The Weather
forecast; Fair tonight and
Wednesday, cooler n'edoeftdaj.
Temperature
High TMtfrdav i
Lou ett this morning , 64
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Washington. D. C, June 23.
With open charges thnt Presi
dent Roosevelt is heading a war
party, public sentiment is again
vacillating. When the Presi
dent made his Charlottesville
speech, letters to congressmen
v demanded that the Allies be
fiven everything in the way ol
assistance. Some well-known
Oregon people even Insisted that
congress declare war (among
them, Oregon state officials).
At the cause of the Allies col
lapsed and the public realized
the Allies were doomed to de
feat, sentiment changed, as re
flected in correspondence to the
lawmakers. No one likes to
put money on a dead horse and
where as a few weeks ago the'
public favored giving guns and
planes to the Allies, a terrific
protest was registered when ex
posure was made that the
speedy motor torpedo boats of
the navy had been given to
the British.
With the Allies headed for
defeat, the public is beginning
to insist that instead of giving
munitions away, the United
States should keep these things
for its own defense. It has
dawned on the people that the
United States has no surplus
war material and has not
enough to equip its own army
or navy.
A PPOINTMENT of two Re-
publicans, Colonel Frank
Knox as secretary of the navy,
and Henry L. Stimson as secre
tary of war, both avowed in
terventionists, increased the fear
that the administration has be
- come a wnr party and state
ments from the White House
, that their appointment was only
to unite the country, has not
been convincing. (This makes
four cabinet officers drawn from
Republican ranks, for Ickes was
a Bull Moose Republican when
appointed, and Wallace was a
Republican.)
The reaction has been a set
back to President Roosevelt
(based on letters and telegrams
(Continued on Pag Nina.)
'Argentina Fleet
To Patrol Coast
Buenos Aires, June 23. (IP)
The ministry of marine order
ed the Argentine fleet today on
patrol duty along the entire
1,500-mile coast of Argentina,
cancelling at the last minute
naval plans to leave for Buenos
Aires for declaration of inde
pendence celebrations.
The fleet had prepared to
leave its base at Puerto Bel
grano, 350 miles south of here
early today on the annual trip
to attend the celebrations
July .
League of Nations
Aides Get Notice
Geneva, June 23. (IP) The
League of Nations gave today
what appeared to be its next
to last gasp.
All 89 employes still clinging
to their Jobs In the great
Palace of Nations were notified
by Secretary General Joseph
Avenol that they must resign
before June 30.
SIDE GLANCES
br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Cimmissioner Ralph Billings
going out to the airport to greet
the governor and his party In
the tallest cowboy hat ever seen
west of Cheyenne, the headgear
being matched, however, by the
sparkle of Charlie Sprague's
wit and the brilliance of Earl
Snell's shirt.
Commissioner William Perry
learning why planes always
take off In the same direction
at the Medford airport, thus
combining pleasure and edu
cation. Ken Denman pulling a Tom
Sawyer on his pal. Jimmy
Moore, by inviting him to go
fishing and then making him
help pick cherries first.
Adrienne Steward so engross
ed In arranging pretty frocks
that she completely dircgarded
three commands to do some
thing els
MED
Republican
Tha Rapublican national convantioa was tha ordar of business with these men, chairmen
of the Republican national committee subcommittees. They are conferring with All Landon,
presidential nominee in 1936. Reading right from Landon they are: Judge Thomas Guthrie,
lowai Glenn Saxon, Connecticut; Lawrence C. Phlppt. Jr., Colorado) Thomas O. B. Flynn,
West Virginia) Jay C. Hormel. Minnesota) George W. Pepper. Pennsylvania) Roy Vtiousek.
Hawaii) Herbert K. Hyde. Oklahoma.
Fleet, Planes Going to Axis Petain
NAVAL TRAINING
FOR VOLUNTEERS
STARTS IN JULY
Washington, June 25. (P)
President Roosevelt announced
today a program for voluntary
training of men 19 to 26 years
old who ultimately would re
ceive commissions as officers in
the naval reserve. Arrangements
have been completed for start
ing the program in mid-July.
Five thousand young men will
be trained annually, the presi
dent said.
