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Bmlllng and complacent. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey sits In his Albany. N. Y.
executive omce with a railroad ticket to Chicago In his pocket dated Juni
88. The last-minute swelling of tide ot Dewey votes was started Defon
Chicago convention opening when California delegates decided to cast
their 50 votes tor him.
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Wiping the moisture from his steel-rimmed glasses, Republican National
Chairman Harrison E. Spangler calls the G. O. P. convention delegatei
to order in 77-degree temDerature ot Chicazo Stadium.
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Gov. Earl Warren of California, making keynote speech at Republlcat
convention. Chicago, tells convention delegates that. "We want a peaci
that will be lastlne ... a oeaca that will be lust."
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Violent Tank Battles Carry
Invaders to Esquay Area;
Other Fronts Active.
By United Press
British armored forces wid
ened and deepened their breach
in the German lines southwest
of Caen today sin an offensive
which was part of a picture of
increasing blows being rained on
Germany on five fronts in Eu
rope in Normandy, White Rus
sia, Italy, In the air over the
continent and from the French
underground.
The forces encircling the Nazi
Reich struck as follows:
1. The British, slowly forging
a siege arc around uaen, touRni
fhpir vaav in violent tank battles
beyond the Odon river to the
neighborhood of Esquay, less
than three miles from the Orne
river, on which the German de
fenses south of Caen are based.
2. Four Soviet armies drove
h r.mnini tinclc in erowlng
disorder along a 300-mlle front
In White Russia east 01 me Key
center of Minsk
4 AHIp1 nrmlm In Italy
gained steadily against furious
German resistance on a troni 01
about 100 miles from Perugia to
the Tyrrhenian coast.
4. An American force of 1250
heavy bombers and fighters ham
mnraH finrman transnortation fa
cilities from the Paris area to
the Saar valley, while British
planes struck at targets in north
western France.
5. The French underground,
or "army of the Interior," in
Krnncpd Ha pnmnniffn nf sabotaee
and active resistance through a
large part ot rran.ee.
Air Force Active
The British were well-supported
by the air forces, which
nmnnii nthpr enlevements de-
mnlUhpH a fiprmnn armv corns
headquarters, 14 miles east of
St. Lo, helping to disrupt tne
enpmv' nrffflnizatlon. '
At the northern end of the
peninsula, American forces were
mopping up isolated enemy pocK
pt pact and west of Cherbourg
Within the liberated port, all
resistance had ceased except for
an occasional sniper. Engineers
were at work restoring the partly-wrecked
harbor.
Soviet dispatches from the
White Russian front declared to
rinv that thp German defeat was
a rout and that "the road to
Minsk lies open." Violent street
fighting was in progress in Mogi
lev and Bobruisk, last strong-
hnMa rt thp chnttprpri German
"Fatherland line." Vitebsk, Zhol
bin and Orsha already had been
captured. ,
The Russians were attacking
with an estimated 1,000,000 men,
and the enemy's pillbox and
"hedgehog" defenses were sim
ply being overwhelmed. The Rus
sians knocked out five enemy
divisions in a pocket outside Vi
tphclr Irillino mnrp than 20.000
and taking 10.000 prisoners. An
other live divisions were sur
rounded at Bobruisk and facing
a similar fate.
On the Finnish front, Soviet
forces advanced 18 miles along
thp Ttnlnffrnd Murmansk rail-
Way against weakening Finnish
resistance.
Tn TMlv tVin Gprmanfl were
ffffhtini? a desnprata rear Guard
action In the hills from the west
coast half way across the penin
sula ti-vlnir in 0aln tlfna fnr
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their main forces to dig In on
the pisa-rlorence-Kimini line
about 40 to 60 miles above the
present battlefront.
Orovllle, Cal., June 28 (U.B
Trapped in an upstairs bedroom,
Ruth Ann Switzer, 1Z, was
burned to death early today
when fire destroyed the Orovllle
home of her family. The girl was
alone In the house at the time
the blaze started from an unde
termined cause.
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Republican Platform In Brief
Chicago Stadium, June 28. (U.R) Here are the major points In
the 1944 Republican platform:
Victory in the war.
United States participation in an international "cooperative
organization," whose "peace forces" would maintain peace.
Peace time jobs in private industry, removal of the government
from "competition with private industry," and termination of
"rationing, price-fixing and all other emergency power" as soon
as possible.
