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MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1940.
No. 94.
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Washington, D. C.July 10.
One of the strange sidelight! on
the presidential campaign is the
high regard and affection in
which the high command of the
democratic party holds Oregon's
Charley McNary, republican
nominee for vice president. It
causes speculation as to the at
titude the administration would
have taken had McNary instead
of Wendell Willkie been at the
head of the ticket.
The "smear Willkie" cam
paign (the mud guns have al
ready opened their barrage) will
leave McNary unscathed
"them's orders".
In an impish note signed
"your friend, Franklin D.
Boosevclt", and addressed to
"Dear Charley", the president
sent his congratulations to Sen
ator McNary following the lat
ter's nomination. Slyly Mr.
Roosevelt reminded McNary
that he, too, 20 years ago, was
a candidate for vice president
and "he learned a lot". (Roose
velt was defeated). The day the
note was penned at the White
House. Vice President Garner
phoned the republican candidate
to drop In and strike a blow for
liberty.
From James A. Farley, post
master general, chairman of the
democratic national committee
and twice successful manager of
' Mr. Roosevelt's can.paigns tc
tne presidency; came a letter to
"Dear Charley" full of congra
tulations and signed "Jim" In
the famed green ink. Lesser new
dealers telephoned best wishes.
""HARLEY Michelson, whose
"smear Hoover" did much
toward retiring the former pres
ident to private life, Is up to his
old tricks and opened up on
Willkie. But Michelson is laying
off of McNary except in a com
plimentary manner such as:
"Fortunately for the republic
ans, Senator McNary is a think
ing rather than a talking indi
vidual", and Michelson itemizes
the various new deal legislation
which received the Oregon sen
ator's support.
In brief; the top flight of new
dealers could scarcely praise
Senator McNary more if he was
a candidate on their own ticket.
Continued on Page Nina.)
CENTERS IN FISH
LaGrande, Ore., July 10. (P)
The only thing Supreme Court
Justice William O. Douglas, un
derstands right now is fishing.
Justice Douglas, arriving here
last night for a vacation with
Mrs. Douglas and their two chil
dren shrugged at inquiries about
the possibilities of his nomina
tion for president at the demo
cratic national convention in
Chicago next week.
"We'll limit conversation to
fishing, weather and art," he
laughed, "and the only thing 1
know anything about is fishing."
He will remain in the west to
visit boyhood friends and scenes
until September.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Una B. Inch wondering it it
wouldn't be easier Just to pave
her street with the numerous
petitions she has filed to have
her street paved with black-top.
Jack Marshall worrying for
fear the excellent Job he was
doing on a service club's pub
licity wasn't good enough.
Ruth Shangle sending hubby
Vern over to the neighbors to
fetch their children home from
a croquet game long enough to
eat dinner and then having to
go over herself to fetch home
Vern, so engrossed did he get
In the game himself.
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ITALIAN WARSHIPS
FORCED TO COVER
IN BRIEF BATTLE
50 R. A. F. Fighters Down
Ten Nazi Bombers in
Channel Fight Is Claim
London. July 10. l-PtK
warning that an attack on
England "may come in sev
eral places at dawn" was
voiced tonight in the house of
commons by Eir Edward
Grigg. undersecretary of state
for war.
(By Associated Press)
Great Britain, fighting for the
life of her empire, celebrated
claims of double victory over
the Nazi-Fascist powers today
at sea and in the air.
Jubilant Britons hailed ad
miralty reports disputed by
Italy that the British Medi
terranean fleet sent Italian war
ships fleeing to the cover of
shore defense guns after a brief.
flaming naval battle in the
Ionian sea Just below the in
step of the Italian "boot."
Ten Raiders Downed
Another black-headlined tri
umph was the reported feat of
50 R. A. E. fighters in beating
off 100 German raiders in a
spectacular air melee over the
English channel this afternoon.
Ten Nazi bombers were re
ported shot down as British
Spitfire pursuit planes chased
the German raiders back across
the channel. The German high
command asserted 10 British
planes were shot down in the
channel fight, with only four
Nazi planes lost.
