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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1940.
No. 88.
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Washington. D: C, July 3.
Providing the Republican na
tional ticket is successful in
November and thereby Charles
L. McNary becomes vice-president,
it will leave a vncancy in
the senate, and it is the ambi
tion of Governor Charles A.
Sprague to succeed Senator Mc
Nary in the upper branch of
congress. This statement is
made on the authority of one
of the high party leaders who
says "the deal is all fixed up."
The mechanics are these: A
governor fills a senate vacancy
by appointment. Governor
Sprague cannot, obviously, ap
point himself, so a device is
arranged. If Governor Sprague
resigns. Speaker Fatland be
comes governor. The noimal
line of succession would be the
president of the senate, but
Robert Duncan has resigned
since the legislature met. to
become a circuit judge. With
no president of the senate, the
house speaker steps into the ex
ecutive office.
An understanding has been
reached between Fatland and
Sprague and all that is neces
sary to complete the deal' is
for McNary to become vice
president. This story was
brought to the national capital
four hours after McNury was
unanimously nominated at Phil
adelphia. "THIS maneuver of a governor
crashing into the' senate
through a deal is not without
precedent. It was tried suc
cessfully by a Montana gov
ernor a few years ago, but
when he came up for election
by the people he found him
self in the doghouse.
Governor Clarence Martin of
Washington wants to succeed
Senator Lewis B. Schwellen
bach, who has been appointed
and confirmed as a federal dis
trict judge but has not yet left
the toga for the robes. In
Washington there is a lieuten-
ant-governor who presided in
the state senate and succeeds
(Continued on Pag SU.i
MILL TO RESUME
The Medford Corporation
(Owen-Oregon) sawmill will re
sume operations next Monday
after closing down today for a
three-day Fourth of July vaca
tion for its employes. General
Manager James H. Owen an
nounced today.
Manager Owen said new or
ders had been received recently,
and the mill would continue op
erations as long as the volume
of business justified. It was
first feared the Fourth ot July
shutdown would be for a longer
period.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Larry Hunter coming to a big
town dance without his regalia
advertising Ashland's mammoth
Fourth of July celebration.
Farmer John Day marveling
at the stamina of a city dweller
who took a terrible beating from
a blistering sun while on a farm
tour.
James Murphy telling about
some photographic art that was
once left in his coat pocket un
beknownst to him.
Zoe Hurd being more than
pleased with the sudden burst
of enthusiasm spurting from
GOP circles, she herself having
remained enthusiastic even dur
ing the dark, forlorn years.
Bob Spalding receiving pleas
ant assistance with his evening
office work
ENGLAND IS RAKED
FROM END TO END;
THREE SHOT DOWN
15 Dead, 144 Wounded in
24 Hours; Royal Air Force
Stabs at Nazi Positions
London, July 3. ;P) Ger
man bombers in all-day attacks
today over the whole length of
England killed two persons ana
injured 22.
The raiders dropped bombs on
the southeast coast, in the north
east of England, in Scotland and
on the eastern English shore.
Three German bombers were
shot down, one of them in
fierce fight off the southeast
coast.
Today's casualties brought to
15 dead and approximately 144
wounded the total for the past
24 hours. J
New stabs at the German
Ruhr, Westphalia, Belgium and
Denmark were made meantime
by the Royal Air force, the air
ministry announced.
R.A.F. Stabs Bases
Tonight the air ministry dis
closed that coastal command
planes of the R.A.F. which raid
ed German bases in Holland last
night were American Hudson-
Lockheed bombers. One of them
shot ' down a Messer-Schmitt
fighter.
A baby and a grandmother
were reported killed by a bomb
which demolished a house in a
southeast coast town.
Several workmen were in
jured by three bombs which
dropped In northeastern Eng
land. In lhe southeast, a bombing
attack set a big building afire
during the afternoon. Nazi
planes also throbbed over a
northeastern town, but no
bombs were dropped immedi
ately. British defenders tallied their
24th raiding plane brought
down in a half-month of continu
ing, big scale forays.
