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Newspaper Page TextGOP Nominee and Family Tribune EDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Thirty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 29 o NO. 84. U. S. TASK FORCE British Crush C nters, Take Heights; Nazis Flee In Panic Before Stalinites ON SAIPAN TIP f rWkfTFriF 1 "7 t imwi m-! iSMijtiimtnihgflif. , $ t M (Acme Telephoto) Gov. and Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey and their two sons, Thomas, Jr.. (standing) and John M., posed for this family portrait in Al bany, xi. i.. just eelore the governor received word from Chicago of hit nomination as GOP presidential candidate. Dewey Pledges Sweeping Changes In Non-Military Adminstration If He's Winner In Fall Election Chicago Stadium, June 29. (U.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, accepting the Republican nominationfor the presi dency of the United States, promised last night that if elected he will make sweeping changes in administration of non-military af fairs, but will leave the conduct of the war to military leaders. "DEWEY, OR DON'T WE?" IS QUESTION, SAYS CLARE LUCE By Clare Booihe Luce : Written for the United Press Chicago Stadium, June 28. ' U.R) Wendell Willkie, notified of the nomination of Thomas Dewey, sent a cold, correct, cau tiously worded telegram "Heartiest congratulationsr You have one of the greatest oppor tunities in history." Last night at 9:10 p. m., the Republican nominee stepped up to the platform of the conven tion hall, in his great bid to measure up to that opportunity. Honesty forces this one Re publican to say that when he began there was more enthusi asm than warmth in that ova tion. The- warmth had been somewhat spent on the gallant John Bricker who had stolon the emotional spotlight yester day morning with a demonstra tion of sportsmanship so sincere and graceful that he had won every heart. Thomas Dewey did nothing to rekindle the warmth for himself but he certainly did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm. For what Tom Dewey said made clear, cold sense and he said it clearly and with the passionate conviction of a great prosecut ing attorney. In a few thousand words the case against the new deal has never been more sim ply or trenchantly put. Through the whole speech ran a challenge to youth to youth to take leadership in the tired echelons of the old Republican party, in order to drive out, the tired old men of the new deal the bureaucrats who are In their mairzy dotage. When the candidate was fin ished the gauntlet had been (thrown down, but the great question was still unanswered by the American people Dewey or don't we? Mitchel Field, N. Y., June 29 (U.R) Thirteen soldiers and one navy Seabee, all casualties of the battle of Normandy, arrived here by hospital plane from Eng land at 1:35 p. m., Mitchell Field officials revealed today. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Evelyn Wambcrg neatly tak ing "a stitch in time" in the toe of a stocking. Porter Neff wondering wheth er he'd better take a private air conditioning system with him to the Democratic convention in torrid Chicago. j Pat and Calista Fan-ell spend ing the day with necks craned skyward watching for a certain bomber with a certain pilot. He roundly denounced the new deal: Gave assurance that he will stand on the party's foreign policy declaration for participa tion in cooperative efforts to prevent future wars, and set out full employment as a first objec tive of national policy. Military Leaders Lauded The 42-year;old New Yorker told cheering conventioneers that Gen. George C. Marshall, U. S. army chief of staff,-and Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-chief of the U. S. fleet,, "are doing a superb job." He promised that "if there is not now any civilian interfer ence with the military and naval commands, a change in adminis trate will not niter that status." "If there is any civilian inter ference," he added, "the new ad ministration will put a stop to it forthwith." Dewey was vitriolic in hls Inn ! castigation of the administration which he said "has grown old in office" and of new dealers, who he said are telling the coun try that it "has lost its capacity to grow" and is old and worn out. "I say to you," Dewey said, "our country is just fighting its way through to new horizons. The future of America has no limit." Able Cabinet Promised Dewey promised that if he is elected "our government will again have a cabinet of the' abl est men and women to be found in America" who "will expect and will receive full delegation of the powers of their office." "They will be capable of ad ministering those powers," he added. "They will each