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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1940.
No. 83.
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Leader Far Short of 501
Necessary for Majority
Required for Nomination
Br W. B. Ragidale
Convention Hall, Philadelphia
June 27. (Wendell Willkie
of New York picked up 66 votes
on the second ballot today in
the battle for the Republican
presidential nomination for a
total of 171.
With 501 needed to nominate,
two ballots failed to give a ma
jority to any candidate.
Senator Taft of Ohio showed
the next greatest gain on the
second ballot, going up 14 votes
to 203.
The gains were made chiefly
at the expense of favorite teems,
but Thomas E. Dewey of New
York dropped 22 votes on the
second call for a total of 338.
After the second ballot the
convention recessed at 2:45 p. m.
(P.S.T.) . until 7:30 p. m when
balloting will be resumed.
Convention Hall, Philadelphia,
June 27. (JP) The second bal
lot results on a Republican presi
dential nominee were officially
announced as:
Dewey, 338.
Taft, 203.
Willkie, 171.
Vandenberg, 73.
Hoover, 21.
McNary, 10.
Bridges, 8.
Gannett, 30.
Martin, 26.
MacNidcr, 34.
Capper, 18.
James, 66.
La Cuardia, 1.
Convention Hall, Philadel
phia, June 27. IIP) -The offic
ial tabulation of votes on the
first roll call in the republican
national convention presidential
candidates:
Thomas E. Dewey, 360.
Robert A. Taft, 189.
Wendell L. Willkie, 105.
Arthur H. Vandenberg, 76.
Herbert Hoover, 17.
Charles L. McNary, 13.
Styles Bridges, 28.
Frank Gannett, 33.
Joseph W. Martin, 44.
Hanford MacNider, 34.
Arthur Capper, 18.
Arthur H. James, 74.
Harlan Bushfield, 9.
Convention Hall, Philadelphia,
June 27 (IP) Thomas E. Dewey
climbed into the lead at the out
set of the balloting for the Re
publican presidential nomina
tion today, but was far short of
the 501 vote majority needed to
nominate. He got 360.
Behind him, in order, came
Senator Taft of Ohio with 189
and Wendell Willkie of New
York with 105. Herbert Hoover
got 17. Senator Vandenberg of
Michigan received 76, and Gov.
Arthur H. James of Pennsyl
vania got 74.
Convention Hall, Philadelphia,
June 27. (JP) The claims of
Robert A. Taft, Wendell Willkie,
Thomas E. Dewey and seven
others went on the testing blocks
of a roll call for the presidential
(Continued on Page Three.)
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
George Shreeve sneaking off
with a pie he found In the
firehall kitchen, not knowing
It was his own, sent to him by
his wife via Ed Canoose, George
hiding the delicacy so success
fully he couldn't find it again.
Dick Isaacs cutting down a
cherry tree with his little hat
chet while wiiey and son look
ed on as proudly as thouah he
were G. Washington himself.
Leona Conger getting more
smiles out of one postal card
than most persons get out of a
dozen.
Jean Bowen reading hair
raising literature as she plied
her way up and down th Fluh
rer building elevator.
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They're a long way from home, but the delegations from Idaho. Oregon and Washington are
very much in evidence at the Republican convention at Philadelphia. The delegation chairmen
of the three states are shown carrying their banner as they marched around the hall. They are.
left to right. Stanley Eatton, Idaho; Walter' Toose. Oregon, and Nat Brown. Washington. The
California banner can ba seen in the background (right).
Second Convention Ballot
Convention Hall, Philadel
phia, June 27. (IP) Here Is the
second ballot on a Republican
presidential nominee:
13 Alabama 7 Dewey, 6 Taft.
6 Arizona 6 Gannett.
12 Arkansas 3 Dewey, 1 Gan
nett, 6 Taft, 2 Willkie. .
44 California 2 Bridges, 8
Dewey, 1 Gannett, 8 Hoover,
2 MacNider, 9 Taft, 5 Van
denberg, 9 Willkie.
12 Colorado 1 Dewey, 2 Hoo
ver. 5 Taft, 4 Willkie.
16 Connecticut 16 Willkie.
6 Delaware 2 Taft, 4 Willkie.
12 Florida 9 Dewey, 1 Taft, 1
Gannett, 1 Vandenberg.
14 Georgia 7 Dewey, 2 Gan
nett, 2 Hoover, 2 Taft, 1
Vandenberg.