Extension of social security to groups not now covered.
Fair and just administration of present labor and social security
laws and restoration of a labor department, now "emasculated by
the new deal."
Fair market prices rather than subsidies for agricultural pro
ducts, bolstered by "support prices, commodity loans," and "other
economic means."
Prompt settlement of war contracts: Fair disposal of war sur
pluses, and protection of small business.
Reduction of individual Income and corporation taxes "as soon
as the war ends."
Rigid government economy.
A "fair protective tariff on competitive products."
Prompt relief for peoples of liberated countries.
Abolition through constitutional amendment of the poll tax as a
condition of voting in federal elections.
Continued press freedom and a new radio law clearly defining
the role of the federal communications commission.
Defense of "the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, and the law
of the land."
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London, June 28 U.R)- Phil
ippe Henriot, propaganda minis
ter in tho Vichy government,
was assassinated In his Paris
bedroom early today in what
Chief of Government Pierre La
val called an "act of civil war."
German broadcasts disclosed
that 15 men disguised as mem
bers of the Vichy militia boldly
entered the propaganda ministry
at Paris shortly before 8 a. m.,
covering guards with their guns.
Shot In Heart
Three went to the second floor
and knocked on the door of Hen
riot's bedroom. When the pa-Jama-clad
Henriot opened the
door, one of the men shot him In
the heart. He fell dead before
the eyes of his wife, who was
also In the room.
The assassins apparently es
caped. They presumably were mem
bers of the French underground,
which operates under direct or
ders of Gen. Charles De Gaulle's
French provisional government
In Algiers.
Henriot, who has a long rec
ord of collaboration with the
Germans In the drive against the
resistance forces was among
the first 25 traitors listed In the
underground's famous "keeper
of the morgues" file. More than
Hoover Bows
Urges Young
Chicago Stadium, June 28
(U.R) Herbert Clark Hoover, el
der statesman of the Republican
party, today delivered over to
the new generation of the GOP
the relentless fight he has waged
against his successor In the
White House Franklin D.
Roosevelt and asked them to
carry on as "crusaders of free
dom."
And Republicans prepared to
back up Hoovers accent on
youth by giving the 1944 GOP
presidential nomination to 42-year-old
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York.
Bitter Valedictory
Mr. Hoover, who will be 70
within two months, bowed out
of active politics last night with
a valedictory which was at once
a bitterly-worded castigatlon of
the New Deal and a hopeful
prayer that Republican youth
"can lead our people away from
the jungle nf disorderly, cyn
ical and bitter Ideas, the topsy
turvy confusions, the hopeless
ness and lack of faith and de
featism that have haunted this
nation over these dozen years."
Beads of perspiration trickled
down his cheeks and his voice
trembled with a trace of rage as
he stood before Republican con
vention delegates and belabored
the Roosevelt administration for
"forging shackles on the liber
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, c E 28, 1944
Willkie Early In
Congratulations
New York, June 28 (U.R)
Wendell L. Willkie today con
gratulated Gov. Thomas E. Dew
ey on his nomination us Repub
lican presidential candidate, not
waiting for the formal action ot
the party convention in Chicago.
Willkie, 1940 Republican
standard bearer, telegraphed
Dewey as follows: "Hearty con
gratulations to you on your nom
ination. You have one of the
great opportunities of history."
Dewey sent this reply to Will
kie: "Many thanks for your gra
cious wire and for your good
wishes. I appreciate them ever
so much."
MINERS ASK EXEMPTION
ON ASSESSMENT WORK
A general rush of miners to
file exemption papers for assess
ment work on claims before
noon of Saturday, July 1, Is
now underway at the county
clerk's office, pursuant to a bu
reau of mines order. Papers
have been filed at the rate of
25 daily the past week. It is esti
mated they will total around
300. Miners from all over the
country are making the filings.
100 high French traitors, most of
them members of the Vichy gov
ernment, have been marked for
death by the underground.
Henriot arrived in Paris with
Laval only yesterday.
Out Of Active Politics;
GOP To Assume Crusade
ties of the people."
But his voice mellowed as he
reached the peroration, not hint
ed at In the copies of his speech
distributed In advance. It was
his farewell, and a rallying cry
to youth. The delegates cheered
loud and long
Confident of Future
"We who have lived long," he
said, "turn our eyes upon your
generation lovingly and with
hope, and with prayer, and with
confidence for the future of our
country . . . We of the older
generation know that you will
carry forward.