be ex perienced in the task to be done and young enough to do it." He charged that the new deal never had been able to solve employment problems because ; "it has never been for full pro duction . . . has lived in chatter ing fear of abundance . . . has specialized in curtailment and restriction . . . has been consist ently hostile and abusive of American business and Ameri can industry. "The problem of Jobs," he said, "will not be easily solved: but it will never be solved at all unless we get a new, progressive administration in Washington and that means a Rcpubican ad ministration." Words No Security Of foreign policy, he said: "We are all agreed, all of us, that America "'ill participate with other sovereign nations in a cooperative effort to prevent future wars. Let us face up bold ly to the magnitude of that task. We shall not make secure the peace of the world by mere words ... "The structure of peace must be built. It must be the work of many men. We must have as our representatives in this task the ablest men and women America can produce, and thej structure they Join in building must rest upon the solid rock of a united American public opin ion." Gold Is produced in 26 north ern California counties, ten of which were producers In 1850. New National Committee man Among First Matters Requiring His Attention. Chicago, June 29 (U.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, speaking for the first time at a news conference as the republican presidential candidate, declared today that the foreign policy plank of the new GOP platform ruled out the inclusion of "American boys" in any world police force that is under "disem bodied" international control. Republican Campaign Head quarters. Chicago. June 29. (U.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey took command today of the Re publican party's 1944 effort to retire President Roosevelt to Hyde Park by challenging the administration as too old, un sure in foreign policy and futile on the home front. He will make a hell of a campaign," his associates prom ised as Dewey came perspiring from the Chicago stadium last night where he accepted the Re publican nomination for presi dent of the United States. GOP hopes and enthusiasm are high today. Speech Approved The national convention, whose delegates sweated out some of Chicago's most unpleas ant summer weather, adjourned sine die a moment after Dewey had completed his I-do. Heads wagged approvingly as Dewey spoke. Many delegates had their first close-up chance to see him and to compare his rich baritone with Mr. Roose velt's easy voice. Whatever else happens in this campaign year, the voters will hear 'some well spoken oratory from the Hudson valley's two most prominent residents. Dewey s place is in land from the river at Pawling. Chairman First Call Dewey is moving immediately to set up his campaign strategy. He meets at 11 a. m. today with the Republican national commit tee and may at that time demote Chairman Harrison E. Spangler to mere membershiD from Iowa. It is customary for a preslden- i A -i ki. n..n uai liuiltllicc lu tuuuac mo vwu chairman, but any change could be delayed for some time with out interfering materially with campaign plans. New York National Commit teeman J. Russell Sprague and Herbert Brownell, Jr., who man aged Dewey's 1942 gubernator ial campaign, are being discuss ed for the job. They are two of the triumvirate of Dewey man agers who felt the draft breeze stirring as the votes for gover nor of New York were being counted in November, 1942. They fanned it more than some what and it became the big Re publican wind this year. Although Dewey plans a hard campaign, according to his asso ciates, it probably will not get going until late August or early September. Republicans are overcoming their disappointment that Gov. Earl Warren of California would not run for vice president at th ir command. The idea was that Warren on the ticket would assure the Republicans of Cali fornia's 25 electoral votes. They put Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio in second place and are patting themselves on the back this day for having thereby made Ohio's 25 electoral votes sure for the G.O.P. next Novem ber. Dewey and Bricker, cool and distant of late as their utterly different pre-convention tech niques developed, patched it all up last night before cheering thousands. The governors struck hands and stood there chatting while the photographers burned bulbs by the hundreds. Dewey probably will remain here until tomorrow evening or Saturday morning to meet with such political big and little shots as may remain hereabouts. No immediate speeches are planned. Sales to date In the Fifth War Loan Drive 81,492,947 "E" Sales Quota ...