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- Washington, D. C, May 17.
,W Ion't be surprised if the news
services carry the announce
ment that Frank Knox, Chicago
publisher and Republican candi
date for vice president in 1936,
has been offered and accepted
portfolio in the cabinet by
President Roosevelt as secretary
of the navy. The offer has been
made and Knox . is itching to
accept and the only reason he
has not snapped at the invita
tion is the advice he is receiving
from Mr. Biggies in the Repub
lican party.
As reported in this space at
the time, Mr. Roosevelt pro
posed to Colonel Knox that he
join the cabinet and the tender
was declined. Within the past
few days Mr. Roosevelt has ex
tended the invitation for the
second time and the colonel
came to Washington to talk it
over with members of his party.
President Roosevelt has in
mind something like a coalition
cabinet, but he calls it an
"American" cabinet By this
he means a cabinet not con
fined to new dealers, but in
cluding Republicans who share
his views as Knox does in the
national defense and foreign
policy. If Knox again declines,
Mr. Roosevelt may seek out an
other prominent Republican
but not Herbert Hoover.
OVERTURES to ' Col. Knox
are Interpreted by the lim
ited few in the national capital
who are aware of the Invitation
that Mr. Roosevelt expects to
continue in the White House
for the next few years of the
war abroad.
Charles Edison, secretary of
the navy, will resign whenever
the president makes the request
and thus create a vacancy for
Col. Knox. But Knox has been
warned (by fellow G.O.P. big
shots) that President Roosevelt
will run the policy of the navy,
as he has during the past seven
years, for Mr. Roosevelt's inter
est in the navy has been his
first love since he was assistant
secretary under the Wilson ad
ministration in the first world
war.
Among other arguments used
on Knox to turn down the cab
inet job was the assertion that
If he accepts, the Republican
nominating convention may as
well be cancelled out, for with
Mr. Roosevelt giving top-flight
Republicans representation in
his cabinet he would spike the
guns of the opposition during
the presidential campaign; his
foreign policy could not be at
tacked for it would be approved
by the Important Republicans in
his cabinet.
B
EING a Chicago publisher,
the colonel has an Idea that
(Continued on Page Ten.)
Cairo. May 17 iP The gold
coffin of King Tut-NnkhAmen
and other treasures of the Cairo
museum are being removed to a
safe place as precautionary
measure, it was announced to
day. SIDE GLANCES
'THTSOHE REPORTERS
Postoffice Bricklaying Fore
man Everett Vickers still being
the talk el the town for catch
ing two-pound silverside on
his anchor rope after fishing in
lrgitimatfahlon all day with
out result, friends calling him
good lasso artist.
Doc Walt Hoppe promising a
friend a huge bouquet of roses
and then not coming through
with even single daisy.
Bob an4 Betty Colvig moving
lock, stock and barrel to the
hills to take urr permanent resi
dence, they being'tlfafj of civili
zation. ,
Serge Willis Estti ailoting to
Vern Canon art Important role
In a mythical army eecpa being
formed around cllf
TO 'DIE ON SPOT'
BEFOREJETREAT
German Mechanized Forces
Continue Rapid Advance;
Situation Admitted Grave
Paris. Mar 17 (U.R) Ger
man mechanised columns are
believed late today to be
within 70 miles of Paris. They
Tipped through the Maginot
line defenses on a broad front,
protected by a vast bombing
fleet of warplanes. Huge In
fantry forces are driving for
ward behind She mechanised
columns.
Paris, May 17. P The
French armies, under orders
from Generalissimo Maurice
Guslave Gamelin to "die on
the spot rather than give fur
ther ground," battled a mas
sive German tank drive into
northern France tonight in a
clash described by the high
command as "a veritable me
lee." By the Associated Press
The German high command
announced its troops marched
into Brussels, the Belgian capi
tal, tonight and an unconfirmed
German report said the nazi
drive into France had reached
a point within 76 miles of Paris.