At one point in the south a
German bomber fled southward,
pursued by three British Hurri
cane fighters. .With Swastikas
plainly visible, it swooped to
drop "whistling" bombs, then
circled and dropped more. A col
umn of smoke rose where the
Dombs fell.
Opaa Country Bombed
In the southeastern raid one
bomb fell in a garden, smashing
the front of a house. Two other
bombs fell in an adjoining road
way and more fell in the open
luuuuy ana in tne sea.
A r"
uerman plane was seen
low over the town before it dis
appeared over the ocean.
German planes spanned south
coast defenses this morning and
. (ConUnuad on Paga Two.)
FEHL ATTORNEYS
LTRY
Salem, July 3. (JP) Attor
neys for former Jackson County
Judge Earl Fehl said today thf-y
would begin new habeas corpus
proceedings in another attempt
to free Fehl from the state hos
pital, but they did not disclose
the nature of the new action
After Circuit Judge Louis P.
Hewitt of Portland a few days
ago refused to release Fenl on
grounds that the court was
without Jurisdiction, the ettor
neys said they would appeal
to the state supreme court.
Fehl contends he now is sane.
Order Army Ranges
Pittsburgh. July 3. tip) The
Aluminum Company of America
reported today it had received
an army order for utensils and
other equipment for approxi
mately 5.000 army ranges capa
ble of feeding about 1,000,000
men.
Early Paper July 4
In order to permit em
ployes to participate In
fourth of July activities, the
Mail Tribune will go to press
noon tomorrow.
Flames
Townsend, Wheeler Confer (VAST ADDITION TO
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United States Senator Burton K. Whaaler of Montana (left)
is shown hare with Dr. Francis E. Townsend (right) as they sat
together yesterday on the platform at the national contention
of the Townsend pension advocates. The senator told the dele
gates at the convention, held in St. Louis. Mo., that he would
NOT support any presidential candidate NOT pledged to keep
lhe country from war. Wheeler later said his name would be
offered up as a presidential nominee at the Democratic con
vention this month. (AP Wirephoto by airmail to Mail. Tribune)
Townsendites Told Pension
Periled by War Excitement
St. Louis. July 3. tjpy -Senator Sheridan Downey (D.-Cai.)
today told the Townsend national convention of 8,000 dele
gates that 'before the wur hysteria hit Washington, a sub
stantial majority of the senate was ready to vote for the
Townsend plan."
The old-age pension program
of 73-year-old Dr. Francis ..
Townsend calls for a 2 per cent
gross income tax to finance
payments to citizens over 60,
with an ultimate maximuril of
$200 a month.
Dcwney called the present
social security act "a tragic,
stupid failure," and Kid that
in recent debates "no senator
had the courage to defend that
charter of misfortune and pov
erty." Although Downey Is recog
nized as the leading 'Town
sendite" holding public office
he called Dr. Townsend "out
leader" he did not refer to
the third party hints made nt
the convention.
The third party talk yester
day by Senator Burton K.
Wheeler (D.-MonO. John L.
Lewis of the CIO and Dr.
Francis E. Townsend, founder
of the pension movement car
ried an "if" mere or less di
rected at the Democratic con
clave.
Wheeler, who announced that
his name would be presented
to the Democratic convention,
whether or not President Roose
velt seeks a third term, told
the Townsendites:
"Unless 'he Democrats adopt
a liberal, progressive platform.
and pledge their candi
date to keep this country out
of war. then there won't be
any difference between the Re
publican party and the Demo
cratic party.
"If this should happen, there
will be a trcmndous demand war relief fund of the American Jackson county totaled 28 dur
for a strong, liberal peace party ' Red Cross has reached $17.300,-1 Ing June, the largest number
which will give the people a(850. Among this week's contri-! since the Oregon marriage-med-chance
to vote on whether they i buttons was $831.23 from state leal examination law became ef
want war or teac " I criron inmates of Attica. N. Y. Lfective.
