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Thirty-ninth Year
Convention Chairman Sounds Call
For Republicans and Democrats
To Battle Against Regimentation
F
DECIMO GOAL
Rep. Joseph Martin Rallies
Perspiring Delegates Aft
' er Election as Chairman.
Chicago Stadium, June 27
(U.PJ The republican leader 01
the house, Rep.' Joseph W. Mar
tin, Jr., Mass., today summoned
republicans and anti-fourth term
democrats to a "war between
two eternally hostile ideologies"
between the New Deal and
"regimented" society on the one
hand and the GOP and a "free"
society on the other.
Martin rallier perspiring dele
gates to the republican national
convention in a free swinging
- speech shortly after he was elect
ed permanent convention chair
man, the same post he held four
years ago at Philadelphia.
Dewey Assured
He addressed a convention
which already had made up its
mind to nominate Gov. Thomas.
E. Dewey of New York for presi
dent in an all-out attempt to
drive from office an administra
tion which has held power for 11
years. The latest count assured
Dewey of at least 792 of the con
vention's 1,057 votes in tomor
row's balloting.
But the convention was having
more trouble in drawing up a
platform for his guidance.
While Martin was telling the
delegates in Chicago Stadium
that their job was not merely to
elect republicans in November
hut aim to "emancipate the
Hmoprats" from the New Deal
the resolutions committee head
ed bv Sen. Robert A. Taft, K
O., still was trying to hammer
together a platform which would
be acceptable to all complexions
of republican thougnt.
Tough Job
Taft admitted it was a tough
Job. He said he would be
unable to present anything to
the convention before 4 p. m.
It appeared Martin would have
either to call a special session
this afternoon or put the plat
form over until tomorrow morn
ing before the "man who"
orators get going with their nom
inating speeches.
The platform was to have been
adopted In today's morning ses
sion. That was ruled out by the
delay, however, and it was im
probable that the delegates could
get to it tonight, because former
President Herbert C. Hoover and
Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, R.,
Conn., both are scheduled to
speak then.
Mr. Hoover arrived In Chicago
today. Practically his first re
mark was that the tentative plat
form, "so far as I have seen it, is
In the right direction."
Willkle Crltlciies
He differed sharply with Wen
dell L. Willkle, the party's can
didate of four years ago, who
from a pillbox on the 23rd floor
of No. 15 Broad street, New
York, has been sniping at 'the
platform makers. Willkie's first
shot landed In the convention
as Gov. Earl Warren of Califor
nia was making his keynote ad
dress last night.
Hoover, wno said he "natural
ly" had been In communication
with Dewey, would not comment
on Willkie's statement. But he
did say that the convention had
"developed very good prospects"
both as to platform and candi
dates.. Martin roused the delegates
to cheers with broadsides at the
"autocratic, power-lustful bu
reaucracy" of the New Deal. He
drew cheers with the assertion
that:
"The democratic party has
been captured by a minority
whose philosophy It despises.
Thank God, some of its leaders
realize this and have had the
courage to revolt."
MEDFORD
United Preii
They're For Dewey
Girl workers at Gov. Thomas Dewey's convention headquarters at
Chicago display their well, their
the New York governor. Any wonder Sunday crowds applauded?
Foreign Policy
International Cooperation
Conevntion Headquarters, Chicago, June 27. (U.R) The full
resolutions committee of the 1944 Republican convention today
approved, virtually without change, a foreign policy plank which
last night drew criticism from Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 presi
dential nominee, and a group of
E
I
IN WHITE RUSSIA
London, June 27 (U.R)
Red Army forces stampeding
through the crumbled Ger
man defenses of White Rus
sia today captured Orsha,
next to last bastion of the
Nasi "fatherland line" which
had been isolated by a swift
Soviet flanking drive.