Three battleships will be made
available about July 16 for
cruises, after which men who!
qualify through examinations
will be eligible for a three
months course of instruction
which would put them in line
for commissions as ensigns in
the naval reserve.
The chief executive dismissed
questions about movements of
the fleet with the word that
there was no news coming from
the White House on that score.
Likewise, he said he had heard
nothing of the possibility of es
tablishing a South American
squadron of the navy.
Dispatches from Hawaii yes
terday said several units of the
fleet, Including an aircraft car
rier, had steamed away in the
direction of the mainland. Asked
whether that meant trje navy
was coming through the Panama
canal into Atlantic waters,
Stephen Early, presidential sec
retary, said:
"I asked the president about
that this morning and all he
said was 'no news .
Alaska Clipper-
Reaches Juneau
Seattle. June 25. IP) Pacific
Alaska Airways announced its
' Alaska Clipper, with its first
payload of 20 passengers and
airmail left Ketchikan at 9:37
a. m. (PST) today and arrived
at Juneau lat 11:43 a. m. The
plane left here yesterday and
stopped overnight at Ketchikan.
Confesses Holdup
Grants Pass, June 23. IIP)
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Portland has signed a statement
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rell said Tuesday. Buckley was
arrested Monday night when he
left a bus at Glendale and was
brought here.
Fire, Water Damage
Ontario, Ore.. June 23. (IP)
Fire and water damaged two
i business firms here yesterday
Flames of undetermined origin
j destroyed the Justright Cleaning
j company while water from fire
department nozzles penetrated
the Miles Clothlne store and'
thm Tnrn in,-.,ii..(.
on placed total damage at $15, -
(000
FORD
Full Ataociatad Pratt
Policy Makers
London, June 25. (IP) Marshal Petain, premier of subju
gated France, told his people in a broadcast tonight that un
der the terms of the armistice "our airplanes and our fleet
are coming under the control of Germany and Italy."
Petain, in the broadcast!
heard here, said the German
advance had shown the Ger
mans to be far better prepared
and ."overwhelmingly superior"
in every .department.
He said that in the second
battle of the Aisne-Somme, 60
French divisions, without forti
fications, faced a "terrible"
force of 150 German divisions
with motorized units.
This would be about 900,000
men pitted against 2,250,000.
Petain added, "The enemy
crossed the Loire, and then the
remainder of France was de
fenseless." By the Associated Press
France will be held under
German-Italian control without
any definite peace terms de
spite the armistice until Ger
many has settled her score with
Great Britain, the German news
agency Dienst Aus Deutschland
said toaay.
"The actual peace negotia
tions . . . are likely to be ush
ered In only when the still open
German-English conflict is con
cluded," the agency reported.
The newly-signed armistice
terms, It said, were entirely
apart from the future peace ne
gotiations. German and British bombing
planes struck with renewed
fury today as peace stilled the
battlefields of vanquished
France and a total of some
5.000,000 French, German and
Italian soldiers quietly obeyed
the "cease firing!" order.
Prime Minister Churchill told
the house of commons In Lon
don that France's Premier Mar
shal Henri Philippe Petain vio
lated the "most solemn assur
ances" to Brintain that the
French fleet would never fall
into German hands.
BY
Salem, June 23. (IP) The
state supreme court disbarred
two attorneys permanently to
day because they had been con-
victed of felonies. They were
, G Ankeli, portlandf Kn.
tenced to a year and a half to
McNeill Island federal penlten-
tiary for kidnaping: and T. J.
, Enright, of Medford, senten
to stRtc prison for f i aery.
fcnright was sentenced to
state prison for obtaining money
under false pretenses early last
spring. In which checks signed
by an Eagle Point district war
j veteran were Involved. He was
, given a two-year term,
j Enright was a resident of this
' city for 13 years, and figured
in a number of sensational
..... nA AahMaA in tvii;tif-
iat one time running for district
I attorney, unsuccessfully.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1940.
in Huddle
CONTRACTS FOR LAND
8 MILES Fill G. PASS
Grants Pass, June 23. (IP)
Josephine county Is going to
watch the experiment of a co
operative logging colony within
a few miles of Grants Pass
whether or not it welcomes the
migration of the "Pioneer Club"
of Long Beach, Cal.