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LINER SUNK
NAZI, ITALIAN
London, July 3. (IP) The
15,501-ton British liner Aran
dora Star, carrying Germnns
and Italians who were to be
interned in Canada, has been
torpedoed and sunk off the
coast of Ireland.
The Berlin high command
communique today
anno.inced
that a German submarine had
torpedoed the Arandoia Star
west of North Cnannel, the
strait between Ireland and Scot
land. Many Germans and Italians
went down with the ship.
British soldiers were aboard
as guards.
About 1,000 scantily clad
survivors were landed hy a
British ship at a Scottish port
today.
The Germans and Italians
were part of a contingent rf
prisoners of war and civilian
internees. A first contingent
was landed at Quebec and
Montreal over the week-end.
Two soldiers said the ship
was ttruck without warning
and there was a desperate
scramble for lifeboats.
RED CROSS RELIEF FUND
REACHES $17,309,850
Washington, July 3 OP) The!
NATION'S DEFENSE
TO BE REQUESTED
Defense Program Officials
and President Agree On
Five Billion Dollar Plan
Washington, July 3. HP)
The senate naval affairs com
mittee unanimously approved to
day a house bill authorizing the
eventual expenditure of $4,000,-
000.000 to add 200 combat ships
to the navy's fighting fleet. The
legislation also removes the lim
it on the number of airplanes it
may acquire.
Committee approval came a
few hours after it became
known that a vast, supplement
ary defense program, costing
upwards of another $5,000,000.
000, would be submitted to con
gress next week.. It is designed
to go far in building up the na
tion's air forces toward a 50,000
plane goal.
Washington July 3. VP)
A vast, supplementary defense
program, expected to cost up
wards of $5,000,000,000 and de
signed to take long strides to
ward building up the nation's
air forces toward a 50,000-plane
goal, will be ssjhmitted to con
gress next whX . '
The progrsj-i, discussed today
at the White i.- Is intended
to start mass 'traduction of
planes, tanks 1 guns.
Details went v irked out in a
conference batvMtn President
Roosevelt and"X officials in
the defense program, but the
necessity for completing some
factors for the navy probably
will result In holding up its sub
mission to congress until next
week. One informed individual
said a message probably would
be submitted to the legislators
next Monday.
Washington, July 3. IP)
The national defense commis
sion announced today that the
Packard Motor company had
agreed tentatively to undertake
a contract for 9.000 aircraft en
gines 3,000 for the United
States and 6.000 for Great Bri
tain. William S. Knudsen, In charge
of defense production, said the
agreement was subject to ap
proval of the Packard directors.
Henry Ford refused the order,
saying he would work only for
the Uniu-d States.
ASHLAND INFANT
Ashland. July 3. (IP) One-
year-old Nancy Carroll Owens
fell between the bed and wall
I last night and strangled in the
blankets.
The bedding, pinned to the
mattress, twisted around the
child's neck. Bonnie Lee, a
three-year-old sister sleeping in
the same bed, was unawakened
by the tragedy.
The child s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. David L. Owens, had gone
across the street to visit a rela
tive. MEDFORD'S AIRMAIL
MAKES HEAVY GAIN
Airmail dispatched from Med
ford postoffice In June totiled
2345 pounds, Postmaster Frank
DrSouza announced today
Last month's total compared
with 1932 pounds in Juno a
year ago, the increase being
413 pounds or 21.3 per cent.
JUNE MARRIAGES SET.
RECORD FOR COUNTY
Mairlage licenses Issued In
in Logging Community
COL KNOX GIVEN
FOR NAVAL POST
Roosevelt Nominee Not An
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Interventionist IS Finding
Vote 9 to 5 in Favor
Washington, July 3. (A")
The senate naval committee ap
proved today President Roose- j
velt's inclusion of Col. Frank
Knox in his cabinet and simul
taneously issued a statement In
dicating that it had not found
him to be an "interventionist."
The action, taken by a 9 to 5
vote, cleared the way for the
senate to act, probably early
next week, on confirmation of
the Knox nomination to be sec
retary of navy and the nomina
tion of Henry L. Stimson to be
secretary of war. Stimson was
approved yesterday by the mili
tary committee. Both men are
republicans.
