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The Weather Solely for You tarn may an Important mmm IIm Clalfl4 PM tula oralnf taUaat iM fur jo. At any raw a frw Minute f yur llni, might prnMtahlj sprnt rrdln tb avrtt ntenta. Tribune Forcrut Fair today nd FORD ormal trmptraturr. Teraprratur Hlfhett ycCerdy Lort yeterdy . Full AuocUlwl Pre full Unllad Pru Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1940. No. 97. o)M m Med Ml II KJ y I : at Athe I GENERAL OPINION Washington, D. C, July 13. The David and Jonathan friend ship which has existed between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and James Aloysius Farley is sched uled to terminate next week in Chicago. Genial Jim does not believe in violating the third term tradition; does not approve of Mr. Roosevelt preventing other Democrats from building up for the nomination, and Jim will not manage the third term campaign, but will retire from the national committee (and pos sibly his place in the cabinet), and engage in private business possibly manager of the New York Yankees. Such is the story told by poli ticos who are close to Farley and are presumed to know what is in his mind. Should the state ment be confirmed by events there would be little surprise in Washington where the rather scurvy treatment Farley has re ceived from the administration during the past three years is common knowledge. Farley was edged out of his close relation ship with Mr. Roosevelt by the "needling" supplied by the lit tle group of insiders who had constant access to the president's ear and who believe they know more about the science of prac tical politics than that old mas ter, Big Jim. Mr. Farley will not bolt, willocrats determined, to "draft not support Willkie. He will i Roosevelt ." some hannv nnrt Just gracefully make his exit, watching the campaign from the sidelines. WHEN (and if) Farley steps out of the Roosevelt camp the last of the small group of men who promoted, organized and accomplished the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt at Chicago eight years ago, will have left "The Boss." as Jim always calls the president. With the exception of Louis McHenry Howe, who died in the White House, the others broke with Mr. Roosevelt one after another, but Faithful Farley remained, despite his treatment by New Dealers of recent vintage the Hopkins, Corcorans, Cohens and Ickes. An inveterate "jiner," Farley made a trip to the Elks lodge, at Portland, Ore., as an excuse for sounding out and building up sentiment for Mr. Roosevelt, (Continued on Pga Six) Albuquerque, N. M., July 13. IP) James H. R. Cromwell booked plane passage tonight for Chicago for a hurried visit with Democratic leaders before taking a clipper plane Tuesday to Honolulu and the bedside of hls tobacco heiress wife, Doris Duke. Mrs. Cromwell Thursday gave birth to a child three months prematurely, the infant dying yesterday about 23 hours after birth. Fishing In the Jemez moun tains northwest of Albuquerque, Cromwell was unaware of the tragedy following Mrs. Crom well until advised through the Associated Press and residents of the little mountain commun ity of Jemez, who located him 25 miles away in a canyon. Cromwell said that the trag edy would affect his campaign for senator of New Jersey, for which he is the Democratic can didate. "Of course. I don't know yet to what extent," he explained. CHURCHILL TALK DUE NOON TODAY London. July 13. Wi Prime Minister Winston Churchill will broadcast nn address tomorrow , night at 9 o'clock (noon P.S.T. I His speech will be broadcast I overseas. It will last about 14 j minutes I F.R. WILL ACCEPT; 2 Carnival Spirit Prevails Pressure Applied to Far leyNo War Plank Prom ises Fight. Willkie For Unity Chicago, July 13. (IP) Headquarters were opened in u loop hotel, today for an organization dedicated to nominating Wendell L. Will kie for president at the Dem ocratic national convention next week. Explaining the purpose of those who would have the Republican standard bearer lead the Democratic party as well, Guy Warren of Corpus Christi, Texas, chairman of the organization, said: 'The Nominate Willkie Democrats organization was formed to provide a medium tor the people to express their desire for national unity and it is our profound belief that the delegates from all states will heed the wishes of the vast majority of the people of the party and obey their mandate for a unified lation." Chicago, July 13. (IP) Dem- some unhappy about it, but nearly everyone convinced he will accept the nomination, poured Into this convention city today to join in a carnival pre lude to next week's national convention. Bushels of red and white and blue buttons bearing the motto "Just Roosevelt," and the sil houette of a rooster rampant adorned hundreds of lapels, proclaiming in advance the key note of the big party gather ing. Whether the president would accept the nomination, two men knew, and they, secreted in the fastnesses of the huge Stevens hotel, the convention headquar ters, were in busy conference with their aides and casual call ers. The two. Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic na tional committee, who had been adverse to a third term for the president, and Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins. i the presidents confidant ana personal convention representa tive, In fact went Into confer ence with each other during the day. Hopkins called on Farley. Farley is a candidate, and one whose name is to go before the convention whether the president's is presented or not. j He has been planning to re-1 linquish his post as national chairman. However, much sure was being exerted upon (Continued ot. Page Thret.) Havana, July 13. Cuba will chose a president Sunday in an election that may affect the hemisphere defense plans of the United States. Chief candidates are Col. Ful gencio Batista, the Wand's "strong man" and Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin, the man Ba tista once pushed in and out of the presidency. Laredo Bra. a Batistaman, is president now. He cannot suc ceed himself. Grau's policy has been "Cuba for the Cubans." Batista, an in- ' I ternationalist. has pledged co oocration with t'nele Sam. Two million Cubans are qua! i ified to vote in the election. which will fill almost every pol itical office on the island. There is a third candidate for the pres idency Reinaldo Marques Ca macho but he appears to "-ac httl chanct England Keeps Eye on West Gate ORKNTY Arljntie u-tCt OcrT J&$x -5U:::::5V.iT North uy::::r:::;.--rfJiHOLYHEAO:::::.'nv Hop that Ireland .1) Eire and Ulster would unite to pro vide defense against a German Invasion appeared to be dissi pated by the attitude of Irish leaders, and on commentator said that England could only hop that it would b abl to meet the "first SOS thai comas from Dublin." Black arrow (2) shows path Nasis might take in attempt to tela Ireland to complete an arc now formed across in channel Meantime,. German planes continued 20 bomb southeastern England (3). Dublin, July 13. IP) A n i amicable settlement between Britain and Ireland under which ! British troops will cross Eire's frontiers only after a raid by a hostile power, was reported today in quarters close to the FOR FIRST TIME IN FOREST FIRES Rogue River national forest' headquarters were instructed late last night to have 11 ex perienced fire-fighting execu tives assembled here at 7:00 this morning for dispatch to the Montana fires if necessary, Missoula, Mont., July 13. (IP) Hundreds of fires started by a rainless lightning storm blazed tonight in the tinder-like forests of three northwestern states de spite efforts of thousands of hastily mobilized firefighters- some of whom landed by para- chute, At least 700 fires some of j them already covering more pres-'than S00 acres each were re- ported over a 200-mile front from eastern Washington across northern Idaho and into western Montana. Forest service officials gave up trying to count the blazes because new ones popped up rapidly over territory from north of Spokane, Wash., to Glacier National park in Mon tana near the Canadian border. Newly-trained forest service parachutists were used for the first time when the fires ap peared. But the fire-fighters dropped from planes were too few to cope with far-flung out breaks. Thousands of civilian conser vation corps enroilees and vol unteers from cities and towns were summoned. Like the fires they fought, there were so many that it was impossible to esti mate their numbers immedi ately. Spokane dispatched a special tra'in of 300 fire-fighters to the Kootenai national forest east of Libby, in northwestern Mon- i tana. North Bend. Ore., July 13. V The steamer Lawrence Phillips of San Francisco, a lum ber carrier, grounded on a Coos B 11 i. . - r- I ndj muuuiiia near biuuuc, i Ore , today from England (whit arrows). premier's off ice. In this event, and only then Eire will align herself with Britain without the formality of a declaration of war on the original invader, these