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PAOE TWO MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON, WEDNTSDAY, JUNE 12, 1940. M'NARY BALLOT F. R. TOTAL Favorite Son Received 133, 488 Roosevelt 109,913; Garner 15,584, Report Salem, June 12. U. S Sen. Charlea L. McNary, who will be Oregon' favorite ion for the presidential nomination at the Republican national con vention which opens In Phila delphia June 24, got morevotei TO OREGON'S TASTE! WOIID'I IJlgteil ITIOMt lAtOItt ffiLa-N OUSOM I imNy WHISK II oituo at'thc "o'cstiuiW I tH DiSTULERS CORWK110 I W VQ4H.M.V. 0 I In the May primary than Presl dent Roosevelt and Vice-Prest dent Garner combined, the sec reury of state's office reported today. McNary lot 133,488 volei. compared with 109.913 for President Roosevelt and 15.584 for Garner. Republican write in votei Included Dewey 5,190, Taft 254, Wlllkie 237 and Van- denberg 36. Official Returns. Oregon's Democratic and Re publican delegations will be pledged to Sen. Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and Dew ey, respectively, for vice-presi dent. Official returns released to day include: Vice-president: Republican Dewey 1,868, McNary 1,030, Downey 649, Taft 400. Hoover 266, Vandenberg 89, LaFollette 36, and Wlllkie 20. Democratic LaFollette 2,426, Johnson 2.130, Garner 2,034, Farley 757, Hull 353, Downey 492, McNutt 293 and Wheeler 281. Republican national commit teeman Cake 66.079, Weed 37. 783, Geary 28,141, Klepper 17. 441. Democratic nationsl com mitteman Latourette 69,599, Temple 42,383. Republican national commlt teewoman Gerllnger 73,779, Runyon 61.485. Democratic na tional committeewoman Edson 36,671, Hitchman 33.961, Gavin 22.525, Nelson 18,736. Convention Delegates. Following are returns on delegates to national conven tions, four elected from the state at large and two from each congressional district: Republican At large, Met- schan 78,467, Tooze 72,798, Far rell 09,089, Stanfleld 64,453, Zimmerman. 86,413, Elliott 54. 164, McGowan 45.917, Camp bell 41.702. Brown 28,375. Fish er 27,355, and Mahood 22,245. First district Norblad 27.730, Lamport 23,084, Cordon 21,893. Bain 18, 250, Schellberg 18.068, Swensnn 1C.186, Reeter 8.912. Second district Ryan 10,261. Sayler 10,294. Peare 9.749 and Schaupp 8,!33. Third district Collier 38.733, Ekwall 36. 663. and Coughlln 22.937. Democratic At large, Ma- honey 09,683, Morrow 52,915. Langley 43.325, Hyde 47,107, Erwln 43,106, Martin 31,236, SIskel 28.231, Fitzgerald 24. 516, Cronen 24.018. Blanchard 21,038, O'Connell 19,954, Buns 17,040. and Wood 15,933. First district Smith 18895, Ulrich 18.732, Reames 17.108. McMa- han 12,442, Kirkpatrick 10,672 and Murray 9,816. Second dis trict Peterson 10,759, Boivln 8.400, Galloway 7,742, and Strayer 6,514. Third district Beckman 21.880, Epps 20,140, Sweetland 17,902, Prendergast 13.572, Baynard 9,794, Hood 7.158. and Dillard 7,111. BARM CROP L BE '39 Coast State Crop Expected to Make 13,598,000 Bu Winter Pears Heavier TW"T mm ELECTRIC COLD FOR GIVES Y00 I PLUS POWER TO KEJP FOOD SA'I tVV4 I DURING SEVERE HEAT WAVES. 2 Twice the Ice cube In half the tint. They frees In minutes instead of hours. 3 50 soring In operation cost over units of similar capacity used ten years ago. , A balonced budget "fori for itself in savings" t by your once-a-week shopping. This Is The Year To Buy Your REFRIGERATOR It Will Give You Twice the Value At Half The Cost! SEE YOUR LOCAL ELECTRIC DEALER Washington, June 12. (JPh The 1940 apple crop Is average or above in all sections except the south central. The agriculture department, In its crop summary of condi tions on June 1, predicted a pear crop of 30,853,000 bush els. In 1939 It was 31,017,000 bushels. A cherry crop of 174.870 tons of all varieties. 6 per cent below last year's record crtp, was forecast. No production figures were given for apples, but the de partment said that In the 38 states having commercial pro duction the condition was 67 per cent of normal, compared with condition of 69 per cent on June 1 last year. Rein Hurt Apples. Rain during the blooming pe riod In the Yakima and We-natchee-Okanogan districts in terfered with pollination to some extent. Better prospects than last year are indicated in Oregon with a light crop In view for California, except tor later varieties. In Washington, Oregon and California, which usually pro duce about two-thirds of the country's pear crcp, Bartlett production was placed at 13, 598,000 bushels. It was 14, 529,000 bushels In 1939. Pro duction of fall and winter pears In these three states was indl cated to be 6,345,000 bushels. It was 6,021,000 In 193U. The indicated 1940 produc tion of pears In leading states: New