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Thirty-sLxth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941. : No 83
assms am a ai
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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
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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
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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.
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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"