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L. The Weather lorecaat: Partly etoody t nlht nd Tuaaday, atalttrrd aftarnoon ihanderatorma In mountain!: Illtla rhans la tamprrature. Hlfhrtt ve!erday Lownt thla mornlnf fT Hours Trying Tou ua eontart people by tele phone m nd devote bou re to "trjlnf" while s Met) Tribune ClaMirird begin work In thou nndt of homei ihortlf utter the big. fatt prrse Mart-, Small cott, prompt maltw Medford TRIBUNE Full Associated Pros tit id Prts Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. JULY 15, 1940. a No. 98. o) lo)AM mm F. was IB v , Washington, D. C July 15. 'Navy department Is expected to announce that contracts will be awarded for the construction of three vefiels In the Portland area. These are boats 175 feet long, steel construction, and are known as "net boats". There will be 24 such vessels ordered for the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. A "net boat" is one which attends to placing steel nets to protect harbors against submarines. One such net is to be near Bremerton navy yard, on Puget Sound, and others at San Francisco and San Diego." Investigation was made by the navy and this developed that a plant in the Portland district can handle the ship building. The situation with respect to na tional defense orders is this: There are no gifts or grants, and a concern must prove that it can handle the order before it is con sidered. Having demonstrated ability, if additional capital is required, that can be arranged. ARMY air corps is listening to arguments for plywood or plastic fuselage for planes. Two plywood experts have been sent for from Oregon to discuss the technical features. If the army should be interested in wooden planes it would mean a. new In dustry in the northwest. How ever, there is quiet opposition (Continued on Page Pour.) ' Silmion Aid Named Washington, July 15. (IP) Appointment of Major Eugene A. Regnier as aide-de-camp to Secretary of War Stimson was announced by the war depart ment today. SIDE GLANCES by THIEUNE REPORTERS Gordon Roosevelt Green form ing a perfect picture of the deep south as he fried gobs of chick en while chanting mammy songs and wearing a bright-colored calico apron. Bob Crutchfield averring that the west as compared with his native east land is sure close to being "God's country," what with the perty mountains, the beautiful orchards and the real hospitality. Gain Robinson teaching a' bunch of amateurs the ropes re garding roulette. Anne Carley recalling good old days when certain boisterous kids threw cake at her child's birthday party and the affair concluded in a near riot. Uncertainty Rules OH ATDRY-Keyneter for the Dtmorrsts' national conven tion opening J.lr 15 ,n Chime mill be AUbima't William B. Bankhrsd. Hou speakrr. mho's (onsidfrrd a fin orator, SETS OFF FIRST ill Convention Opens Without Word From Roosevelt On 3rd Term; Phones Farley Chicago. July 15. (UP.) For mer Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, who recently was displaced in President Roose velt's cabinet to make way for Republican Henry L. Stimson, today asked the Democratic platform committee to adopt a strict non-intervention policy in European political and military affairs. By Lyl C. Wilson .-- (U.R) Staf Correspondent Stadium. Chicago, July 15. (U.R) The Roosevelt third term bandwagon got off to a rolling start today within 20 minutes after the opening of the 1940 democratic national convention. The president's name was mentioned by Mayor Edward J. Kelly, an original draft-Roosevelt man. It touched off the first floor demonstration of the 46 minute gathering a 30-second round of cheers. Some delegates crowded out ot their seats and the New York state banner was hoisted into the aisle, but there was no pa rade. Fireworks Sura Tonight A few minutes later there were more cheers when Sen. Scott Lucas of Illinois men tioned the president's name. The first full-fledged demonstration of the convention may come to night when House Speaker Wil liam B. Bankhead of Alabama makes the keynote address of the convention. The first convention session was whacked off to a brisk start by National Chairman James A. Farley. His gavel cracked the table at 11:04 A.M. CST. By ! 11:50 a.m. the opening prelim ! inaries were out of the way and ' the convention quit until to night. The convention opened with still no public word from Mr. Roosevelt on the third term. But a private telephone wire was in operation from the White House to the convention and Farley and Roosevelt conferred by this means before the first session convened. Nothing Important Both the White House and the Farley versions of the conversa- (Continued on Paga Eight.) CANADIAN MOVIE NIGHT WILL SWELL WAR FUND Toronto, July 15. W) A half million Canadians are ex pected to go to the movie to night to boost the Dominion's "Buy a Stamp and Lick Hitler" campaign. Each must buv two 25-cent war savings startio to gain admission, but will retain them. INICMA-Blf Jim FirlfT. hsnd-shaktnt potinater mith fonntlra friends, is knoma for his loyalty to F.D.R some secret political ambitions, and for op . .position to a third tcrm. Ultimatum From Forecast for BASEBALL National. (First game): R. H. F. Brooklyn 10 17 1 Pittsburgh . 