was explained that many
of the deputies receive less pay
than those engaged in similar
work for the city of Medford
and that It was the first increase
since they were cut early in the
depression.
The budget committee met to
day, in what was hoped would
be the last session. If that is the
case, the budget will be ordered
published, and a date set for a
public hearing, which will be
late In the month orjtarly in
flo-vaCBDaz,
American -
E
Mrs. T. W. Miles Vice
President Miss Hartley
Retained As Secretary.
By Maude Pool
(Mall Tribune Special Writer)
County Judge J. B. Coleman
of Medford was elected presi
dent of the Southern Oregon
Pioneer association at their 65th
annual meeting at Pioneer hall
in Ashland yesterday, at which
Miss Lydia McCall of Ashland,
president of the association, pre
sided.
Mrs. T. W. Miles of Medford
was named vice president, and
Miss Claire Hanley of Jackson
ville was reelected secretary,
with Mrs. Elda Anderson of
Ashland elected treasurer to
succeed Mrs. Ella Garrett of
Ashland, who has resigned.
Gwin Butler of Ashland, 87,
was the oldest of the hundred
persons, all native sons and
daughters of pioneers, gathered
in revival of those spirited days
fast receding into oblivion.
Dunn Is Speaker
Vlslonlnc tha first . settlers,
were thejr- to return, surprisedly
zipping along the modern nign
ways at such speed that help
would be needed to enforce the
speed laws, Edwin Dunn, of
Ashland, son of Senator George
W. Dunn, neatly connected the
present and past in his address
of the day.
"Our homeland Is the home
land our grandparents dreamed
of," declared Mr. Dunn, himself
a great-grandson of Isaac iuu,
a first aettler from Tennessee
in 1840. "We have played a
good part In carrying on," he
said, and stressed the necessity
of taking care of southern Ore
gon resources, game, and its
scenic wonderland. Further
making a comparison of "then'
and "now," Mr. Dunn expressed
doubt that the present WPA
system would work in with the
Ideals of the pioneers, whose
goal was to work onward and
upward. "They built well, for
the present and the future," ne
said:
After establishing homes,
often without floors and win
dows, the pioneers set about es
tablishing churches, schools.
newspapers with travelers as
their only news source, flour
mills, sawmills, and a railroad,
this pioneer son related.
Basing his talk directly on a
book of stories told by his
grandmother, Mrs. P a t r 1 c
Dunn, of the settlement of the
Ashland vicinity by that family
and others, the speaker review
ed the history of southern Ore
gon for his listeners.
Aided Railroad
He told of the item In the
family diary stating that 50
bushels of wheat were given to
ward building the railroad,
which was typical of the groc
eries, cash, lumber and other
items donated to the project
which was 19 years in complet
ing. Great agitation existed
over a cut-off from Eugene
through the Klamath country.
Mr. Dunn said, but It was the
steady work of the southern
Oregonlans that brought the
railroad through this section.
The speaker opened his ad
dress with a brief review of the
founding of the Oregon country
mentioning Marcus Whitman,
Peter H. Burnett, Lindsay and
Jessie Appi and others
connected with Its settling. He
named Scottsburg on the Ump
qua river, now extinct, as the
only trading point for southern
Oregon and northern California
In the late '40's. He mentioned
Jacksonville's gold rush after
1652, then gave in detail a few
experiences of his grandparent
in coming west from Tennessee
and taking up the claim, which
remains the present Dunn home
jGonsauaa a rage four,
Owned Ship Torpedoed
In South Atlantic; Rescue 18 Men
SOVIET TO DROP
Catholic Spokesman Urges
President To Intercede
For Full Religious Rights.
Washington, Oct. 3. (JPl
President Roosevelt disclosed
today that he had instructed
W. Averell Harriman, head of
America a mission to Russia to
take up in Moscow the question
of religious freedom In Russia.
The chief executive told a
press conference that the ques
tion also had been taken up
previously with tha Russian
government, leaving the impres
sion that this had been done
through Lawrence Stelnhardt,
the United States ambassador.
