Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 26, 1941, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textrun u a wmui- Weather TJTa npon Forecait: lmrtly cloud? to night tnd mdAy with shower toul(ht; not much chant In temperature. Highest yesterday M Lowest tht morning - M PreclplUtloc past 14 hours, JO Find A Tenant In aaiUy (lad a tcnaat for that honta, apartment, er. room by naln the Want Ad Way In thla newspaper. Th drmand ta treat for plarra U lire. Voa ran hrlp rrllere tlia altuatlon by adTertMnf. Medford Tribune full Associated Prtu I o Press 1"M'!' Thirty-sLxth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941. : No 83 assms am a ai , News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, June 26. -The strayingoff of half a dozen business experts from the de fense regime, with polite excuses or none at all, has been overcast by the OPM reorganization, yet it is the integral point of it. Actually it represented a subtle housecleaning by the new deal ers working in cooperation with the top ranking business men of the OPM setup, Messrs. Knud sen, Stettinius, et al. Resignation of R. C. Allen, the metals consultant, was unex plained. Actually, it followed a blowup session last Friday be tween Mr. Allen and the Hender son price-fixing division, which had turned down flatly the price program for scrap iron promul gated by Allen, June 10. Similarly all the others who are going have had their author ity curtailed or else have had personal encounters with new dealers which made their jobs uncomfortable. A SPECIAL rule barring trade association of officials was made to bring about the resigna tion of C. W. Kellogg, the power consultant, who failed to follow the administration line favoring expansion of power facilities. Significantly in Mr. Kellog's place, was installed the govern ment's own TVA power adviser, J. A. Krug. The rule made for Mr. Kellogg happened to catch other OPM officials like Walter S. Tower, president of American Iron and Steel institute, whose views al so brought him Into official dis favor (particularly his resistance to expansionists of OPM who want to double or treble the de fense drive, including business men Nelson, Batt, et al.) The exodus as a whole there fore represents a joining of busi ness men at the top and the new dealers on the side to purge di vergent elements and reorganize the defense setup personally as well as physically into a coher- (Contlnued on Paga Eight) FIRS! NEW WHEAT Al $1.03 BUSHEL Chicago, June 26. (IP) The first car of new wheat to be received in Chicago was sold here today at $1.03 a bushel, despite its comparatively poor grade. This was only 2 cents below the best price for July futures quoted on the board of trade during the session. With wheat prices the highest since May, 1940, the price quoted for new wheat was more than 20 cents better than a year ago, and the best since 1937. , 500 NEW PEOPLE E Sheriff Syd I. Brown reported today that cantonment talk had caused an increase in the local population of close to 500 peo ple. The sheriff said on a casual auto trip around the city the first of the week he counted 112 California auto license plates. He took no census of cars from Nebraska, Montana, and Utah, and other states, of which there are a number. School Year Fixed Portland, June 26 1 The Portland school board fixed a 94 month school year for 1941- 42 last night. School will open September 2 and close June S. SICE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ben Newman declaring that 11 summer comes xnis year on Sunday, he's going to go fishing. Connie Latham putting In a lot of hard work on tonight's tourist trade meeting oi hop ing for the but SPEEDY PANZERS RED FRONT LINE German Communique Much Restrained Russians Ac cused Bombing Rumania (By the Associated Press) With Germany herself silent on details of the Russian cam paign, reports from other quart ers, including the Russian, indi cated late today that the offen sive had been stalled on large sections of the 1,100-mile active line on the fifth day of the epic clash. Reports reaching military circles at Vichy, in Germany conquered France, indicated that the Germans had made no for ward movement against the red army within the past 24 hours except in the thrust toward Vil na, Lithuania. Pincer Play Incomplete The Vilna thrust was de scribed as the northern jaw of a pincers aimed at gouging a 10,000-square mile pocket out of western Russia, including Moscow itself. But this col umn's counterpart, trying to push northeast from Brest Litovsk was said to have been checked. Russian reports were that all German pushes had been checked, including the Vilna offensive. The red army was reported In Russian military dispatches to day to be enveloping the thrusts of Germany's mechanized armies and if ultimately successful the tactic will be the first check mate ever found for the Panzer ilf iltration. By the Russian account, masses of red troops, thrown into the breach after passage of Ger man tanks in their drive toward Vilna, Lithuania, reformed the