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The Weather ForaraM Fair tonight and Thai-id?, moderaU temperature. Tempera! ura HljchesC yerterday. , , 81 Loweftt thi mnrnliiy , , M Act Promptly rue hundred! of people no oaa learned to profit by Dln( the ant Adt know that It pot to read the Adt. daily. Why not get the habit? It payt to tt promptly when yon find a hat yoa want. Tribune FORD Full Associated Press United Pratt Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY' 17, 1910. No. 100. Med Alsop-Kintner At Chicago -o- Hopkins Blamed For Bad Feeling In Convention Chicago, July 17. The lot of Harry Hopkins is not a happy one. The President's favorite crony, star White House boarder and secretary of commerce, Hop kins comes nearest of any one in Chicago to being the leader of the third-term movement. And it is difficult to tell whether the third-termers or the anti third termers are most dis pleased with the way Hopkins is handling the situation. 't'HE convention has gone sour. The delegates arc either apa thetic or resentful, and at this writing there is not much sign that the presidential statement transmitted through Senator Al ben W. Barkley will greatly al ter the situation. Hopkins is be ing blamed. In its first days the conven tion went horribly sour. Hop kins, being in charge as much as any one was in charge, was im mediately blamed. During the past twenty-four hours, there fore, an extraordinary number of political leaders, new dealers not belonging to the Hopkins group, and independent Roose velt admirers conducted a kind of mass attack on the president, warning him by telegram and telephone that he must "save the convention." 1"HIS pressure resulted in the 1 statement transmitted to the convention by the president through Senator Alben W. Bark ley. The statement, the issuance of which the president had al ready been considering before the mass attack began, changed the convention atmosphere. And this change in atmosphere, plus the intensive efforts of Messrs. Ed Kelly, rank Hague, Joseph E. Cuffey and other satraps, who can command the voices as well as the votes of their hench men, produced the demonstra tion at the evening meeting. The change in the convention atmosphere, however, does not alter the situation of the unhap py Hopkins. On the whole, odd ly enough, the anti-third term ers like Postmaster General James A. Farley are more un derstanding of his plight than (Continued on Pig 6ix ) Americans Furnish Ambulance Service London. July 17. W The American ambulance corps of Great Britain to which Ameri cans have contributed 115,000 pounds (about $460,000) since its formation a month ago, al ready has 100 ambulances in sen-ice throughout the country and has acquired an additional 160 cars. Trainload of Food Going to French Geneva, Switzerland. July 17 i!P) A trainload of food sup plies, provided by a $100,000 fund for French refugees, left Geneva yesterday for Lyon. Toulouse and other parts of France unoccupied by German troops. A second train of 12 cars is being loaded today. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Tom Gilinsky back in the old home town greeting friends who hardly recognized him all grown up and everything. Jim Ringrose having a fright ful time trying to mow down a collection of weeds while do ing away with excess grass. Howdy Pettee thinking this little valley an excellent place to spend a summer's vacation. Leah Inch Emmens wearing a smart charm oraceiCT wn-cn would surely smash a foot if it fell on one. EARLY ADOPTION Consideration by Convention Goes Over to Tonight Pepper Causes Ball-up Chicago Stadium, July 17. (IP) The Democratic convention recessed after a 50-mlnule ses sion today until 5 p. m. (P.S.T.) when it will act on ths party platform and proceed .with presidential nominating speeches. Chicago. July 17. (U.PJ The Democratic resolutions commit tee today completed drafting a strong anti-war and pro-new deal platform which will be presented to the convention to night. The committee rejected an 11th hour attempt by Sen. Claude Pepper, (Florida), to strengthen the pledge of aid to nations resisting aggression. By Lyle C. Wilson (U.PJ Staff Correspondent Stadium, Chicago, July 17. (U.PJ A red-hot foreign affairs row broke out in the resolutions committee today and threw out of kilter the stream-lined demo cratic national convention sched ule of the draft-Roosevelt mana gers. The fight delayed completion of the 1940 platform and forced postponement of its convention consideration until tonight's ses sion at 7 p.m. (CST). The Roosevelt managers had planned to whip the platform through at 1 p.m. today and then recess until 7 p.m. for nomin ating speeches and a bull's eye one-ballot renomination of Pres ident Roosevelt. The platform delay reduced the 1 p.m. session to mere routine. May Nominate Tonight It was expected that nomina tions still could be made