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The Weather fancmUt Fair tonight and Friday, little chaiif la temper To Cah In Medford Tribune Paopto wb mak a practk find the p not only Interest ing, bill alto find opportnnltlef to rath In profitably. It It a habit worth adopting try It and are. Temperature HlsHect yeUerdajr ... Lowet thli morning Full AsaocUitd Ptms Full United Prm Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940. No. 95. Martin To Direct Willkie Campaign iBRmSH SHIPPIM; LOSSES HEAVY as iemjs tis' TEfj blockade m ICKES CONVINCED 'baseball' DYNAMITE BOMBS I SUBMARINE TOLL Representative Joseph W. Martin. Jr. (right) of Massachusetts was named national chair man oi the Republican parly and will direct the campaign of Wendell L. Willkie (center). Republican presidentirl nominee, and his running mate. Senator Charles L. McNaty of Ore gon. The men are shown bare as they conferred In Washington. Washington, D. C, July 11. To the White House last week went a New Dealer. with an ambition. He Informed Mr. Roosevelt that he would take a shot at the presidential nom ination, orovlded Mr. Rooseveli does not want it; otherwise he . would seek the vice-presidency, If Mr. Roosevelt had r.o objec-1 tioos. Said the President, he did not want four more years in office; that he had hoped to retire at the end of the present tenure, but that conditions have developed which make it neces sary mucn against his personal wish to accept the nomination at ChlcaRO next week. What the impelling conditions are which make a third term neces sary the chief executive did not explain. For vice-president, said Mr. Roosevelt, he would like to have Cordcll Hull, present sec retary of state (who could not bring Mr. Roosevelt any votes ha does not now have), but doubted If Hull would be in i terested. He thought vell Bill Douglas, associate justice of the supreme court, because he is a 100 per cent New Deal er. However, added Mr. Roose velt, he has made no commit ments and his visitor could feel free to work for the vice-presidential nomination. Based on this story, friends of the ambitious New Dealer are now night and day rounding up delegates. OVERN'OR STARK of Mis-:f sourl is making a bid for the 10 votes in the Oregon dele gation for vice-president. Over tures are also being made for the Washington delegates. Ore gon delegates have adopted a resolution that they will sup port Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson, who is a Demo crat, and not young Senator Bob LaFollette, who received the Democratic primary indorse-1 ment by a few hundred votes. Presenting the name of a Re-las publican in a Democratic con vention would make the dele- (Continued on Pig Ten.) SIDE GLANCES or TRIEUNE REPORTERS Lffie Kurtz telling an inter ested group about how she arises at 4:30 a. m. these beau tiful summer mornings. And Zontian Mabel Conger j lookin' awfully pert in a white ' schoolmate but ahead of him to and brown enstmble trimmed d"? w" l''e"m in the Idaho with Irish green. And Jani.; V. Smith. as man man of Zunta conducting right P'PPy session. C ( fi ' Willkie Will Confer With G. 0. P. Leaders Next Week By William B. Ardery Colorado Springs, Colo., July 11. OP) Wendell L. Willkie said today he would confer next week with "important men" in the republican party and in-dications were that former Pres ident Herbert Hoover and Alf M. Landon, 1936 republican presidential nominee, would be among the group. He told a press conference that "it is fine that the house has passed the Hatch bill," ex tending to stats employes paid partly from federal funds the existing rstrictipns-ou political activity by federal workers. The republican nominee re ceived today a letter from Lan don saying that "there is' no doubt that you have caught the imagination of the American people Washington, July 11. (IP) The senate campaign expendi tures committee decided today that there is insufficient evi dence to Justify an investigation of reports that a "high pressure" telegram drive was employed in the successful campaign of Wen dell L. Willkie for the republic an presidential nomination. Chairman Gillette (D-Iowa) announced that the committee members had agreed unanimous ly that- information laid before it In several "suggestions" lor an inquiry into the Willkie pre nomination campaign lacked suf ficient facts to warrant commit tee action "at this time." PEAR GRADE CHANGES TO BE DISCUSSED AT HEARING HERE SOON Salem, July 11. (IP) Public hearings will be held July 19 in Medford and Hood River to discuss proposed revisions of 1 ffrades for winter nears and also t several varieties of summer j and fall pears, the state deoart- ment of agriculture said today. The proposed revisions would put Oregon grades in line with new federal standards for An jous, Cornice. Bosc, Winter Nelis and other winter pears. Under the suggested revisions, U. S. No. 1 grade would be the same as Oregon extra fancy; U. S. No. 1 would be slightly higher than Oregon fancy, and iU. S. No. 2 would be the same Oregon fancy. The hearing here will be held in the county courthouse audi