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Washington, D. C, May 18.
There Is no blinking the fact
that the people of the United
States are in for a heavy tax
burden under the program for
national defense. Herr Hitler is
doing that much In affecting
American life. In addition to
raising funds for defense it will
probably only be a matter of
time when credit will be ex
tended to the allies and Amer
ican citizens will again be call
ed on to help finance the war
in Europe.
California's Hiram Johnson Is
trembling witli rage and ap
prehension as he watches steps
being deliberately taken to re
peal or amend the Johnson act,
which prohibits any country re
ceiving credit or selling its se
curities in the United States un
less they have paid their world
war debts to Uncle Sam. This
act Is one of the obstacles the
allies wish removed. In an
adroit manner the suggestion
has been put out by column-
ists for several weeks. These
writers were doing the spade
work.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt has of-
fered an expanded defense
program and doesn't care where
the money comes from to meet
It. That is the job of congress.
Pat Harrison, of . Mississippi,
chairman of the senate com
mittee on finance, say there
will be no new tax bill this
session. This merely means
postponement. O r e g o n's Mc
Nary wants the cost for the de
fense program to come from
the concerns which will make a
profit on war materials.
Predictions as to adjourn
ment date have been aban
doned. Present session may run
into August, with recess taken
during the Republican and Dem
ocratic conventions. Mr. Roose
velt states that when and if
congress adjourns he wants
Senator McNary, Republican
leader In the senate; Represen
tative Joe Martin, Republican
(Continue? on Page Eight.)
State, National
Jackson rounty voted in 5J
precincts as follows for Repub
lican national and state offices
in the primary last Friday.
National Committeeman
Cake, 1.633.
Geary, 889.
Klepper. 251.
Weed, 940.
National Commltleewoman
Gerlinger, 1.575.
Runyon, 1,728.
Delegates National Nominating
Convention
Bronn, 623.
Campbell, 1.015.
Elliott, 1.338.
Farrell, 1.476.
Fisher, 742.
Mahood, 520.
McGowan, 1,008.
Metschan, 2.056.
Stanfield. 1.897.
Tooze, 1,891.
Zimmerman. 1.254.
Delegates National Convention
Bain, 593.
Cordon, 1,379.
Lamport, 1.370.
Norblad 879.
Beter, 1.586.
Schellbcrg, 776.
Swenson, 633.
Prtiident United States
McNary, 3.211.
Electors
Boehnke, 2.709.
Crandall, 2.747.
In t(a lis. 2.818.
Johnson, 2.696.
- Sawyer, 2.794.
Representative in Congress
Brown 369.
Mott. 3.428.
State Treasurer
Cook. 771.
Hill. 1.124.
Scott. 1.665.
Attorney Ceneral
Van Winkle, 3.255.
La Grande, Ore., May 18.
fPi Gerald Pyle. 8, walked
into the side of a fuel truck
p here late today and suffered
severe head and body injuries.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Pyle, La Grand.
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Newbury Tops Miller by 201
County Judge, Commis
sioner Contests Close.
Complete unofficial returns
from all 69 Jackson county
precincts tabulated late Satur
day revealed two contests for
county offices, and second place
In the circuit Judgeship race fo
Jackson and Josephine counties,
that will require the official
count to decide.
The nip and tuck races were
for county commissioner on the
Republican ticket, with Arthur
E. Powell, mayor-editor of Cen
tral Point, holding a six-point
margin over George Gilman,
dairy operator of the same dis
trict; between Ralph Billings, of
Ashland, and J. B. (Blin) Cole
man of Medford, for county
Judge, with Billings ahead by
87 votes, and between W. T
Miller of Grants Pass, and Don
R. Newbury, of Medford, for
second place and run-off honors
In the circuit judgeship. New
bury leads in th unofficial
count by 201 votes.
Herbert Hanna lead the cir
cuit Judge race with a total of
4,679 in the combined complete
unofficial vote of the two coun
ties. The vote between New
bury and Miller was:
Newbury, 3.463. "
Miller, 3,262.
Newbury's lead, 201.
Newman's vote was 1,874.
The count for commissioner
with Powell leading by six
votes is:
Powell, 1,305.
Gilman, 1,299.
Sixty-four precincts out of 69
gives the other commissioner
candidates the following:
Iverson, 1,059.