front, leaving the tanks to be disposed of in rearguard action. French Tried It The French tried it a little more than a year ago and it didn't work. Russian forces were reported holding tight in the Vilna sector and elsewhere along the 1.000 mile active battle front. Rus sian dispatches asid that Prze mysl, on the border of German occupied Poland, had been re raptured in a Russian counter attack. . Instead of Issuing the detailed account of German "successes baffling the imagination" that had been forecast for its com munique on the Russian cam paign, Adolf Hitler's headquart ers today continued only gener alized claims of success. As such It was a lel-down from the prediction made by military commentators In Berlin yesterday. Communique Restrained The language of the communi que was restrained. In this It might be compared with com muniques issued In the early stages of other German cam paigns which showed sweeping success irom the start. una, ornciai German news agency, carried today a report attributed toauthorltatlve sources In Budapest that Russian planes had bombed Hungarian territory, causing heavy damage in two villages. Hungary still ! not at war with Russia al though her territory is ore of Germany's avenues to the Rus sian front. In four days of air war. the Russians said, the score In planes destroyed was 457 to 391 in their favor. An authoritative Berlin an nouncement said that German Stukas had wrecked 15 Russian transport trains filled with troops, war materials and motor trucks, but here again no places were named. While Rumanian troops al ready fought at Germany's ride. Italy made ready a motorized division destined for the front and the German-controlled Paris press reported an anti-Ruian legion forming In occupied France. Russia herself had pros ' pects of a 300,000-man addition ito her forces. This would be a legion of Poles, now prisoners in Kusia. i Eritish-Russian negotiations are in progress to free the Poles. including much needed oXiiCers. lot the fighting line War Bulletins Ankara, Turkey, Juna 26. JP) A spokesman of the German embassy today indig nantly denied report attrib uted to British sources in Ankara that German Ambas sador F r a n i Ton Papan, through a Turkish intermed iary, had proposed to British Ambassador Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugetsen that Bri tain assume a "hands oif" at titude toward the German Russian war. London. Friday. June 27. OP) All long-wava radio stations in Germany went off the air Thursday night, Reut ers. British news agency, re ported early today. It said the only medium-wave station to be heard was at Breslau and that it was badly jammed. All German short-wave stations were badly jammed, it said. London, June 26. (IP) The Soviet Information bur eau reported tonight that a gigantic tank battle was rag ing in Poland, with the Ger mans getting the worst of It at the hands of the Red army. Berlin. June 26. W) A German regiment surrounded a Russian air field and de stroyed 28 Soviet fighter planes on the ground in tak ing the field by storm, the of ficial German news agency DNB reported tonight. London. June 26. IIP) Reuters (British news agency) tonight quoted roundabout, unconfirmed reports that the Germans had occupied Lwow, in Russian Poland. Reuters said this report reached Vichy in a dispatch from Budapest, quoting Hungarian war cor respondents. DRAFT REGISTRY TO BE HELD HERE Local board headquarters at 204 West Main street will be the place for Jackson county selective service registration on Tuesday, July 1, it was an nounced today. The chairman of each of the two local boards here will be the chief registrar for the board area and will be assisted by other board members and clerks. Hours of registration will be from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. Local board No. 1 is for Med ford only and local board No. 2 is for the remainder of Jack son county. Who Must Register All unregistered male citizens and aliens in the United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Alaska attaining the age of 21 subse quent to October 16, 1940, and before midnight July 1, 1941 must register on July 1. No questionnaires will be an swered by registrants when they register July 1. Such documents are sent to registrants only as the need arises after their order numbers have been determined by a lottery. The order in which the new men are subject to call will be determined by a lottery like the one held last fall. It is expected that the drawing will be held a few weeks after the July 1 registration. Questions Listed The quettioni registrants must answer are contained on a four-by-six-inch filing card and include the following: (1) name of registrant; (2) place of residence; (3) mailing address 'if other than place of residence); (4) telephone; (5) age in years; (6) place of birth; (7) occupa tion; (8) name and address of person who will always know registrant's address; (9) employ er's name and address, and (10) place of employment or busi ness. After a registrant has en- l twered the questions and signed his name to his registration card, he will be given a regis tration certificate signed by the registrar. He must have his 'certificate in his personal pos i session at all times as under the selective service regulations j failure to possess the certificate, lor to show it to authorized per sons, constitutes a violation to be considered prima facie evi dence of failure to register. PRICES FROZEN ON TIRES, TUBES BY ADMINISTRATOR Wholesale and Retail Levels Prevailing June 16 Will Prevail Over Country Washington, June 26.