While a British military
spokesman said allied troops
were reported to have fallen
back along the 115-mile Meuse
river front from Antwerp, Bel
gium, to Sedan, France, French
General Maurice Gustave Game
lin, the allied commander-in-chief,
ordered his troops to "die
on the spot" rather than give up
further ground.
General Gamelin's command
came after the French acknowl
edged the Germans had blasted
out a pocket 35 to 40 miles deep,
extending to within 100 miles of
Paris.
Extremely Grave
The British public was warned
that the situation in the 8-day-old
war in the west is "ex
tiemely grave."
Earlier, the French high com
mand admitted German mech
anized troops had smashed for
ward to a point 100 miles from
Paris.
Nazi sources In Berlin said
the German campaign is now
aimed directly at Paris.
Paris itself was placed under I
rigid military control.
Authorized German sources
reported nazi sledge-hammer
blows had pierced France's;
Maginot line in a manner even,
German optimists believed im
possible." (The Germans mean the "lit
tle Maginot" line on the Franco-'
Belgian frontier, rather than the
great main fortress system di-
( Continued on Pag Pour.)
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DEFENSE EFFORTS
New York. May. 17. in
former President Herbert Hoo
ver today endorsed
Roosevelt's defense
declaring "There can be no
partisanship upon the principle
of national defense."
"The president is right that
our defense armament should
be revised in the light of ex
perience from this war," said;
Hoover. '
Hoover, who was succeeded
in the White House by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, cast aside all
partisan considerations
a n d
whole-heartedly endorsed Mr. I
Roo?e ell's billion dollar de
fense program.
Nazis Fear Fever
) In The Netherlands
' London. May 17. The
German-controlled radio rtation
at Hilversum, The Netherlands.
I in a broadcast heard in London
l today warned of "grave danger
jof typhoid fever in Holland."
The broadcast said the use or
ale of milk was prohibited un-
less it had been boiled at lexit
I three ti ties.
Ralph Williams
i
Ralph E. Williams (above) of
Oregon, veteran Republican na
tional committeeman, died
Thursday evening in Philadel
phia following a cerebral hemor
rhage. VETERAN tOP. LEADER
RALPH WILLIAMS DIES
OF
Philadelphia. May 17
Ralph E. Williams of Portland,
Ore., senior vice-chairman of the
Republican national committee
and head of the committee on ar
rangements for the party's na
tional convention here next
month, died last night.
The tall, spare. 70-year-old
westerner was stricken with a
cerebral hemorrhage while in
discussion with committee asso
ciates at a mid-city hotel. He
died in a hospital two hours
later.
Williams, whose continuous
! service as a Republican commit
teeman since 1908 was a record
unequalled by any other mem
ber of either major party, came
here April 15 to supervise
preparations for the conclave,
opening June 24.
A native of Polk county, Ore
gon, he came from a long line
of southern Democrats, but
parted from the traditional po
litical affiliation in 1893 over
the gold standard issue
Portland, May 17 (P) Ore
gon and the nation lost a "far
sighted and loyal leader" with
the death of Ralph E. Williams
Governor Sprague commented
today.
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a -R , H Cake Leslie M
Scott. Wallace McCamant,
Mil-Cor-
ton R. Klepper. Henry L.
Bnd phj, M'etscnan
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Portland. May 1 7 '.ft Pres-
! ident Roosevelt's armaments
message was "a fine, statesman-
Hike speech." Paul V. McNutt.
candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, said
nere yesTeraay. i
We are short on material."
he told an interviewer. "We
can train soldiers rapidly but
it takes time to manufacture
President armaments. The place of air
program ' planes in modern warfare has
' be.?n shown the last few days.'
BASEBALL
National
R. H. E.
4 7 4
Score:
Chicago
i New York
0 2 2
Passeau and Todd: Schumach-
er, Brown and Danning.
St. Louis 3 7 2
Brooklyn 4 8 0
Warneke. Russell. Sho'in and
Padgett: Wyatt and Phelps.
Score (11 innings': R. H. E.
Cincinnati 7 12 1
Philadelphia 2 6 1
Turner. Barrett, Moore. Riddle
and Hcrshberger: Beck, Brown
and Atwood.
