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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1940)
PAGE FIVE BRITISH ATTACK In the second period which op- about two thirds filled at the! leaving tomorrow afternoon for ens next Sunday," Scout Execu-1 present time the records show. y,. season. Those going up will tive Wells said. j Indications are for the largest Ayers. Tom McGrath. The fourth and fifth camp per- "T.T" .'LH'l0 ' "f" Eden- Jck Krtu- Bob May Be America's Next First Family George Codding, Stanley Davis, and Kenneth Wells, camp direc tor. The camp cook and care taker are already on the job. FT. lods from July 21 to 28 and from ' Holmes, me, smith, oiynn Tay July 28 to August 4 are each1 Leaders for the camp are I lor, James Hoey, Henry Noben, Cm U11 Trlbuse wtnt eda. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON'. TUESDAY. JULY 2. 1940. E A, Italian Desert Stronghold Near Frontier Bombarded By Tanks and Field Guns ("Editor"! note: Jan Yindrlch of the United Press aUff In Cairo went to the north African front to observe British and Italian hostilities. His observa tions of last Saturday are re ported In the following dis patch). Br Jan Yindrlch CUP Staff Correspondent) Facing Fort Capuzzo, Libyan Frontier, June 29. (By Courier UP) This afternoon I watched the beginning of a battle for Fort Capuzzo. Hollywood could not have done it better; didn't. In fact, since it was like a scene lifted right out of "Beau Geste." only more so. The white battlemented Ital ian desert stronghold was al most identical with that mil lions have seen on the screen In the desert movie. It stood high on a slate-covered Libyan desert plateau. About five miles from the fort, which itself was four miles from the Egyptian-Libyan fron tier, I saw through binoculars British tanks and armored cars slowly closing in on the fort. They advanced under a burn ing sun and cobalt sky, blaz ing away with machine guns at the fort and weaving to avoid shells from the Italian batter ies. Field Guns Join At 6 p. m. British field guns started shelling the Italian bat teries and also the fort. I saw clouds of smoke arise as shells hit the Italian guns. Then two shells hit a corner of the fort which was enveloped at once in clouds of smoke and dust. After the clouds drifted away a huge gap in the outer wall of the fort was visible to the naked eye through the clear des ert air. The batteries pounded away without drawing fire from the Italian guns which concentrated on the ring of British tanks surrounding the fort. For the moment at least they cut th,e road from the fort to the Italian air field at Stdl Azia and to Bardia. Four Italian batteries to the left of the fort pumped a steady stream of shells at the British tanks and armored cars, but in the hour and a half that I watch ed only one hit was scored. Planes Appear Five British fighting planes appeared and circled over the scene to protect the British field guns from bombing. Not an Italian plane was seen. I was told later that royal air force fighters had shot down two Italian planes' over Sldi Azziz, about 10 miles northwest of Capuzzo. Presumably they were The smiling countenances In the first row belong to Wendell L. Willkie. Republican prelsdentlal nominee, his wife (left) astd their son Philip. They are shown as they looked to friends at an "old-fashioned" American party" staged in Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Willkie for President club. en route to the fort to strafe the British armored units. When I left the scene as the sun was disappearing slowly be yond the horizon, the British tanks were awaiting nightfall to rush the fort. But I learned later that they encountered stiff opposition and the battle still was on at night with each side watching the other like a cat stalking a mouse. Those same British troops had captured Fort Capuzzo once on June 14 "in five minutes," the British stiid, after the Italian garrison fled. Those troops be long to the mechanized cavalry regiments commanded by a fair haired, blue-eyed officer affec tionately called "buckets of blood and bags of bullets." Italians Reappear The British helped themselves to the stock of the first class wine cellar, blew up stacks of hand grenades and ammunition and drove off