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The Weather ' ram roreossf: lr tonight an TuesaUr: not moell change In tempera' ure. Htthrrf yentrnUe ., Loner. Itila morning , fl Simply Because It U u undUpntable tact that Classified It being att todar ei. serr profitably by ban. drrde of different type bf con cerns, simply bemus profits are DOMlbb to thrm throagll this method of sdrertlilng. TJMBTJNE MEDFORD Full Associated Preaa full ? ad Pre Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1940. No. 86. mm i W Mr WU Washington, D. C. July 1. Ju.it to keep the record straight it should be said that no man ver dodged a vice-presidential .nomination with greater agility tbbtt OwiM-i Charley McNary Rgxiftican leader of the United ,!SiaU senate, hach 01 the ma jor contender lor the presi dential nomination at the Phila delphia convention rau McNary ragged -vir-: rg him to takes the last halt of te ticket.-. . . What each of the aspirants wanted was the pulling power the Oregon senator could give to the national ticket in two large votes; agriculture and the colored vote. Both of these votes, prior to the new deal in 1932 were fundamentally Re publican, but were weaned away by Mr. Roosevelt. Senator Mc Nary has a record on farm legis lation known in the farm belt and his contacts with colored leaders have somewhat offset the new deal drift. Persistently Thomas E. Dewey, New York county attorney, per sonally and on the phone, at tempted to have McNary form a ticket with him. Similar over tures were made by the Robert Taft camp, and Wendell Willkie, failing repeatedly to see McNary personally, dispatched a repre sentative to Washington by air plane to make the proposition. . So confident were the three that they would "land" the Oregon senator that Philadelphia news papers carried banner lines that the ticket would be Willkie & McNary; Taft & McNary; Dewey & McNary. Not wishing to be Involved in the intrigues of the rival aspi rants, McNary fled from the convention city back to hit of fice in the national capital after he had visited with the Oregon delegation. During the balloting McNary phone bell rang min ute by minute as Dewey or others tried to reach him and ask that he release the 10 votes and turn them over to this or that. FOLLOWING Willkle's nomi- nation at 2 a. m., managers continued phoning McNary until I Continued on Page Bis ) RFTIIRN OF FIFFT I Ik. I U I II 1 Ul I b.s.b.1 1 CLEARS Honolulu. July 1. IIP) Ma jor units of the United States fleet, whose unannounced de parture one week ago took Ha waii by surprise, swung at an chor again in Lahaina Roads to day, their absence explained by Admiral James O. Richardson as merely "a routine training exercise." Nevertheless, the fleet's sud den return yesterday set off a train of speculation in connec tion with shifting world event", as did its departure under seal ed orders last Monday. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Martin Luther. Jr.. and Jim my Henry having lots of fun playing In a swimming pool with a toy submarine. Jean Fabrick Selby. loyal ex Oregon resident, averring that Sacramento would be a delight ful place to live If it weren't for to many Californians inhabiting the place. Austin Frazier Interspersing his baseball announcing with a burp which tounded very rhyth mical when amplified over the loud speaker. Frank "Hot Trader" Humph rey putting a covetous eye on little black hen that wat dodg ing traffic at Main and Central. Clyde Walker showing alert nest in putting out a davenport fire, he extinguishing it with bis cup of coffee. 1 NEW 'INCIDENTS' GRAVE THREAT TO BALKAN PEACE Germany, Italy Continue Ef forts for Peace, Is Claim Rumania -Quits Allies Budapest, July 1. CV-Hungary went on complete war footing tonight and the peace of the Balkans became gravely threatened. New "incidents" on the Ru manian border were reported and it appeared probable that Hungary would enter Transyl vania to reclaim the province that was part of Austria-Hungary before the World war. Responsible quarters said Ger many and Italy were continuing efforts to maintain peace in southeastern Europe. The most recent border inci dent involved the death of three civilians. , An official protest to Buchar est over the border incidents warned of "poautjnpleasant consequences" Mikj, It was widely believed, meanta grave threat to Balkan