torium, the hour to be an- nouncea laier, pear men nere said. SCHOOLBOY ESCAPES friTii ai ninniiini UtAIn UN IMUW5!. age and catapulted through the . . .. , ( Boise. Idaho. July 1 1. ox Clifford Albert Zipw 10. haS escaped death on the for the fatal shooting of peniieniiary. The state board of pardons yesterday unanimously voted to.lat night and seriously burned a commute Zipse's death sentence 4 BILLIONS EOR AWAITS F. R. PEN Washington. July 11 A $4,000,000,000 naval expan sion bill was sent to the White House today by congress. It was a major portion of the defense campaign and legisla tors on Capitol Hill were mani festing a desire to approve President Roosevelt's request for $4,848,171,957 in cash and authorizations to start this ex pansion and to increase greatly the army's land and air forces. The defense commission an nounced meanwhile that it had let $100,000,000 in contracts in recent days for new warplanes for the army and navy. Other contracts are being negotiated, it was said, with a view to add ing 23,000 planes by July 1942. The navy expansion measure, sent to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature by unanimous house agreement to minor senate changes, would virtually double the size of the present navy now built. ASHLAND YOUTH HURT AS' CAR CRASHES INTO PLAZA BUILDING DOOR Ashland, July 11. (Spl) Vernon E. Rush, 18, employe of the Selby Chevrolet com pany, was confined in Ashland Community hospital today with a broken right foot, a deep gash on the right knee and bruises and abrasions following an auto mobile accident early this morn- ina in tt-hirh the car he was driving crashed through the front door of the Henderson Ford Motor comnanr. niun, driving iwiv i-nrviu- let sedan owned by Vern .Has, Dl tk. ,1.. North Main street hill while traveling south, it was renorted. - .. j .1 irum a our inio ine iiiuw iwin, ! damaging three new cars and Homnli.Vtin. h. fHvrnUt Cigarette Causes Fire Portland, July 11. 'PI Fire springing from a discarded cig arette swept a two-story apart I ment in the St Johns district ; Charles Kern. 56. a carpenter who lived on the top floor. ROOSEVELT WILL -m REVEALED FOUND f 1 TAKE NOMINATION Interior Department Chief Admits Nothing Definite From F. D. R. However Washington, July 11. (IP) Secretary Ickes, an ardei.t ad vocate of a third term, said upon leaving the cabinet meeting at the White House today that he had not the slightest doubt that President Roosevelt would ac cept Democratic nomination. "If I were a betting man I would bet on It," the Interior department chief added. He said, however, that Presi dent Roosevelt had never told him his attitude toward a third term and that his statement was simply based on his own opin ion. Renomination of President Roosevelt to a third term was demanded today by 64 Demo cratic members of the house who signed a statement setting forth their position. The signing of the statement became known as speculation over the manner in which Mr. Roosevelt will announce his in tentions grew even more intense than the discussion over what his intentions are.. Thus the big question in Washington became not "Will president Roosevelt run for a third term?" but rather "How will be announce his decision?" The statement bore the names of house members from 21 states including Pierce, of Ore gon. El NARROW ESCAPE El Two Medford men escaped un scathed, four 66,000-volt high tension wires were broken by fire and electric service from this city to Ashland was affected in one of the most unusual acci dents ever recorded here. Jack Smith, 28, of 408 North Holly street, accompanied by Lloyd Morrison, also of this city, was returning home from Ash land last night when, about 10:25 as he neared the Voorhies cross ing a short ways south of Med ford, he saw fire under the hood of his 1935 sedan. Explaining the strange mishap today. Smith said he jammed on his brakes and the car began to wobble. The machine ran into the ditch at the side of the road, turned over on its side and jammed under a barbed wire fence, the strands of wire pressing over both car doors on the upturned side, Smith said. Before the fire reached them, C : . U ...J Mnminu, UTur. .hla In work ih,ir w.v out of the carl I between the strands of barbed j Co"" late today un wire. Then seeing that the whole 411 22 en"le democratic car, with its gasoline supply, was 1 membcr" to attend their nation going to burn up, they blocked:"1 convention at Chicago next off a safe area on the highway and stopped traffic, Smith said. A few minutes later the gaso line tank ignited and shot gaso line skyward. The flaming gaso- ine burned and broke the Call forma Oregon Power company lour nign-iciisiuu wwc. "l" the 1 I n.ma1v Kut htf thMi."roTO all traffic had been halted and no one was in danger. Smith re - i Copco switches were thrown out : .... n-.ii HoM. in Mlfnrrfl ' ia..