Kubli 1.014.
Truax, 482.
In the county Judge contest,
the total count stood:
Billings 2,734.
Coleman, 2,647.
Lead for Billings, 87.
The unofficial count was tab
ulated by the county clerk's
and sheriff's office from elec
tion statements and reports
turned in by election officials.
In their respective races, both
Billings and Newbury received
strong majorities in the Ash
land, Bellview, Barron and
southern county precincts and
made a strong race in other
districts. Newbury rolled up
a 600 lead over Miller in the
Ashland district.
County Clerk George R. Car
ter said last nieht the counting
board, composed of Charles Gay.
Mrs. Artha Beers and Mrs.
harry Marks, would start the
official count tomorrow morn
' itig.
State Totals
Robert Campbell, 33.365.
Individual tabulations:
Congressman. 1st District
(747 of 836 precincts)
Kenneth A. Brown, 9.834.
James W. Mott, 57.023.
Congressman, 2d District
(382 of 414 precincts;
Rex Ellis, 10.253.
Roy W. Ritner, 9.618.
Congressman. 3d District
(333 of 443 precincts)
Homer D. Angell, 35.946.
State Treasurer
(1.462 precincts of 1.693)
Floyd J. Cook. 20,630.
Earl Hill, ,2.867.
Leslie M. Scott, 62.480.
National Committeeman
(1.462 of 1.693 precincts)
Ralph H. Cake, 53.925.
Arthur M Geary. 24.428.
Milton R. Klepper, 13.951.
Thurlow McNary Weed. 33.428.
National Commltleewoman
(1.451 of 1.693 precinctsl
Mrs. George T. Gerlinger,
60.205.
Florence A. Runyon, 50,996.
Delegates at Large
Four to be elected.
(1.448 of 1.693 precincts)
Fred W. Bronn. 22.936.
I (Continued oo Je Keren.;
ALLIES
imary Winners
Republican
For district attorney. Georce
W. Neilson. e
For assessor, C. A. Myers.
For coroner, Henry W. Con
ger.
For constable, Nick Young.
For representatives, W. M.
McAllister and E. T. Newbry.
Non-Partiian Ticket
For school superintendent. C.
R. Bowman.
The Close Ones
Complete unofficial returns
gives Ralph Billings a lead of
87 in the Republican race for
county judge.
Arthur E. Powell leads
George Gilman by the narrow
margin of six votes for com
missioner. Non-Partiian
In the circuit Judge race, Don
Newbury has a lead of 201 votes
for the runner-up position.
In these three contests, it
will take the official count to
decide the winners.
Five Killed
In Imperial
Valley Jolt
El Centro, Calif., MBy 18.
iP) At least five persons were
killed, scores were injured and!
widespread property damage
was caused by a series of earth
quakes which shook the Imper
ial valley tonight.
In the city of Imperial, ap-
. , ! .. 4UA anlnanl.. nf th
quake, four person, were killed!
in the collapse of a grocery
store on the principal business
street, and another was killed
at El Centro when a wall of the
El Centro hotel at Fifth and
Main streets fell across the
street.
The known dead in Imperial
were:
Juanita Blevens, 18.
Mrs. Ben Mullens,
Rudine Mullens, 3, her daugh
ter. Mullens, 5, another daugh
ter. The El Centro victim was an
unidentified man.
' Walls of the Imperial city
hall, which houses the fire and
police departments, collapsed
buot no one was injured. The
walls of the old Imperial thea
ter, vacant at the time, also
collapsed. Many other build
ings were damaged.
Heavy after-shocks were con
tinuing in the valley late to
night. At Brawley, the shock
buckled street pavements,
wrecked two bridges over the
New river and broke glass in
downtown store building's. No
one was reported Injured there.
Telephone lines throughout
the Imperial valley were dis
rupted and police and sheriff's
offices were hampered in mak
ing an accurate survey of the
damage.
TIGER MUSICIANS
Spokane, May 18. (Spl.l
Mtdfnrd hlch school band"e eastern section ot me coun-
Dlaced second in the second di-
vision of class B bands In the
music-competition festival here'
today.