Simultaneously, it was an
nounced that the invasion-minded
British public had been
prepared to deal with German
parachute or transport-plane
troops attempting to storm the
island kingdom disguised in
British uniforms.
The Nazi high command, co
incidently, claimed the destruc
tion of 28 British planes which
attacked a Nazi base at Sta-
vanger, Norway, and seven Brit
ish bombers in another raid on
Amiens, France.
Italy Disputes Claim
Italy bluntly disputed Lon
don claims of a British victory
in the Mediterranean naval
battle.
While the British version said
the Italian warships fled "al
most immediately" behind a
smoke screen, after an Italian
battleship had suffered a long
range hit, an Italian commu
nique asserted the British fleet
was driven off.
The British admiralty, taking
note of "mendacious reports
the Italian ships" and that there
were no British casualties.
(Continued on Pag. Ten.)
POPE PLEADS FOR
Vatican City. July 10. WV-
Pope Pius XII pleaded today
against allowing patriotism to
degenerate into hate and via
dictiveness in the present hour
Addressing 1,000 pilgrims at
his Wednesdau audience, the
pontiff warned that "he who
wishes to avenge himself will
meet with divine vengeance.
"In the present hour," he said,
there is danger lest the noble,
legitimate sentiment of love for
fatherland degenerate into vin
dictive passion. The good, faith
ful Christian faithfully and gen
erously defending the fatherland
still must sustain irom hating.
TWO POLISH SHIPS SKIP
TO BRITISH PROTECTION
London, July 10. W) Two
Polish ships which French au
thorities in west African ports
attempted tn hold broke out of
their harbors and are now in
British ports, the admiralty an
nounced today.
The ships were the 3,133-ton
Stalowa Wola. which escaped
from Dakar, French West Afri
ca, and the 8.345-ton Pulaski
which escaped at night from the
inner harbor at Konakri, anoth
er French West African port.
F.R. Asks Moire Arms Coin; Pledges Non-Aggression
Bund Leader
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Wilhelra Kunse (right), national leader of the German-Amer
ican bund, told a senate Judiciary subcommittee in Washington.
D. C, thai a proposed law roiuiring registration of foreign-con
trolled organisations would force
shown with his attorney, Wilbur
be an officer of the bund if the
Willkie Sees New
In Proposal for Investigation
Of His G.O.P. Nomination Drive
By William B. Ardaxy ,
Colorado Springs, Colo., July
10. (JP) Wendell L. Willkie
said today a projected senate
committee investigation of this
campaign for the Republican
presidential nomination was evi
dence that "the New Deal must
indeed be nervous about the
outcome of the election."
Willkie arrived here last night
for a three-week vacation. He
declared he would "Just loaf"
during the first week, would see
a number of Republican leaders
in the second week and would
devote the third to preparation
of his formal address accepting
the nomination.
The New York nominee was
informed during his plane trip
westward that Chairman Gillette
(D-Iowa) of the senate campaign
investigating committee wanted
to Inquire into "the alleged high
pressure telegraphic campaign
in behalf of Wendell Willkie."
Gillette, talking with reporters
in Washington, said he had re
ceived numerous complaints that
delegates to the Republican na
FOUR DESTROYERS
SAFE IN SWEDEN
Stockholm, July 10. W)
Four Swedish destroyers, pur
chased from Italy, entered Swed
ish waters this morning, a com-
munique said, after being seized
and damaged by a strong Brit
ish naval detachment, released,
and subsequently attacked by
British warplanes.
The communique said the de
stroyers, not equipped for com
bat, were seized June 20 off the
Faroe islands and taken to a
British port.
Their release was effected
after a Swedish protest. Britain
agreed to pay for damages.
On July 8. four bombs were
dropped as the ships proceeded
off the Norwegian coast, but no
hits were made, the communique
reported.
The British government ex
pressed regrets, saying the
action was a mistake.
Opposes Law
the bund out of existence. Kunse.
Keegan, said no one would dare
bill were enacted.
Deal Jitters
tional convention were deluged
with telegrams urging support
of Willkie. Gillette added that
he knew of no law to prevent
that type of campaign.