peace."' Rumania Seen Naar End Simultaneous with the mobili zation of a Hungarian army corps on the Rumanian frontier and the heavy calling of re servists, an official news agency announcement declared tonight that ''the general Impression is that Rumania it on the point of collapse. Railway passenger traffic was cut to a minimum to facilitate military concentration opera tions. The official agency's an nouncement that Rumania - ap parently is crumbling was linked with the consistently reiterated official view that such a collapse would call for the immediate entry of the Hungarian army into Transylvania to protect Magyar minority there of almost 2,000,000. Bucharest, July 1. (fl3) The Rumanian cabinet announced today that Rumania "is renounc ing the French-British guaran tees of our territorial integrity given April 13, 1939." (This action marks Rumania's final withdrawal from the diplo matic arrangements by which the British and French allies in 1939 sought to build up alliances in eastern Europe that would stand against Germany, (They gave guarantees first to Poland, then to Rumania and Greece and later, after the out break of war, made a mutual assistance pact with Turkey.) Bucharest, July 1. (IP) Ru mania, her forces retreating be fore Soviet Russia's red army (Conun-ied on Pags Seven.) An automobile, whose driver is unidentified, caused consid erable damage to the office building of the Rogue Valley Tractor and Implement com pany. East Fifth between Bart lett and Apple streets, some time Saturday right or Sunday morning. F. T. Welghlll of 107 Crater Lake avenue, proprietor, reported to city police yester day. The car, according to police, crashed into the office building and broke a window, knocked I a piece off the corner of the building, broke down a tree In the parking strip and tore through a wire fence In the parking strip. Police said the car apparently was traveling north on North Riverside avenue, made a left hand turn into Fifth street and skidded up on the parking strip and sidewalk. Yeggs Punch Stfe. Portland. July 1. Pi Yeg- j men punched the safe of th; vuiuinum iisu luuuiTK iimipen yesterday and escaped with 92 in cash. Santa Clara Grobers Set $45 Ton for Bartletts Balkans Seething AgH o m a n y u. s: s n: iBfM HUMAN lA'Jp vh Viawiiv life k::Sv YUGOSLAVIA HijjKwi &'j.'.Wft ::':-'?. ( " 11 ii Pobruje . 'mni main VtTOj5t.V"::n:::;n:";h:::""---":::;VL-.J;: y -co .-go ,oo:;;.-?::::::r The Balkans have been stirred inio ferment as the result of Russia's move into Bessarabia (1) and Bucovina (2), ai ' well at a town In a province NOT ceded to Ihe Soviets by Rumania. Rumania was reported to have protested to Ger many over Motcow't actions, but It wat indicated German? was NOT opposing Russia's moves. However, ihe Natis are desiroua of keeping peace in the area to that tupplies can continue moving to the reich It wat reported Hungary waited only assent from Germany to regain the Rumanian province of Transylvania (3) And Bulgaria wat believed waiting a go-ahead from Stalin to take southern Dobruja 4). Turkey rushed Us fleet into the Black sea (5) and also watched the Bulgarian Greek border (6) for any move Bulgaria might make to seize a corridor to ihe Aegean. Yougo slavia massed troops on the Italian border to forestall any move to extend tho Italian control of the Dalmaiion coast. Rumania's army was mobil ised and Hungary's troops were gathered opposite Transylvania. BASEBALL National. R. H. E. Boston 16 0 New York 7 7 0 Piechota and Berres; Melton and Danning. Brooklyn 4 7 2 Philadelphia 3 8 2 Pressnell, Davis and Phelps; Mulcahy and Atwood. (10 innings): R. H. 4 8 Pittsburgh Chicago 3 11 MacFayden, H e 1 n t z 1 e man, Brown and Lopez; Raffensbre ger, Passeau and Collins. American. R H E Philadelphia 9 15 1 Boston 18 1 Potter, Si Johnson and Hayes; Bagby, Ostermueller and De sautels. Chicago Detroit 8 S Rigney, Appleton, Olsen, and Tresh; Newsom and Sullivan. New York 8 10 1 Washington 4 10 5 Ruffing and Sosar; Chase and Early. Bids are now being received on revised plans and specifica tions for the construction of a radio operations building for the U. S. army at Medford mu nicipal airport. The bids are to be submitted to the office of the constructing quartermaster, McChord Field, Tacoma. Wash , where they are to be opened at 11 a. m. July 23. The revised plans and