tonight unless an extended floor battle develops over the platform a possibility. The platform fight was start ed by Sen. Claude Pepper of Honda, out-spoken advocate of American aid to democracies and a member of the Roosevelt third term strategy board. Pepper demanded that the res olutions committee incorporate a clear-cut declaration that the United States will extend to Great Britain and nations resis ting aggression full material aid short of American manpower. Farley In Warning Anti-third termers still were attempting to light the bomb fuse on an anti-third term plat form plank. National Chairman James A. Farley, wistfully con ceding that he no longer was running the show, uttered a sharp warning against any at tempt to scrap traditional con vention procedure and proceed to name Roosevelt by acclama tion. The anti-third termers at tempted to present their views to the convention resolutions committee today but got short shrift from Chairman Robert F. Wagner. Rep. Elmer A. Ryan of Min nesota, a democrat but a former law partner and close personal friend of republican Gov. Har old E. Stassen of Minnesota, sought out Wagner and asked (Continued oa P Nint) ACCIDENT KILLS JJt a l;h.j '.. . Msuntson, Klamath Falls, and Walter McDonald, Rocky Point, were injured last night when a truck overturned on the Lakn shore drive after colliding with a car driven by Peggy Real of Quartz Mountain. Police said the truck traveling without lights. fflfA U. S. Apology This was the scene looking toward the speaker's stand as the Democraiice national convention opened in Chicago with galleries of the Chicago stadium only sparsely filled. Below) James A. Farley, national chairman, is seen telephoning Presi dent Roosevelt from Chicago. The chief executive asked "how things are going." "Okay." was Farley's answer. (A.P. Photos. WHEELER DISTANCES Helena, Mont., July 17. (IP) Isolationist Burton K. Wheel er, seeking renomination by Montana democrats for a fourth term in the United States senate outdistanced Attorney General Harrison J. Freebourn today as additional returns from yester day's primary election were tal lied. Returns from 510 of Mon tana's 1,195 precincts gave: Wheeler 44,256; Freebourn 12, 201. E. K. Cheadle, Jr.; Shelby, for mer republican state chairman, led in a three-way race for the republican senatorial nomina tion. Miss Jeanette Rankin of Mis soula, the first woman elected to congress and a nationally known peace advocate, main tained a slight edge over Dr. Jacob Thorkelson of Butte, the incumbent, in the race for the republican nomination for first district congressman. T RAVAGE UPSTATE Gervais, July 17. (IP) An unrecognized, winged insect has wrought extensive damage in peach and filbert orchards and hop yards, Mission bottom farm ers complained today. Holes drilled to the seed have made large quantities of peaches unfit for marketing. Growers said spraying and dust ing had not prevented loss of leaves on filbert trees and hop vines. BOATMEN COMPLETE SALMON RIVER RUN Hamilton, Mont., July 17. The 115-mile r.n down the foaming Salmon river was com pleted yesterday by four Ore- i gon boatmen. Prince Helfnch, iWoodie Hindman, George God i frey of Portland and Harold Dobyn. Pendleton. They ran the middle fork ,cti with S; m i l i - v-n main Salmon. Weavers. Martins to Wed Lancaster. La., July 17. IIP) Weaver Martin and Martin Weaver are going to marry the Wallowa counties showed losses. Martin sisters. Miss Mabel Mar- . tin will become the bride of Sidney, Australia. July 17. Weaver Martin and her siter. P Clarence E. Gauss, the new Alice B., will wed Martin Wea- United States minister to Aus ver Itralla, arrived SI PIL&KILSTB WESTERN DELEGATES JOINDMSTM TO KEEP Wm Chicago, July 17. (IP) Dele gates from the three Pacific Northwest states and Alaska were strongly for a third term for President Roosevelt today after participating in two rous ing demonstrations on the floor of the democratic national con vention last night. Their standards were carried in both parades from start to finish and the northwesterners were hoarse and perspiring when they left the hall. "Oregon is strong for Roose velt and prepared to draft him," Willis Mahoney, chairman of the Oregon delegation, said. "I be lieve he will accept the nomina tion if we vote for him." The western bloc, represent ing the 11 western states, planned a meeting late today to get a united front for some par ticular candidate for vice presi dent. A secret poll might be tak en of the delegates before that time. Chairman Calvin W, Raw lings of Utah said to get the sen timent. The Oregon delegation was said to be leaning toward Louis Johnson and Idaho re mained noncommittal. Portland. July 17. (U.R Ore gon's population went over the million mark in 1940. prelimin ary census figures for the en tire state revealed today. The new figure is 1,085.517, as against 953,736 for the 1930 census. Malheur county, with an In- crease of 75 per cent, showed by far the largest gain. Lin coln county's 46 per cent in erase was the second largest, with Josephine showing a 41 per cent rise, good for third place. Other substantial gains were m" follows: i-ncKimii. 