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o (I u EIGHT MEDFORD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Auguit I, 1937 Nazis Planned To Use Duke of Windsor To Restore Peace, Documents Disclose By WILLIAM GALBRlITH United Presi Correspondent Washington on if Germany had conquered England, would the Nazis have tried to restore the Duke of Windsor to the British throne with hii Ameri can &ife? This tantilizing question was raised by some long-secret Nazi documents just made public. The captured papers show that im portant Nazis were toying with such ideas while Britain was battling for its life. According to the scheme hatched by Nazi Foreign Min ister Joachim vc-n Ribbentrop, the duke was to have been a valuable instrument in making peace with a defeated Britain. Ribbentrop, later hanged as a war criminal, was reported to have been encouraged in his plan by the duke's alleged ad miration of Hitler. The duke, the documents said, was bitterly opposed to the war and Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill's conduct of it. He also called his brother. King George VI, "quite foolish" and was ready at one point to break with him and English policy. En Route to Bahamas The captured documents cov er the period of June 23 to Aug. 31, 1940. The duke and his wife, Baltimore divorcee Wallis V-'ar-field Simpson, were then in Spain and Portugal, en route to the Bahamas where the duke was to take over as governor. Publication of the papers, 10th in a series of historical documents put out by the State Department, was approved by the British, French and Ameri can governments. Department officials cautioned, however, that the documents, solely of Nazi origin, give only one side of the picture. On July 11, 1940, Ribbentrop sent a message to the Nazi en voy in Spain, Eberhard von Stohrer, saying the duke then in Madrid should be informed of Germany's plan to use him in peace negotiations.- The Nazi plan was to keep the handsome duke, and the wife for whom he had abdicated the British throne three years be fore, in a remote area of Spam until he could be used as an in termediary between the . two warrfjig nations. On July 25, Stohre- messaged Ribbentrop that a Spanish in termediary had outlined the proposals to the duke and duch ess. The papers said both "gave evidence of astonishment." Enmeshed in Convention "Both appeared to be com pletely enmeshed in the conven tional way. of thinking," the en voy reported. ". . . They replied that according to the English constitution this would not be possible after the abdication." After six weeks of plot and counterplot, the duke and Wally left for the Bahamas. One document said Windsor claimed that Churchill threat ened him with a court martial if he refused the post. The Nazi minister in Lisbon quoted the duke as saying any disobedience "would disclose his intentions prematurely, bring about a scandal and deprive him of his prestige in England? "The statements of the duke . . . included an expression of admiration and sympathy for the fuehrer," the papers said. .Another message from the minister in Lisbon said Windsor was convinced war could have been avoided had he remained on the throne. Grade School Junior High Concert Tonight About 145 grade school and junior high school youngsters will present an open air free band concert in the old city park at 8 p.m. today. The grade school band of 70 students and junior high band of 75, have been under a five week summer music program spon sored by Medford public schools. John Drysdale, high school orchestra director, was in charge of the summer session and will direct the concert tonight. The bands will present a varied pro gram. Tomorrow morning, members of the beginners' band will be heard in a recital in the high school band room beginning at 9:30 a.m. A group of 20, this band had also been in the five week program. Drysdale will direct. The two programs end the summer music program of Med ford schools. i Newsprint is Canada's biggest export, followed by wheat. Deliverymen Assist In Bag-Thief's Arrest Cambridge, Mass. W Oil deliverymen Abraham Spinetto and Harold Waelde were eh route to a customer when they stopped to give a woman a much needed assist. Mrs. Mable Ray, 42, of Cam bridge was wrestling with a handbag snatcher as the oil truck caught up with her. Spinetto and Waelde stopped their truck, jumped out and col lared the thief, holding him un til police arrived. Ashland Woman Observes 102nd Birthday Wednesday Ashland The 102nd birth day of Mrs. Harriet Ambrose was observed in Ashland yester day by friends and relatives who called on the long-time resident. Still active and mentally alert, Mrs. Ambrose was born in Pennsylvania six years before the beginning of the Civil War. She fills her "time with read ing crocheting and "puttering" among the many plants in her room at Crosby nursing home on Granite st. She said, she reads mostly books and magazines, but that she no. longer finds pleasure in daily papers, because "there's so much wickedness and trouble in the world that I don't want to iad about it." Mrs. Ambrose, whose husband Jacob died seven years ago, was born in 1855 at Clarion. Pa., liv ing8there until after the Civil War when she traveled with her parents and family by river boat from Pittsburg to Hannibal, Mo. She met her husband at Avalon, Mo. and the couple homesteaded in Kansas before going north to Montana and later to Portland. Two of their five children are living, Mrs. M. E. Paget, Port land, and Keith Ambrose, San Diego. Mr. and Mrs. Paget are in Ashland for her birthday. Over 400 Thousand Visit Corning Glass Coining, N.Y. (IB The Corning Glass Center chalked j up an attendance of nearly 415, 0C0 persons during 1956. The number of visitors, up al most 25 per cent over 1955, in cluding the two-millionth per- I son to make the admission-free j tour five-year-old Jimmy Fel- j land of Berkley, Mich. ! The Glass Center, subject of ; a network television show that displayed its workings and ex hibits to millions of viewers, had its biggest crowd ever last Aug. 21 when 8,147 visitors were counted. "ENJOY THE