A Long Beach newspaper
story received here today told
of signing of a contract of $10.
500 for purchase of 680 acres
of timberland near Grants Pass
from S. S. Montgomery, de
scribed as a Beverly Hills fin
ancier. Deputy Assessor Alma Grif
fin reported here that Mont
gomery has 612 acres of land
in the Pleasant valley district
about eight miles north of
Grants Pass on the Pacific high
way. Miss Griffin said 10 acres
of the land is described as till
able and is assessed for $30 an
acre. The rest of the tracts are
assessed at $5 and $4 an acre.
Bulk of the 125 families to
comprise the Initial colony will
depart in small groups by cars
and trucks starting "next Wed
nesday," which would be to
morrow, the Long Beach Press
Telegram quoted R. J. Wilson,
club president, who announced
signing the contract.
Klamath Falls, June 23. IIP)
Lightning playing over the Al-
goma district north of here late
yesterday struck a hillside over
looking tha community garden,
and severely Injured Mrs. Frank
Lavere, who was working In
the garden when the storm
broke.
Mrs. Walter Ambers, who
was standing nearby, said the
lightning seemed to strike Mrs
Lavere in the back of the head,
Mrs. Lavere was knocked to
the ground and her right side
paralyzed.
The victim of the bolt was
reported Improved at her Al-
goma home today.
Upwards of 50 lightning-
caused fires were reported in
forest areas on all aides of
Klamath Falls as a result of
the brilliant Monday night
storm.
Mining is .the chief occupe
1 tion In three South American
I AnnH. mnnw In Pm tin
land copper In Bolivia, and nlltacting a power wire at Bonne-
' Uitea and copper In Chile.
LOLA M35 un
F0BEIGE9
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BACKING W1LLKIE
IF MM FAILS
Salem, June 25. (IP) Gov.
Charles A. Sprague urged Ore
gon's delegation to the Repub
lican national convention today
to support Wendell Willkie for
president if it is unable to
obtain the nomination of Sen
ator McNary.
In a telegram to Walter L.
Tooze, chairman of the Oregon
delegation, the governor ex
plained his endorsement of Will
kie "is a reversal of my former
attitude toward him."
The text of the governor s
telegram follows:
"I wish to renew my endorse
ment of Senator McNary for
president as a man sound in
judgment and experienced in
national affairs. He deserves
loyal support of delegation. In
view of reports of convention
developments, 1 feel I should
indicate a second choice now for
reference If you cannot secure
McNary's nomination.
That would be Wendell Will
kie. Prime issues now are
neither control of utilities, re
ciprocal tariffs or past party
labels, but, developing sound
foreign policy, organizing Amer
ica for defense and restoring
financial and industrial security
internally. I approve in general
the Willkie attitude on these
issues.
'This approval of Willkie is
a reversal of my former attitude
toward him, but is based on
careful apprisal of national sit
uation and the response his
candidacy has received. If he
is nominated, it is important to
have as running mate a man of
known progressive views. Dele
gates must rise above narrow
political attitudes and act to
save the country as well asethe
party."
NATIONAL DEFENSE
TAX BILL SIGNED
Washington, June 25. OP)
President Roosevelt signed into
law today a $4,692,500,000 tax
bill to pay for the huge national
defense appropriations of the
recent congressional session.
Dipping into the pockets of
an estimated 2,000.000 addi
tional income taxpayers for the
first time, and boosting existing
taxes on nearly everything but
chewing tobacco, the measure
was designed to raise the $4.-
692,500,000 over five years
$715,300,000 In the fiscal year
beginning July 1, and $994,-1
300,000 in each of the following
four years. j
The measure also Increased
the federal debt limit from !
$45,000,000,000 to $49,000,000,-1
000, authorizing the treasury to
sell $4,000,000,000 in special
"national defense notes" to pay
for armaments until the taxes
come In.
Huge Raft Grounds
Astoria, Ore., June 25.--P)
A Benson log raft containing
5,000,000 board feet of timber
grounded near here today. The
cigar-shaped raft was not in
danger and was expected to be
re-floated late today from its
position Just outside the chan
nel. Navy Yard Busy
Bremerton. Wash., June 25.
