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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941
Thirty-sixth Year
No. 84.
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HElBEftT BEHR ?
News Behind
The News
By Paui Mallon
'MAIN DECISION'
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Washington, , June 27. The
navy has slipped some of the
fleet around into the Atlantic.
The slight decrease in the west
ern defense strength has been
made up by substantial air re
inforcements. The bombers can
4 cover more scouting territory
anyway.
Further details might furnish
military information and, there-;
lore, cannot be published, but
round percentage figures of the
shift have leaked far outside
government circles and Inspired ,
much speculation. I
Likeliest of the surmise-re-
ports is that Mr. Roosevelt con-1
templates stronger Atlantic pro-1
tection for American ships as ,
a result of the Robin Moor in-
cldent.
r
WELL founded or not, an im-
" pression also has gained j
lofty credence here that Japan ,
v,.. fallen off the axis. Far east
ern authorities noted several!
inconclusive signs even before
the invasion of Russia, and have
been Impressed by frequent
naii impatience with Tokyo.
The Impression does not amount
to a full fledged conviction yet,
but all are watching.
...
ARMY air bases In Alaska
have been established much
faster than planned. Army is
well pleased in view of the
Russian involvement and its
possible backwash in the far
east. Contract time limits were
j advanced several times. Over
" time was paid - out ' liberally.
Both the national guard unit
and officers In charge are Justi
fiably patting themselves on
the back for establishing this
one needed defense base just
In time.
.
HTHE weak OPM reorganlza-
tlon represented Just about
all Mr. Knudsen could do alone
without orders from the presi
dent hut there will be more.
Now dealers report F.D.R. Is
concerned, and will take up the
Reds' Western Buffer Zone
Penetrated to Depth of
120 Miles in One Sector
Flames of War on Russo-Nazi Front
Reds Found Ready
Berlin, June 27 UP) The
German high command de
clared today that the first
five days of the struggle
proved "that Soviet Russian
armies had been ready to at
tack central Europe."
This, it said, was apparent
from the disposition of red
army forces on frontier lines
"unsuitable for defensive
purposes" at the outset of the
eastern battle.
.The communique asserted
that the Germans encoun
tered "masses of Russian
troops ready for attack" when
the drive into Russia beean.
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Record Army Supply Bill
Receives Senate Approval
(Continued on Pago Twelve)
W METIS
AFTER SHORT ILL
A. H. Miller of 348 South
Holly street, long a prominent
citizen here, died at 7:30 this
morning in a local hospital. He
had been ill only a short time.
. Funeral arrangements were to
be made by Perl's tomorrow
after the arrival of out-of-town
relatives. It was expected that
the services would probably be
held Monday.
DRIVER'S SKULL
Grants Pass, Ore., June 27.
(-Elmer Hubbell, 24, Cottage
Grove Pacific highway con.
truction truck driver, -was in
stantly killed Thursday night at
ML Sexton when the bed of his
rlumo truck crushed his head,
Coroner Virgil Hull said the
dump bed had been raised in
a garage for inspection. Hubbell
apparently released the oil pres
sure, he said, and the steel box
fell on him.
By the Associated Press
Loss of panzer-battered posi
tions on the roads to Riga and
Minsk, permitting in one sector
a 120-mile German penetration
of Russia's western frontier buf
fer zone, was indicated in to
night's Kremlin communique.
The retirement in the Siau-
lial and Vilna sectors of Lith
uania and the Baranowicze sec
tor of Poland was carried out
last night under the few prec
ious hours of darkness and then
the Red forces 'reformed for
new military operations."
Three Sectors Abandoned
It appeared that the three see-
tors had been abandoned siau
lial on the Baltic route to Riga,
capital of Sovietized Latvia; and
Vilna and Baranowicze, barriers
to a pincers movement aimed at
Minsk, capital of White Kussia
about 400 miles southwest of
Moscow.
Baranowicze, deepest of the
three within the occupied buffer
zone, is 120 miles from the near
est German frontier. It Is about
30 miles from the border of
old Russia where the Red army
has older and stronger fortifi
cations from which to fight
Informed German quarters,
displaying optimism not borne
out by any officially published ;
details from the high command, :
declared that the main decision
over Soviet Russia already had ,
been won in victories all along .
the 1,000-mile active front. !
