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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10th in a series of historical
documents put out by the State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.
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