in trucks and motorcycles. Then, a high officer told me, 40 Italian trucks carrying about 1,000 troops and accompanied by 18 tanks and a number of field guns, appeared on the eve ning of June 28 and re-occupied the empty shell of the building battered by the blowing up of ammunition. No British troops were inside the fort, it was said. STARTS MONDAY Oiling of the Jacksonville Central Point road between Beall Lane and Ross Lane, will start next Monday, County En gineer Paul B. Rynning an nounces. It will be the first road oiling of the year, under the ten- mile per year program, adopted four years ago by the county court. Engineer Rynning said the oil had been ordered, and stated he would not be surprised, if the purchase did not bring a rain, to delay operations. The oiling program is mapped for the en tire county, and it is planned to have the work completed by Au gust 1 or before fruit hauling gets underway extensively. The county has completed ap plying dust palliatives on roads and streets throughout the coun ty. The palliative was applied in Rogue River, Gold Hill, Butte Falls and Medford, and in rural districts. About 30,000 yards of the fluid was used. T QUOTA IS FILLED Registrations for the Boy Scout camp at Lake o the Woods for the third period from July 14 to 21 were closed at noon today according to word from Scout headquarters. One hun dred scouts and leaders are now registered for the period and that is the capacity of the camp. 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O You'll iee beer prices increase but ours will re main the game You have supported us now it Is our turn to give you a "break". You'll find the same courteous service, the same orderly establishment and the same quality product 1 Itohgititan EiportLirer Beer LARGE GLASS At the Same Price ONLY IN CASES ON ICE! For Home Use, Parties and Picnics Full cases at lower ease prices, are oa lea at U Mines. We softest that yens secure your case for the Fourth NOW 41 will be teady ia drink or ready for your refrigerator. The Bohemian Club CORNER MAIN AND SOUTH FIR THOKt 4IS JACIiSOtJ COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 126 East Main i $14,665.17 DIVIDENDS distributed io holders of serines aad in vestment share ac counts for the first six months of 1940 at the annual rata f 4 Dlreetorsi C. M. KIDD JOHN C MANN R. E. GREEN GLENN O. TAYLOR W. T. WARNER A. P. BUTLER H. J. FIELD FINANCIAL STATEMENT, JUNE 30, 1140 ASSETS First Mortgage Loans.. MRS sua sn Loans Secured by Shares of This Association 2,303.69 Real Estate Sold on Contract.. Real Estate Owned and in Foreclosure Stock In Federal Home Loan Bank of Portland Cash on Hand and In Banks.... . .. Home. Office HnllHIng Furniture and rivtnre. Other Assets TOTAL ASSETS. 140.S19.10 22,900.98 12.000.00 30.096.88 24.33849 1,414 S3 479.92 ..$896,833.47 LIABILITIES Savings and Investment Accounts $766,098.33 Funds from Fed. Home Loan Bank of Portland- 90.000 00 Dividends for Cash Payment, July 3, 1940 12.081.00 Loans In Process 6.227.86 Reserves and Undivided Profits 61,440.32 Other Liabilities 987.76 TOTAL LIABILITIES. ..$396,833 47 Savings in this Association are insured to $5,000 for each person by the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation I ' IT'S li i II li AN ART to spend morioy Somehow, it's a lot more fun to spend money now, in the good old summer-time. Maybe that's because we spend more of it on living and less on just keeping alive. There's only one catch I The money we have to spend doesnt ever go quite far enough. It's so easy to spend it all, and then some, before vacation time really starts . . . unless we take a Up from the stores and learn to budget our buying, and buy more for less. saflBaW. How? Well one step In the right direction is to watch the advertisements like a hawk, going through your newspaper every time it arrives, to find things you need now or will need very soon. If you haven't formed that habit, start now. You'll be surprised how many extra-good buys you'll discover at every readingl How much more you get and how much less you spend 1 That's why stores run advertisements to tell you of special chances to buy fine things at advantageous prices. It's to your definite advantage to stop, look, listen . . . and ACT I i
