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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.
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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
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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
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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.