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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY' 17, 1910.
No. 100.
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Alsop-Kintner
At Chicago
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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
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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
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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.
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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:
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26; Washington. 28; Linn, 24
Lane, 27; Hood River, 29, and
Klamath, 23.
Crook. Gilliam, Harnty, Jcf-
ferson. Morrow, Sherman and
Necessary to Appease
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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.
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