8 Idaho 8 Dewey.
58 Illinois 45 Dewey, 1 Gan
nett, 7 Taft, 5 Willkie.
28 Indiana 7 Dewey, 6 Taft, 3
Vandenberg, 12 Willkie.
22 Iowa 22 MacNider.
18 Kansas 18 Capper.
22 Kentucky 11 Dewey, 10
Taft, 1 Vandenberg.
12 Louisiana 6 Dewey, 6 Taft.
13 Maine 3 Dewey, 1 Taft, 9
Willkie.
16 Maryland 12 Dewey, 4
Willkie.
34 Massachusetts - 3 Hoover,
21 ' Martin, 1 MacNider, 1
Taft, 8 Willkie.
38 Michigan 38 Vandenberg.
22 Minnesota 2 Dewey, 2 Mac
Nider, 5 Taft, 6 Willkie, 7
Vandenberg1.
11 Mississippi 3 Dewey, 8
Taft.
30 Missouri 8 Dewey, 1 Hoo
ver. 4 Taft, 4 Vandenberg,
13 Willkie.
8 Montana 8 Dewey.
14 Nebraska 5 Dewey, 2 Van
denberg, 2 Willkie, 2 Tatt,
1 Gannett, 1 Martin, 1 MacNider.
Race "Fixed" for Taft and Dewey
Is Last Tip From Tribune's Editor
Before Start of Convention Voting
By R. W. Ruhl
Convention Hall, Philadelphia, June 27. (Spl.) It's still a
hoss race which may be over before this dispatch is printed and
may not end until the Fourth of July ro one can tell.
And no one can tell the result of (His or any hoss race,
altho there are plenty who think they ca-.t, usually a very ex
pensive form of celebration.
Therefore, in racing terms, and on their present racing form
only, here is the latest dope on the race to come:
Favorites: Taft to win.
Dewey to place.
Willkie to show.
Best long shot: Vandenberg.
Best dark horse: McNary.
Scratched (badly): Gannett.
This is straight from the feed box, but only those with
money to lose should bet a dime.
P.g.: Those who don't understand above terms, call Timber
Products and ask for the boss.
P.S.S.: Weather clear. If It should rain and G. O. P. plat
form get all wet, Willkie, a great mudder, could win.
Add field: Fish Chips and Bridges.
Last minute tip from dope-needle:
"The race it fixed. II will bo Tafl and Dewey."
6 Nevada 2 Taft, I Vanden
berg, 3 Willkie.
8 New Hampshire 6 Bridges,
2 Hoover.
32 New Jersey 14 Dewey, 1
Taft, 17 Willkie.
6 New Mexico 2 Dewey, 1
Taft, 3 Willkie.
92 New . York 58 Dewey. 18
Gannett, 3 Hoover, 1 La
Guardia, 13 Willkie, 1 Van
denberg. 23 North Carolina 8 Dewey, 7
Taft, 2 Vandenberg, 6 Will
kie. 8 North Dakota 2 Dewey, t
Taft, 2 Vandenberg, 3 Will
kie. 52 Ohio 52 Taft.
22 Oklahoma 22 Dewey.
10 Oregon 10 McNary.
72 Pennsylvania 2 Dewey, 65
James, 5 Willkie.
8 Rhode Island 1 Dewey, 3
Taft, 4 Willkie.
10 South Carolina 10 Dewey.
8 South Dakota 2 Dewey, 1
Martin, 5 MacNider.
18 Tennessee 7 Dewey. 1
James. 1 MacNider, 4 Taft,
5 Willkie.
26 Texas 26 Taft.
8 Utah 2 Dewey, 2 Taft, 1
Gannett. 3 Vandenberg. ,
9 Vermont 2 Dewey, 3 Taft,
4 Willkie.
18 Virginia 1 Bridges, 5 Dew
ey, 7 Taft, 5 Willkie.
16 Washington 12 Dewey, 3
Taft, 1 Vandenberg.
16 West Virginia 6 Dewey, 4
Taft, 6 Willkie.
24 Wisconsin 24 Dewey.
6 Wyoming 2 Dewey, 1 Taft,
1 Vandenberg. 2 Willkie.
3 Alaska 2 Taft, 1 Dewey.
3 District of C o 1 u m b 1 a 2
Dewey, 1 Taft.
