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AX! House-Cleaning When hoawclMolnf time rullt round, chance are there an antral thlnst In your home that ar , if "In Ih. war" . , h ni lu.trtlw them In tha Trf-ia claulfltd and bate dm extra spending monejf The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday; Tuesday cooler. Temperature 111 chest yesterday . t Lowest this morning , 91 Tribune FORD Full Associated Press C .nilad Press Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1940. No. 80. Med BE Ml MW SIM ffl SIR; .mm mmm nwm . a a k Washington, D. C, June 24. If Oregon doesn't get some of this war business beg pardon, national defense it will be the fault of Oregon people. The mat ter of finances need be no handi cap. Reconstruction Finance Cor poration is willing to furnish 75 percent of necessary capital If local banks will put up 25 percent. RFC figures that any time a local bank will risk 25 percent it is a safe proposition and the government agency can provide the balance. In a way, this policy of RFC places the banks on the spot. Aside from local capital ini tiating local enterprises, there is the possibility of eastern con cerns establishing branches. From one to four motors are required for each of the inter ceptor planes and bombers. Most of these engines are manufac tured In the east and must be transported across the continent. Government men are consider ing suggesting to the Pratt 4c Whitney company, at East Hart ford, Conn., to locate a branch in the northwest. One of the major financial or ganizations of the United States is ready to furnish $20,000,000 if an outstanding authority makes a report showing the feasibility of a steel industry. This report, however, would have to be paid for by local people. T TNLESS Bonneville can at- tract Industries it may be difficult to obtain further ap propriations to install the re maining units of the project or funds for extending the trans mission lines. Best talking point for any proposed appropriation is that it fits into the scheme for national defense and unless such a connection is shown the money will go somewhere else. Furnishing electricity for waf fle irons is not as essential to defense as providing power for an industry which is, for ex ample, manufacturing the brass shells for the artillery, or ferro chromium (for stainless steel). (Continued on Page Four.) Lad, Aged Eight Is Hero Of Fire Olympia, Wash., June 24. (IP) Eight-year-old Donald For strom dashed into his burninc home today and carried his baby brother to safety. The baby, 14 months old. had been left alone in bed by the mother, Mrs. Theodore For strom. Donald, romping with play mates in a lot near his home. saw the roof in flames. He ran inside the home and res cued his little brother. SIDE GLANCES bT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Verne Kolfe and Glenn Ar thur (Mike) Gibbons spending most of a highly sociable even ing bellowing at each other about non-social i.othings. Mcl Starnes and Raymond Miksche reminding a friend that they enjoyed a sojourn at Dia mond lake; also. Doc Art Loeffler adding di? nity. grace and tune to an off pitch vocal sextette. tn Thnrnrltk havinff al most as keen eyes as hubby I Eugene as she detected a natch- er walking off with a piece of her fried chicken dinner. Beulah Richardson being slightly off in tha diagnosis of t dog I plight Republic io inira or oize Without Seaports Berlin, June 24. (P) Adolf Hitler, in a proclamation to the German people tonight thanked God for his victory over France and ordered flags to be flown in the German reich for 10 days. Berlin, June 24. (AP-via Radio) Divine services have been ordered by the French government in Bordeaux for Tues day morning in connection with the cessation of hostilities, the German radio reported from Geneva tonight. The serv ices will be attended by all members of the Marshal Petain government, and by President Lcbrun. Bordeaux, June 24. (IP) Armistice conditions upon which Germany and Italy ended the war against France will be an nounced in France, Germany and Italy simultaneously, approxi mately 48 hours after the firing ceases, it was announced here tonight. Br the Associated Press France and Italy signed an armistice today, preluding the end of hostilities between the defeated French republic and the Nazi-Fascist axis powers. The "cease firing" order, end ing France's 10-month participa tion was officially set