Burton Isaac on the drums
and the trumpet trio of Reginald
I iter. Douglas Pickell and Ross
V. ebb rated superior in the
National Music contest held yes
terday in Spokane, Wash., ac
cording to a telegram received
here by E. H. Iledrick from
V'ilson Wait, director of the
Mrdford high school band.
The band itself. Alpha W'hil
lock on the oboe and Richard
Schuchard placed excellent.
btanley Jones on clarinet and
Hi gh Scovllle on saxophone
I rated third. In signing the
I telegram Mr. Wait wrote, "I am
I satisfied."
SEE SLACKENING IN WAR
urn nnn nuninr
NMINMN mU
FOR PROSECUTOR;
Present Deputy D. A. Leads
Fliegel by 640 School
Head Given 713 Margin.
Deputy District Attorney
George W. Neilson, in complete
unofficial and partial official
returns from 64 precincts out
of 69 In Jackson county, has a
lead of 640 votes over Joseph
F. Fliegel In the Republican
nomination race for district at
torney. The count:
Neilson 2.281
Fliegel 1.641
Neilson's lead 640
Neilson showed his greatest
strength in the Ashland district
precincts, while maintaining a
margin in the other sections.
For the county school supor
Intendency on a non-partisan
ticket, the unofficial count was:
Bowman 3 283
Larson 2.570
Bowman's lead 713
Larson showed tretth in
precincts which recently voted
upon the school re-organization
pian, with Bowman taking a
strong lead in Ashland, Med
ford and Jacksonville precincts.
C. A. Myers, in the unofficial
returns won the Republican
nomination for assessor over
Harry N. Lofland, with a ma
jority of 1,304. Lofland polled
1.432 with 14 precincts to hear
from. Myers polled 2.736 votes.
For representatives in the
lower house of the legislature,
incumbents William M. McAl
lister of Medford and E. T.
Newbry of Talent polled the
highest votes in the primary, as
follows:
McAllister 3.206
Newbry 3,158
Ariel Burton Pomeroy of
Central Point polled 994 votes.
George R. Carter, unopposed
for county clerk on the Repub
lican ticket, in 55 precincts re
ceived 2,702 votes.
Henry W. Conger won the
Republican nomination for cor
oner by a majority of 749 over
Frank Perl. In 57 precincts
Conger polled 2,531, Perl 1,882
votes.
For constable for the Med
ford Justice of the peace dis
trict, Nick Young, Incumbent,
defeated Albert Stevens by a
majority of 886. Young tallied
1,916 votes; Stevens 1,030.
VETOED UP-STATE!
Portland, Ore., May 18. (F)
Complete returns from more
than half of Portland's 392 pre
cincts tonight Indicated the city
had rejected a proposal to form
a people's utility district by a
2'4 to 1 margin. ,
Washington county towns and
y Polled an adverse vote to
PL'D there. Yamhill county
voted against a fuu, mcom -
plete returns were 1949 against B. Poyer of Ashland polled 523
and 1788 for. votes to 423 for Otto L. Caster
Coos county voters rejected of Phoenix, former commission
a district, 4991 to 2921. Wheeler er. It was the only contest for
and Nehalem counties voted
, .fiii.tin with the Till-
mUUK I JLJ. a-tllllUIII .tUUIII
also disapproved proposed
l. niT. r : i Mn...4U
district.
Sawmill Burns.
Eugene, Ore.. May 18. 'U.R county, present national com
Authorities today estimated , mitteeman was trailing Flavel
damage at !50.000 after a fire ! Temple, also of Multnomah
had gutted the mill of the Vln-
i cent Lumber company
near
The
, Marcole late yesterday
mill employed a crew of 59
men. Cause of the fire was
not known.
M'NARYS VOTE
TOPS ROOSEVELT
BY WIDE
Preference
Ballot Places
Garner far in Rear Cake
Committeeman Choice.
Portland, May 18. P) Sen
ator Charles L. McNary, Ore
gon's "native son," appeared
tonight to have attracted more
ytnes an . "csiacni nooscveit
m aimc primary election presi
dential preference balloting.
With only a few scattered
precincts unreported, the vet
eran senate minority leader.
unopposed for the Republican
nomination, polled 96.526 in
1.337 of the state's 1.693 pre
cincts. Roosevelt, drawing relatively
littht support at the start, piled
up an impressive total over
Vice-President John Nr.nce Gar
ner, his Democratic opponent.