3 Hawaii 3 Martin.
2 Philippines-1 Taft, 1 Willkie.
2 Puerto Rico 1 Dewey, 1
Taft.
NOT FORMALLY LISTED
, Philadelphia, June 27 HP)
There la. nothing tn the rule
books to prevent the Republi
can national convention from
passing over the 10 men placed
in nomination today and pick
ing a presidential nominee
whose name was not formally
placed before the convention.
There has been considerable
discussion of a drive to make
former President Herbert Hoo
ver the nominee, for Instance,
yet Hoover was not formally
offered the place.
However, votes could be cast
for him, or any other person,
just as names may be "written
in" in an ordinary election. At
the convention the first person
to get 501 or more votes wins,
whether or not he was formally
nominated.
Those formally before the Re
publican convention are:
Thomas E. Dewey, New York.
Sen. Robert Taft, Ohio.
Frank Gannett. New York.
Wendell Willkie, New York.
Hanford MacNider, Iowa.
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg,
Michigan.
Sen. H. Styles Bridges, New
Hampshire.
Sen. Charles L. McNary, Ore
gon. Gov. Arthur H. James, Penn
sylvania. Gov. Harlan J. Bushfield,
South Dakota.
FRANCISCO E
JUMPS TO DEATH PROM
BAY BRIDGE HIGH SPAN
San Francisco, June 27. (IP)
A man, identified by state
highwa'y patrolmen from his ef
fects as W. N. Burkhardt, editor
of the San Francisco News,
jumped to his death today from
the San Francisco-Oakland bay
bridge.
Patrolman William Hamilton
said two persona saw the man
leap from the high span Into
San Francisco bay.
An automobile registered to
Burkhardt was parked on the
bridge. In It, officer Hamilton
said, were found Burkhard t wal
let, with identifying papers, and
a hat.
One of the witnesses, George
Sharp, of San Francisco, told.
Patrolman Hamilton the man:
parked the car, got out, removed
his wallet from hit coat, placed j
it on the car seat, put his hat in'
the car, and then ran around'
the car and leaped over the
rail. !
The San Francisco News said i
Burkhardt had been on leave of I
absence for two months, and
had suffered a nervous break-)
town. He was still on I'. r-ve. He!
had been editor of the News'
sine 1923. '
Nazis Offer England Peace Terms
U. S. Financial Circles Informed;
Rumania Bows to Red Ultimatum
TAKES $1.02 IN
A burglar wearing tennis
shoes last night broke into three
M e d f o r d business establish
ments, but his loot amounted to
only $1.02 in pennies, a carton
of cigarettes, a small radio and
four gallons of motor oil.
Burglarized, according to city
police, were the Piggly Wlggly
grocery market at 528 South
Riverside avenue, Max Rudock's
Texaco service station at 602
South Riverside avenue and
Swan's Texaco service station
at 1321 North Riverside avenue
Entrance to the three con
cerns was effected with a glass
cutter and tape, police stated,
and added that there was no
doubt but that the same man
pulled off all three "jobs."
Seventy-five cents in pennies
were stolen from the cash reg
ister in the meat department
tnd 27 cents from the till In
jthe grocery department at the
Piggly Wiggly store, police
said, in addition to one carton
of Lucky Strike cigarettes.
The burglar entered the store
through a south side door, after
cutting the glass. Police said
footprints were discovered in
sawdust in the meat department
and that 20 feet of -inch knot
ted rope was left behind by the
burglar. This rope, apparently
was to have been used In case
the burglar was forced to come
down through tie skylight, po
lice stated.
At the Rudock service sta
tion, which was entered through
a lower window on the south
side of the building, the bur
glar got one two-gallon can of
Texaco S.A.E. 40 Valor oil and
one two-gallon can of S.A.E. 30
oil of the same brand. Keys to
the gasoline pumps also were
stolen, but no money was taken.
Footprints of tennis shoes, the
same as discovered in the groc
ery market, were found out
side the service station.
At the North Riverside ave
nue Texaco station, the burglar
entered the building through a
front window and by use of the
glass-cutter. Leslie L. Babcock
reported to police that a small
Airline radio was stolen and
that the cash register was taken
The latter, pried open, was
found this morning at Court and
Manzanita street by W. R.
Vance, 1135 Court street, who
notified police.
City police believe the bur
glaries may have been the work
of the same man who early this
week broke Into three Grants
Pass business houses.