speci fications may be inspected at the office of Fred W. Scheffel. city I superintendent, at city hall. In I formation may be procured also from William M. Daws, sergeant in charge of the army air corps unit at the municipal airport, . .. .. ah Dias on me original pians j were rriumca oecause uiey ex- j . ' ceeaea me amouni oi money available for the building. The! MANY FIRES SET BY LIGHTNING IN FOREST REGION Lightning set more than a score of fires in the forests of the Medford area over the week end. All fires were confined to a single tree or the immediate space around it, according to re ports received at headquarters. In addition a camper fire oc curred on Cherry creek In the Rogue river national forest and a smoker fire burned over four acres of grass and grain on the Sidney farm south of Lake creek on state-protected land. The state patrol here re ported three lightning fires, one west of Jacksonville, one west of Hyatt Prairie lake and one east of Hyatt Prairie. In the Rogue River national forest 14 lightning fires were reported in the Lake O' Woods district, five in the Applegate and three in the Butte Falls dis tricts. It was feared other lightning fires would show up later as in the Lake O' Woods district the Buck Peak lookout alone re ported 124 strikes. The storm struck in some sec tions of the forest Saturday night and moved to others Sun day morning. Foresters feared other electric storms would oc cur tonight. All the fires that showed up were either out or under con trol today. ON COAST SHIPS San Francisco, July 1 JPi Acceding to a federal request. . L - , i - i J C-1 I - ine Jtionne k.WKS onu oirniiu,;."! ... miv smjioii mt III., ..j... j.i it i.. . wumj ucujni iui i nwn i .u . a &iiu.e wmui unraicucu w k- ' i -i . . a eiyie wtsi i-u-n oumw. ma intercoastal shipping for the TOWNSENDITES I NjNAVY CONTRACTS E TO Ten Thousand Senior Citi zens Sing and Cheer As Convention Gets Started St. Louis, July 1. (P) Punc tuated by frequent demonstra tions of patriotic enthusiasm, the fifth annual Townsend na tional convention organized to day to draft plans for pushing enactment of Dr. Francis E. Townsend's old-age pension pro gram. Assembled In flag-decorated municipal auditorium, about 10,000 of America's "senior cit izens" cheered, sang and whole heartedly enjoyed themselves as convention leaders went through the formalities of get ting the business sessions un der way. . Albert Giles of Cleveland was named chairman of the resolu tions committee. Giles, 25-year- old attorney, is president of the Townsend Youth association. The 'Townsend national re covery plan" contemplates en actment of a 2 percent gross in come tax to finance an old-age pension for all citizens over 60 years of age, with the provision that they spend their pension payments within 30 days. The operation of the plan was likened by Townsend to the spending volume created by es tablishment of factory in a town. LOVELY UNA TllER DISCLOSES ROMANCE WITH SHAW IS ENDED Hollywood, July 1. (IP) Lana Turner, lovely film red head, disclosed today that she has separated from Artie Shaw, the bandman she married in an elopement last February, But confusing the issue was Shaw's statement: "There's nothing to It." Lana, tearful, said she had moved out of their big new home in the Hollywoods Hills and had taken an apartment. But Shaw reported: "We were out together last night and we are still living to gether." The announcement came with the suddenness that character ized their marriage In the early morning of Feb. 13. They barely knew each other, but started out to a party the night before and ended up flying to Las Vegas, Nev. Although Lana was too upset to talk about divorce, close friends said she already had consulted an attorney. Apparently it was not Greg son Bautzer, the popular young lawyer to whom she was en gaged when she wed Shaw. Bautzer said: "I don't know anything about it. But as an old family friend. I am naturally interested." Rome, July 1. fyp) Marshsl Rodolfo Graziani succeeded the late Marshal Italo Balbo today as commander of all Italian forces In Libya as the high command reported triumphs In the air, on sea and on land. Graziani. larir nf tho faule conquest of Libya and chief of . f . U . T. 1 ! i... n... . u. . ... w wis im i a ri. . i u.iv. v -J . h---c ua,w, ..i ai-a i. . i i. .i.i , uu - ...,,,,,,s 'i"iit