(P) The Puget Sound navy
yard had In excess of 7.000 em
ployes today, having added more
than 50 yesterday. It is expected
more will be added In the near
future.
Electric Burns Fatal
Portland, Ore.. June 23. (IP)
Clarence Jones, 26, of Port
land, died here last night of
burns received vesterduv in eon.
J vine dam.
DTTDTTTVTT?
Full United Pint
FEAR SOUTHEAST
OF
By Associated Press
Budapest, June 25. Uncon
firmed reports of clashes be
tween Russian and Rumanian
troops at several places along
the Dniester river frontier
awakened new concern In Bal
kan capitals today lest the war
spread to southeastern Europe.
Details of the reported clashes
were lacking but more than 100
Russian air force planes were
said to have made scouting
flights over the Dniester border
province of Bessarabia, which
Russia lost to Rumania after
the World war. t
Russia never has recognized
the validity of the transfer and
her claims to Bessarabia have
been a constant source of fric
tion. Ankara, Turkey, June 25 (IP)
Turkey and Iraq today sought
to form a common front as
developments Indicated French-
mandated Syria might soon be
come a battleground.
As the Iraquian foreign min
ister, Nuri Pasha Es Said, con
ferred with Turkish officials.
authoritative reports from the
Syrian frontier stated French
forces there were determined
to resist to the last and were
preparing for battle.
Syria is not only the key to
Iraq's Mosul oil fields but to
the domination of the Mediter
ranean's eastern shore.
FOR FARM RELIEF
Washington, June 23. (IP) A
$918,000,000 appropriation for
the administration a crop control
program and other activities of
the agriculture department for
the fiscal year beginning July 1
was approved today by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Included was $212,000,000 for
payments to help producers of
five major crops achieve parity
Income defined as the purchas
ing power they had in 1909-1914
About $500,000,000 was ear
marked for soil conservation
benefit checks to farmers who
cooperate with the department
in acreage planted to the major
crops. The bill also contains
authority for the reconstruction
finance corporation to make
loans of $100,000,000 to the
rural electrification adminlstra
tlon and $50,000,000 for farm
tenancy.
"Stop Willkie" Is Battle Cry
Of Old Guard at Convention;
Backers Advised to Get Busy
By R. W. Ruhl
Convention Hall, Philadelphia, June 23, (Spl.) The con
vention continues to be window dressing sham for suckers
all the real work Is being done downtown In various and sundry
hotel rooms where the candidates are conducting blitzkriegs
for votes.
The old guard has the upper hand today. Instead of "Willkie
can't win," It's "stop Willkie at all costs," and the truth is he
Is being stopped stopped pretty cold at the moment.
In fact, unless conditions change only miracle can nomi
nate Willkie, but these starry-eyed enthusiasts still seem to
believe In miracles.
Incidentally, the Oregon delegation Is 99 per cent against
Willkie, and promises to remain so, unless the folks back home
can convince them that Willkie la the man they want. Those
who do had better get busy with some telegraph blanks.
Here Is something for the book: All the old guards of the
lim Watson type are out to get Willkie because he represents
the utility Interests and Wall street. But that, too, la window
dressing. The real reason Is Willkie Is an ex-Democrat, and
if he should win, the Old Guard and their fat cats will be as
dead politically as "Lizzie," the largest female elephant In
captivity, who passed away quietly late last night Just as
Governor Staen concluded his keynote speech.
MEM
BASEBALL
American.
First game: R. H. E.
Boston 11 15 2
Detroit 7 14 3
Wilson and Dcsautels: Rowe,
Trout, Seats and Tebbetts.
National.
Pittsburgh B 15 0
Philadelphia 7 14 1
Butcher, Lanning, Kllnger
and Lopez; Higbe, Si Johnson
and Atwood.
EARL FEHL LOSES
IN EFFORT TO Wl
HOSPITAL RELEASE
Salem, June 25. (IP) For
mer Jackson County Judge Earl
Fehl failed today to win release
from the state hospital when
Circuit Judge Louts P. Hewitt
of Portland dismissed his writ
of habeas corpus.