$337,887 .$600,000 Total Quota for County , ..S2.262.000 Organized Resistance Ended After 13 Days of Bitterest Fighting in Pacific War. Pearl Harbor, June 29 (U.R) Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's carrier task force, guarding the men ashore, attacked Pagan is land in the northern Marianas while ground troops on Saican wiped out a Japanese pocket of resistance at Nafutan Point, It was announced today. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz disclosed that Nafutan Point, on the southeastern tip of Saipan, was occupied completely by United States invasion troops Tuesday. 13-Day Fight Organized Japanese resistance ended at Nafutan after 13 days of the most bitter fighting in the campaign. The Japs resorted to every ruse in their big book of tricks in an attempt to extricate themselves from a position in which they were faced with the choice of death or capture. Marines and doughboys mean while continued their advance northward against severe enemy resistance. They made small gains along the western shore; in Garapan Town, which the Japanese apparently left vir tually deserted; and. in the cen ter of the island, around Mr. Tapotchau. (United Press War Correspon dent Richard Johnston reported from the Tapotchau front that the Japanese there apparently had been ordered to stand and fight in what may become the showdown battle for Saipan.) Pagan Target Admiral Mitscher's busy car rier fleet, which has been pound ing the harried Japs from Guam to the Bonins, turned its offen sive might against Pagan, 180 miles north of Saipan, Tuesday. There, enemy air power ap parently was wiped out, at least temporarily. Only one plane was sighted on the ground at Pagan, and that one appeared unserv iceable. German Prisoners Sent to Tule Lake To Work on Farms Camp White, June 29. Ger man internees have replaced Italians at the prisoner of war branch camp No. 1, on the site of a former civilian conserva tion corps camp west of Tule Lake, Calif., it was announced today by Col. Arthur J. Erics son, commander of the prisoner of war camp here. Purpose of the branch camp, established last month, is to pro vide workers to relieve the acute shortage of agricultural labor in that area, according to Col. Ericsson. During the period of construc tion of a permanent camp at Tule Lake, Italian internees were used to meet the emer gency request for workers and to construct the stockade and other facilities in the camp. Capt. Henry H. Miller is in command of the branch camp, which is attached to Camp White for all administrative purposes. Arrangements for hir ing of prisoners of war for work in the farm lands surrounding Tule Lake may be made through the county agricultural agent at Tule Lake. Choice Lamb Back On Rationing; More Points For Rationed Beef Washington, June 29. (U.R) The office of price administra tion today ordered choice cuts of lamb restored to the ration list and increased the point values of most beefsteaks and beef ; roasts in an effort to get better , distribution of available meat supplies in July. Effective Sunday, lamb roasts, steaks and chops will require ration points ranging from 10 for loin chops and eight for leg chops and steaks, to seven for leg and sirloin roasts. All rationed cuts of beef will require two additional points during the four-week ration per iod beginning Sunday except 10-Inch rib roasts and rump roasts, which were Increased lone point. This makes the high est point level for beef since ra- ; tloning began. OPA Chief Chester Bowles ; said the revisions were ncces- i sary to provide mora uniform FALL OF EXPECTED SOON BY STALINITES Red Armies Race' Toward White Russian Fortress With Support of Air Force London, June 29 (U.R) Berlin said the Red army reached Slutsk, 60 miles south and slightly west of Minsk, today and Premier Josef Stalin announced that it captured Petrozavodsk, capital of the Karelian Soviet Republic, opening the Murmansk trunk railway by breaking the last German toehold on it. Moscow, June 29. U.R) Red armies, supported by the great est aerial onslaught of the war in th east, raced to within 35 miles southeast and 40 miles northeast of the White Russian fortress of Minsk today and sent a new column spearing toward the Branowicze Gap, historical gateway to Warsaw. The Germans were reported retreating in panic southeast of Minks, abandoning their posi tions even before they were at tacked, and resistance was only slightly less feeble on the north eastern approaches to the White Russian capital. Military quarters here be lieved Minsk will fall like a ripe plum as result of the compete disocation of the enemy forces in White Russia and the Nazi command's failure to