-, j flickering out momentarily until the switcnes were inrown men on. Electric service in Asniana ..... , was out from 10:29 to 10:55 p. m. Some rural sections were with-; oi tne current population census, out electric service for three or The census will result in four hours but, since it was late j shifts In house membership, on at night, no great Inconveniencej which existing delegate repre was experiem-ed. One airways sentation is based. ; beacon in Ashland was out for la few minutes National First game: R. H. E. Boston 2 9 1 Chicago 8 12 2 Sullivan, Strincevich, and Masi; Passeau and Hartnett. American R. H. E. a 1 1 I Score: Cleveland Philadelphia i ""... " s 7 1 Milnar, Dobson, and Hemsley; Dean, Heusser, and Hayes. Score: R. H. E. St. Louis 4 3 1 New York 6 10 2 Auker, Mills, and Swift; Rus so, Hadley and Dickey. (13 innings): R. H. E. Chicago 2 11 2 Boston 3 7 0 Rigney and Tresh; Hash, Hav ing, Dickmun and Peacock. R. H. E. Detroit 3 f 2 Washington 7 11 C Newhouser, Hutchinson and Tebbetts; Hudson and Fcrrell. BOY SURRENDERS STOLEN AUTO TO POLICE Ashland, July 11. (Spl.) A 17-year-old Portland youth. Ray Baker, was - being held in the city jail today to await the ar rival of Multnomah county au thorities, after he walked into the police station shortly before noon and told officers he had stolen a car in Portland late last night, and driven it to Ashland. The machine, a 1938 Ford Tu dor, was parked in front of the station. When questioned Baker could give no reason for the car theft and for giving himself up to the authorities. He merely shrugged his shoulders when asked why he did it. Baker, according to state po lice records, was one of three youths who last August 10 held up the Willow Springs service station a short distance north of Medford, while driving a car stolen in Portland. The trio were captured by state police on the outskirts of Medford a few min utes after the holdup. The two other boys were Ira Delmarter and George McClain. McClain, appearing in circuit court here, was sentenced to 12 years in the state penitentiary on a charge of assault and rob bery while armed with a dan gerous weapon. Baker and Dela marter, both minors, were re turned to Portland, and state po lice have no record concerning what disposition was made of them. SO BOURBONS ATTEND CONCLAVE Washington, July 11. IIP) week. Chicago, July II. (Pi A democratic national committee subcommittee today debated with a witness whether to grant s:,. . , . , ,k kB.iiH a n-tiM "doubtful" in elec- t'"- ! The "bcomm ttee heard on y iOne witness who appcarea in . whole national committee to- morrow, but there were indica tions that the whole question MiMK. win r -.. ,,n.4l ( I. 1Q11 """ -' convention to await the results The platform maneuvers win 'start Friday NEAR CONVENTION New York Police Head Dis closes Philadelphia Plot Red Meeting Hall Linked New York. July 11. (IP) Two powerful dynamite bombs were found near the convention hall during the Republican na tional convention in Philadel phia two weeks ago, it was learn ed from a high police authority today after police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine disclosed a number of bombs were found during the meeting. Valentine did not say how many bombs were found nor where they were discovered, but other sources said seven or eight were located, some of them in a hall frequently used for com munist meetings. Valentine made the disclos ure in a talk to his detective force in which he asserted that the bomb explosion at the world's fair July Fourth which killed two detectives "is just the beginning." Out to Get f loiters The voice of the veteran and hardened peace officer choked with emotion as he spoke of the two victims of the bomb and declared that the department was out to "get the perpe trators of the plot, convict them and "have them sentenced to their proper punishment elec trocution." It was learned from another high police source that about seven bombs were found in va rious places in Philadelphia and that "some" of the bombs dis covered were under construction in a meeting hall where com munists gathered. "Lieut. James Pyke (head of the bomb and forgery squad) went to Philadelphia while the Republican convention was in session," Valentine said. "Some bombs were found there, and he opened two of them. . . . KNOX TAKES OATH AS HEAD OF NAVY Washington, July 11.- Col. Frank Knox took the oath of office as secretary of the navy at the White House today and left for his department to take over. His one comment to reporters was that "this is a working job not a talking Job." At the same time Henry L. Stimson, like Knox a republican, went to work as secretary of war for the second time in near ly 30 years. Stimson took his oath yesterday. Knox's oath was administered by Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter of the supreme court, a friend of the Chicago publisher. Grants Pass Colony Vanishes When Federal Men Plan Visit Grants Pass, July 11. (IP) The "Pioneer Club" outpost north of Grants Pass disappeared during the night without leaving notice or note of where the dozen or so Long Beach, Calif., families were going or why they left. Leland N. Fryer, of Portland, farm management specialist for the farm security administra tion, and Walter Mertz, reloca tion supervisor, made the dis covery