- Leon Henderson, price adminis trator, announced today that both wholesale and retail prices of automobile tires and tubes would be frozen at the levels prevailing June 16. Henderson said that confer ences with the tire Indurtry would be held within the next few days to smooth out certain details of the proposed schedule, which Is expected to be ordered next week. An advance announcement of the pending move was decided upon, Henderson said, to advise the trade as to what to expect and to avert any price changes before the schedule Is Issued. Sweeping government action to fix mandatory price levels, meanwhile, appeared imminent as a result of two refusals in in dustry to curb price increases. The two refusals, as an nounced by Henderson, were from Chrysler corporation and a segment of the furniture manu f acting industry. New authority to fix prices by mandate would have to come from congress. Detroit. .Tnno Sft IIP Tim. fending-its recent increase in rv tail automobile prices, Chrysler corporation issued a statement today asserting that the advances had added only $26.62 per car to its net income while recent increases in labor, materials, tools, supplies and other items had increased the cost of pro duction by about $27.55 per car. E PLANES IN SEA London, June 26. (IP) Brit ain a RAF reported the destruc tion of nine more German fighter planes over the channel and northern France today when It returned there for an other shattering raid to rein force its mastery of the day light skies in that area. Three British fighters were ' missing. An authorized British source declared that losses In the air battle on the western front from June 15 to 25, inclusive, were 161 German planes against 66 British. California Milk Prices Will Rise Sacramento, June 26. (IP) The price of milk is going up. Increased production costs, the state bureau of markets an nounces, will advance consumer prices of milk In 11 northern and central California market ing areas. BASEBALL American Boston, June 26. VP) Bob Feller was knocked out of the i box. today, but his mates had ! piled up enough of a lead to give j the Cleveland Indians an 11 to 8 I victory over the Boston Red j Sox and keep them apace of the New York Yankees, the new American league leaders. Feller was credited with his 16th vic tory of the season. R. H. I. .11 13 0 Cleveland Boston . 8 12 I I Feller, Brown and Hemsley; Harris, Ryba, Dickman and I Pytlak. R. H. E 4 9 0 8 16 0 Rowe and Detroit Philadelphia Bridies. Giebell Tebbetu; Marchildon and Hayes, R. H. t. 1 1 1 St. Louis New York 4 6 0 Auker and Ferrell; Rutso and Dickey. Western : lr. -. ror 'mil - . -r-ri"V Western crews shared honors yesterday In the varsity and Junior varsity erew races at Poughkeepsie. Washington var sity erossas the finish line two lengths ahead of the California Bears. ' Bottom! The California Junior varsity (neat lane) leads half " wilt from the finish and goes on to win. Washington (middle) was aeeond and Cornell (far lane), waa third.. (A. P. photos by wire and airmail to Mall-Tribune.) Agreement Against Separate Peace Will Be Asked of Russia, Is Report D.A.V. STATE HEAD CHOSEN AT MEET Newport, June 26. IJF) Dis abled American Veterans in their convention yesterday elected A. C. Newgard, Port land, state commander. Other officers elected were M E. Woodcock, Corvallis, senior vice president; W. C. Burghardt, Oregon City, junior vice presi dent; Dorr Quaylo, Portland, treasurer; the Rev. Perry Smith, Roseburg, chaplain, and Frank Barnes, Portland, scrgeant-at- arms. Pearl Moore, Eugene, was named state commander of the auxiliary; Ellen Allen, Newberg, renlor vice commander; Mary Barton, Portland, junior vice commander; Blanche Zullnskl Oregon City, chaplain; Bessie Oleman, Oregon City, treasurer; Mildred Wallace, Grants Pass, conductress; Lillian Likens, Port land, junior post commander and state delegate to the national convention. LAVANT DEFENSE SEEN NEAR END New York. June 26. UP) Australia's war correspondent in Syria, quoting Australian staff officers, declared today it would not be surprised if the Vichy defenders of the Levant states sought an armistice within the next few days, the Australian radio said today in a broadcast heard by CBS. Vichy authorities now have all their reserves in action, the cor respondent stated, and have al ready tried their main thrust without success during counter attacks at Damascus and Merd jayoun. Tacoma, Wash., June 26 OP) Two inmates of western Wash ington state hospital at Stella coom, reported to have