FINEST MEATS IN MEDFO RD SINCE 1940" ALL OF OUR MEATS ARE INSPECTED! SWIFT'S PREMIUM Grange News Shady Cove Grange The Shady Cove Grange had a potluck supper at the home of Mrs-. Thelma Reining on Rogue river Wednesday evening. Cards were played on the patio after supper. Delia A. Littlefield Publicity Upper Applegate Grange Sunday, Aug. 4, will be a work day for Upper Applegate Grange, it was decided at the regular" business session of the order on July 26. At that time, brother Gail Buffington will be present with a road grader to assist in clear ing the grounds. Other clean-up activities are also scheduled and a pot luck luncheon will be served at noon. Participating members and friends are asked to report at the hall at 10 a.m. William Nostrand, chairman of the House committee, stated that the redwood paneling need ed to complete the interior of the meeting room and stage, is new in Crescent City, and it is hoped it may soon be delivered to the hall for installation. De lay in receiving this material, in addition to the fact that very few Grangers are abie to vol unteer their labor during the summer season, is responsible for the present unfinished state of the building, it was pointed out. It is hoped that a date for formal dedication of the hall can be announced in the near future. Two open house pro grams, one for Grangers of the area, and one for non-Grangers, are being planned for presenta tion as soon as the dedication ceremonies are held. Balloting for candidates re sulted in the election of- Hest ' er and Ruth Knudzen of Cop per, to membership. They will be obligated in the First and Second degrees of the order at the first meeting in August. Sister Flossie Meyers Garner, who has been residing in Ari ' zona and Texas for the past several years, was welcomed home, and stated she does not intend to leave the Northwest again. i The relief committee report ed Brother Gail Buffington has improved sufficiently from his recent' severe illness to be able to- resume his work with the county road crew. Report of the agricultural com mittee included a brief resume of the proceedings of the State Water Resources board in Med ford July 1 in relation to the Porter flood control bill; and the contemplated transfer of the Agricultural Experiment station from its present site, near Ash land, to the Hanley farm which Jackson county is purchasing for this purpose. It was also an nounced that the Salvation Army will gratefully receive for use in its Medford transient shelter surplus fruits and gard en vegetables and other edible farm products including such it ems as last years canned fruit, jams, jellies, pickles, etc., sur plus bacon drippings, and fresh beef bones left from animals butchered for home use. Ad ditional information may be se cured by calling the Salvation Army in Medford. Chairman Edna Sawyer pre sented her quarterly report for the Home Economics committee, showing a membership of 18 in the Home Economics club which now meets the second Monday of each month at 10:30 a.m. The report also described a num ber of activities carried on by the club members for the good of the order and the community, as well as several projects to foster international friendship and good will. Attention was called to the information sheets regarding the Grange canning contest which were posted in j the meeting room. i All Grange members and non-, members who have performed j volunteer work on the new hall and all Grangers who have worked on the Ruch community church are requested to turn in the total number of hours work ed to Worthy Master Menno Bachmann in order that he may j promptly complete the sum-: mary report for the National ' Community Service contest, in which Upper Applegate Grange I is entered. j Clarification of the measure, ' passed at the last session of I the Oregon State Legislature, j pertaining to free text books I for private and parochial schools j was made by legislative chair man Anna Scott, who stated that : the text books have been sup plied fret by this state to all standard schools since 1914, with students in private and paroch ial schools being furnished with the same texts as those purch ased for public school use in the districts. The new measure merely revises certain qualifi cations as to classroom space in standard schools in order to be elegible. for the free texts. Sister Scott also reported on personal interviews with State Senator Phil Lowry and Repre sentative Bob Duncan regarding the controversial House Bill 163, which relates to school district reorganization. She stated that each expressed independently the opiniqn that, although this measure has some imperfections it unquestionably moves in the right direction. Final arrangements were made for annual church Sunday and the picnic to follow. These occurred July 28, when Grange members attended morning worship in a body at Ruch Com munity church at 11 a.m., and then adjourned to the Grange hall tpr a picnic luncheon. The Secretary's quarterly re port, read by Sister Irene Culy, indicated a present total mem bership of 73 in Upper Apple gate Grange, and an average meeting attendance of 32 for the quarter just completed. The literary program, present ed under direction of Lecturer Gladys Williams, included roll call with each member stating his or her middle name; a wom en's relay race; piano solos by Mary Beth Ramsey, and accord dion numbers by Katherine Byrne. Composing the host commit tee, which served refreshments following the program, were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Williams of Medford. In August, Upper Applegate Grange will resume its regular schedule with meetings being held Aug. 9, and 23 at 8 p.m. Fresh LARGE SIZE-WE CUT 'EM UP FRESH WHEN YOU BUY THEM. TREAT YOURSELF TO A FINE STEAK CUT FROM OUR "CHOICE" EASTERN CORN FED STEER BEEF Ask Anyone!! SLICED Bacon "Swift's Worthmore Brand" -NO LIMIT FOR 500 LBS.- FRESH Sliced aSmon All Center Slices A Real Treat Large fT Fancy (I J 1 U Ocean I I Red If )J 7 b Chinook xJJ 1 Salmon "Choice" Steer BEEF ROAST Center Shoulder Cuts Lb. 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