The Judge upheld the states
contention that the court was
without Jurisdiction to rule on
whether Fehl now was Insane,
Inasmuch as Fehl was commit
ted from Jackson county.
Roy Hewitt, counsel for Fehl,
said he would waive all matter
regarding alleged defects In the
procedure under which Fehl
waa committed, Hewitt assert
ing he would rely solely on
one paragraph which charges
Fehl has regained his sanity.
Willis S. Moore, assistant attorney-general,
appeared on be
half of the state, the state
board of control and Dr. J. C.
Evans, superintendent of the
state hospital.
TO INDO CHINA PORT
Tokyo, June 25. (JP) Japan
sent an undisclosed number of
warships to the French '. Indo
China port of Haiphong today
amidst reports that she might
attempt to declare a "protector
ate" over the far eastern ter
ritories held In the name of
conquered r ranee and Holland.
The admiralty announced that
the ships were dispatched from
the China fleet "to observe the
movements" of vessels suspect
ed of carrying munitions and
supplies destined for China. ,
Missionary Leader Dies '
Seattle, June 25. (IP) The
Rev. Edward Lincoln Smith, 73
corresponding secretary of the
American board of commission.
ers for foreign missions from'
1912 to 1921, died last night.
Spending Money
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Ulna In your attic that othar
people m via. Wh; not ran
lert thrat Into caih tla Mall
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PREPARATION OF
1 940 PLATF0RM
Committee Faced With Task
of Reconciling Aid to
Allies, Non Intervention
Philadelphia, June 15. F)
A platform plank sharply
attacking the Roosevelt ad
ministration's defense record,
and containing an "anti-war"
pledge and a promise to aid
"oppressed peoples." was ap
proved tonight by the plat
form committee of the Repub
lican national convention.
By W. B. Ragsdale
Convention Hall, Philadelphia,
June 25. (IP) Summoning his
party to oppose "governmental
absolutism," Rep. Joseph W.
Martin of Massachusetts took
charge of the Republican na
tional convention today in the
midst of a row over foreign
policy which fell athwart the
course of former President Her
bert Hoover's address tonight.
Martin, as permanent chair
man, called upon Republicans
to rally behind the constitution
and bar ."Trojan horses" from
the government.
The foreign policy dispute de
veloped in the resolutions com
mittee which sought to recon
cile views of advocates of aid
to the allies and those staunchly
battling "lnterventionlsm."
Heaver Delays Talk
In the tumult over candidates
and foreign policy. Hoover de
layed completion of his speech
until later in tha day. He is
on the program to address his
party Just before the platform
is taken up for adoption. Martin
gaveled the cheering convention
rapidly through adoption of a
series of committee reports.
ine nomination iigni ugnt
ened with a statement from
Thomas E. Dewey's manager
and from former Gov. Henry
J. Allen of Kansas, denying dele
gates were falling away from
Dewey and with Wendell Willkie
moving from delegation to dele
gation In a personal effort to
counter "stop Willkie" talk.
Headquarters of Frank E. Gan
nett, New York publisher,
claimed a bloc of 23 votes, after
early balloting for Hanford Mac
Nider of Iowa, from Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota
and South Dakota.
Tail Backers Busy
Supporters of Senator Taft of
Ohio had In no way slowed their
drive. Each delegate found a
taft carnation in his seat this
morning when he eame to the
hall.
Downtown, evidences of con
troversy In drafting the 1940
platform centered on the Im
portant foreign policy plank, de
veloped when Chairman Herbert
K. Hyde announced his resolu
tions committee would be unable
to report to tha convention to
night. Martin told the convention
that every Ideal of Americanism
(Continued en Page Two.)
Duke of Windsor
On Sardine Diet
Before Fleeing
Madrid, June 23. (IP)
The Duke of Windsor and his
American born duchess, the
former Walllr Warfleld, re
ported In a chat with news
paper men at the British em
bassy today they "dined" on
lardines In the last few days
before their flight from
France.
"In Paris, 'we had to go
without something or other
rvery day," the duchess said,
"although I'm sorry to say
that our chef cheated oil
orders by buying the day be
fore what waa to be banned
the next day."
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