On behalf of the naval commit
tee. Chairman Walsh (D-Mass)
made public a statement saying
the group would have opposed
Knox's nomination if it had
found that he was an "interven
tionist." But, after questioning
Knox yesterday and today,
Walsh said:
Favors Aid to Allies
"The committee is of the opin
ion that, though Colonel Knox
has expressed extreme views in
favor of aid to the allies, he has
also declared emphatically his
opposition to entering the Euro
pean war and favors only "moral
and economic' aid to the allies
by our citizens as differentiated
from economic aid by our gov
ernment. "He stated his opposition to ex
tending any governmental aid
that would involve us in the
war or would in any degree im
pair our own defenses, which
cleared up the principal issue
before the committee."
Chairman Walsh announced
this committee vote on Knox:
For the nomination Walsh,
Russell of Georgia, Byrd of Vir
ginia, Gerry of Rhode Island,
Andrews of Florida, Elleder of
Louisiana, Lucas of Illinois,
democrats; and Hale of Maine
and Barbour of New Jersey, re
publicans.
Against the nomination Sen
ators Smith of South Carolina.
Tydings of Maryland, Bone of
Washington, and Holt of West
Virginia, democrats; and John
son of California, republican.
16 kilTedinraid
Berlin, July 3. (IP) DNB,
me oinciai uerman news agen
cy, reported tonight that 18
persons. Including 12 children.
were killed today in an air
raid at Barmbeck, a suburb of
Hamburg.
Twenty persons, most of them
children, were injured, the
agency said..
Autoist Fined for
Charging for Ride
Grants Pass, July 3. (P)
raise the money in Seattle. Guin
er, was fined $150 today in
justice court for carrying pay
ing passengers without a public
permit. He was released to
Joel B. Guin, 31. Seattle lectur-
told Magistrate R. S. Anderson
that he wanted to pay expenses
of Mrs. Charles W. Smith, pas
senger hospitalized by an acci
dent which led to his arrest.
Churchill Closeted
With Soviet Envoy
London, July 8. (IP) Prime
Minister Churchill had
long
talk tonight with the
Soviet
ambassador, Ivan Malsky.
The nature of the discussion
was kept secret
baseball
National
R. H. E.
Brooklyn 7 8 3
New York 3 8 0
Wyatt, Casey, Fitzsimmons
and Mancuso, Franke, Phelps;
Hubbell, Brown, Melton, Van
denberg and Danning.
PIH.hnroh B 11 2
.Chicago 7 12 2
Sewell, Lanning, Bauers,
Helntzelman and Davis; Passeau
iand CMint-
(First game) R. H. E.
Boston 8 8 2
Philadelphia 3 9 1
Sullivan and Masi; Higbe and
Millies, Atwood.
Amaricaa
R.
If.
18
14
Philadelphia 11
Boston 12
Besse, Dean and Hayes; Wag
ner, Heving and Glenn,
ALICE HANLEY, 82,
CALLED BY DEATH
Miss Alice Hanley, beloved
and widely known pioneer jf
the Rogue River valley, passed
away shortly after noon today.
Ten days ago she suffered a
stroke of paralysis from which
she steadily weakened.
Miss Hanley was 82 years of
age. She was born in Douglas
county, but at an early age she
moved, with her parents, to the
Jacksonville section, and spent
all her days on the Hanley home
place near Jacksonville. She led
an active life, and for many
years managed the farm. She
was regarded as the best-posted
person in southern Oregon on
the early day history of this part
of the west. She was on of the
leaders in the Southern Oregon
Pioneer association.
Among the surviving relatives
are a sister, Mrs. Ella Hanley
Bush, a nephew, Mike Hanley,
Jr., of Lake Creek, two nieces,
the Misses Claire and Mary Han
ley, and a brother, Ed B. Hanley
of Seattle. Another brother was
the late William Hanley of
Burns, eastern Oregon cattle
king and state political figure in
his day.
