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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1940.
No. 77.
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Washington, D. C, June 20.
Never before has a Republi
can convention received such
a bad break. It cannot com
pete with the daily sensa
tional developments in Europe.
It is like a boy with a tin whistle
trying to divert attention from
a brass band. Compared with
the war, the convention leaves
the public cold and indifferent.
Managers of the convention
realize that at any moment
while the deliberations of the
convention are being broadcast
there may be a news flash from
London that will cause the lis
tening millions to forget the
convention.
Confronted by such a situa
tlon, delegates are converging
on Philadelphia, with many
pausing for a few hours stop
over in the national capital en
route and seeking information
as to the strength of the various
aspirants. Here, under the dome
of the capitol building, is the
way the race for the nomina
tion looks as of today:
llIOST remarkable develop-
" ment is the meteoric boom
for Wendell L. Willkie, a for
mer Democrat. In the past two
weeks Willkie talk overshadows
that for any other contender.
His candidacy is going up like
a skyrocket to the amazement
of the professional politics. At
the moment Willkie is a double
threat to Thomas E. Dewey and
Robert Taft.
When Willkle's name was
first suggested as material for
the nomination it received
slight encouragement. Outside
of the pages of the Wall Street
Journal Willkle's name was un
known to the reading public
except for a hazy recollection
of his controversy with TVA.
A utility executive, Willkie was
not supposed to have a China
man's chance; the Idea of offer
ing the head of a private power
company as a candidate was ab
surd. But somehow Willkie
caught the popular fancy and
is growing day by day.
About the time Dewey visited
(Continued on Peg Eignt.)
Panama, June 20. (JPt A
census of women and children
who might be sent from the
Panama canal zone in case of
attack was ordered ' today to be
started Immediately.
This was the first confirma
tion of the report circulated for
several weeks that the govern
ment might remove the civilian
population if danger threatened
the western hemisphere.
The registration will be han
dled partly by the Red Cross,
partly by government agencies
and headquarters of the army
and navy.
It was said that one purpose
would be to register women who
have training that would fit
them for emergency service in
a first aid motor corps or similar
wartime women's organizations
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Raymond fish being very ob
noxious to other customers
lunching In a restaurant when
he fairly pulled a counter up
by the roots.
Edith Stevens being amazed
upon waking up In the morn
ing and finding her face all
swollen up with never a sign
of pain.
Pals of Dtan (Shakespeare)
Pleper missing his cheery pres -
ence about an office for a day.
Little Nancy Anna Doerr's
small playmates anticipating her,
releae twin the hospital in
abort order.
Hitler's High Command An
nounces Capture of Over
200,000 French Prisoners
Bordeaux, France, June 20.
aP) In formed observers
say the word from Adolf Hit
ler which will govern
France's action toward er
against an armistice and
peace Is expected some time
during the night.
Bordeaux, France. 7:25 p.
m. (1:25 p. m. ESTMP1 The
French government still is in
Bordeax tonight.
By the Associated Press
Hostilities between France
and the axis armies are expect
ed to cease Friday or Saturday
at the latest the official Ital
ian news agency reported today,
asserting that French plenipo
tentiaries have started back to
Bordeaux with the terms dic
tated by Hitler and Mussolini.
The place of meeting between
the French envoys, who arrived
In a snow-white plane "some
where" In German-occupied
northern France, was not given.
Berlin, blaming "the difficul
ties of news" transmission via
Spain, said a French govern
ment communication naming
France's four peace plenipoten
tiaries did not reach the Ger
man government until 1 a. m.
today (3 p. m., PST, Wednes
day). "It could be transmitted to
the fuehrer only at 4 a. m,,'
the broadcast said.
"The high command thereupon
gave the necessary Instructions
immediately and made prepara
tions for receiving the French
armistice delegation."
200,000 Captured
Hitler's high command mean
while announced the fall of
Lyon, France's third largest
city, 200
miles north of Mar-4at
seille, and the capture of more
than 200,000 prisoners, includ
ing General Altmeyer, com
mander of the loth French
army.
Fifty thousand French poilus
from the eastern Maginot line
surrendered their arms this
morning to Swiss soldiers and
poured across the Swiss fron
tier. The German radio, in a cryp
tic report, declared that "mem
bers of the French government
are not at all agreed on the
question of laying down arms"
(ConUnued on Pag Seven.)
Cyclist Injured.
Roseburg, Ore., June 20. VP)
Richard Junsen, 19, of Tacoma,
is in the hospital here today
suffering from a broken pelvis
resulting from a motorcycle ac
cident near Wilbur. Jensen was
injured when he was reported
to have 'swerved his motorcycle
into loose gravel to avoid col
lision with a truck.