i with eight military associates at F Largest Single Construction Order in Naval History to Cost 5 Hundred Million Washington, July 1- (P) The navy today ordered con struction of 45 more warships, to cost a total of approximately $500,000,000. The largest single contract letting in navy department his tory, the construction was as signed to Lewis Compton, act ing secretary, within two hours after the White House had an nounced that President Roose velt had signed legislation to speed up the defense program Officials estimated that this legislation, enabling the navy to negotiate contracts without competitive bidding, would re sult in savings of 116,000,000 to $17,000,000 the cost of a cruiser. 11 Cruisers en List. Included in the construction ordered were 11 cruisers, to destroyers, 13 submarines and one large seaplane tender. These will total 193,000 tons. Cost of the 45 vessels, not including armament and propelling m chinery for submarines, wat es timated at $411,000,000. Of ficials estimated that armament and the submarine propelling machinery would bring this to more than half billion. One of the provisions of the speed-up law permits advance payment to contractors of 30 per cent of the contract total. Under the law, which is to remain In effect for three years, the President In times of no tional emergency may Increase weekly working hours in ship yards above 48, employes to re ceive not less than time and one-half for overtime, and there by cut the completion time of (Continue: on Psgt Seven.) Willkie Hopes to Race F. R. For White House Occupancy By Max Hill New York. Julv 1. UP) Wendell L. Willkie went back to work for the latt time at his Commonwealth and Southern of fices today before lunching with Gov. Harold Stassen of Min nesota to discuss campaign and organization problems. The republican presidential nominee seemed rested by his weekend aboard newspaper pub lisher Roy W. Howard s yacht, but said he still hadn't caught up on sleep and that within a day or two he would start a vacation to last until perhaps af ter the democratic convention beginning in Chicago, July 15. Talking about the democrats, he said at a press conference that he hoped they would re nominate Mr. Roosevelt. "Why?" a reported asked. Willkie chuckled, saying: I'd like to beat him." Manhattan District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, who sought the nomination, told reporters today that he would stump for Willkie If atked to do so. Willkie was reticent about party organization matters and told a reporter who Inquired as to National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton's status that "you'd better not guess one way or the other about It. A meeting will be held in New York on Wednesday at which it is expected Hamilton will be reelected or a new man chosen. Willkie had little to say about the party a platfonn "I expect in my acceptance speech to give my V.ews and In- rpret the platform as I see It, ne wia, tuner oerore or aurinc nis . vacation Willkie exoecta to con- ... ' k, mmA t. - ... n w ' fer with Sen. Charles L. Mm"11' " ttld he wst not ture he - - -- - , Nary, of Oregon, the party t War Bulletins Bucharest, July 1- (U.PJ Diplomats believed tonight that King Carol II has ac cepted Germany's "protec tion" in an effort to save Ru mania from further dismem berment by her neighbors after outbreaks of fighting on ihe Hungarian and Bulgarian borders. London. July 1. U.R The government admitted today German lroopt had occupied the islands of Jersey and Guernsey off the French Nor mandy coast and brought 60. 000 British subjects under Nasi domination. London. July 1. (P) A radio report picked up here tonight from Lausanne said Russian warthipt had entered Rumanian watert. London. July 1. fP) The air ministry and ministry of home tecurity announced ihat enemy bombera crossed the British coatt this evening. Two of the raidert were thot down, ihe announcement said. A number oi incendiary bombs were dropped on the northeast coatt. Cadis. Spain, July 1. UP) Nine French airplanes, ilown by army aviators at odds with the Peiain government, were reported today to have landed at Gibraltar. British western Mediterranean stronghold. Several were said to have cracked up landing and one. which crossed over Spanish soil, wit fired at by Spanish anti-aircraft batteries. New York, July 