American
; New York 8
Chicago 1
Breurr and Rosir;
' Dietrich and Tresh
8 0
S 1
Smith.
OLD DESTROYERS
MAY BE ADDED TO
U. S. DEFENSE LINE
F. R. Reveals Consideration
of Government Financing
Defense Material Plants
Washington, May 17. (P)
President Roosevelt disclosed
today that the government was
considering recommissioning all
remaining World war destroy
ers, 35 of them, which are not
yet in service.
At a press conference he said
also that study was being given
to the question of government
financing of plants for expand
ed production of defense ma
terials, perhaps with the plants
privately operated but government-owned.
A short time before the pres
ident spoke congress was asked
by the war department to re
move completely the existing
6,000-plane limit on the army's
airforce so that the military
may work swiftly toward the
goal of 50,000 air fighting ma
chines set up by President
Roosevelt In his defense mes
sage to congress yesterday.
Interior Factories Talked
In addition to all the other
defense problems which the
government is considering, Mr.
Roosevelt disclosed at his press
conference that attention is be
ing given to the advisability or
establishing in the interior of
the country factories vital to
defense.
That applies primarily to
new branches of existing plants,
he said, rather than to picking
up those plants now operating
and moving them from the sea
boards. Reporters remarked that most
airplane manufacturing estab
lishments now were located
along the east and west coasts.
The president discussed at
length what he expected to do
with the $100,000,000 which he
asked congress to place at his
disposal for defense operations
and the additional $100,000,000
in contract authorizations.
Things might come up during
the summer when he would not
want to call congress back, he
explained, which could be taken
care of if he, were given the
funds.
It was in that connection
that he spoke of recommission
ing the old world war destroy
ers. That is under consideration
now, he said, but he asked his
hearers to consider what would
have been the situation had the
question come up later on, after
congress had adjourned.
Meantime the war dopart-
ment asked congress today to
remove the 6.000-plane top limit
on the size of the air corps. In
1 line with President Roosevelt's
nmm; ,r . fit nf sn nnn
; arms and navy aircraft.
The recommendation was
made to ,n(, houfe mimrv
committe. by Brig Gen- L. b.
Gasscr. deputy chief of staff of
the army.
London, May 17 iP Brit
ish authorities today announced
that children who had been re
moved from London to Suffolk
county, on the east coast, would
be moved again Sunday to
Wales, in western Britain.
The order affects thousands
who were taken first out of Lon
uon at the start of the war to
save them from ai - raids.
Little Girl Asks
Cops To Stop War
Kansas City, May 17. iPi
An t year-old girl handed L. B.
, Retu. police chief, a difficult
i assignment today. In a letter
i to the chief she askvd:
"Dear policemans: The war Is
' getting on my nerves. I would
like for you to stop It " 'Slgnedt
i Betty Ruth Morris, grade 3-A,
Jefferson school.
State Police
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New state police headquarters (above), located on the Pacific highway two miles north of Medford in building erected by
the state highway department, were occupied Sunday. The new building replaces police quarters formerly located In the city
hall. The building in the right background is the highway department maintenance structure, while the radio tower Is a part ot
the short-wave system used by police, highway department and other law enforcement agencies. Standing In front of their
new home, left to right, are Capt. Lee M. Bown, Lieut. B. J. Siaats. Sgt. O. A. MacKinnon. Privates H. W. Dawson. Al Stoehr.
Jack Bearss. Clark Johnio- and George W. Albright. Standing by their patrol cars, left to right, are Private Phil Lowd, Corp.
Lyle Harrell, Privates Frank Beers, Jay Williams and Phil Slant bury. (Photo by Shangle.)
EARLY VOTE SLOW
IN CITY, COUNTRY;
PICKUP EXPECTED
Voting was slow this morn
ing in both city and country
precincts, according to reports
to the sheriff's office, who esti
mated less than seven per cent
of the vote had been cast up to
noon. It was expected that the
afternoon and evening would
bring out more citizens.