Petain, Premier of Defeat,
Tells Why France Lost War
By the Associated Press
Bordeaux, France, June 20
Old Marshal Henri Philippe Pe
tain, France's premier of defeat,
sadly told his people today they
had lost the fight to Germany
because they had "fewer friends
than In 1914-18 "fewer young
men, less arms, too few allies.
But he promised, in radio
broadcast: "We will learn our
lesson from the lost battle." He
blamed defeat on the lush years
since the World War victory
when "our sense of enjoyment
j preaominawu .rr ur .v,.
Minnie.
Petain disclosed that at the be
ginning of the "Battle of France"
the nation had but 2,780,000
troops, or 500.000 less than after
' three years of bloody fighting in
ithe World war.
In contrast with 85 British
divisions in May of 1918. he
added, there mere but ten in;
Mv of 1940.
Then he compared the 58
I Italian World war division on
REPUBLICANS NAMED
. : ,
BASEBALL I
American.
First game: R. H. E.
Boston 15 0
St. Louis 2 8 0
Galehouse and Peacock; Nig
geling and Susce.
Washington 14 4
Cleveland 12 10 1
Masterson, Monteagudo and
Early; Feller and Hemsley.
(11 innings) R. H. E.
New York 0 5 2
Chicago 1 11 0
Pearson and Dickey; Rigney
and Tresh.
National.
(12 Innings) R. H. E.
Cincinnati 3 8 1
Philadelphia 4 11 0
Thompson, Beggs and Lom
bards Hershberger; Higbe and
Atwood, Warren.
Chicago 3 9 0
New York 8 9 0
French, Root, Olsen and
Todd; Schumacher, Melton and
Danning.
Pittsburgh 8 12
1
1
Boston 7 15
Butcher, Brown and Lopez:
Fette, Coffman, Errickson and
Berres, Masi.
INJURE NINE IN
GERMAN OFFICES
New York, June 20. (JP)
Two explosions, both apparent
ly caused by bombs, occurred
within an hour today the first
in the offices of a German bank
ing firm and the second in the
building housing the principal
offices of the communist party.
Nine persons were injured in
the first blast on the lath floor
17 Battery place, which
houses the German consulate
and other foreign agencies and
shipping concerns.
Witnesses said bomb se
creted in a package wrapped in
brown paper exploded in the
4-room suite of a German for
eign exchange firm.
Persons in the East 12th
street building housing the of
fices of the communist news
paper, the Dally worker; ban
Browder, general secretary or
the community party, and the
national and New York state
headquarters of the party, ex
pressed a belief a bomb explod
ed there in a ground-floor or
basement store.
First reports said no one was
injured in this blast, but that
the sound was heard through
out the building.
Another explosion was re
ported at 344 East 12th street,
the office of the deputy super
intendent of plant operations
and maintenance of the city
board of education.
the side of France and the 42
from the United States with the
present: Italy an enemy, Amer
ica a neutral.
French planes in the battle of
France were outnumbered by
the enemy one to six, he de
clared. The hero of Verdun concluded:
"I was with you In your days of
glory and I am and will remain
with you in your days of sad
ness." He explained why he had
asked for peace.
"I took this derision," the old
marshal of the World war de
clared in a radio broadcast to
the nation, "because the military
situation failed (to Justify) our
hopes based on the line of the
Somme and the Aline.
"General (Maxime) Weygand
regrouped our armies. His name
alone was a presage of victory,
However, the line gave way
and enemy pressure forced our
troops to retreat
i "On June 11 I asked for an
j armistice
LARGER AIR FORCE
Rear Admiral Towers Says
Former 10,000 Maximum
Inadequate for New Plan
Washington, June 20,
After hearing testimony that
10,000 planes would not be ade
quate for a proposed two-ocean
fleet, the house naval commit
tee recommended today a navy
air force of 15,000 planes.
The testimony was given by
Rear Admiral John H. Towers,
chief of the naval air corps, who
recalled that a lately enacted
law put a 10,000-plane ceiling
on the navy. But that, he re
minded the committee, was be
fore a new $4,000,000,000 ex
pansion of the fleet, designed
to give it the size of a two-
ocean navy, was projected.
The committee agreed to have
Representative Maas (R., Minn.),
who first advocated the 13,000
plane figure, offer the necessary
legislation as an amendment
when the bill providing for the
new fleet expansion comes up
in the house.
" The navy now.jr has about
1,800 airplanes, Towers told the
committee. There- are 1,600
others on order, he added, and
bids were opened yesterday for
an additional 1,000. He said it
was proposed to buy approxi
mately 3,100 with funds which
will be available for the year
starting July 1.