escaped Wednesday afternoon, returned before evening, authorities re ported this morning. The in mates were Roscoe Seeds, 63. and James Resslon, 60. Crews Share Honors at Poughkeepsie 'lS C i London, June 26 (IP) Reports circulated In London tonight that Soviet Russia would be asked to subscribe to an inter-allied agreement against concluding a separata peace with Germany before the end of the war. Informed sources, however,. asserted that a formal British Soviet alliance probably would be a necessary prerequisite and declared there was no indication that any treaty of alliance was being considered at the moment. "No one knows whether there eventually will be one," they added. They conceded, however, that both Britain and the United States probably would welcome Russian assurance against a sep arate peace as a condition for lending material aid which might fall to the Germans if the Russians capitulated. Speeding her efforts to aid Russia, Great Britain was re ported to have started a mili tary, naval and air mission on its way to Moscow from the mid dle east. Negotiations, meanwhile, were said to be going on in London to free 300,000 Polish soldiers who are prisoners in Soviet Russia to fight against the German. The foreign office was giving "urgent consideration to Bri tain's position regarding Finland in view of the Helsinko govern ment's policy of defense against Russia and also was studying the question of Swedish neutral ity as possibly affected by Stock holm's permission for German troops to cross its northern terri tory. Soviet chances of holding the German invaders away from Leningrad were viewed here with some optimism providing the red army withdraws to the fortified positions on the Dvina river on which the imperial army held In the last war. - - RECORDS BUSY MONTH So far this month, 24 mar riage licenses have been received by the county clerk's office, and June bids fair to be the banner month of the year for Dan Cupid In this county. During May 26 licenses were Issued. Clerk of- jiice aepuiies iigure we toiai lor June would put the 30 mark. :c .- - .. ---.. -'-- .' - ENLISTED STAFF Washington, June 26, The navy asked authority to day to hold enlisted men in the service beyond the time of their present enlistment if congress declares that the national inter ests are Imperiled. Rear Admiral C. W. Nimltz told the senate naval commit tee that the navy was "suffer ing from a tremendous dilution of personnel on ships" because of the rapid expansion of the fleet. The time might be near, he said, when discharges of enlisted men who had completed their service should be halted. DIE IN TRAINING San Jose, Cal., June 26. VP) Two fliers in an army train ing plane died today in the wreckage of their ahip as it crashed near the San Jose air port while coming in for a land ing. Deputy Coroney Harry Ryder identified the men as Lieut. W. C. Senner and Cadet Waldo E. Macintosh. - The training ship was from Moffctt Field, at Sunnyvale. Dividend Portland. June 26. IIP) A three per cent semi-annual divi dend was declared today by the Portland Federal Savings & Loan association, payable on June 30 to accounts as of June 10. Cirl Cyclist Killed Hood River, Ore., June 26 (IP) Joan Borton, 8, of Odell was killed outright last night by an automobile which struck a bicycle on which she was riding with two other youngsters. r e va al ViMaV . FINLAND WILL FIGHI SAYS PRESIDENT AS SOVIET BOMBS FALL Helsinki, Finland, Juna 26 UP) President Risto Ryti, broad, casting to the nation while Rus sian bombs rained down on the cities of Finland, declared to night, "we shall fight for the freedom of our country and for the creed of our fathers." Accusing the Russians of new and brutal aggression. President Ryti said that now, at last, Finland was not alone in her struggle. The president soberly told the Finns: "Citizens, centuries hare shown that on the site on which fate has placed this nation, per. manent peace cannot be achieved. "The pressure of the east la always upon us. To reduce thla pressure, destroy the eternal menace, and secure a happy and peaceful life for coming genera tions, we now embark upon our defensive battle." Ryti made no mention of declaration of war, but he made clear that Finland Intends to de fend herself to the last breath. By the Associated Press AFL machinists announced to day the end of their 47-day strike at 11 San Francisco ahip yards. Important defense orders ag gregating $500,000,000 have been delayed by the walkout of 1.200 AFL machinists and of 600 affiliated with the CIO. At meeting in San Francisco last night, the AFL men voted to return to work Monday, nego tiating their contract! later. Clear across the continent, a strike threat hung over New York clty'a municipally operat ed subway system, which carrlea more than 1,800,000,000 passen gers annually. With union contract expiring June 30, Michael J. Quill, inter national president of the CIO transport worker union, de clared last night that union member would not work "one hour of the month of July with out a signed contract"