Moscow, June 27. (U.R) Red
armies surrounded Orsha and
were battling their way Into
Mogilev, 40 miles to the south,
today and those last two bas
tions on the enemy's so-called
"Fatherland Line" in White Rus
sia appeared on the point of cap
ture. Even as Soviet tanks, guns,
and infantry stepped up their
assault on the crumbling center
of the White Russian line, two
other Russian armies slashed
deep Into the northern and
southern flanks of the 285-mile
front in a vast enveloping move
ment aimed at the ancient cita
del of Minsk on the north-central
invasion route to Warsaw
and Berlin.
The 3rd White Russian army,
already 55 miles beyond newly
raptured Vitebsk, was speeding
toward Minsk from the northeast
at a pace of nearly a mile an
hour and at last reports was 80
to 85 miles away, while the 1st
White Russian army was a simi
lar distance avay from the
southeast, though meeting heav
ier enemy resistance.
Front dispatches disclosed that
the 3rd army also had cut all
highways and railways radiating
from Orsha, an air base and
strategic junction on the Mos-cow-MJnsk-Warsaw
line, sur
rounded the city and broken into
its suburbs in heavy fighting.
Col. Gen. Georgi D. Zakhar
ov's 2nd White Russian .army
drove into the suburbs of Mogi
lev after cutting all its commu
nications except the railway to
Slnlzk and the .highway to Bob
ruisk, dispatches said.
Ftill Leased Wire
sentiments, anyhow In tavor ot
Plank Favors
Republican governors.
The resolution, still subject to
a vote of the full convention,
possibly late this afternoon, pro
posed to put the party on record
in favor of postwar participa
tion in "cooperative organiza
tion" among sovereign nations
but banned any participation in
a world state.
Instead, It recommended that
the international organization it
envisages "should develop ef
fective cooperative means to di
rect peace forces to prevent or
repeal military aggression."
Pending formation of such an
organization, it pledged continu
ing collaboration with the United
Nations to assure those ultimate
objectives.
Phony Phrases
Willkie's criticism last night
was aimed at what he called
"phony phrases such as 'world
state' . . . and gentle language
such as 'peace forces'."
The full committee added one
paragraph, however.
The added paragraph prom
ised that the party would devote
itself to "re-establishing liberty
at home," and "at the earliest
possible time after the cessation
of hostilities we will bring home
all members of our armed forces
who do not have an unexpired
enlistment and who do not vol
unteer for further overseas
duty."
The foreign policy plank was
the first approved by the full
committee as it speeded up its
deliberations In an effort to pre
sent the whole platform to the
full convention this afternoon.
It pledged the party to prose
cution of the war to total vic
tory. For the protection of
American sovereignty it stipu
lated that any postwar treaties
or agreements with other na
tions shall require a two-thirds
vote of the United States sen
ate for ratification.
It favored maintenance of a
postwar military force of ample
strength for defense and safety
of the United States, its posses
sions and outposts, maintenance
of the Monroe doctrine, and for
meeting any military commit
ments determined by congress.
Radio Highlights
G.O.P. Convention on NBC
and CBS stations from 7 to 7:45
p. m. PWT) today and from 8 to
8 45 p. m. (PWT) on NBC only. I
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1944.
GRAND OLD PARTY
Program Embraces Desires
of American People As a
Whole, Declares Warren.
Chicago Stadium, June 27
(U.R) Gov. Earl Warren of Cal
ifornia, who likely will be the
Republican vice presidential
nominee, last night keynoted
his party's national convention
by calling for election of repub
licans in November "to get our
boys home again" and to assure
through international coopera
tion that they need never fight
again.
That was the theme of War
ren's address before a cheering
audience of 1057 delegates,
their alternates and thousands
of spectators. The republicans,
Warren declared, "mean busi
ness" and their program em
braces the desires of the Amer
ican people as a whole.
The newspapers and pro
.Tarns ' which had b;cn fash
ioned into fans in an effort to
alleviate the discomfort In the
huge humid stadium, still hold
ing, the heat of Chicago's hot
test day of the year, were al
most stilled as Warren spoke.
But the audience stomped
and whistled when he shouted:
"In Washington, where the
bureaucrats live, there is still a
democrat in the White House.
But out where the people live,
the country is predominately
republican."