CRATER RIM ROAD
OPEN TO TRAFFIC
The highway around the rim
of Crater lake was to be opened
to traffic today, according to a
notice received by mail from
Crater Lake national park head
quarters today. j
It is the earliest date in the
park's history for the opening
of the rim drive. Warm sun
shine and fast work by snow
removal crews combined to en
able the park administration to
open the roafl ten days earlier
than had been anticipated.
All public campgrounds in the
park are now available for use,
though there is still only lim
ited space at the rim camp
ground, the notice said. Progress
was reported toward the open
ing of the crater wall trail.
Because of road construction,
the south entrance road be
tween the south boundary of the
park and Annie Spring will be
closed to traffic in tne nrsi ween
of July. The east entrance road
will be used during the closure.
London, June 20. IV A
Nazi air fleet authoritatively
put at considerably more than
100 planes, dumped hundreds
of bombs on England, Scotland
and Wales lart night and early
today in the most extensive air
raid of the war on this island
kingdom.
At least eight civilians were
killed and "some sixty" Injur,!.
the government announced. It
was the second raid in as many
days on Britain and. consider
Ing the number of bombs drop
ped, the r ported damage was
light.
British airmen exacted their
toll of the raiders downing
three bombers while other air
craft were .the government re
ported, wrecking hangars and
destroying aircraft on the
ground at German-occupied air
ports In France.
T Munich Greets Chieftains of Axis iKNOXANDST
Meetina in Munich to confer
foreground) and Benito Mussolini
after II Duce's arrival. This picture was radioed to new York
WINDSORS ESCAPE
TO NEUTRAL SPAIN,
IS MADRID REPORT
London, June 20. (IP) The
ministry of Information an
nounced tonight:
"It is a ridiculous suggestion
that an order has been made
or contemplated for the arrest
of the Duke of Windsor."
Madrid, June 20. Pl Un
confirmed advices from San Se
bastian, Spain, said tonight It
was reported there that the
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
either have entered Spain or
are expected shortly.
The reports said also that
former Premier Picrlot of Bel
gium and former Foreign Min
ister Bonnet of France also
were among fugitives to Spain.
Cannes. France, June ' 19.,
tP)-(5:30 p. m. 11:50 a. m
E ST. delayed) The Duke of
Windsor left his Riviera resi
dence by automobile today
headed for Spain. The Ameri
can-born duchess already "had
departed.
The duke had been In the
south of France since late May
after leaving his post as liaison
officer between the French and
British armies.
With the duchess, he was
staying at their villa at Cap
d'Antibes, near Cannes.
Officials In London denied,
however, that he had left the
army and, on June 8, said he
was visiting French troops on
the nearby Italian border and
would return shortly to "the
headquarters of his mission."
This "mission" was not ex
plained. Shortly before the duke do
parted today, he was reported
to have told the British consul
at Cannes he did not plan to
return to England, but probably
would go to Spain.
There are several hundred
Americans on the Riviera and
they have been besieging the
consul at Nice for a means to
get out of France. The consul
has asked a United States war
ship to take the Americans
away. Many have been waiting
months for Spanish or Portu
guese visas.
Pickets Give BalL
McMlnnvllle, June 20. (JPh-
Six pickets arrested on charges
of unlawful picketing at the
Engl At Worth sawmill here,
were free under $100 bail each
today to await grand Jury
action.
TO NAVY, WAR
(
on the French peac bid', Adolf
(left, beside him) tide through
Isolation Hope Dangerous Folly
Declarer Hull
Cambridge. Mass., June 20.
Hull, lashing out at what he called "the massed forces of lust
for tyrannical power," asserted today there could be "no
more dangerous folly" than to think that America's achieve
ments could be preserved by isolation.
Without naming any country.
or individual by name, Hull
declared in an address which
concluded Harvard university's
304th year, that already "na
tion after nation haa been
crushed Into surrender, over
run and enslaved by the exer
cise of brute force combined
with fraud and guile."
"And," he continued, "as the
dismal darkness descends upon
more and more of the earth's
surface, as its menacing shadow
falls, blacker and blacker
athwart our continent, the very
Instinct of self-preservation bids
us beware."
,The secretary of state said
fhls' country had "the power
to meet that menace successful
ly if we, at this time, face the
task which Is before us in the
same spirit In which former
generations of Americans met
the crises that confronted them
In their times
Hull declared his belief that
Isolation from the rest of the
world would be "folly."
"Our -American history has
not been achieved in isolation
from the rest of mankind," he
asserted.
TO
Tokyo, June 20. (JPh-France
had acceded entirely to Japan's
demands for the halting of
transportation of war supplies
through French Indo-Chlna and
has agreed to permit Japanese
Inspectors to enter Indo-Chlna
to make sure that the traffic
ends, the foreign off lea an
nounced today.