He said he had received no
report from Harriman and could
not say until he did get one
whether he thought the over
tures would result in some
success.
Washington, Oct 3. VP)
President Roosevelt was urged
in a high Catholic quarter today
to take a direct hand in influ
encing Soviet Russia to grant
full religious freedom, now that
he feels that an "entering
wedge" for such an eventuality
is "definitely on it way." -The
Reverend Edmund A.
Walsh, S. J., vice president of
Georgetown university, said "the
events of the past 24 hours con
vince me that the hour has come
for a definite and constructive
move on the part of the presi
dent of the United States."
After Mr. Roosevelt, at his
Tuesday press conference, had
described the Russian constitu
tion's religious guarantees as
essentially the same as ours,
Father Walsh had quickly de
clared that provision of the Rus
sian constitution was "nothing
but a hollow shell."
His later and mora hopeful
comment was based upon a
White House statement issued
late yesterday, declaring that
the president's press conference
remarks had been subjected to
conflicting interpretations and
some misquotations.
FROM HEART ILL
Washington, Oct. S. (V-Re-tlred
Justice Louis D. Brandeis
of the supreme court was re
ported seriously 111 today after
a heart attack Wednesday.
Justice Brandeis, now 84 years
o'd, retired from active service
on the court Feb. 13, 1939. He
was appointed by President Wil
son and served 23 years on the
tribunal, retiring voluntarily un
der the court pension act.
Tokyo Government Resents
Indies Shipments to Russia
Tokyo, Oct. 8. W) The Jap
anese, unsuccessful themselves
In obtaining a greater share of
the rich resources of Tha Neth
erlands East Indies, expressed
today In strong terms their
resentment at the colonial gov
ernment for shipping oil and
rubber to Soviet Russia.
Koh Ishil, cabinet information
bureau spokesman, told foreign
press representatives his gov
ernment would regard as evi
dence of an "unfriendly atti
tude" large-scale exports of such
i vital war materials from the
Indies to Russia, inasmuch as
Japanese trade with the Indies
is virtually at a standstill.
(Dispatches from Batavia said
tha Indies began supplying Rus
sia with oil, rubber and coffee
several weeks ago under a
pledge by Netherlands Premier
War Bulletins
Vichy. France, Oct. 3. (P)
The Vichy government an
nounced today the signing of
a treaty with Rumania by
which France will get Ru
manian oil in payment for
war materials.
Folkestone, England. Oct. 8.
(TV Frequent bomb explo
sions from tha French coast
from dusk to 9 p. m. indicated
tonight that tha RAF was
carrying out another heavy
attack on German positions.
The bombing first was heard
In the direction of Calais and
then shifted toward Boulogne.
London. Oct .3. (P Brit
ish fighter planes sank one
German anti-aircraft ship and
set three others and a supply
ship afira in an attack on a
convoy off Gravellfs today,
the air ministry announced
tonight.
SHERIFF TO MAIL
DISTRAINT PAPERS
t TAX
Sheriff Syd I. Brown an
nounced today his office would
start filing distraint warrants
on all delinquent personal taxes
October 13 with the county
clerk. The law, passed by the
last legislature, requires that
five days after filing of tha dis
traint warrant, execution must
ba taken, and enough of the
personal property sold to satisfy
tha delinquent personal tax, the
sheriff explained.
The warrants are a Judgment
against tha taxpayer and a lien
against anything ha owns, and
execution can ba taken any
time.
Tha sheriff further states the
law la mandatory and will be
strictly enforced. Before war
runts are filed, any taxpayer can
make arrangements to pay the
delinquency on a monthly basis
until paid. Sheriff Brown urges
that those owing delinquent
taxes coma In and sea him
before October 13.
The 1941 land tax foreclosure
list has been turned over to the
district attorney by the sheriff.
The list contains all property
upon which taxes are delinquent
tor the year 1937. Publication
of the list under Oregon law will
start in about two weeks and
any property not redeemed be
fore will be charged additional
costs.