Willkie said in response to
questions that there had been
no "telegraphic campaign" and
added:
"Gillette is a Democrat and
is trying to help the Democrats
win. As far as I am concerned
they can investigate us forever.
We do not want to conduct a
campaign on such trivialities.
"A party which has to resort
to such tactics as the New Deal
is presently doing must indeed
be nervous about the outcome of
the election."
A large crowd chanting "We
want Willkie" lined the fences at
the municipal airport when the
nominee and his wife arrived
last night. Gov. Ralph Carr,
who flew from Denver to Wel
come his guests, told the crowd
that Willkie "wanted to know
it this was a paid gallery."
"This," Carr added, "is the
voice of Colorado," and the
crowd agreed with a lusty "yes!"
GERMAN CITED ON
REGISTRY
Los Angeles, July 10. T)
Dr. Herbert Hoehne, 29-year-old
German, was Indicted by a fed
eral grand Jury today on twa
counts failure to register as
the agent of a foreign govern
ment and failure to notify the
secretary of state of his pres
ence in this country.
The indictment was returned
shortly after William Fleet
Palmer, acting United States
attorney here, had presented
the case tn the grand Jury.
After telephone conversations
with Washington state depart
ment officials, Palmer said he
would not proceed against Con
sul General Fiitz Wiedemann
and Chancellor Herman Loeper
of the San Francisco German
consulate.
EXPECT $45 TON
FOR BARTS HERE
SAYSM1ITTEE
Fresh Fruit Prices and Can
nery Outlook Spur Opti
mism; Normal Crop Seen
"Growers are optimistic about
the fresh fruit prices, as well as
the cannery deal, and are quite
well organized and holding for
a minimum of $45 per ton. We
expect the best pear deal this
year that we have had for ten
years."
This optimism was expressed
in a letter sent last night to the
Yakima Valley Bartlett Pear
Growers Union at Yakima,
Wash., by the Bartle'.t pear com
mittee of the Fruit Growers
League which was appointed a
short time ago to work in be
half of equitable pear prices for
Medford district growers. The
local committee works in coop
eration with similar committees
in all the other west coast pear
districts.
$4$ Posted Here
The price of $45 a ton for
cannery Bartletts was adopted
on advice of its committee by
the Pear Growers Protective
League, San Jose, Cal., recently.
This information, together with
facts regarding pear production
and the canned fruit industry,
was given to the committees in
all the west coast pear districts,
the committees interchanging
such information. The $45 price
has been posted here by the lo
cal committee.
A letter from the Pear Grow
ers Protective League at San
Jose amplified the reasons gov
erning the adoption of the $45
price. The reasons Included: (1)
greater canned fruit sales in
1939-40 than in the previous
year; (2) canned fruit prices that
were equal to or better thun
those of the previous year, with
sales up; (3) smaller California
pear crop because of blight; (4)
prospects of European relief re
quirements for staple foods, in
cluding canned and dried Dears:
(5) bright prospects in the fresh i
fruit market.
The letter also stated that
some Santa Clara valley grow
ers wanted to post a price of $50
a ton.
Fewer en Hand
On June 1 unsold canned
pears totalled 117.108 as com
pared with 152,733 on the same
date last year, the letter said.
Pear production estimates in
tons were given as follows:
1939 1940
Medford 20,000 20,000
California 162,500
Yakima 85,000
Wenatchee 15.000
Hood River.. 7,000
134,800
51,500
15,000
7,000
Extortionist Sentenced
Port Angeles, Wash., July 10;
(P Accused of writing anony
mous letters threatening harm
to his own nephew, Fred James,
32, pleaded guilty to attempted
grand larceny by extortion, in!
Clallam county superior court
this afternoon. He was sentenced I
to the maximum of seven and
one-half years in state prison.
Shanghai, July 10. (P Jap
anese residents of Shanghai at
a mass meeting tonight demand
ed in a resolution that Col De
witt Peck, United States marine
commander, "apologize before
an international gathering for
insults offered to the Japanese."
The meeting, attended by
about 1.000, was a high spot of
anti-American agitation by
Shanghai Japanese resulting
from the five-hour detention
Sunday of 16 Japanese gen
darmes arrested in the Ameri
can defense area of the interna
tional settlement.