York 1.722,000 bushels; Michigan 1,548,000; Washing ton 6,183,000: Oregon 4.260, 000; California 9.500,000; Penn sylvania 886.000; Ohio 828,000. More Cherries. Indicated cherry production was well above average in nine of the 12 commercial states, the crop reporting board said. The exceptions were Montana, Idaho and California. For the second successive year, a record crop of sour cherries was In prospect. In creases over last reason were expected in all except Ohio, Montana, Colorado and Oregon. Sour cherry production was estimated at 108,120 tons and sweet cherries at 66,750 tons. Indicated production In tons by states included: New York 28,160, Pennsylvania 13.330 Ohio 8.710, Michigan 41.250, Wisconsin 10.950, Washington 279.000, Oregon 19,500, Cali fornia 15,400. DANCERS FISH LIFE Portland, June 12. (P) An emergency created by the worst pollution In history threatens the existence of the Columbia river fishing industry, fisher men and packers told the Ore gon fish commission today. A three-man delegation head ed by James Cellars of Astoria, official of the Columbia River Packers' association, urged funds to finance at least a year's study to determine the source of heavy slime. Cellars said the substance made nets un manageable and killed vast numbers of fish. Skater Rolls On Vancouvei, B. C, June 12. iCP) John Balaza, roller-skater extraordinary from Los Ange le. rolled out of here today for Spokane, Wash., on another leg ot a journey that has taken him 3.000 miles. The 42-year-old for mer shoemaker arrived here lart Friday from California. He is working his way around the continent. CUTS 0EADW00D FROM CURRICULA Higher Education Facilities Made Available for. Na tion's Defense Program year. Ha succeeds E. M. Smith, retired. Salaries of four athletic coaches at Oregon State col legeA. T. Gill, William Mc Kalip. Hal Mot and J. V. Dixon were Increased by amounts ranging from $120 to $420 a year. Portland, June 12 (JP) The state board of higher education approved elimination yesterday of useless and outmoded cours es from curricula of the higher education institutions. Chancellor F. M. Hunter said a curriculum committee had discontinued or changed 22 courses at the University of Ore gon and six at Oregon State col lege. Higher education facilities were made available to the na tion in the national defense pro gram. The board authorized Oregon State college to apply for $40,- 000 WPA loan for another unit to its amory and suggested the University of Oregon prepare a similar application; approved use of four schools for training 185 CAA pilots; passed a reso lution pledging cooperation with the federal and state gov ernments in all defense pro grams. Music Project Approved. A statewide WPA music pro Ject without cost to the board was approved and a $2000 sup plementary fund was created for a nutritional research labor atory at the Oregon medical school to ue used if and when the fruit growers' association decided to resume the project. The growers withdrew financ ing recently. Theodore P. . Cramer of Grants Pass was employed as business manager and assistant comptroller at Oregon State college at a salary of $4000 a A preference for state over federal supervision of the Insur ance business was expressed by Seth B. Thompson, Oregon state insurance commissioner at yesterday's weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary club in the Hotel Medford. Mr. Thompson said state su pervision was less subject to political Influence than federal supervision. State government could give closer attention to the business than the federal government, he added. Mr. Thompson concluded his first official visit to southern Oregon with his talk at the Ro tary meeting. At a dinner-meeting the previous evening he ad dressed Insurance men of J act ion and Josephine counties and Monday noon he was a guest at the weekly luncheon-meeting of the Kiwanls club, both events being held In the Hotel Medford. 2,588 CARS PEARS Pear shipments from the Rogue river valley the past year amounted to 1,863,422 boxes, or 2,588 cars, according to the report of the Rogue River Traffic association. Cannery Bartlett shipments amounted to 10,713 tons, and 36,254 boxes of Newtown ap ples were shipped. Pear shipments by varieties were: Packed Bartlettr, 402,110 boxes; Howells, 16,326; Cornice, 79.425: Bosc. 475,047; D'Anjous, 710.747; Seckels, 12,546; P. Barrys, 4,209; and Winter Nellis. 91,265. Orchardists estimate that the upcoming crop will be about the same as last year, with the Bo-c crop slightly less. Auto, Plato and Window Oltw In ulled retaon&bly. Medford pimte Glut Mirror Co, S6 So. Banlait. 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