They gave vent to their big
gest demonstration when War
ren declared:
"For 11 long years we have
been in the middle of the
stream. We are not amphibi
ous. We want to get across."
Warren said the republican
party was ready to accept the
responsibility of the nation in
wartime. He did not mention
President Roosevelt by name,
but he assailed any suggestion
that Roosevelt Is an "Indispens
able man," or that the demo
cratic party has a monopoly
on winning the war and peace.
Alice , Longworth
Joins Dewey March
Convention H e a d q u a rters,
Chicago, June 27 (U.R) Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a
backer of Gov. W. Bricker, to
day joined the parade of those
predicting selection of Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey as republican
presidential nominee on the
first ballot.
"That's the, way It looks now,"
said the daughter of the late
president Theodore Roosevelt
and widow of the late Nicholas
Longworth, speaker of the
house of representatives.
0'MALLEY CRITICIZES
REPUBLICAN'S KEYNOTE
Washington, June 27 (U.R)
Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney,
Wyo., of the democratic senator
ial campaign committee, said to
day the voters will repudiate
"overwhelmingly" the "defeat
ist doctrine" enunciated by Gov.
Earl Warren of California In his
keynote address before the re
publican national convention.
O'Mahoney said the "general
ities" of Warren's speech prom
ised "the dullest campaign since
Landon was overwhelmed by
the democratic landslide of
1936." I
Sales to date In the Fifth
War Loan Drive
$1,430,174.50
"E" Sale ..
Quota
..$301,037
$600,000
Total Quota
for County IJ.26J.000
SET JULY 14 FOR
IL LEVY
Municipal Project May Be
Memorial to Local Boys
and Girls in War Service.
The city council, at an ad
journed meeting last night,
unanimously adopted an ordi
nance providing for a special
election July 14 at which time
legal voters will ballot on the
proposal to raise $62,500 by tax
levy over a period of the next
two years to finance the con
struction of a municipal swim
ming pool.
Polls will be open, in the
city's four wards, from 1 to 8
p. m. Polling places are: Ward
1, Roosevelt school; ward 2,
county courthouse; ward 3,
Fiohtner's garage and ward 4,
city hall. Frank , Farrell, city
attsrney, said that any regis
tered voter In the city would be
qualified to cast a ballot.
Memorial Suggested
The council, on a suggestion
by Councilman J. C. Collins,
discussed the possibility of des
ignating the swimming pool, if
the election carries, as a mem
orial to all Medford men and
women in the service.
In conjunction with the elec
tion ordinance, an amendment
to the city charter was proposed
which would provide for the es
tablishment of a three-man
board of swimming pool com
missioners. . The council tabled
the proposal for the time being
in order to more fully study the
plan.
T
San Francisco, June 27 (U.R)
The only legal recourse left to
Harry Bridges, an appeal to the
supreme court, will be discussed
today by his attorneys and de
fense committee following a
ninth circuit court of appeals
decision upholding a deportation
order issued against the Pacific
coast labor leader in 1937.
The appellate court in a 3-2
decision denied Bridges' petition
for a writ of habeas corpus,
thereby sustaining the order for
his deportation issued by Attor
ney General Francis Blddle.
Although Bridges' attorneys
would make no definite state
ment regarding the appeal, they
previously asserted they would
carry the fight against his de
portation as far as necessary to
obtain a reversal of the order.
GERMAN BIG BERTHAS
SHELL DOVER REGION
London, June 27 (U.R) Ger
man long-range guns near Bou
logne fired a dozen shells across
the Straits into the Dover area
at 9:30 a. m. today.
Hulking Nazi General Surrenders While
His Troops Fight On To Hold Cherbourg
By Henry T. Gorrell
United Press Correspondent
Field Headquarters, U. S.
Troops Cherbourg Area, June
26 (UK) Lt. Gen. Carl Wll
helm Von Schlieben, Nazi com
mander of the Cherbourg Fort
ress, stepped out of an Ameri
can jeep and flinched as a bat
tery of photographers recorded
his arrival at American head
quarters as a prisoner.