for 1:35 a. m. Tuesday (6:35 p. m., E.S.T. today.) Meanwhile simultaneous Ger man and Italian offensives were launched against the front and rear of the French Alpine army in southern France. Poilus Seek Escape Tens of thousands of French poilus were retreating toward Mediterranean ports, reportedly seeking to escape to North Africa and carry on the fight from there. The axis-dictated peace would find Germany occupying all of France's western coast. Italy the southern coast and the French republic in strait-Jacketed vassal age as a virtual ally of Germany against Britain reduced to one third its former territory. Italian troops meanwhile push ed into France from Mont Blanc to the Mediterranean sea, Mus solini's high command said, and threatened to smash through the French line in the Maritime Alps. The French high command re ported, however, that Italian at tacks were thrown back with heavy losses. Fascists said Italy, as her share In the spoils, would demand to occupy all France'i Mediterran ean coast and later establish a "buffer state" In southern France. Without Staportf This seizure, coupled with Ger many's occupation of France's western seaboard from Dunker que on the English channel down the Bay of Biscay to Spain, would leave France without a single port. Against stubborn French re sistance. Nazi troops marched on down the beaten Republic'i At lantic coast as far as the mouth of the Gironde river, the Ger man high command reported. La Rochelle and Rochefort were captured as the Germans neared Bordeaux, French provis ional capital, while further north the invaders reached the vicinity of Poitiers and took "a steadily growing store of booty. Southeast of Lyon, which lies only 200 miles north of France's Mediterranean port of Marseille. German columns reported break- (Conunued on Pag I'.gnt.) $14,843,967 IN Washington, June 24 The Red Cross war relief fund totalled M4.843.967 today. Late contributions Included $23,000 from the Bethlehem Steel cor poration and SI. 123 from in mates and employes of the Jack son, Mich., state prison. U. P. Trains To Speed Up Portland, Ore.. June H. iP) Speeding up of Union Pacific railroad trains from Portland to ! Kansas City and Spokane wan i announced today by Frank W. IRobinson, traffic vice president, Reduced FROM FRENCH IS SLICED BY CENSOR Bordeaux, June 24. (IP) The last French high command communique covering hostilities of the war tonight said slight progress had been made by the Germans. It was reported the govern ment would move (here four words were censored) to a point in the area (here seven words censored) where It could remain until final peace terms are negotiated (here five lines censored). The German armistice terms allow the French government to move to any point in the German-occupied area, even to Paris if it desired, and remain there until final peace terms are negotiated. London, June 24. (IP) Gen eral Wladyslaw Sikorskl, Polish prime minister, announced In a broadcast tonight "the great body of our armies, safely back from France, is landing on the shores of Great Britain." The general did not disclose the size of the Polish force, but pledged it to "continue the fight, shoulder to shoulder, with the powerful British empire for a free and independent Poland. London, June 24. (IP) Harold Nicolson, parliamentary secretary to the ministry of in formation, asserted in a broad cast tonight that "the day will come, and not so tar a islam when the air will be under our command." British resources, he explain ed, were "far greater" than those of Germany, and "our pi lots are of far better quality." Browder Loses in Court of Appeals New York. June 24. iP The U. S. circuit court of ap peals today affirmed the con viction of Earl Russet Browder, general secretary of the Com munist party In the United States, of wilfully using a pass port obtained by false state ments. Browdr was sentenced four years' imprisonment and fined S2.f)0 upon conviction by, I a federal Jury last January H.1 G 0 pt Figures in I NDUSTRALIS T u. 8. aid for the democracies has been endorsed by Wendell Wlllkle, 48, Indiana-born utilities mac aate aeeklnr Republican nomi nation for the presidency. ATTORN EY Early voting atrencth haa been forecast for Thomas K. Dewey. M, N. T. dla trlct attorney with flair for spectacular trials. He comes from Owess. Mich. MGUEANDPM WILL VII AIRPORT AT 9:20 TOMORROW The public was reminded to day that Gov. Charles