1. (IP) A Berlin broadcast picked up here by the NBC said today the Estonian and Latvian gov ernments have agreed to can cel treaty of alliance made previously by the two coun tries, London. July l(P) Six persons were killed and 18 in jured in air raids tonight, the ministry of home security an nounced. One high explosive bomb fell on a town en the northeast coatt of Scotland, the announcement said. Among those who accompan ied Willkie on the yacht were Mrs. Willkie and their son, Phil ip; Mr. and Mrs. Howard, and Russel W, Davenport, former managing editor of Fortune ma gazine who took a leading part in Willkie t campaign. AT SENATE POST Salem, July 1. OP) Senator McNary said in a telephone con versation with Governor Spra gue today that he has no Inten tion of resigning as senator be fore he begins his campaign as republican vice-presidential no minee. The governor said he tele phoned McNary that 'It would be In the best interests ot Ore gon If the senator retained his seat and let the November elec tion decide the Issue, Governor Sprague pointed out that, if the republicans lost the election, McNary still would be a senator. His senatorial term ends In January, 1943 "McNary also said he would try to have the notification cere monies at his ranch home to co- , . .,. c . , , , . " s:iii rairaumi uiKri rr..iw ( a. .... a; celebration (July 31-Augutt 4), ',.,ih mak. i ik. enu.rnne e' " . lovernor FOR FRESH FRUIT :T Fruit Grower's League Bart lett Committee Receives First Word on Price Trend A price of $43 a ton has been set for cannery Bartletts by the committee of six appointed some time ago to represent Santa Clara valley pear grow ers, the Fruit Growers League's Bartlett pear committee was notified today. Bartlett growers In west coast districts some time ago appoint ed committees to pool general information on the canning deal in an effort to avert acceptance of cannery prices lower than necessary. Dr. George B. Dean was elected as chairman of the committee representing the Fruit Growers League. The committee authorized by the Santa Clara valley growers to recommend a price accept able for cannery Bartletts this year conferred In San Jose, Cel., with representatives from the Sacramento, Sultum, Napa, Con tra Costa and Placer districts of California. In part, the report receivers by Dr. Dean today from the California group said: "Reports received on crop conditions Indicated a firmer position for the local crop. The excellent prospect of a hlgher-than-normal level of prices In the eastern fresh-pear markets, together with lighter crops. Is expected to move into those out lets relatively larger propor tions of this Sacramento and other early districts' crops. First movement from tho river will start about July 1. Quotations on canned Bartlett pears have increased consistent ly over the opening quotation of last year In correlation with an abnormally low carry-over on June 1. Production estimate compared with 1939 are 83 per cent for California, 98 percent for the northwest, and 88 per cent for the Pacific coast a whole. Pacific coast production. however, in 1939 was lower than any in recent years. Pre valence of blight in the valley Is reducing earlier estimates ot the local production." MEASURE APPROVED SANS HOUSE DEBATE Washington, July The house passed without de bate and sent to the senate to day legislation which tho Judic iary committee said would suo Ject the communist party and the German-American bund to registration with and close scru tiny ot the justice department. The measure would require registration of: 1. Organizations subject to foreign control which engage In political activity. 2. organizations wnicn engage) both In civilian military activi ty and in political activity. 3. Organizations subject to for eign control which engage in ci vilian military activity. 4. Organizations any of who purposes or alms are the estab lishment, control, conduct, seiz ure or overthrow ot a govern ment by the use of force, vio lence military measures or threats thereof. BAY BRIDGE TOLL CUT TO 25 CENTS PE.'. CAR Sen Francisco, July l.tP)' The toll far on the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge wa cut to 29 cents for passenger cars today, a reduction ot fir cents. It was the fifth rat slash since the transbay span wa opened November 12, 1938, when a US-cent toll wa charged.