If tha 193T taxes are paid
before published, the property
will be taken off the list. Sheriff
Brown said. After a decree Is
taken, owners must pay all taxes
due and owing before a redemp
tion certificate can be Issued.
Salem, Ore., Oct. 3. (AP)
Mrs. Harold D. Peterson, Dallas,
past president of the Oregon
Federation of Women's elubs to
day was appointed by Governor
Charles A. Sprague, director of
women a activities for the state
defense council.
Pleter S. Gerbrandy placing the
producU of Dutch colonies "at
the disposal of the Soviets.")
Ishil's warning was echoed In
strident tones by the Japanese
press, the newspaper Kokumln
accusing the Indies of "betray
ing Japan" and declaring Tokyo
would be compelled to adopt a
new angle In its foreign policy
if the Batavia government per
sisted In "obstinate antl-axsi and
hostile actions."
The Japan Times and Adver
tiser, foreign office organ, de
clared in a front-page article
that Informed quarters "incline
to tha view Tha Netherlands
East Indies are going to play
a role In tha execution of the
program of aid to tba Soviet
war effort worked out at the
tripartita conference in Mos
cow." -
SURVIVORS FOUND
IN LIFEBOA
TOFF
SHORE OF BRAZIL
Rescue Ship's Radio Re
veals Sept. 27 Sinking
No Details Reported,
Rio Da Janeiro ftrt .
A radiogram from th A
freiehtn- Wt Mil,,. i
- .uua hmmj lap
ported that tha American-owned,
'n-iciaieu lanxer I.
White was torpedoed 450 mjlea
east of Recife, Brazil, on Sep.
tember 27 and that tha West
NUus had rescued 18 of tha crevr
of about 41 men.
Tha survivors, all picked trp
from a tingle lifeboat, will ba
brought to Rio Da Janeiro, tha
West Nilus reported In a radio
message to tha United State
consul at Recife,
(The Standard OH Co. of If aw
Jersey, which owned the L C
White through a subsidiary, tha
Panama Traneneirt Mmnanv
ported In New York that all tha
crew were unitea Elates eiu
tens).
Tha West Nilus message galel
simply that tha 7,032-ton tanket
was torpedoed, giving no author
ity or details.
It was In nearly tha same area
that tha American freighter.
June on a voyage from New
York for Capetown, South
Africa.
Tha I. C. White was built la
1920 at Chester, Pa., and form
erlr waa of Wllmineion. Del-
registry, y
ONElLlOST
IS
L
An Increase over last year of
one mill In the tax levy to raise
the $198,783.74 called for in tha
Medford school district budget
for tha fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1942, and ending J una
30, 1943, was Indicated if last
year's valuations remain the
same.
Tha last valuation, made is)
the spring of 1940, amounted to
$10,713,577.08, according to tha
county assessor's office. Last
year's levy was IT .3 mills, and
for the fiscal year will ba a frae
tlon over 18.5 mills In case User
Is no change Li valuations.
As prepared by tha budget
committee for the fiscal year tha
budget shows an increase over
last year of $10,729, of which
$8,800 is for an approximate six
per cent Increase In teachers
salaries, according to City School
Superintendent E. H. Hedrlck.
Total amount of the budget la
$297,429.
rOO HALTS PLAlfEV 1
New York, Oct 3 (rPV-a
Heavy fog brought flying to and
from La Guardla airport to a
standstill today and forced Pan
American Airways' Atlantla
clipper to turn back to Bermuda
after flying most of tha way ta
New York.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Del Marshall be" I a little
dismayed by tha typographical
error that made his baby weigh
2Vt pounds instead of tha actual
six pounds and ten ounces, aa
what proud papa wouldn't
E. C. "Jerry" Jeroma coming
home without a deer but with m
good story thinking ha waa
hunting in eastern Oregon but
finding he had crossed the stata
Una and was stalking bucks It
Nevada.