"Youth of the Republican par
ty, I, representing the generation
of your fathers greet you and
send you forth."
The New Deal, following "In
milder form the tactics of Euro
pean revolutions," he said, has
"certain methods In common'
with those revolutions.
'They seek," he said, "to de
stroy every safeguard of person
al liberty and justice. Their
method was to create centralized
government and a simple polit
ical parly. Purge was their polit
ical weapon, Their economic sys
tem Is regimentation through co
ercion by bureaucracy. Their
faith Is the negation of Chris
tianity. Their strategy : to make
public opinion by falsehood and!
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DESPERATE JAPS
ON SAIPAN ISLE
IN LOSING FIGHT
Massed Tank and Artillery
Formations Thrown in by
Enemy in Fierce Conflict.
By United Press
The bloodiest battle of the
Pacific ocean campaign raged
across tiny Salpan island today
and front reports said the Jap
anese were throwing massed
tank and artillery formations
into a desperate but losing fight
against American invasion
forces advancing slowly Into
the northern half of the Island.
After 13 days of fierce fight
ing, the American marines and
army troops held all of the
southern half of Salpan and
were battering forward with
flame throwers, artillery, and
TNT against an estimated 20,.
000 Japanese dug Into rocky
caves around Mt. Tapotchau
and the ruined houses of Gara
pan. Observers said the Japanese
were using more tanks and ar
tillery than In any previous
central Pacific campaign, and
official report? earlier disclosed
that at least 78 enemy tanks al
ready had been destroyed or
captured.
A dispatch from Rembert
James, representing the com
bined American press aboard
the Expeditionary Force Flag
ship off Salpan, said the Invad
ers held the initiative and were
rolling the Japanese back all
along the Island front. The dls
patch emphasized, however,
that enemy defenses that had
been 27 years In the making
still remained to be conquered
and that the most difficult
phase of the battle might still
be ahead.
Triangle Shuttle
Tried by Airmen
London. .Tnnp 9fl flIPl Mr,
slve allied bombing fleets smash
ed at uerman targets In France
and the Saar valley today as
U. S. air force headquarters an
nounced the war's first triangu
lar Shuttle raid on Avl Fnrr.no
an epochal flight by American
lying Fortresses from Britain
to Russia and on to Italy by way
of Berlin and the Gallcian oil
fields.
to destroy opposition by assas
sination of character through
smearing "
Mr Hoover quoted President
Roosevelt as having said In a
speech on Jan. 3, 1938, that he
had "built up new Instruments of
public power" which could "pro
vide shackles for the liberties of
people In any other hands."
"Freedom Is not promoted by
shackles In anybody's hands,"
Mr. Hoover said. 'We now
know the peace-time shackle
they provided for the liberties
of the people.
Shackles Applied
"They put shackles on our
farmers. They put them on hon
est labor unions, on freedom of
workmen, on honest business en
terprise. They have done more.
These bureaucrats with these 'In
struments of power' fanned bit
ter hatreds between labor unions
which divided the ranks of la
bor. And they fanned hate be
tween employer and workmen.
They built class conflict instead
of national unity."
Asserting that only a change
In administration would solve
"these gigantic problems," Mr.
Hoover said that If the Repub
lican party comes to power "it
will not be to liquidate either
the economic welfare or the In
dependence ot the United
States."
UniUd Press Full Ltasad Wlia
Governor Enroute Chicago
For Speech of Acceptance
Chicago Stadium, June 28. U.R) The Republican national con
vention in quick succession today confirmed a Dewey-Bricker
presidential ticket to oppose the New Deal-Democracy next
November.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey was nominated for president of the
United States without formal opposition although one vote from
Wisconsin was cast for Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Dewey's score
was 1056.
Governor John W. Brlcker, of Ohio, was then named for vice
president without even as much as one dissenting vote.
Before the convention's sixth session recessed at 1:58 P.M., CWT
until 8 p. m. Permanent Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr. announc
ed that Dewey had accepted the nomination and would arrive here
later today to make his acceptance speech tonight.