extricate more than a small portion of the 22 divisions making up the gar risons of Vitebsk, Mogilev, and Bobruisk. The red air force's sturdy Stormovik assault planes were revealed to have flown more than 3,000 sorties alone in rain ing bombs and bullets on Ger man armies fleeing in disorder through Minsk. Massed flights of American attack planes also joined in at tacking the enemy columns. Hundreds of smashed tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks lined the road of retreat, testify ing to the effectiveness of the raids. One Russian general was said to have commented that no army in the world "ever has suffered such defeats as has be fallen the wehrmacht." "During the worst days of 1941," he added, "we didn't live through one tenth of what the Germans are experiencing to day." Thousands of Germans were said to be roaming the forests between Orsha and Borisov, some dressed in peasant's garb. Of the 22 divisions so far ac counted for in the White Russian offensive, five were encircled and destroyed at Vitebsk, five more were surrounded and were being annihilated in Bobruisk, and 12 others were being pound ed to pieces by Soviet troops, tanks and guns between the Dnepr and Bug rivers west of Mogilev in a slaughter reminis cent of Stalingrad. distribution of beef and lamb, and not because of "any expect ed decreases In supply." The meat-butter-chcese ration of 30 points per person each four weeks remains unchanged for ,he July ration pcrlodi nd porki veal and ,no cneaper cuti of lamb and beef still will be point-free. Butter will be unchanged at 12 points a pound and margarine will remain at two points. Hard cheeses will continue to require 10 points a pound, and soft cheeses, which have been ration free during the past two weeks, will be returned to the ration list at four points a pound. They formerly required 10 points a pound. Only other change announced by OPA was an tpcrease in the point value of canned milk, which now will require two points for three one-pound cans instead of one point for two cam as heretofore. ... . (Acme Telephoto) JAP VICTIMS OP TANK SHELLING The bodies of three Jap soldisrs, killed by devastating American artillery fire, lis sprawled in death on Saipan battlefield. In background, U. S. Marines continue hunt for Jao enlDers that stlU Infest area. HIT WAR PLANTS London, June 29. (U.R) One thousand American heavy bomb ers attacked war plants deep in central Germany today and later an allied bomber formation 20 miles wide streamed east ward against Nazi Europe In a half-hour procession. Official announcements and coastnl reports indicated that massive allied bomber fleets had taken advantage of improving weather to strike some of the heaviest blows of the invasion campaign against the German battle lines ' and positions, stretching as far to the rear as the relch itself. The Flying Fortress and Lib erator assault was aimed at four aircraft factories, an oil refinery and other Industrial targets scattered through a broad reach of central Germany. The fleet, numbering perhaps 2,000 planes with its strong fighter escort, flew as far as Leipzig. A coastal observer said a very large" formation of bomb ers escor'.ed by fighters passed over uovcr straits this after noon. Flying high, they "ap peared to cover the whole width of the straits," he said. Royal Air Force bombers in great strength apparently the same force flew out in the di rection of Boulogne and Cap Grls Nez shortly after noon. The formation was described as 20 miles wide and 30 mlnutc3 long. German fighter opposition in ie American "aid on the relch was sporadic. Some groups met rference at all. EAST TO TASTE JUNE HOT SPELL By United Press The heat wave moved east ward today, much to the delight of middle westerners who have sweltered for three dnys in the hottest June weather In history, but the weather bureau predict ed higher temperatures for the coming week end. Maximum temperatures of 80 degrees were expected today In the middle west, and the mer cury will rise tomorrow, reach ing 90 degrees or higher on Sat urday and Sunday accompanied by scattered thundershoyers, the weather bureau said. The heat wave was moving eastward and temperatures as high as 100 degrees may be ex pected today on the east coast, government forecasters report ed. In the Gulf states, where temperatures arc from 90 to 95 degrees, no change is In prospect Surrounded Japs Give Americans Surrender Chance Chungking, June 29 (U.R) Central news agency re ported today the - Japanese commander Inside besieged Myitkyina sent the following written message on June 24 to Chinese and American troops surrounding the city: "The Chinese and American armies no have any more mu nitions, no have