4.1 wr crm: Jiin - . : S WS 26; Washington. 28; Linn, 24 Lane, 27; Hood River, 29, and Klamath, 23. Crook. Gilliam, Harnty, Jcf- ferson. Morrow, Sherman and Necessary to Appease I. f , vn ii i ii i ii ii MAIL FROM SOUTH ARRIVES EARLIER Klamath Falls, July 17. (IP) Improved mail service for citi zens of Medford, Grants Pass and Ashland, through the medium of a star route out of Klamath Falls, was announced here today. The Klamath Falls-Ashland star route now starts from the Southern Pacific depot here, where it picks up a pouch of mail for Rogue valley points from the southbound morning train on the main line of the Southern Pacific. The mall for Medford and Grants Pass is placed on a shasta line train when the star route vehicle reaches Ashland. Postuffice officials said this would advance southbound mail time for the Rogue valley cities by about half a day. To speed up the star route, boxes between Klamath Falls and Keno were transferred today to a RFD route out of Klamath Falls. The star route will continue to deliver to patrons from Keno to Ashland. TITLES-ABOLISHED BY BALTIC STATES RiWi Latvia, July 17. (Ar) Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania today abolished "Mr.," "Mrs." and "Miss" as titles and de creed that henceforth the term of address for all will be "citizen." The decrees were another step in the Baltic states' rush toward a Soviet pattern of life. Ask Hay Rale Delay Salem. July 17. P) The Great Northern and Southern racific railroads have asked the interstate commerce commission lor authority to advance irom August 13 to July zu tne naie on which hay rates from Klamath county to Portland are to be re duced. Public Utilities Commis sloner Ormond R. Bean said today HEARS FILM ACES GIVE REDS COIN 42 of Hollywood's Most Prominent Stars Listed Witness Details Activity Beaumont, Texas, July 17. (Pi A spokesman said the Dies committee, investigating un American activities, was given today a list naming 42 of Holly wood's most prominent screen figures as members of and fi nancial contributors to the Com munist party. Approximately 60 per cent of those named were members of the party and the rest fur nished money and other sur port, the spokesman said the committee was told in closed session. Representative Martin Dies (D., Texas), chairman of the house committee scrutinizing un-American activities, has for several days been acting as a one-man sub-committee digging into alleged evidence of Com munist and Fascist activities. The list revealed by the committee embraced actors, ac tresses, directors, producers and writers. ,. . Portlands Witness ' The testimony of John L. Leech of Portland, Ore., who yesterday outlined what he said was the general Communist program on the west coast. today detailed, the committee spokesman said, activity in the film colony. Important figures of the moving picture industry, he . said, gathered in special study groups to discuss Com munism, make plans and raise funds. The professional group in Hollywood, it was learned ho told the committee, contributed $1,200 to $1,500 a month to the party, exclusive of cam paign contributions and special assessments. Leech described himself as a former Communist leader In California. He said he was ex pelled by the Communist party in 1937 and recently had been employed by the commission of public docks in Portland, Ore. WEATHER HAMPERS AERIAL ATTACKS Berlin, July 17. (IP) The German high command an nounced today that bad weather had curtailed air activity against Britain, but reported that a merchant ship had been fired in an attack on a harbor in north Scotland and that a troop concentration had been bombed at Scapa Flow. No air attacks on Germany were carried out by British planes during the night, the high command said. Willkie Won't If 'Smear Campaign' Started V Oplorado Springs, Colo., July 17 (U.R) Wendell L. Willkie pledged himself today to a "clean crusade" against the Democrats, but promised to pull no punches If the opposition starts a "smear campaign" against him. In a verbal statement to news writers, the Republican presi dential nominee outlined his general policy by saying: "I am hoping this campaign will be conducted solely on the issues. If, however, the opposi tion decides to reduce It to a 'smear campaign and discussion ' of matters wholly extraneous to the Important and fundamental issues, we will do our very best to take rare of ourselves. "In all of my public discus- BASEBALL American League (1st game) Detroit .. 3 5 2 Boston ... 