sources reported. TO PAVE WAY FOR 7-2 Eugene, Ore, July 13 Medford belted out 12 hits for a 7-2 victory over Hills Creek in an Oregon State league game tonight. The Hillbillies worked up a 2-1 lead in the second inning but in the third Medford pitcher Bill Lanning tripled with two aboard to put a four-run rally under way. Tom Hawkins, Crater man ager, got thre hits in five times up. Score: R. H. E. Medford 7 12 1 Hills Creek 2 8 3 Lanning and Hawkins; B. Kelsey and G. Kelsay. Portland, Ore., July 13. IP) Wiltshire pitched Eugen to a 8-0 victory over the Portland Babes in an Oregon State league gam tonight, yielding only four hits. Score: R. H. E. Eugene 6 7 1 Portland 0 4 2 Wiltshire and Mattison; My, rak. Birch and Amacher. BULLETIN Coast Lagu Hollywood, July 13. (IP) portion Sunday. Pitcher Bill Fleming held Port- Outlook for far western land to two hits tonight as Holly-1 states from July IS to 20 in wood scored a S to 0 coast league j elusive: Generally fair but con victory. , -.-siderable thunderstorm activity Fleming also got a hit whicrrn forepart of week in plateau was converted into a run when i regions and high mountains of Babe Herman blasted out a California; temperature above homer In the fifth inning, scor-j normal in Interior districts fore ing two men ahead of him. Night game: R. H. t. Portland 0 2 1 Hollywood 5 10 0 Hilcher, Gonzales and An nunzio; Fleming and Monzo. (11 innings): R. H. E. Oakland I 8 1 Sacramento 4 10 0 I r-, ... !!!... J urn riuw, mulligan siiu Con I roy; Schmidt and OgrowdowikL OREGON DELEGATE! WANTS WAR UPON POWER INTERESTS Commonwealther Expounds At Chicago Democrats Getting Jittery. Chicago, July 13. (JD Amid several demands for a "keep America out of war" pledge. Democratic platform drafters also heard a warning today that Wendell L. Willkie, Republican presidential nominee, was trying to "bulldoze them into adopt ing a "soft" plank on foreign policy. The warning came from Mayor Maury Maverick of San An tonio, who declared the Amer ican people are "crying out for an aggressive spirit" in national defense. Calling Willkie "a flash in the pan," Maverick said he. wail 'catering to the 'hate-Roosevelts,' the German-American Bundists, Fascists and pacifists." The Texan, doing a complete about-face on his former con gressional stand, recommended universal military service, mili tarization of the civilian con servation corps, mobilization of the national guard "ta its en tirety" and a rssfs officers' training corps for vary college. The resolution ,ommiUee heard other . wtf-J j oppose sending.. th,.nai 4.airad forces outside th astern hemi sphere and dec!., compulsory military training would "curse" tne united state, . . An appeal for unified, nation-wide attack by the Dem ocratic party against private power interests was voiced by Monroe N. Sweetland, secretary of the Oregon Commonwealth federation, who declared that the Republican party's nomina tion of Senator McNary R., Ore.) as Wlllkie's running mate wai 'an attempt to take the curse off Willkie's public utility rec ord." REV: POET NAMED TO LOCAL PULPIT Portland, Ore., July 13. (IP) J. R. Stewart was appointed elder for the Portland, Salem and Rogue River districts of the Free Methodist church in Oregon at the closing business session today. Among ministerial appoint ments were: Salem, D. L. Fen wick; Woodburn, R. H. Shoup; Springfield-Glenwood, Leon Bel lis; Cottage Grove, H. P. Hoff man; Medford, R. H. Poet; Ash land. John Poet; Grants Pass, L. C. Gould; Klamath Falls, Clayton Green; Roseburg, L. A, Skuzie. GENERALLY FAIR. WARMER, OUTLOOK ... , .istruck out eight Merchants. Dl Northern California: Fair'sordl hit two singles In addl Sunday; fogs on coast; rising jtion to his homer. Paul Hof temperature In Interior; moder- fard led the Rogue attack with ate to fresh northwest wind , triple, double and single, off coast. Score: R. H. E. Oregon: Fair Sunday, coastal I Grants Pass 8 13 4 fogs: warmer In interior of west j Medford 5 7 6 part of week, becoming lower toward close of week. Franc Inquire Vichy, France. July 13. OP) Foreign ministry source said tonight the Trench government had asked Washington for in formation on the United States' position concerning French pos- - 1 session! in th Western Hemut- I pher THERE IS NO JOY TODAY IN FRANCE ON BASTILE DAY Nazi Heel Bears Heavily on Once Gay Nation Many Political Arrests. By the Associated Press One hundred fifty-one years ago today (Sunday) French rev olutionary mobs in Paris stormed the Bastille