Rear Admiral Moriji Takeda,
japs
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IN USE HERE ON
. 3, IS PLAN
Jacksonville Cut-over Sched
uled for July 25 $200,
0C0 Spent for Change
Thursday, July 25. for the
Jacksonville telephone ex
change and Saturday, August 3.
for the Medford exchange, have
been set as tentative dates for
the change to dial operation, ac
cording to R. B. Hammond, man
ager for the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company.
The conversion will be made
with little or no interruption in
service and, marking the cul
mination of months of planning
and work, the actual change
over to dial operation in each
exchange will take only a min
ute or two.
Removal of the Medford busi
ness office of the telephone
company from its present loca
tion on West Sixth street to its
new location in the enlarged
telephone building at Fifth and
Bartlett streets will be made ov
er the weekend of July 20 and
21, according to Mr. Hammond.
Installation Near Estd
Telephone men now are fin
ishing up the installation of dial
telephones on all customers'
premises both in Medford and
in Jacksonville, and Western
Electric company installers are
putting the finishing touches on
the new dial central office equip
ment in Medford and Jackson
ville. This work, in each case,
will be completed a week or two
before' the respective cutover
dates in order to allow plenty
of time for final tests.
In addition to the change-over
of all exchange telephones in
both Medford and Jacksonville
to dial operation, 19 rural lines
with 110 telephones served by
the Medford exchange, and sev
en rural lines with 78 tele
phones served by the Jackson
ville exchange also are being
changed to dial operation. This
will give modern dial service to
all of the rural customers in
both the Medford and Jackson
ville districts, with the excep
tion of two lines with five tele
phones belonging to the forest
service and served by the Med
ford exchange. These will con
tinue to be operated manually.
$200,000 Project
The conversion to dial oper
ation will bring to a conclusion
a $200,000 development and bet
terments program on the part of
the telephone company in Med
ford and Jacksonville. This has
included a new addition to the
Fifth and Bartlett streets build
ing here, new building at
Jacksonville, installation of cen
tral office equipment, change
over of telephones to dial, and
rearrangement of outside tele-
phone plant,
School Superintendent
Springfield, Ore., July 10.
m E. H. Sllke, Canby, was
Preparing today to assume new
duties as superintendent of the
Springfield schools. He was ap
pointed last night to succeed H.
T. bantee.
commander of the Japanese
naval garrison here, told news
papermen that "the violence and
insults inflicted on the Japanese
gendarmes were barbarous acts
beyond description."
Colonel Dewitt Peck, the ma
rine earrison commander, has
replied bluntly to the Japanese
charges that they were "lies
and demanded an explanation of
the 16 gendarmes' presence in
the American defense tone In
violation of nrevious agreements
at the time of their five-hour
detention Sunday.
"The fact that United States
marines committed such acts
War Bulletins
Istanbul. July 10. (P)
The Turkish government to
night called an emergency ses
sion of the national assembly
for Friday to consider de
mands which Soviet Russia is
expected to make on Turkey.
Officials denied that any
Russian ultimatum had been
received, but all quarters be
lieved that a soviet note is
coming within the next few
days, possibly asking a share
in control of the strategic
Dardanelles.
Bucharest. July 10.
Rumania tonight announced
here withdrawal from the
League of Nations. Foreign
Minister Mihail Manoilescu
told the press the withdrawal
ends Rumania's "political Il
lusions." STIMSON IS SWORN IN
AS SECRETARY OF
IN ROOSEVELT CABINET
Washington, July 10. WP)
Henry L. Stimson, once a mem
ber of Republican cabinets, was
sworn in today as President
Roosevelt's secretary of war.
i The oath was taken by the
new secretary in Mr. Roose
velt's oval office at the White
House. Percy Nelson, assistant
Comptroller of the White House,
administered it.
Those who witnessed the brief
ceremony, in addition to the
president, were Louis Johnson,
assistant secretary of war, and
General Edwin M. Watson, a
presidential secretary.
Appointment of Stimson to
the cabinet was confirmed by
the senate yesterday. In former
years, Stimson, now 72, served
as secretary of war In presi
dent Taft's cabinet and secre
tary of state under President
Hoover.