1 10 1 Wyatt and Phelps; Eutchcr, Lanahan, Bauers and Davis. Philadelphia 2 5 0 Cincinnati 3 10 1 Pearson. Syl Johnson and At wood, Millies; Walters and Lom bard!, Hershberger. American League St. Louis 6 11 1 Boston 10 15 1 Auker, Cox, Lawson and Swift, Nash, Heving and Pea cock. Chicago .. 3 7 0 New York 2 9 3 E. Smith. Appleton and Tresh; Breuer, Murphy and Rosar, Dickey. Detroit 9 10 1 Philadelphia 8 12 3 Newhouser, Trout and Teb betts; Heusser, Besse and Hayes. CCC ENROLLEE SHOT ON MERRILL STREET; ASSAILANT ESCAPES Klamath Falls. July 15. (JP) Lowell McFadden, 19-year-old CCC enrollee who was shot and wounded by an unidentified as sailant Saturday night at Mer rill, was given a chance to re cover by hospital attendants here today. McFadden was one of five CCC boys who were walking along the main street of Mer rill when a man leaped out of a car brandishing a pistol and threatened to "shoot the first one that moves." Without waiting for reply the gunman fired into the group, felling McFadden, then fled to the car firing two more shots. Both slugs went wild. The car. driven by a second man, sped out of sight. Sheriff's officers said today they had found no hint of the motive for the shooting. War Bulletins La LInaa, Spain, July 15 (IP) Columns of imoka were seen ascending from the Brit ish battle cruiser Hood and aircraft carrlar Ark Royal to day as bombs from raiding planas fall near lhair anchor age at Gibraltar. London, July i. (P) China protested io Great Brit ain today that the proposed closing of the Burma road is a "most unfriandly act." as Entries VETERAN -Are ef Seere. lary of State Cordtll Hull he's 6S mlfhl cripple his chsnres. The Tennessee statesman has repntertlr exprrnrd his disia " teres! In a political tutor. WEST VICE PRESIDENT Delegates Have Open Mind; Prefer to Avoid Entangle ments; Adopt Resolutions By Frank G. Gorria Chicago. July 15. (P) The "western bloc" at the democra tic national convention, consis ting of delegates from 11 west ern states, had an open mind, collectively speaking, on the vice presidential question today. Tbe delegates, holding a pre liminary conference yesterday, favored a "wait, watch and lis ten" policy, sidetracking a pro posal that all vice presidential candidates be Invited to appear before the group. Members said they prelerred to avoid any en tanglements at this stage. Pass Resolutions They did endorse resolutions favoring continuation of recla mation, the advancement of min ing and the development of western resources.. ' The bloc bas already ap- proved the leadership of Presi dent Roosevelt the past peril ous seven years" and "feels that America should be proud to have him as its leader at this time when the whole world Is on the brink of disaster." AT CLAIM OF UNBOSSED CONCLAVE Colorado Springs, Colo., July 15. (U.R) Wendell L. Willkie, republican presidential nominee, grinningly predicted today that the democratic convention in Chicago will nominate its Can didate for president "on the first ballot." ! "I want to listen to the ballot ing," Willkie said when asked if he intended to hear the con vention over the radio. When asked to comment on the speech of Sen. James F. Byrnes, (D.-S.C), in which he said the democratic convention would be the first "unbessed convention which has met on American soil under the aus pices of any party," Willkie laughed and said: "Jimmy Byrnes certainly has a sense of humor." Line Up EXPERIENCE D sen. At- tea W. Barkley of Kentorkr, mholl probablr b permanent rhalrman of Democratic conven tion, gave keynol" talks la 1JJ sad lM. Axis England T OR BE DESTROYED SAYS MOUTHPIECE Preparations Will Be Com plete in Few Days for Full-Blown Assault, Word By the Associated Press A virtual ultimatum to Brit ain to surrender or be destroyed by the Rome-Berlin axis power was forecast today by Virginio Gayda, Italian editor, sometimes known as Mussolini s mouth piece. Gayda said "preparations would be completed in a few days presumably meaning both the ultimatum and the strategy for a full-blown assault on the British islands. The Fascist editor said if Brit ain refused, the axis proposes to unleash "extremely grim, vio lent war in which inexorable de struction, a fateful, precipitous step toward final overthrow, will be measured ... by days or hours. This apparently indicates a huge-scale aerial bombing of Britain preceding an attempt at invasion. Churchill Adamant Gayda's assertions followed closely on Prime Minister Wins ton Churchill's ringing declara tion in a broadcast last night that Britain would scorn any peace parleys and that the empire was girding for a long war. Britain's plan of campaign. Churchill disclosed, calls for a two-year defensive war to guard the British Isles against Nazi conquest, and then, in 1942, counter-offensive. ''We would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than en slaved," he declared. Nazi raiders, keeping up the relentless schedule of bombing attacks that have peppered the island kingdom almost daily since June 18, dropped high ex plosives on a south coast English town this morning. "Some houses were damaged (Continued on Paga Eight.) Kennedy' Aids Red Cross London, July 15. (IP) Unl ted States Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy bought Queen Eliza beth gift, a silver and gilt tea service, for 300 pounds (about $1,200) at a Red Cross benefit sale today. Portland, July 15. iV) - Thirty-six Llbby, McNeill 4 Llbby packing