He stood for a moment before
the door a hulking figure of
a man, over six feet tall, with
gorilla-like shoulders the
strain of days of defensive fight
ing written on his features.
Then he strode rapidly up the
stairs to meet the American
general who had forced his sur
render. General Questioned
The American general sat In
shirtsleeves at his desk. He
shook hands formally but al
lowed Von Schlieben to stand
while he questioned him
through an Interpreter.
Was he ready to surrender
the rest of bis troops 7
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Yanks T :e Cherbourg Hill
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American Infantrymen cautiously advance along line of hedge to
take lest hill before Cherbourg. A few hours after this picture was
taken, troops stormed Into the key port from three sides to com
plete capture.
STRIKE HOLDS UP
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Johnstown, Pa., June 27 (U.R)
A strike of 1,200 workers in
the Franklin car shops at the
Cambria plant of Bethlehem
Steel Corp. today halted pro
duction of army railway cars
destined for the European bat-
tlcironts as well as domestic
freight and mine cars.
The strike began yesterday
when 500 men In the wheel and
axle assembly unit walked out
after five fellow workers pro
tested that a change in the job
process had cut their earnings
by approximately 13 cents. The
afternoon shift of 700 joined the
strike.
Ralph E. Hough, general man
ager of the plant, said the five
men struck because they were
denied wage increases, and
charged that the walkout was
a "clear violation" of an agree
ment with the CIO United Steel
workers.
CONVENTION HEAT KILLS
KANSAS GROUP MEMBER
Chicago Stadium, June 27
(U.R) C. C. Wilson, 65-yoar-old
attorney of Meade, Kan., col
lapsed from the heat at the re
publican national convention to
day and died a few minutes
later In the emergency hospital
of a heart attack. He was a mem
ber of the Kansas delegation.
The German said emphatical
ly: "Ncln." He acknowledged
that he was out of contact with
rrtost of his troops, who were
fighting In isolated groups.
The American general asked
how, from a moral standpoint,
he could Justify surrendering
himself while permitting his
men to fight on hopelessly.
Von Schlieben shruRged his
big shoulders and explained
that It has been his experience
in Russia that small groups of
die-hards could achieve major
delays.
American assault forces
bagged Von Schlieben and Rear
Admiral Walter Hcnnecke, the
German naval commander of
Cherbourg when they were pre
paring to storm the entrance to
an underground tunnel in which
several hundred Germans were
bottled. A German lieutenant
suddenly emerged and goose
stepped through gunfire toward
our lines carrying a whits flag.
He was taken to the general
of an awault division, whom he
informed that he wished to iur- .
";UNE
Leased Wire
No. 82.
Dewey's Old Home
Saves Enthusiasm
For Final Success
Owosso, Mich., June 27. (U.R)
Thomas E. Dewey'a native
town, taking his assured Repub
lican presidential nomination In
Its stride, la saving Its enthusi
asm until such time as he re
ceives the nomination and Its
celebration for event of success
at the polls.
Mrs. George M. Dewey, whose
son Tom Is remembered by citi
zens here as "that smart Dewey
kid" who ran a magazine route,
made a point of shunning report
ers yesterday and today. She
was aided by neighbors who re
fused to be pinned down as to
where she might be found, and
explained that Mrs. Dewey still
doesn't consider her boy a nomi
nee for the nation's highest of
fice. However, it was reported that
Mrs. Dewey had left Owosso to
drive to Chicago, and was ex
pected to arrive there tomorrow.
SUSPECTS HELD
Houston, Tex., June 27 (U.R)
Houston police today held two
men believed to be fugitives
from Denver police.
One of the suspects. Identify
ing himself at Bill New, 20, re
portedly admitted that he and
the second suspect, McLaurine
Brooks, 28, were two of the four
prisoners who sawed their way
out of the Denver jail last Wed
nesday,
render the two top Nazi com
manders. The general gave the
order to cease firing and sent
the lieutenant back to the tun
nel to bring them out.