In Kenwood precinct of Med
ford, with a registration of 333,
only 40 votes had been cast at
noon. Oakdale with 261 regis
trants counted 38. In North
Main precincts with 327 regis
tered 72 votes had been cast
at 1 o'clock.
Reports from the Table Rock
districts said the morning vote
was light. The same condition
prevailed in the Sams Valley
section, and Eagle Point. They
expected a large vote however
between 4 o'clock and closing
time.
Ashland reported after a slow
start, the voting picked up
about 10 o'clock and was quite
brisk.
Portland, Ore., May 17,. JP)
Oregon voters, unimpressed
by perfect weather, stayed away
from the state's primary elec
tion polls in droves today.
The light vote was attributed
to dull contests, highlighted by
Bonneville power and third
term issues.
Scarcely a community esti
mated the total vote would be
more than 50 percent of those
registered at the most about
275,000 persons. In a few places,
election officials said the turn
out would drop to approximate
ly 35 percent although Portland
expected 65 percent to vote.
Huge New Tanks
Used By Germans
London. May 17. 0P Huge
new tanks, larger and more
heavily armed than those which
rolled through Poland last Sep
tember, were used by the Ger
mans to break through the!
French extension of the Maginot'
line in the Sedan area, a British
military source said today.. He I
estimated that the nazls used
three armored divisions each;
having about 400 tanks. j
In advance of the land col-
umn were waves of dive bomb-i
ers raking everything before j
them. Then came heavy tanks!
and the infantry. Some para
chute troops also floated to earth
behind the Frencli lines. j
Don't Forget to Vote
Registered voters of Jack,
ton county are reminded that
.he polls will not close until
5 o'clock tonight there is
Uill plenty of time to vote,
ind it is an obligation of
ood citizenship to do so.
Each voter will have two
jallots one for his party
candidates and one for the
non-partisan Judicial election
and the selection of county
chool superintendent.
B ur to VOTT'
Take Over New Home on North Highway
Bombing of Civilians 'Horrible'
Says American Ambulance Head
Paris, May 17. (IP) Miss Anne Morgan, sister of J. P. Mor
gan, said today German bombardments of civilian refugees In
northern France are "utterly horrible."
Miss Morgan, organizer of the
Friends of France committee,
was forced out of the north yes
terday by German bombard
ments while her unit, accompa
nied by cars of the American
Volunteers ambulance corps was
trying to rescue civilians.
She delegated Miss Ophelia
Tilcy. pf Essex, Conn., to report
on the work of the rescue unit
since May 10. -
One of the most star'.ling
things that the women drivers
discovered, said Miss Tiley, was
a German pilot who had been
shot down while wearing a Brit
ish air force uniform.
His back was brqjten and he
was dying in a French shelter
when the women arrived in a
little northern French town.
. "How can you justify the
bombing and machine-gunning
of women and children?" one of
the women asked him.
Miss Tiley said the pilot re
plied:
"This is war. Heil Hitler!"
Many casualties among civil
ian population were caused by
bombardments of railways and
stations, considered to be mili
tary objectives, said Miss Tiley.
Outside one town, in a court
yard, she said she saw the bodies
of two women "cut into pieces"
by machine-gun bullets.
DESPITE STRIKE
The Pacific Greyhound bus
drivers' strike remained quiet
here today, several of the
strikers with placards sitting in
cars near the stage depot.
The company's local manage
ment said all bus schedules were
being operated normally with
only the customary delays oc
curring here and there.
San Francisco, May 17. lT)
Railroad union pickets march-
ed monotonously in front of Pa-j
cific Greyhound terminals and,
shops today, as the bus lines com
pany strove to meet its regular
schedules in seven states, despite,
a strike of bus drivers.
Union spokesmen claimed at
least 450 drivers were on strike
and schedules were noticeably
below normal. Company officials
insisted only about 175 men
were striking, and asserted oper
ations were "99 per cent nor
mal." Roosevelt Gives Up
Continental Swing
Washington, May 17. '1
President Roosevelt disclosed
today that problems raised by
war abroad and the necessity
of Increasing American de
fenses had resulted in virtual
cancellation of his plans for a
swing around the country start
ing next month.