fortress symbol of monarchlal tyranny and struck off the chains of feudalism. Traditionally, the day has been a festive one down through the years, with dancing, drink ing throngs in the streets and military parades on Paris' bou levards. Today, however, France lies helpless in defeat at the hands of Germany. Thousands of her soldiers are in unmarked graves, her once powerful navy is im- mobilized, millions are Jobless and a new authoritarian regime under chief of state Henri Phil lip Petain is taking over her destiny. It means curtailment of a flood of reforms following the French revolution, based upon tfye symbolic words, "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity." Petain was for many months in Spain where he studied the post-war reconstruction meas ures of his former pupil. Gen. Francisco Franco. - One of his key advisers and ministers, Gen. Maxlme Wey gand, supposedly has monarch ial leanings, and Pierre Laval, his 57 year old vice premier. long has been a friend of Pre mier Mussolini of Italy, One year ago today Great Britain sent picked troops to march in her ally's independence day parade. Eleven months later Nazi troops, unimpeded, marched down that same boulevard to the Place de la Concorde where French revolutionists beheaded Louis XVI and his queen, Marie Antoinette. London, July 13. (IP) The Exchange Telegraph (British news agency) reported today that 17,000 political arrests had been made in German-occupied France, and added: "It now seems quite possible that moving of the Petain (French) government to Paris will be followed by Germans occupying the rest of Franc to restore order by methods ot the I machine gun." TO PASS, 8 TO 5 Nig DiSordl, Grant Pass! pitcher, won his own game here last night when he blasted a 350-foot homer over the left field fence with the bases empty and the score tied at S ail in the ninth inning, and the Mer chants went on to get two more runs and beat the Medford Rogues in a Southern Oregon league game, 8 to 5. 1 DiSordl fanned a dozen Rogues, while Tommy Kevan DiSordl and and G. Gitzen. Woods; Kevan Machinlsts Strike Portland, Ore., July 13. (IP) Thirty-six machinists struck at the Libby, McNeill te Lihhy packing plant her today, union officials said, after the firm re fused a union contract for the group. Wire T Chicago Chicago, July 13. (IP) Sena tor Clark (D-Idaho) urged citi zens tonight to telegraph their delegates at the democratic con ventlon to "put a peace plank In the platform" and to "nominate a non-Interventionist for presi dent." I War Bulletins By the Associated Press London, July 14. (Sunday) Early this morning German bombing planes flew over northeast England for the third successive night, but they dropped no bombs and ware driven oft by British lighter planes which yester day had accounted for total of 12 Nasi planes. STARVATION HELD HOPE OF HITLER FOR EARLY PEACE Europe Headed for Famine; Nazi Air Raids Cut Gas Supply Chaos Looms. By DaWlti MacKaml Some speculation has arisen among observers as to whether Herr Hitler might decide to abandon the idea of an invasion of the British isles and concen trate on his starvation-blockade. The Germans claim to be sink ing vast numbers of merchant ships, and there certainly is evi dence that they are meeting with a measure of success in the anxiety exhibited in British official quarters over future food supplies. Nobody knows what Hitler will do excepting Hitler. He might decide, that his blockade would be more effective and less risky. Still, It strikes me that he will undertake the in vasion if it seems at all feasible. The nazl leader wants to shorten the war up as much as possible. His constant raiding is burning up gasoline at a rate which must far exceed the re placement, whereas Britain can get oil and gas, and other sup plies, so long as she maintains control of the sea. Also, Europe is headed fast for dire hunger, which likely will begin to be felt severely by fall. That will hit Germany along with the rest, and wide spread famine conditions would create a situation which even a victorious Germany wouldn't want to face. A quick end to the conflict Is what Hitler needs. The way the war is going on now, with each side trying to strangle the other by blockade, it has ceased to be a conflict between fighting men and has resolved Itself into a test of how much torture the civilian populations can endure. How much hunger and privation they can stand. How much of the nerve shattering bombing they can take. How long they can bear