In 1,400 precincts in the state's
36 counties Roosevelt received
56,254 votes to 12,300 for
Garner.
Mott Easy Winner
However, McNary nearly re
gained the position he held
early in the race when he was
given Sjiore than the combined
Kooseveii-uarner totals.
The election assured Roose
velt of Oregon's 10 votes for
Democratic renomination. Mc
Nary's candidacy will be pressed
to its ful'ost extent, according
to law, by Republican dele
gates. With 747 of 836 precincts
reported, Congressman James
W. Mott, Salem, Republican,
hud a total of 57,023 against
9,834 for Kenneth A. Brown,
anti-Jewish candidate, for the
first congressional district nom
ination. Mott's opponent in the
general election will be Charles
A. Robertson, West Salem, un
opposed Democratic candidate
A token vote of 14,102 piled
up in the second district for
Congressman Walter M. Pierce,
La Grande, unopposed Demo
crat. Rex Ellis, Pendleton Re
publican, appeared assured of
nomination over Roy W. Ritner,
Pendleton, to match Pierce this
full. Ellis polled 10.253 votes
iu 382 of 414 precincts to 9,618
for Ritner.
Mrs. Honey man Choice
Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman,
Portland, Oregon's first woman
in congress, made a good start
on her come-back by winning
22.678 to 13.673 over Ashby C.
Dickson, Portland, for the third
district Democratic nomination.
One-fourth of the district's 443
precincts, all small, remained
unreported. She will meet Con
gressman Homer D. Angell,
unopposed Portland Republican,
in the general election.
Ralph H. Cake, Portland, was
far ahead of the field for Re
publican national committeeman
(Continued on Page Twelre.)
POYER LEADS IN
ONLYJP TILT
On the face of return from
t 23 of the 69 precincts In Jackson
county for county commission-
jer on the democratic ticket, t.
a county oirice on tne aemocra-
i tic ticket.
in inninor nnrriocraiic coir
'
! test in this county, something of
a suronse developed, when the1
same 25 precincts showed How-!
ard Latourette of Multnomah'
county by a vote of:
Temple
' ,i;
Latourette
The count on the democratic
ticket In the rounty was side -
tracked due to lack of contests.
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The flames of war returned io Belgium. - according to
British censor-approved caption on this picture sent by cable
from London and showing flames pouring from houses in
Namur. Belgium. The British claimed the fires were started
by incendiary bombs during a German air raid.
Hanky's Daughter -in -Law
Found Hanged in Bathroom
Seattle, May 18. (P) Mrs. Ellen Kerr Hanley, 25, socially
prominent wife of one Seattle attorney and daughter of an
other, was found hanged in a bathroom at her parents'
Broadmoor district home here late today.
Her mother, Mrs. William Z.l
Kerr, told police officers Mrs.
Hanley had been In ill health
and had been living apart from
her husband while recuperat
ing. Her husband is Edward P.
Hanley, Jr., attorney, member
of the exclusive Arctic club and
son of a wealthy mining oper
ator recently involved in sen
sational court action here.
Mrs. Hanlcy's body, hanging
by a dressing gown cord from
a ceiling ventilator, was dis
covered by liremen who forced
an entrance through a window
when called by Mrs. Kerr. The
mother said she becime alarm
ed when Mrs. Hanley disap
peared into the bathroom of a
seldom-used suite in the home.
Police Lieutenant Leo P. Hcm
ler said Mrs. Hanley's wrists
had been slashed with a kitchen
knife, then bandaged, apparent
ly when she decided to hang
herself.
Hemler said two notes were
found,
Kerr.
The text, in part:
"Please try to forgive me,
some day. I know you can
never understand what I have
done to you, because I can't
understand it myself."
The other, Hemler said, ask
ed that medical attention be
summoned for Mrs. Hanley's
slsWr when news of the death
was given her. The sister Is
Phyllis Kerr, University of
Washington Instructor.
Her husband, Edward, was a
witness several weeks ago for
his mother In a court action
she brought to set aside an
agreement by which E. P. Han
' , . . . .
ley. Sr.. transferred I control of
his extensive Washington and
Alaska canning and mining in
ierests to his associate, Jo E.
Most.
Friends of the Hanley family
recalled last night that Mrs.