Furthermore, he told his
press conference, he would not
tarry out plans to visit his
Hyde Park, N. Y, home this
meek-end.
RELIEF
WOULD INJURE NEEDY
ROOSEVELT BELIEVES
Washington, May 17 (A1)
President Roosevelt frowned on
proposals for earmarking relief
funds today, saying that such a
practice both would lessen jobs
for the needy and lead to a
"pork barrel" legislative situa
tion. He made the observation to
reporters Just before Rep. Ditter
(-RPa) disclosed during house
debate on the WPA appropria
tion bill that an amendment
would be offered to drive all
known Communists from WPA
employment.
Rep. Celler (D-NY) announced
that he would be willing to sup
port an amendment which
would bar "communists, fascists,
nazis or anyone owning allegl
ance to any foreign prince or
potentate."
Every congressman, Mr. Roose
velt said at his press conference,
naturally would want something
for his district and the associat
ed general contractors, he added
would try to get as much as they
could for contractors.
HIGH SCHOOL BOY
Douglas Eden, Medford high
school junior and son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. A. Eden of 18
Myrtle street, fell out of a sec
ond story window at the high
school yesterday and broke his
right arm In two places be
tween the wrist and elbow.
The youth Is reported to have
been playing with a group of
friends and hanging onto the
window sill when he fell the
two stories down to the ground,
apparently landing on his right
arm. Despite the injury, he re
turned to school in the after
noon to continue taking final
yearly examinations.
Election News
The public is invited to get
local and state election re
turns tonight in front of the
Mall Tribune office on North
Fir street.
The returns will be given
over the Mail Tribune s public
address system. This extra,
free public service will start
at 8.30 tonight. Returns will
be announced as they are re
ceived from experienced Mall
Tribune reporters and the As
sociated Press and the United
Press. An augmented staff
will gather the local returns
as fast as election boards can
v 1
ECONOMISTS SEE
GOOD TIES WITH
DEFENSE EFFORT
Washington, May 17. (IP)
Administration economist pre
dieted today that President
Roosevelt's billion-dollar defense
program would have a substan
tial stimulating effect on AmerU
can industry by mid-summer.
At the same time, they prophe
sied that it would make little)
change in WPA rolls, because,
millions of unemployed men out
side relief ranks may get first
call on the new private Jobs.
Employment for billions of
dollars of idle money lying la
banks also was envisioned, aa
officials indicated that treasury
borrowing probably would be
the principal method of financ
ing the new program, even
though it might involve Increas
ing the $45,000,000,000 debt
limit.
One economist, wno la a fre
quent consultant of the presi
dent, said his colleagues believed
that business already was re
covering from the slump which
set in after Christmas and were,
optimistic about the year's out
look, even before the new de
fense expenditures were re
quested. PILOT TRAINING CAMPS
FOR 10,000 PROPOSED;
PLAN JULY 1 OPENING
Chicago, May 17. (JP) Cot
Frank Knox said today he had
been authorized by President
Roosevelt to announce a pro
ject by a group of patriotic
Americans for the establish
ment of camps for the "ad
vanced training of pilots In
military flying."
The publisher of the Chicago
Daily News, returning from
Washington where he conferred
with the president, said the
plan had been approved by Mr.
Roosevelt, the army chief of
taff nrmv air pnrni anthnritlM
and the civil aeronautics au
thority. Tentative pUns, Colonel Knox
said, provided for the opening
' of the campe by July 1 In the
nine army corps areas with the
hope of enrolling a maximum
of 10,000 young men between
the ages of 18 and 35.
PERSHING, ROOSEVELT
IN LUNCHEON CONFAB
Washington, May' 17 (Pi
General John J. Pershing, who
commanded American armies In
France In the last world war,
had lunch with President Roose
velt today.
Washington, May 17. (-P
President Roosevelt has Invited
former Governor A If M. Landon
of Kansas, Republican presiden
tial nominee In 1938, to lunch
eon at the White House next
1 Wednesday.