the terrorizing and slaugh ter of their children. If the war should be protract- ed until It finally Is determined by the starvation of one side, many of the civilians who have survived would better nave aiea from bombs. Victor and van oulshed may find themselves in the same boat, because Europe is inviting not only hunger but terrible economic chaos. It will be strange if the win ter .doesn't produce grave civil ian disorders in many countries, unless the war finds an ending very soon. LABOR SUPPORTS DEI ' Washington. July 13. (T) Belief that the needs of na- tional defense might bring n end to organized labor's five-year-old civil war was expressed at the White House today after 18 officials ot th CIO. th Al L and railway labor unions hadjj ,bl. to prevent th Ger pledged cooperation In the d- mn (rom conducting th trd fense program. war n Atlantic and other wat- The promise of cooperation n lh ia was given in rrcimnii nw velt in a letter signed by the labor officials who make up the labor policy advisory committee of the national defense commis sion. Thl committee was cre ated recently for the announced purpose ot preventing stoppages of work in vital defense indus- - ltrles snd preserving labor Stan I dards WAR JUST BEGUN, BRITAIN CLAIMS BOTH FOESSUFFER America, In Broadcast, Told To Cheer Up Rome and Berlin Reports Contradict. London, July 13.-P) Para phrasing John Paul Jones' "I have only begun to fight," Brit ain's first lord of the admiralty, A. V. Alexander, told Ameri cans in a broadcast tonight that the British hope to fight out th war and "destroy" Ger many from their besieged bland homeland. In the last eight days, h said, the British may have shot down as many as 130 invading German planes (the official fig ures exceed 90 for certain). Alexander said about 20 Ital- - lan planes had been destroyed in the Mediterranean through the "gallant skill" ot air corps based at Malta and that "no less than 14" Italian submar ines had been destroyed or cap tured in one month nf warfare. In addition, ha said, Italy had lost three destroyers and sustained "heavy damage" to a battleship and a cruiser. The British cabinet member called upon "those in the great United States of America whose sympathy and understanding and practical help have been welcome to us in our testing -time" to b of "good cheer to our common ideals." Alexander especially praised th British dominions for ex tending "significant" aid to th mother country in th form ot military and naval war efforts. Raider RpUd Meanwhile B r i t a 1 n's air fighters sent six German raid ers spinning to destruction into the straits of Dover in an aft ernoon air battle. The BrltiJh straits triumph. reported in an air ministry com munique,, raised the day' total ot felled nazi planes to 12, six fighters and six bombers. In all, official statistics show ed the nazis have lost 91 planet from July 4 to tonight. Despite adverse weather, it said, "damage was caused and many fires were started" by British bombers raiding nazl naval bases at Emden and Kiel last (Friday) night Malta ""Rubbed Out" Rome, July 13. P Ital un claimed tonight thtr war planes rubbed out Malta as an offensive threat to Italy after blanting with bombs a British Mediterranean b a 1 1 1 fleet which split Into thre part under punishment from th air. Fascists said, also, that con stant Italian war bombardment over far-flung fronts in the Med iterranean and Africa was pre venting some 1.300 British planes from ever being used in the defense of th British isle against a German onslaught. Berlin, July 13. VP) Ger many claimed today to hava successfully challenged Britain' greatest historic weapon, th navy, in "successful operation overseas Dy tne nazi iieei. Th high command formally asserted that these operations presumably directed from Nor , . , i i . i i , wegian waiere nu rouiwu 'the capture of valuable prlz ships, and military commenta tors declared this proved th I British blockade to have become "Ineffectual In a high degree." I But while that blockade is) i being torn apart, they added. tne oerman counter-blocked i becoming "mor perceptible day bv day.' "Unit of th German navy now can operate on th high seas without th English fleet t Saa Franciscans OI Ontario, Ore., July 11. A Fred J. Bodinson and E. T. Kel ley, of San Francisco, president and vice-president of th Bodin son Manufacturing company, were Instantly killed In an auto mobile accident yesterday on th tdaho-Oregon-Nevada highway 24 miles couth of Jordaa valley. j