! y o , , ,J i h .
i nuuc nivvi wiicy. fine .
members of thi Hanley family
, her husband is prominently
known here.
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F. D. R. WILL ACT
TO SPEED PLANES
NEEDED BY ALLIES
Washington, May 18.
President Roosevelt was said
authoritatively today to have
decided to put the adminis
tration's force behind efforts to
speed deliveries of American-
made warplanes to the hard-
pressed allies.
Informed airmen said means
to hasten completion of more
than 4,000 planes which Britain
the war itarted wou,d f((ure
indus'rial leaders with govern
ment officials Monday.
Discarding the usual restraint onree"- ."e'a", "um,"' w" '7
when new appropriations may Percent indicating fir. hawrd
be spent, an appropriations sub-
committee sped a $1,827,491,724
army bill toward senaie action
today after Inserting a provision
to make the full sum available
for emergency defense purposes
as soon as the measure becomes
law.
The measure, as approved by
ti;e military subcommittee, car
ried both regular army funds
and emergency appropriations
asked by President Roosevelt
Thursday as part ot his unprece
dented peacetime rearmament
program. Emergency funds in
cluded a lump of S132.000.000
to be spent at the president's
own discretion.
Means Month Earlier
Ordlnarllv the funds would'
not become available until the
beginning of the fiscal yeai July
1
but Chairman Thomas (b-
Okla.) reported that the subcom
mince wiii iii me uicmiin.'i,
to mane an lunos avau.o.e ..,
(Continued en rage glares.) j
TIDE
3 INVADERS MIDWAY
3 BETWEEN CHANNEL
AND CtTYOF PARIS
Antwerp Engulfed and Nazis
Within 60 Miles of Paris.
Reynaud Sees Gravity,
By the Associated Press
Germany's wartlde of men
and machines engulfed Antwerp
and was reported by the Nazis to
be within 60 miles of Paris last
(Saturday) night.
The British and French pro
fesa.-d, however, to see some
slackening of the unprecedented
assault In its ninth day.
The indicated German posi
tion, widening and deepening
simultaneously toward the west
and south, puts the Invaders)
roughly midway between Paris,
one apparent objective, and the)
channel ports. Ideal bases for
direct assaults on England.
Wedge Widened
The French said the main
fighting was in the vicinity ot
Guise and Landrecles, about 90
miles from Paris.
(In the World war the Ger.
mans were stopped at the out
skirts of Paris.)
They admitted a widening ot
the German-held portion of
France, and Premier Paul Rey
naud told the nation that the)
situation was "grave".
Reynaud himself took over
the ministry of war and national
defense, named former premier
tdouard Daladier foreign min
ister, and chose Marshal Henri
Petain, 83-year-old World war
hero, as vice premier in a gen
eral cabinet revision.
Munitions plants went on
24-hour work schedule.
German planes bombed rail.
way stations and highways la
the Paris region, but were driv
en away from the city itself,
with one-fourth of their IS
raiders reported shot down.
Nasi Oil Depots Bombed
The British royal air force)
announced bombing of German
oil supplies with heavy damage)
in Bergen, Norway; Bremen and
Hamburg, Germany.
The angered Germans said the,
British killed 29 civilians in
Hamburg and 11 in Bremen in
raids on non-military objectives.
DNB, official German new
agency, hinted that these deaths)
would not go unavenged.
The British reported success
also in aerial bombing ot Ger
man columns west of Namur,
(Continued on Pace Twelre.)
The temperature climbed to
a top of 90 degrees yesterday
to give Medford its hottest day
of the year. Previous maximum
was 86 degrees, recorded Friday
and on May 9.
Lowest yesterday was 47 de-
J1" WM,her w" predicted
for today-
BASEBALL
Silverton, Ore., May 18. (IP)
Silverton defeated Medford
10 to 8 in a free hitting Stat,
league baseball gam. her. to
night. R. H. E.
Medford 8 5 5
Silverton 10 14 3
Rego, Williams and Hawkins;
JubiU, Yackey and Mo.
Coast
San Francisco
S 4 I
s is a
j Hollywood -.
Stutz, Guay and Botelho; Bitt-
ner and Dapper.
14
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Seattle
1
L)jkt ind rn,nd. Wtbbrtt
Schrlbner, Ttt. and Campbell.