anymore help. "You are given a chance to surrender before June 25. "Otherwise, forty thousand Japanese Imperial troops will come out from this town and annihilate all of you." It gave the monsoon-weary allied troops their first laugh In several weeks. TO CANYON RESCUE Grand Canyon, Ariz , June 29 (U.R) Two experienced moun taineers, advance members of a rescue party clawing its way down the almost sheer face of the north wnl) of Grand Can yon, today reached three army airmen stranded on Tonto plat eau for 10 days. Ed Laws, for 20 years a mem ber of the national park service, who has charted many trails through Grand Canyon, and Prof. A. A. MacRac, Wilming ton, Del., reached the mesa short ly before noon. The remainder of the army and park service rescue party was expected to reach the crag gy mesa within a few hours. Co1. Donald B. Phillips, com manding officer of Kingman Ar my Air Base, said Laws and Mac Rae had founo the airmen unin jured and in good spirits. He said the group would be gin the climb up the precipitous cliff today and expected to reach the north rim of the can yon by tomorrow noon. Dewey Bricker's Opinion Wanted Frankfort, Ind., June 29 (U.R) Dewey Bricker, 37, a railroad worker, was sought here today by curious resi dents who wanted his opinion on the republican party tick et named at Chicago yester day. But the railroader, whose name is a combination of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio, was not to be found. His telephone went unanswered and neighbors said they did not know whether he was a republican or democrat. GERMANY'S TANKS BESTED IN BATTLE IN CAEN SECTION Nazi Columns Attemping to Reinforce Defense, Shred ded by Allied Artillery. Allied Supreme Headquarters, London, June 29 (U.R) Brit ish armored forces, charging for ward for new gains after beating off reinforced German counter attacks in violent tank battles southwest of Caen, broadened their salient across the Odon river today and seized strategic heights overlooking the Nazis' Orne river defense line. The crucial battle of massed tanks turned definitely In favor of the British after their artillery had shredded German columns of reinforcements pouring up for an attempt to stem the allied ad vance. Hamlets By-Passed Striking out over the rolling farmlands between the Orne and Odon, the British by-passed a large number of hamlets, wooded areas, and -strong points which now are being mopped up. Supreme headquarters reveal ed that the British firmly hold Tessel - Bretteville, Gralnville, Mondrainville, and Mouen, main strong points In the hotly con tested cluster of villages south west of Caen from which all elements have been driven. Seise High Ground An official spokesman said the British seized high ground "around" Evrccy, six miles southwest of Caen, Indicating the town might have been taken, as well as important Terrain half a mile northeast of Esquay, a mile and a half above Evrccy. On the opposite side of the as sault arc being tightened on the approaches of Caen, heavy arm ored clashes were going on In the area of La Bijude, three miles north of the city. In that sector British and Canadian forces generally held the Initiative, although the Ger mans were throwing counter punches at some places north and northeast of Caen. In the last 18 hours the allied air forces have destroyed at least 57 German planes In aerial com bat, supreme headquarters re ported. On the Cherbourg peninsula, the Nazis still are mnlnningr and firing three groups of coastal bat teries along the north coast of the Cap de la Hague, with the main resistance centering around Querquevillc, three miles north west of Cherbourg. American engineers were re vealed to have turned in "en couraging" reports about the con dition of the Cherbourg harbor, suggesting that it may be in operation sooner than some quar ters had expected. E Chicago, Juno 29 U.R) Gov. John W Bricker of Ohio, who came here a week ago hoping to become the Republican party'a 1944 presidential nominee, pre pared to return to Columbus to day to be met by a celebration in honor of his selection as the par ty's choice for the vice-presidency. Still widely acclaimed for the speech yesterday morning to the Republican national convention In which he withdrew from the presidential race in the Interests of harmony the 50-year-old Ohio executive planned to re turn to his state capitol in com pany with some 150 delegates and others who had campaigned for him for months. "These people came here with me to work for me," he said in response to a suggestion that he stay In Chicago to help map the GOP campaign. "I'll go home with them." BASEBALL' American St. Louis 0 3 0 New York 17 0 Jakuckl and Mancuso; Dublel and Hemslcy.