A. Sprague and party of officials will be at Medford municipal airport tomorrow morning from 9:20 to 0:50. With his group, the governor Is making a quick air tour of the state to publicize the Salem centennial celebra tion July 31 and August 1, 2, 3 and 4. The official party will be greeted by Mayor C. C. Furnas, H. S. Deuel, vice mayor, and Frank P. Farrell, city attorney, for the city; County Judge J. B. Coleman and Commissioners Ralph Billings and William , p fof the county court; ,nd Mark A. Goldy, vice president. Eugene Thorndike, treasurer. and Ben E. Harder, director, for the Jackson county unnmoer ui Commerce. In the absence of the chamber's president, Glenn L. Jackson, Mr. Goldy will give the address of welcome. The public is at the airport to greet the w cmor and his party. Largest Elephant Dies of Old Age Philadelphia, June 24. AV Lizzie, largest elephant at the Philadelphia zoo, died today of old age. Josephine, another of the lo- f C (l vsil if v. toical zoo's elephants, is the of- , ficial mascot for the Republican nation a I convention, which opened uway. S0L()NS QppQSg WILLKIE Convention Limelight DARK HORSE ?-Dopesters at rest keeping an eye on Rep, Joseph W. Martin, 65, Massa chusetts publisher and House Republican leader. He's perma nent convention chairman. REPEATER f -Pressing Dewey In ballots at C.O.P. con vention will be Sen. Robert A. Taft (above), 50, of Ohio, whose father was a President and V. 8. Supreme Court Justice. London, June 24. OP) The British air ministry announced tonight new attacks on railway junctions and airdromes in Hol land and Germany, The communique said: "Yesterday daylight attacks were made by our bombers on railway junctions and airdromes in Holland and Germany. 'Three of our aircraft are missing. "Last night attacks were con tinued on military objectives in Germany. These included muni tions factories, marshalling yards and railway Junctions in Mecklenburg, the Ruhr and the Rhineland. Heavy damage was done. Our aircraft returned safely." j pRT Qp puff:T QFF FOR PANAMA CANAL Honolulu, June 24. (IP) Some elements of the U. S. fleet, it wai learned todav. will leave invited to beaftrr nightfall In the direction of the mainland. Unconfirmed rumors were that the vesse's were going to the Panama canal. The fleet has been concen trated In Hawaiian waters since the 1940 maneuvers closed two months ago. LaGrande, June 24. CP) Wallowa county lost 198 In pop ulation during the last decade, W. W. Sirrine. district census supervisor, said today. The 1940 total is 7,018. KEYNOTER Accent youth will Harold E. Staaaen, 13, coventor of Minnesota, live the Republican convention. He's to be the keynote speaker, if hailed as a liberal. WILLING-No surrey of Republican presidential aspi rants can overlook Miehlfan'i Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberf (above), 5. who may give Taft and Dewey a good race. VIC MACKENZIE IS SERGEANT AT ARMS AS CONCLAVE OPENS Philadelphia, June 24. (IP) Pacific northwest delegates had an excellent view of the open ing today at the Republican na tional convention. Oregon dele gates were In the third row. All cheered national chairman John Hamilton when he opened the convention, Oregon was honored by the election of Victor MacKenzlc, of Salem, as temporary sergeant at arms. William Ekwall of Portland, was selected to nom inate the state's favorite son. Sen. Charles McNary. All three delegations were de luged with telegrams to sup port Wendell Willkie but most members said they were unim pressed. Nat Brown, Yakima, commented that "It looks like all the telegrams came from the same source and wa are not in terested." Oregon's delegation received a wire from L. R. Tceple, of Portland, treasurer of the Re publican state central commit tee, that "all should go for Will kie for president, McNary for vice president." Ekwall withdrew from the rules committee because of his selection to nominate McNary and Norblad was named to suc ceed him. W. E. Saylor. Pen dleton, was elected to the per manent organization committee. JlUJHiyjiyJW 1INGE TAKES OWN LIFE AT ROGUE Mark L. Hetrick, 53, Found With Rifle Wound in Head III Health Seen Cause Mark L. Hetrick, 53, of Port land, world war veteran and member of Portland Post 1 of the American Legion, was found dead at Rogue River Sunday morning and the county coro ner's office officially listed the death as suicide. The body, lying on the back porch steps of the