CENSUS HEAD RESIGNS
DEMOCRATIC OFFICE
Eugene, June 27. (IP) Mrs.
Merle Stuart, Democratic state
commltteewoman, elected Mon
day night, announced her res
ignation today. Mrs. Stuart,
district census supervisor, be
came the target of criticism
when it was maintained she
had violated the Hatch law
by accepting a political office
while on the federal payroll.
AGED WOMAN SPENDS
36 HOURS IN WASHTUB
Batavia. N. Y., June 27. (IP)
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Graham. 80.
who lives alone, fell Into a
wathtub when she fainted
Thirty-six hours later neigh
bors, noticing the accumulation
of two days' newspapers on her
porch, rescued her. She is re
covering. Chemawa (UP) Thirty white
boys, the first 'ever to attend
Chemawa Indian school, have
completed work on the National
Youth administration headquar
ters building here.
IN TAXESI
EFFECTIVE JULY 1
Portland, June 27. (IP)
Liquor, cigarette, automobile,
gasoline and admission taxes
are brace yourself going up
July 1.
Some other taxes will be in
creased, too, but they affect
fewer persons. Here's the dope,
presented by J. W. Maloney,
collector of internal revenue:
Cigarette taxes will climb
one-half cent a package, pay
able on floor stocks held by
wholesalers and retailers July
1 as well as on new supplies.
However, indications are that
manufacturers will Increase
their sales prices,' making cig
arettes 15 cents a package
straight to consumers.
Must Inventory Stocks.
All dealers must inventory
stocks on hand at the close of
business June 30, notify the
collector and wait for printed
tax return forms.
Liquor prices will go up 75
cents per proof gallon, amount
ing to approximately 15 cents
a pint and 25 to 30 cents a
quart.
Retail dealers of fermented
malt liouora beer and ale
must pay Jl'a barrel on floor
stocks stored outside the place
of business. Beer and ale tup
plies on the premises at the
time the Increased tax becomes
effective will pay no additional
tax.
There Is no floor tax on
wines.
Gasoline taxes will ba in
creased one-half cent per gal
Ion. There la no tax on stocks
held at the close of business
June 30.
The admission tax increase
lowers the exemption level
from 40 cent to 20 cents. In
other words, admissions former
ly were taxable at 41 cents or
more. On July 1 they will be
taxable if 21 cents or more.
The tax is roughly 10 per cent
of the admission price.
Auio Taxes Up.
The tax on trucks has been
2 per cent of the manufacturer's
sale price not the retail price,
It will be Increased to 2Vi per
cent.
On passenger cars the tax
has been 3 per cent, also of the
manufacturer's price. It will
be 3V4 per cent.
'This means." said S. F.
Lamb, chief of the miscellane
ous tax division, "that an auto
mobile selling here for $1000
probably pays $150 freight
charges. Knock that off. De
duct the dealer's profit, which
probably is $150 to $250. That
leaves the manufacturer'! sale
price of $600 to $700. On
$700, the old tax was $21. An
other one-half per cent makes
it $3.50 more $24.50. That's
all."
BY 'PROPERTY' MINE
Hollywood, June 27 -(P)
Jon Hall, screen actor, was re
covering in a hospital today
from injuries he received when
he was struck by a fragment
of a land mine In a film scene
yesterday.
Dr. S. M. Alter, hit physician,
said Hall suffered shock. A
piece of metal waa embedded
in hit tkin.
Office Need Cited
Salem (U.PJ The state liquor
commission it in need of in
creased office and warehouse fa
cilities In Portland, members of
the board reported her.
BASEBALL
National .
Chicago 4 9 0
Brooklyn 5 9 0
Lee and Todd; Carleton, Ta-
mulis and Phelps, Mancuso.
L
E
FOR ARMY, NAVY
Washington, June 27. (IP)
President Roosevelt put his sig
nature today to a supplemental
defense bill giving the war and
navy departments $1,479,777,147
In cash appropriations .and au
thority to make additional con
tracts totalling, $289,136,761.
The sum thus provided $1,
768,913,908 was about equally
divided between the two de
partments and was in addition
to regular appropriations of
$2,800,000,000 voted by congress
for the army and navy in the
coming fiscal year. - -
The navy'i share of the sup
plemental fund waa ear-marked
for:
Beginning of construction on
22 new warships and faster con
structlon of more than 100 more;
alterations to existing vessels,
production of 400 new quadruple
mounts and 1.1 inch anti-aircraft
guns; emergency stocks of criti
cal and reserve materials; hous
ing and ammunition storage fa
cilities, aviation and shipbuild
ing facilities and recommlssion
ing of laid-up status.