A complete obituary was
being prepared this afternoon.
Willkie Expects Party Lines
To Have Small Part in Vote
By Scott Hershef
New York, July 8. (IP) Wendell L. Willkie said today he
thought party lines would play little part In the coming presi
dential campaign, and that the issue was between those who be
lieved in the New Deal's philosophy and those who opposed It
Asked to comment on a state
ment by John L. Lewis, CIOl
chief, that Senator Wheeler (D
Mont.) was the only candidate;
the Democrats could nominate!
to defeat him, Willkie said:
"It doesn't matter who thei
Democrats nominate. We are
going to win."
Willkie added that he agreed!
with Lewis that President Roose-1
velt, should he run for a third!
term, could not defeat him.
During his morning press con-
ference, Willkie said he had
talked by telephone last night
with his running mate. Senator)
McNary of Oregon. He said he
described the type of man he!
was seeking and asked McNary;
for suggestions.
New York, July 8. (IP)
Wendell L. Willkie has turned
thumbs down on big contribu
tions to his campaign for presi
dent. In a statement on campaign
fund policy, the Republican
nominee said yesterday, "I don't
want any man who contributes
to this campaign to think that
by reason of a large contribu
tion he is entitled to any reward
In the way of an ambassadorship.
i or any other public position.
He announced he had issued
Instructions that contributions be
limited to $13,000, and that all
TEN WEST Tl
FAMILIES OUSTED
BY EARLY BLAZE ;
Fire Demon Strikes While
Menfolk Away Battling
Fire in Neighborhood
West Timber, Ore., July 3.
VP) Flames spreading in the
night from an abandoned lum
ber mill dock destroyed 12 or
15 houses here early today.
Ten families were left home
less.
The blaze started In the old
Eagle Lumber company build
ings, across the road from
homes of loggers, many ot
whom were fighting forest fires
on Sunset Logging company
property at the time.
No residents In the tiny log
ging community were injured.
The road dividing the single
street village was piled high
with household goods salvaged
from the flames. The rulna
still were burning furiously at
10 a. m. today and a pumper
was sent from Portland.
On Wolf Creek Route.
The town is located on the.
Wolf Creek highway west ot
Forest Grove, In the Coast
range of mountains.
The Eagl-j mill, shut down
tor years, was the property ot
the Alaska Junk company,
Portland, which had stripped
It of machinery. '
Officials at the' Fire Proteo
tlve association headquarters in
Forest Grove feared continua
tion of weather favorable to
spreading the Wolf creek blaze
might undo the mcasusem o( .
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IJIIUUa UWUIIMICU JOB, m ,
Unofficial estimates plaer
close to the Washington
TinamooK county line n i
acres, principally in old ita '
and slashings.
About 200 logger combatled
the flames in the Sunset tag
ging company holdings. Mnny
sections of green country alone
Portland's short highway route
to the beaches had been turned
to ashy desolation.
A dog frightened by the tiro
barked so constantly it awak
ened its owner, Mrs. Charlea
Simmons, who spread the alarm
among West Timber residents.
"Kid Brother" Sure
Portland, July t. (JP)
One man E. E. Willkie is
certain Wendell Willkie will
be the next president.
It is partly a matter ot
brotherly regard. E. E. Will
kie la the Republican presi
dential nominee's "kid broth
er." The 43-year-old, 230
pound, 8 feet 4V4 inch vice
president of Libby, McNeill St
Llbby, paused here briefly en
route to Alaska by air to
check up on the salmon pack
ing Industry.
"There isn't any question
but that he (Wendell) will be
the next president," Willkie
told interviewers. "I think
the people decided that at the
convention.
"Yes, McNary's an excellent
:hoice, too, both from the geo
graphic standpoint and from
nany others."
contributions from corporations
be refused.
"In my Judgment,' he aald,
this is a people's movement, and
I want to keep It that way.
"The more $1 contributions,
the more small contributions
there are," be said, "the happier
I shall be."
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