Wilfred Josey residence, was discovered at 10:30 a.m. by Glen Birdsie, milkman. Hetrick, according to the coroner'i office, had shot himself in the mouth with 22- callbre Remington rifle, the bul let coming out the top of his head. ,n No Notes Left Hetrick left no notes of any kind. The coroner'i office, after an investigation In cooperation with state police, Rogue River authorities and Deputy Sheriff Denton Clark, said there was no apparent motive other than 111 health. Hetrick, a mining engineer, had been in Rogue River for three days at the home of B. D. McClung, with whom he was In terested in a mining claim being worked on tha McClung pro perty. Mr. McClung totd authorities that Hetrick left the house about 8 a.m. and didn't return. Later, Mr. Birdsie, delivering milk, found the body on the back steps of the Josey house, where Hetrlck'a son, John, was resid ing. Mr. and Mrs. Josey and John were spending the day In Crescent City, Cal., and did not learn of the death until they re turned. mtes In Portland The body will be shipped to Portland tonight for cremation and services under tha auspices of Portland Post of the Ameri can Legion. Besides his son at Rogue Riv er, the deceased is survived by his wife, Lucille, who Uvea at 3722 S. W. Condor avenue, Port land, and by another son and a daughter, both of Portland. Willkie 'Blitzkrieg' Takes GOP Convention by Storm But Old Guard Unimpressed Br R. W. Ituhl Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Juna 24, Spl. Tha big show has opened, as usual an hour late, and with tha usual 3-ring circus fanfare. But one feature Isn't as usual, the political "blitzkrieg" of ona Wendell Willkla who to data has literally taken the place by storm. - If Wlllkle Isn't nominated, and all the old guard wise boys say h can't be. it will be the most deplorable waste of food material slnca tha Passamaquoddy project Not only the material Willkie provides, which la the highest grade the O. O. P. has been offered In many years, jut in the strong and spontaneous enthusiasm he alone of ill candidates has been able to arouse. These competitors, nonplussed and resentful, claim thli popular tide of feeling has been whipped up, power-made and readymade, but It hasn't been. It has sprung up all-spontaneously all over the country and has now been focused here, zreetlng the man wherever ha goes. Wa know, for wa have been there. It doesn't seem posslbl the Republican party will be so dumb as to throw away this material and this golden opportu nity, but you never can tell, tha Old Ouard is opposed. Already there Is a rival candidate coalition to get him. And while the elephant never forgets, he has so often failed to remember. T Y Willkie Takes 14 Votes From Gov. James of Pennsyl vania; Convention Speeds Philadelphia, June 24. (IP) Rep. Frank B. Keefe, of Wis consin said today that at a meet ing of "about 40" Republican members of the United States house of representatives "one after another unequivocally ex pressed" opposition to tha nomi nation of Wendell WUlkia for president. After tha meeting, a statement was Issued over the signature of eight members. Including Keefe, saying the convention would be called "to nam a man whose personal views and public state ments are such that he can run effectively on a platform in har mony with the Republican rec ord in congress." Convention Hall, Philadelphia. June 24. (IP) A new Willkie invasion of another candidate's camp developed today In thia 1940 Republican convention called to choose a presidential nominee and frame party policy. A bloc of 14. favorable to Wen dell Wlllkle developed In the big Pennsylvania delegation of 72 which was pledged to Gov ernor Arthur James. Already inroads had been made by the utilities man into the forces of Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Senator Taft of Ohio. The fresh Wlllkle support de veloped when Frank J. Harris of Pittsburgh, leader of the west ern Pennsylvania group, said 14 delegates with whom Willkie had breakfast, probably would swing from James to Willkie after tha first or second ballot Convention Hall. Philadelphia, June 24 (IP) Moving at a swift pace, tha Republican ' national convention disposed of prelimi nary routine In a 40-mtnute ses sion today and headed for the real work of picking a candidate for the presidency. Demonstrations were few in the convention hall. Alt M. Lan don, of Kansas, the 1936 nom- (Continued on Fat Bfht.)