OF
Washington, July 10. WV-
The senate confirmed today the
appointment of Col. Frank Knox.
Chicago newspaper publisher
and Republican vice-presidential
nominee in 1936, to be secretary
of the navy.
Confirmation came after
Knox's views on foreign affairs
had been described by Senator
Holt (D-W V.s.) as those of an
Interventionist. The appointment
was defended by Senator Lucas
CD-Ill.)
The vote was 08 to 16.
Washington, July 10. (JP)
Senators from three Pacific
Northwest states divided on con
firmation of Col. Frank Knox
as navy secretary-
Senators Schwellenbach of
Washington and Holman and
McNary of Oregon voted for
confirmation, while Senators
Bone of Washington and Clark
and Thomas of Idaho were, rec
orded against Knox's accep
tance.
fully knowing the Japanese were
gendarmes is a deliberate and
grave insult to Japanese sol
diers," Admiral Takeda said.
"I am greatly offended as a
soldier and as a Japanese subject
by such an insult to the honor
of Japanese forces. I am paying
attention to developments of the
case with the greatest concern."
A Japanese army spokesman
said Colonel Peck had not yet
replied to Major General Miura's
demand for an apology. He said
the statement made yesterday
by the marine commander (ex
plaining that the Japanese were
arrested after they had been
pointed out as possible terrorists)
(ADDITIONAL FUNDS
WILL MAKE TOTAL
NEAR MBILLION
Will Not Send Our Men to
Take Part in European
Wars, Says Message
Washington, July 10.-
The senate approved today, with
only perfuctory discussion, si
house bill authorizing a 70 per
cent increase in the United
States fighting fleet and fixing;
the navy's air corps goal at 15,
000 planes.-.
Washington, July 10.
President Roosevelt asked con
gress to authorize an additional
$4,848,171,957 tor defense to
day in a special message assert
ing that "we will not use our
arms In a war of aggression;
we will not send our men to
take part in European wars."
Mr. Roosevelt's - request
brought to approximately $10,
000,000,000 the funds and con
tract authorizations asked this
session of land, rea and air
armaments,,- P r e v 1 ously the.
president had asked and the,
congress voted about $5,000,
000,000 in the two categories. .
Specifically, Mr. Roorevelt to
day requested $2,161,441,657 in
a cash anoropriation and' S2,
686,730,000 ' in ' contract a'uth- '
orizations. The latter would
permit congress to appropriate
later a like amount.
Lesson in War.
'The principal lesson of the)
war up to the present time ia
that partial defense Is inade
quate defense," Mr. Roosevelt
declared.
So great a sum means sacri
fice. . So larce a program means
hard work the participation of
the whole country in the total
defense of the country. Thia
nation, through sacrllice and
work .and unity, proposes to
remain free."
The president outlined the)
government's "immediate objec
tives as follows:
"1. To enrry forward tha
naval expansion program de
signed to build up the navy to
meet any possible combination
of hostile naval forces.
"2. To complete the total
equipment for a land force of
approximately 1,200,000 men,
though of course this total ot "
men would not be in the army
in time of peace.
(Continued on Pag Tan.)
DIES LEARNS PLOT TO
Austin, Texas, July 10. (
Chairman Martin Dies of
congressional investigating com
mittee said today he had infor
mation that a plot to sabotage
a battleship under construction
in a Pennsylvania navy yard
had been uncovered
He asserted the information
had been given him by agenta
of the committee, which ia in
quiring into un-American activ
ities in this country.
APOLOBV
.... . Mn.iHnrMt an answer.
The point of Miura's protest, he
explained, was not the arrest It-
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gendarmes "and unfriendly treat
ment W "-' - - -
Jected like criminals sentenced
to death."
Asked whether any measures)
had been taken against ant.
American agitation in Hongkew,
Japanese-occupied section of tha
international settlement, t h
spokesman replied, "It 1 a mat
ter of course to suppress unrea
sonable, illegal or impropef
action, but we ara not in a posi
tion to suppress a spontaneous
expression of national feeling."
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