In a few minutes, Von
Schlieben and Hcnnecke came
out, followed by upwards of 300
Germans, all with their hands
in the air. Other batches of
Germans continued to surren
der in this area during the en
suing hours until the number
exceeded 7,000, bringing the
total bag for the peninsula cam
paign to roughly 20,000.
The American commander or
dered a loudspeaker brought up
to Inform the defenders of the
Cherbourg arsenal that their
commander had quit and that
further resistance was useless,
but the Germans threw a heavy
volume of small arms fire from
their concrete bastions through
the night.
A colonel of artillery .sur
rendered and brought 300 men
with him. A thousand wounded
Germans were taken in a hospital.
HHP I M fl
SCORE GAINS IN
VICINITYJFCAEN
Scythe Like Swing Aims At
Outflanking Of German
Base; Weather Turns Bad
Allied Supreme Headquarters,
London, June 27. (U.R) Tank
supported British infantry has
captured eight villages and cut
the main transport lines south
west of Caen in a big scale of
fensive opening a new phase of
the Norman campaign, which
has cost the Nazis at least 70,000
casualties, it was reported offic
ially today.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom
ery lashed out in a scythe-like
swing southwest of Caen in an
effort to burst through the thick
swamp country onto the Norman
plain and outflank the stubborn
German base anchoring the
southeastern corner of the allied
beachhead.
Cherbourg Secure
The announcement of the new
allied offensive, scoring initial
gains of more than six miles,
closely followed the official dis
closure that American troops had
completed the conquest of Cher
bourg, securing the great Atlan
tic port for developing the drive
into Nazi-held Europe.
The new phase of the allied
invasion the Caen offensive
began as the final mop-up of the
Cherbourg peninsula moved rap
idly toward Its close. The entire
northeastern tip of the peninsula
except the Maupertus air field
was cleared by last midnight,
and the only resisting Germans
were in the extreme tip of Cap
de la Hague, where they were
trapped without hope of escape.
Advance Six Miles
Supported by Churchill tanks,
the British struck southeast from
the area of Tllly-sur-Seulles and
advanced more than six miles,
seizing eight villages in the last
24 hours and cutting the rail
way and highway between Caen
and Vlllers-Bocage.
The allied advance now "fol
lows the textbook pattern pre
pared long In advance of D-Day,"
a headquarters spokesman re
ported. The British captured consider
able high ground northwest of
Villers-Bocage, In the bitter
fighting in "appalling" weather
conditions all day Monday and
through the early hours ot to
day accounted for in reports re
ceived at headquarters so far.
The railroad was cut seven
miles southwest of Caen just
northeast of the village of Grain-ville-Sur-Odon
and southwest of
the village of Mouen. Grainvilla
lies just off the Caen-Villeri
highway, which also was cut,.
Torrential rains drenched the
battlefield yesterday as the
crack British and German troops
clashed In encounters described
officially as "going entirely in
our favor."
Airmen over Normandy re
ported that the battle raging
west of Caen turned the coun
tryside into a maelstrom of shell
fire that from the air appeared
to be enveloping great sections
of land.
"Whole sections of the coun
tryside just started to disappear
for a distance of five or six
miles," one pilot reported. An
other said the area was "like a
great rectangular box of smoke
and dust. It did not seem as if
anything could live in it."
Sentence 63 Nisei
In Draft Violation
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 27 (U.R)
Sixty-three Japanese American
residents of the Heart Mountain,
Wyo., relocation center today
were under three-year sentences
for violation of the selective
service act.
In a mass trial before Federal
Judgo T. Blnke Kennedy the
Nisei, former residents of the
west coast, were found guilty of
failure to report for pre-lnduc-tion
physical examinations.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Dorothy Taylor In from Gold
Hill to see what makes side
glanccr tick.
Bob Bauman Informing hit
parents of his approaching ar
rival home from a naval base
with a one-word telegram, read
ing "Yipcel"
C. Lyle (Fid) Fidler indus
triously making hay while the
sun shone.
Jlmmle Grigsby stalking a
printer badly needed In bis print
shop.