this morning. They had come to Investigate the news reports of 125 or more families from Long Beach who planned to set up logging colo nies in Southern Oregon despite the opinion of county officials and business leaders that they could not eke out even a living wage by following plant an nounced by President R. J. Wil ton. The first of the familiea ar x xA : ... Canfleld IRA ...,,,,,,-m OREGON IliAM OF FOREIGN WAR VTO ' Corvallls, July The state encampment of Veterans , u. ..... Snt i military training for the youth of .the United States. Closing its annual meeting, the encampment - also favored expansion of the veterans' aid measure, perfection of a plan for swift mobilization, reserve officers' training corps and civ ilian military training coros. Ira D, Canfield, Medford, sen ior vice-commander, was elected department commander. Other officers Include 1 T,nuls Starr, Portland, senior vice commander, William Baer, Bend, Junior vice-commander; Walter Ake, Portland, Judge advocate; Dr. J. W. Ingram, The Dalles, surgeon, and Harrv Wlndus, Portland, chaplain. W. E. McGuffin, Portland, was re elected quartermaster. w District commanders includ ed: district 4, Frank V. Wray, Sllverton; district 6. Eugene W. Horton, Marshfield; district 8, E. Wilcox, Ashland. Bend was selected for the 1941 encampment. FORCED SERVICE Montevideo, July 11. (IP) The chamber of deputies today approved a bill requiring com pulsory military service. The senate already had passed it. Uruguay thus will become one of the few Latin American states requiring army service of its youth. The chamber's vote, 48 to 8, came after a 10-hour session. rived about June 25. camping near, but not on. land which they contracted to buy. The first of the "pioneers" were loath to talk. Soon they put up a "no trespassing warning. Fryer said that yesterday he went to the camp to learn the situation there. He was met at the barber wire fence and told that the camp spokesman, R. C. Pencils, treasurer, was absent. Fryer said he would return later and meet Parsells. "When we stopped there at 8 thli morning." Fryer said, "the whole kit and kaboodle were gone, slirker'n a whistle." Neighbors thought, he said, the pioneers might have gone back to Long Beach at tire trackt pointed south. But others here recalled that some of the first comert who were disap- nointed in the lark of commer cial timber on their land, had! - J spoken of moving to other parts. Ira D. IS HEAVIER THAN .1 Nazis Claim Sea Campaign Is Rapidly Becoming Star vation Blockade of Isles By the Associated Press Germany's assault on British, sea lanes, life lines of the Uni ted Kingdom, has wrought great destruction on shipping, costing Britain 609.000 tons by submar ine attack alone in the past six weeks, the Nazi high command proclaimed today. This rate of sinking exceeds that of the world war period of unrestricted submarine war fare, when U-boats of the Imper ial navy and other action sent ' down an average of 250.000 I tons monthly. ln nazis aeciarea their sea British Isles. Nazi claims wen EESsSSiS for only three weeks. t n-fi-nSMiL' ElS tu.e R g MA tnehou commons that Britain would eat regardless of German sub marines and bombers but must increase home production. New light on the controvert lal question of "battleship vs. plane" in actual combat was cast today- with the disclosure by General Francisco Pricolo, Ital ian air chief, that 300 Italian planes engaged in the battle of British and Italian war fleets in the Mediterranean, Dispatches from Rom ack nowledged that a large part of (Continued on Page Pour.) 16 NAZTlDERS London, July 11 lP German warplanes beat ai England all day long today and again tonight, lea Ting tragically lengthening list al civilian dead. At least IV raiders wore declared to hare been shot down. ' London. July 11.- Twelve enemy planet were thot down and many more damaged by British warplanes during heavy attacks today around the coasts of England, the air min istry announced. "Attempts by strong forces of enemy bombers escorted by fighters to attack shipping and other objectives around our coast met with vigorous resist ance," the ministry added. One British fighter plane wat acknowledged to have been lost "Many" nazi planes were de clared damaged. The German bombers had struck at England from coast to coast, and were declared alto to have turned machine guns on civilians In the streets of some towns. "A few" deaths were reported by the government. At the same time, an air min istry bulletin said medium-sized British bombers had "dived through a storm of sleet and rain" on the German-occupied Boulogne airdrome at dawn to day and it was believed that five German aircraft had been destroyed. British warplanes, striking again at Italy, were reported by the admiralty to have sunk an j Italian destroyer and a depot or store ship In Sicilian harbor. Mott Home July 14 Salem, July 11. (JP) Repre sentative James W. Mott tele graphed hit wife today he would arrive at hit home here July 14 by airplane to spend a few days while congress la In recess for the DemocraU I national convention.