The army is empowered to:
Build thousands of new planes,
purchase new equipment, con
struct anti-aircraft batteries, buy
land and expand seacoast de
fenses.
Also provided was a $32,000,
000 fund to permit the civil aero
nautics authority to train an est!
mated 45,000 persons in primary
piloting courses and part of that
number in secondary Ins true
tion.
WILL SEEK FUNDS
FOR HIGHWAY 99
Roseburg, Ore., June 27. (IP)
Howard Merrlam, Springfield,
and Carl Rynearson, Eugene,
president and executive secre
tary of the Pacific Highway as
sociation, will leave within a
few days for Washington, D. C,
In an effort to secure additional
federal funds for reconstruction
of the Pacific highway between
Cottage Grove and Grants Pass,
it was announced today. The
trip wat authorized late Wednes
day at meeting her of the
directors of the highway associ
ation with representatives of the
county courts of Jackson, Jose
phine and Douglas counties. The
counties will participate with
the highway association in the
cost of the trip.
FRUIT WAREHOUSES AT
TIE! RAZED BY FIRE
Yakima, Wash., June 27. (A")
Fire, believed to have started
tn a pile of boxes this morning
at Ticton burned two ware
houses. Including the horticul
tural union's model plant, swept
a row of cabins, and did other
damage, total loss from the blaze,
fanned by a high wind, Is esti
mated as at least $350,000. The
Tieton warehouse annually han
dled hundreds of cars of spples
and Its loss In the coming har
vest period will seriously cripple
handling tha fruit from tha Tie
ton project.
Approach Made Through
Gen. Franco Is Word; Ber
lin Says Rumors Nonsense
New York, July 27.-
Important business and finan
cial sources, with lnr lnt-r.
ests in Europe, said today they
naa received information they
considered authentic through
neutral countriet that Germany
had made "sensational" peace
overtures to England.
They said this Information In
dicated the offer would leave
England with some 95 percent
or ner present empire, but
would provide for International
ization of Gibraltar and tha
Suez canal.
The information, thai
sources said, waa to the effect
that tha annrnarh hatt Kn
made through General Franco
ai Aiaaria.
(In Berlin, reports of pete
feelers were laushed off In In.
formed German circles at "non
tense." (The latest version n h
laughed off rumors heard in
Berlin la that a Hitler peace
speech it scheduled for tomor
row, the annlverarv nt that
signing of the Versailles treaty.
Authentic German circles said
"the wnrlri ma irt il )
something big must happen.")
By iha Associated Press
King Carol of Rumania yielded
to a stiff Russian ultimatum to
night a few hours before tha
expiration of the "deadline" at
10 p.m. (noon PST) at hit gov
ernment signified its acceptance
of the Soviet demand for huge
territorial cessions.
Simultaneously, Rumania's
army massed in Transylvania
near tha Hungarian border, of
ficial sources in Bucharest dis
closed apparently ready to re
sist any thrust from that direc
tion. Hungary hat long claimed
Transylvania. ' .
The king, it wat said, has de
cided to give in rather than pre
cipitate a war In the Balkans
Europe's traditional "powder
keg" but wants to negotiate '
on the Kremlin'! demands for
a cession of Bessarabia and
northern Bucovina and control
of two ports.
Russia Impatient
Diplomatic quarters did not ex
pect that Russia would tolerate
any delay. The Red army was
(Oontln ied en Pace Three.)
E
Portland, June 27 CTV-Chris
Evangelinoa of Trinidad, Calif.,
wat indicted on a kidnaping
charge by a federal grand jury
yesterday.
He is accused of taking Dolly
McGlnnit, waitress, from Grants
Pass to a point in California on
June 15,
Evangelinoa was arraigned
here before U. S. Commissioner
Victor A. Tengwald June 19. Ha
waived a preliminary hearing
and was bound over to tha grand
jury under $10,000 ball.
Utility Revenue X3p.
Portland, June 27. 17
Tha Portland Gas It Coka com
pany announced today a gross
revenue for May of $277,839,
an advance of $8301 over May,
1939. Tha net profit lor tha
month was $6764,