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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
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RFTIIRN OF FIFFT
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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-
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vuiuinum iisu luuuiTK iimipen
yesterday and escaped with 92
in cash.
Santa Clara Grobers Set $45 Ton for Bartletts
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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,
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ah Dias on me original pians
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were rriumca oecause uiey ex-
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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
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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.
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conquest of Libya and chief of
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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-
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' fer with Sen. Charles L. Mm"11' " ttld he wst not ture he
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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-
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FOR FRESH FRUIT
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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.