plant machinists struck here Saturday because they said the company refuse! them a contract. at Post for Bourbon Nomination Race U S T I C E-V Koosevelt da eldr asalntt a third rsmptlcn, and th Democrat decide to put youth In tho saddle. Supreme Court Juttlco William O. Dour la mlfht p eouMered, H's lit I V? 1 J U 11 ' 4 ' i I 1 4 , - l k! ti ll -Bl-la,i tun Ulij'it r Willis jimmwmmiimmmmmtokn i "Sim I mmA nnmt The Chicago stadium looked peaceful when' this picture was taken shortly before the Demo cratic convention, but stormy sessions are expected when the delegates get down to nominat ing candidates. Equal Rights Amendment Plank Is Opposed Chicago, July 15. (IP) Mrs.. one of the hottest controversies before the Democratic pliit form committee today with a rtatement against a projjoscd constitutiona! amendment to guarantee women equal legal rights with men. Several women's groups have urged the committee to adopt a platform plank endorsing the amendment, which would giv women equally with men, lciwl rights to sue, manage their property and control their chil dren. Othor groups just an adamant have opposed adaption.- - In a statement read to tho committee by Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman of Oregon, the first lady said that approval of the equal rights amendment 'would be a great mhtake.' Until women are unionized to a far greater extent than at present, she raid, such an amendment would work great hardships on thoso employed in industry, whom she describ ed as composing "the larpest group of wane earning women ' Opponents of the amend ment claim it would wipe nut protective legislation enacted for the benefit of women in Industry, . 5 MEET DEATH IN E Marklecvllle, Cal., July 15. (IP) Five persons were killed In the crash of an airplane against a rocky bluff near here. The bodies were brought to Mark leeville today. Sheriff Orrin P. Brown said the dead were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce Mills of Los An geles, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cummings of Los Angeles, and C. N. Hodges of Los Angeles. Sheriff Brown said the plane In which the five were riding was built for only three pas sengers. MENTIONS D The name of Attorney General Robert Jackaon (above) has fltared lo stories about Democratic noml aallona. He's been mentioned at p possible vie president. ' I - I , v tl 'J If by Mrs. Roosevelt .Franklin D. Roosovelt entered :L BY RIFLE SHOT DURING CHILOQUIN RUM PftRTY Klamath Falls, July 15. (P) Three white persons were held in jail at Chiloquin today In an investigation of the shooting of Annabel Jackson, 18-year-old In dian girl, at what Indian Officer John Arkell described' as a "drinking party" at an Indian house on the reservation. The Jackson girl is in the hos pital at Klamath Agency with a bullet through her brain. Little hope is held for her recovery. Held In the case are Gordon and Eva Olson, man and wife, and Reed Edward Moline, a lum ber worker. Arkell said the whites took quantity of liquor to the house of Harry Jackson, a mile south of Chiloquin. In the course of the drinking bout, he said, the girl was shot with a .22 calibre I rifle above the left eye. CITY OF FLINT DULL CARGO CARRIER NOW Portland. July 15. (U.R) The City of Flint, now Just an ordi nary freighter hauling routine cargo, took on about 2,000 tons In port here today with no hint about her of past exciting ex periences in Europe's war-swept waters. Neither the captain nor any of the crew of the ship when she was seized last October in the north Atlantic by the German pocket battleship Deutschland are on the vessel today. HE'LL RUN-Wheth.r P.D.R. run or not, Ren. Burtoa K. Wheeler (abort) of Montans says he'll seek presidential nomination. He's advising Demo eral to become " part," 4m FEAR 50 MINERS Johnstown, Pa., July Five grimy, slightly-burned min ers who were brought out of the blast-shattered Sonman mine ot the Koppers company lata today said they believed about SO men still war in the fit, possibly entombed. They said a Rax blast ; had roared through slope JO, flec tion1 of the mine, but "that the) condition of tbose still in the diggings was unknown. The five were at the entrance ot the explosion sector. Earlier, 11 others from lop 18 had emerged from the shaft. Edward Ben, one of those near the explosion center said: "I saw a loud flash and heard a loud noise and rumbling. Then things started to fall around and I yelled 'explo sions!' " "Every place we went ft seemed too hot," Ben continu ed, adding: "It was difficult to breath and we got down on our stom achs for a while. The air was better down there. "Finally we made our way to the dip (near the entrance to the shaft) and were rescued. Those who emerged with Bert were Raymond Macintosh, Id ward Barbrowltz, Stanley Cyr was and man named Haffard. Fairground Eyed at ' Acceptance Place Washington, July 15. (U.R) Senate Republican Leader Charles L. McNary said today that he is considering accepting the G. O. P. vice-presidential nomination at the Oregon state fair grounds, three miles from his farm home near Salem, Earlier McNary had indicated that he would deliver his accept ance speech at his filbert farm. STRATECI$TAiart little easa ef aa early boos for Vic President Job Career, ke ha Infl-eac la party eoauaella aad m ill probably wkla power jybea piaJe jW