Windup In Love Feast
This sweltering convention was winding up In an old-fashioned
political love feast. Bricker and Lt. Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen,
former governor of Minnesota, were out of the presidential contest
before presidential balloting began. And a pre-sesslon deal had
been made among New York, Ohio and practically all other states
to put Bricker in second place.
Chicago Stadium, June 28. (U.R) This li how It was when
Tom Dewey's name went before the Republican national conven
tion today. It was comparable to touching off the percussion cap
on a block-buster bomb,
"I give you Thomas E. Dewey, Gov. Dwight W. Grlswold of
Nebraska shouted and before he could say another word this vast
west side stadium exploded in a sea of Dewey posters and banners.
Oregon's delegation and a brass band began a snake dance down
the middle aisle.
New York's gang-buster governor learned of his nomination In
the executive mansion at Albany. He was upstairs preparing to
fly to Chicago with his acceptance speech In hit pocket when the
convention ratified his nomination.
It had been Dewey all the way. When the roll call began, his
was the only name before the convention. '
Wisconsinlte For MacArthur
The roll call was a formality required by convention rules.
The call rumbled along the way to Wisconsin without a single
vote being cast 'or anyone but Dewey. Then over the loudspeaker
came the words, "Wisconsin casts 23 votes for Dewey and one
for Gen. Douglas MacArthur."
The delegate who alone had refused to be stampeded for Dewey
was Grant Ritter of Beloit, Wis.
When the roll call was finished, the vote was 1058 for Dewey to
one for MacArthur.
Dewey will accept the nomination tonight. He is flying from
Albany and is due here at 5:30 p. m. CWT.
Dewey was declared the nominee at 1:03 p. m. and the conven
tion proceeded routinely to calling the roll for vice presidential
candidates.
The committee, which later will escort Dewey to the stadium,
consisted of National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler, Ruth Hanna
McCormick Simms of New Mexico, Sen. Harold U. Burton of
Ohio, and Mrs. Rowcna Hornbcck ot Michigan.
REP. CLARE LUCE
LOSES G LACIATION
IN CHICAGO HEAT
By Fredorlck C, Othman
UP Hollywood Correspondent
Chicago Stadium, June 28
(U.R) What happened at the Re
publican national convention to
Clare Boothe Luce, the original
popsicle, shouldn't happen to a
lady.
Mrs. Luce burst upon the
sweltering delegates with
smile upon her face, a white
frill on her chest, and an icy
blue gown reaching down to her
silver slippers, as she delivered
her speech. She looked cool. She
looked comfortable.
But Mrs. Luce turned out to
be human after all. As she came
out from behind the speaker's
stand, it could be seen that she
was as damp as any lady in the
hall. Mrs. Luce was wet through
below the midriff.
The Democrats have Clare
Boothe Luce's capsule version of
what she believes awaits them.
"They (the Democrats) will
meet, not to choose a president,
but to take Franklin Roosevelt
and like it," Mrs. Luce told the
Republican national convention
last night. The harpooning by
the GOP's biggest feminine box
office brought cheers and ap
plause from a word-weary audi
ence. Her voice was razor-sharp
when she gave her prediction,
just as when she attacked "the
Inefficiency, abusiveness, eva
sion, self-seeking and personal
whim In the management of the
country's business which are dis
torting our democracy Into a
dictatorial bumbledom."
NO. 83
Bonds, Not Cash
For Admittance
At Kids Premiere
No tickets can be sold for the
kiddles' bond premiere, to be
staged at the Cratcrian theater
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, it
was stated today, and youngsters
of the valley are urged to pre
sent bonds at the Fifth War Loan
drive headquarters, 21 North
Central avenue, as soon as pos
sible, for their tickets
Theater officials point out that
the show Is being given tax free
and that absolutely no tickets
are to be sold A group of Mex
ican nationals will present a mu
sical program and on the screen
will be Walt Disney's color car
toon picture. "Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs."
Radio Highlights
Convention radio programs
tonight on both NBC and CBS
7 to 7:45 p, m. (PWT).
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Ruth Young arriving horns
from a long horseback trip very
tired and with a sunburned nose.
City Cop Ray Sloneker gluing
his ear to the radio for the play-by-play
account of the GOP con
vention. Sales te date In the Filth
War Loan Drive
$1,456,681.53
"E" Sales $315,643.75
Quota . lann.nnn
Total Quota
for County $2,262,000