French Ambassador Charles
Arsene-Henry told Vice-Foreign
Minister Masayukl Tank that
for many months nothing but
trucks of petroleum had been
passing into China by way of
Indo-Chlna and since June 17
these also had been banned.
Drop Resort Plan.
Baker. Ore., Juno 20. (JPh
Plans for construction of
lodge and recreational center
at Anthony lakes by the WPA
have been dropped, Blaine Hal
lock, president of the Anthony
Lakes Playground association
announced today.
Hitler (right, in automobile la
crowded streets of Munich shortly
from Berlin.
in Harvard Speech
(JPh-Secretary of State Cordell
G.O.P. NONPLUSSED
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Philadelphia. June 20. (JPh
John D. M. Hamilton, Repub
lican national chairman, declar
ed in a formal statement to
day that Henry L. Stimson and
Colonel Frank Knox, named to
President Roosevelt's cabinet,
now "owe their allegiance to the
President and hereafter will
speak and act in that capacity."
By W. B. Ragsdale.
Philadelphia, June 20. (JPh
Word that President .Roosevelt
had named Henry L. Stimson
and Frank Knox as secretaries
of war and navy, breaking 'un
expectedly today upon dele
gates meeting for the Repub
lican national convention, left
them breathless and uncertain.
Alf M. Landon of Kansas
paid a tribute to Stimson and
to Knox, the latter his run
ning mate in 1938, and said
they had followed . their own
"consciences" but that he hoped
they had not been misled by
any assurances given them
about a third term. :
Herbert K. Hyde of Okla
homa, chairman of the resolu
tions committee, said appoint
ment of the two Indicated Mr,
Roosevelt was leading the coun
try Into war. He added that
no coalition government could
be considered under a two
party system unless that were
true.
Meanwhile, opposition was re
ported developing In the reso
lutions committee to any plank
advocating United States assist
ance to the European democ
racies now at war.
TAYLOR SERIOUSLY ILL
BECAUSE OF OVERWORK
Rome, June 20. (V-The
condition of Myron C. Taylor,
President Roosevelt's represen
tative to the Vatican, was de
scribed last night by attendants
as serious, but not alarming,
His Illness, ascribed partly to
overwork, has kept him in bed
at bis villa in Florence,
POSTS
COALITIONjFFORT
Roosevelt Announces Wood
ring's Resignation As War
Department Secretary
New York, June 20. (JPh
Henry L. Stimson declined any
comment today on hla nomina
tion as secretary of war.
Reached by telephone at his
Long Island home, he said ha
did not know the nomination
had gone to the senate and
added: "I would rather not
make any comment at this time
and I certainly shall have nona
until I hava been to Washing
ton.
He said he had no Immedi
ate plans to go to the capital
and would wait until the sen
ate acted on the nomination.
Washington, June JO. (JPh
President Roosevelt took steps
to form coalition cabinet to
day by submitting to the senate
the nominations of Colonel
Frank Knox to be secretary of
the navy, and Henry L. Stimson
to be secretary of war.
"Knox, publisher of the Chi-,
cago Dally News, was republi
can vie presidential candidate
in 1936. Stimson was secretary
of stato In the Hoover adminis
tration and secretary of war un
der President Taft.
The submission of the nom
inations was accompanied by
White House announcement
without amplification that Sec
retary Woodring had resigned
his cabinet portfolio, effective
on senate confirmation of the
nomination of his successor.
Letter Too Personal
White House officials did say
that Woodring 's letter of resig
nation was "so personal" that
the usual custom would not bo
followed and it would not be
made oublic.
Knox . will succeed cnarios
(OonUpuea on Pe s9fM.)
DENTISTS DEBATE
ADVERTISING LAV
Portland, Juno JO. (JP) Tho
long-debated controversy over
dentistry advertisements envel
oped the opening session of the
Oregon Dental association'! 47th
annual convention today.
Dr. Leo M. Bolre of Port
land .association president, con
demned "evasion" of the 1933
state amendment and asserted
"dentists are ttlll allowed to
advertise in the most blatant
manner the fact that they give
credit, and also to emphasize
the desirability of dentures."
"The dental board has ex
hausted all possibilities of regu
lation under tho present law,"
he said In his annual report.
"Further improvement will re
quire more legislation."
ILltUOOQ
Washington. Juno 20.-
The war department disclosed
today that plana wero being
made to order approximately
9,000 reserve officers to acttvo
duty, and indicated that addi
tional thousands would bo re
quired ai the regular army la
further expanded.
Most of tho reservists art ex
pected to bo youthful first and
second lieutenants, particularly
recent graduates of tho reserve
officers training corps. They will
servo Initial terms of alx montha
or on year. Most of them are
expected to bo ordered to duty
July I. .