8 13 2 Newsom, Benton, Trout, Mc Kaln and Sullivan; Wilson, Os termueller and Peacock. (13 innings) Cleveland 3 7 4 New York 4 6 0 Feller and Hemsley; Pearson and Dickey. Chicago 2 8 5 Washington 5 9 0 Dietrich and Tresh; Leonard and Ferrcll. National League Brooklyn 2 8 0 Chicago 13 0 Hamlin and Phelps, Mancuso; Mooty, Page and Hartnett. AWAITING CALL Salem, July 17 OP) Oregon's 249th coast artillery, including 600 officers and men, will be one of seven coast artillery regi ments to be mobilized, Major General George A. White said tod,v. ... . General White said final an nouncement must come from Washington. D. C, but that ad vance reports indicate that the 249th will be sent to Camp Clat sop as soon as congress gives authority. Colonel Clifton Irwin of Salem commands the regiment, units of which are located at Salem, Albany, Cottage Grove, Marsh- field, Ashland and Klamath Falls. . Mobilization of the coast artil lery will Increase to 4.600 men taken from Oregon. This num ber probably jvlll be Increased by recruiting another 1,000 men when the entire guard is mo bilized, probably early In Au gust. TO Bucharest, Rumania, July 17, (IP) Three thousand Ruman ian tank cars, containing enough gasoline to operate 1,000 mili tary planes for 45 days, are ex pected to be on their way to Germany shortly as the result of a decision of the Rumanian oil commissioner. Since shortly after the war started, Rumania has compelled Germany to use her own tank cars to transport oil products. However, now that Rumania's foreign policy is oriented to that of the reich. all 9.000 tank cars owned by oil companies operat ing in the country have been requisitioned and one-third have been routed for movement to Germany. Pull Punches sions In recent years, I have never made an unkind refer ence to any individual. I'm hop ing that during this campaign 1 can follow this same course." Willkies assertion today, which was not prepared, fol lowed a declaration yesterday, inferentially linking President Roosevelt with speculations dur ing the 1920s. In responding to the Demo- icratic convention keynote speech of Speaker William H. Dank head of the house, Willkie men tioned gambling in "German marks" and "vending machine companies." During the 1936 presidential campaign, charges that Mr. Roosevelt was involved in such transactions were raised by his opponents. Japan I SHANGHAI DISPUTE IS AGGRAVATED BY STAND JJONOR American Interest in Orient Further Sharpened by Se lection of New Premier By the Associated Press. Japan will not be satisfied with anything less than a United States apology, authorl taive circles in Shanghai de clared tonight, as a result of an "incident" involving the treatment of Japanese gend armes arrested by U. S. marine July 7. The seriousness of the dis pute has been aggravated, it was said, now that thn Japan ese have invoked the honor of their army. Three thousand Japanese res idents of Shanghai, at a pro test mass meeting, urged Jap anese military authorities to "demand the disarming of Unit ed States marines" unless the marines apologize for the "ihis- tralmnt " Interest Sharpened. M American Interest In the ent was further sharps amid a lull in the Eur war as Japan selected premier to carry eu. of foreign expansion, an States warships were . t speeding townrd the Fa in Berlin, where autl. New complications aros nazis said the United following Its expressed-. of keeping world trade , pone, should "condemn iua British blockade against Ger many and Italy. Reports that Adolf Hitler is preparing a "last chance" offer to Britain presumably a "sur (Continued on Pace Nlue.) LOVE OF HITLER Portland, July 17. W Mary A. Goodwill, bride of six months, had a divorce suit on file here today because, she charged, her husband made life unbearable by championing Hit ler and Nazlism. Mrs. Goodwill declared that her husband, James A. Good will, mistreated her after she asked him to desist In his praise of the European dictator. They were married December 6, 1930. ROSSON CONFERS HERE ON SAFETY CAMPAIGN Hugh Rosson, director of safety in the secretary of state's depart- Mayor C. C. Furnas. Seth Bullls. chairman of the Medford Traffic Safety Council, and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce executives regarding a traffic safety educational campaign for next winter. Rosson was on a tour of the state. He said he was also Inter ested In arranging a program for bicycle safety and in preparing a model ordinance for cities not now regulating bicycle traffic. BOB PARKE TO COACH AT OREGON CITY HIGH Oregon City. July 17. lPy Selection of Robert (Bob) Parka as assistant football mentor and head boxing and wrestling coach was announced today by the Oregon City high school. Parke, a backfield star on the University of Oregon's 1933 Pacific coast co-championship football team and one-time Na tional Collegiate Athletic asso elation Javelin title-holder, was assistant football and basketball and head track coach at Nyssa high school last year. 4 i i