DNB. German official news
agency. In the closest approach
thus far to a factual report on
the German position, said two
major battles were -raging in
the regions of Lwow and Bialy
stok, Poland, where the high
command said massed Red
forces were encountered at the
outset of the campaign.
Fierce Air Battle
The German radio said that
28 Russian planes were shot
down yesterday in a fierce air
battle when the Red airmen at
tacked a dive-bomber squadron
over the Ruthenian sector of
the front.
The Russian air force struck
heavily at Finland from which
German forces threatened her
northern flank. Finnish observ-
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ROOSEVELTA V E R S
Executive Says Rifles May
Be Sent Irish But No Am
munition Can Be Spared
LACK I baseball liTOTAL INCREASED
1500,000,000 FOR
American
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German troops reported capturing the Russian prisoners (top) In an unnamed Soviet town
.. .0 ha new German-Russian warfront. Smoke and flames rise from burning
buildings (balow) in an unidentified Russian town In the path of German troops,
radio from Berlin to New York.)
(Pictures by
Early Edition July 4 '
Because' of Intense interest
In fast-moving world war
events the Mail Tribune will
depart from usual custom of
not publishing a paper on
Independence day and will
issue an early edition Friday,
July 4th, The edition will be
ready for delivery to Med
ford and Rogue River valley
homes at 1 p ttv
Flying Boats and Corvettes
Gaining Edge Over U-Boats
By Drew Mlddleton
London, June 27. UP) With the aid of Increasing num
bers of mass-produced Corvette patrol boats and American
made Catalina flying boats, Britain slowly Is winning "one of
i the war's most decisive battles in the Atlantic ocean," it was
declared here today. ,
Extended American naval pa-
Hvde Park. N. Y., June 27,
-Ljjpi President Roosevelt dls
closed today that a shortage In
ammunition confronted the na
tion in its defense efforts.
Mr. Roosevelt said at a press
conference he was looking into
the Question of sending some
rifles to the Irish but that no
ammunition could be sent be
cause the country is way behind
on ammunition even for itself.
Although he once had said
arms could not be spared for
Ireland, Mr. Roosevelt men
tioned the possibility of send
ing over rifles because, he said,
the ' actual processing of them
is getting along pretty well.
Assurances Needed
He made It plain, moreover,
that armament aid for Ireland
would have to follow assurances
that the Irish would defend
themselves afealnst German at
tack. He said no such assurance
had been received.
As for helping Russia In the
battle .against the nazis, the
chief executive said he expect
ed to confer on that topic by
telephone today with Acting
Secretary of State Sumner
Welles. He expects to receive a
report on what Russian Am
bassador Uomansky had to say
to Welles yesterday.
Informed that the communist
cress in New York was saying
that aid to Russia was half
hearted, Mr. Roosevelt prefer
red not to comment.
To a question how long It
would take before America was
turning out defense material In
tremendous volume, the presi
dent replied that a question so
general could not be answered
categorically. It depends on the
article, he said, and for some
things a peak already has been
reached. For other things top
production may not come for
six or eight months or a year.
OUAR
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of the thunder of Hitler's light
ning war technique and that
the nazl master of most of Eu
rope was preparing for long
siege of the world citadel of
communism.
In Spain it was reported that
Adolf Hitler had demanded a
token anti-communist force
from each nation of the nazi
planned new Europe. Spain
leaped quickly into the van
guard of the crusade with re
cruiting of a Spanish legion.
Italy already had stepped In
Una wlh announcement of a
SICE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
had r that wh,'c'h "rnarkeTthe prized divton to help Ger-
Russian invasion of 1939-40. ny
Thousands were believed . to Volunteer forces were report
have again been made home- ed in formation In Norway,
,. Denmark, Sweden and occupied
' Britain, worried over the role France. Croatia was reaoy
cast for Finland and her neigh-; march, Slovakia had marched,
bor, Sweden, in the European Denmark broke relations with
anti-communist crusade shaping I the U.S.S.R.. and G e r m an
up under the swastika banner, spokesmen looked benevolently
nrntMtM trwi.V affainst hWM- l Sign Ul "
protested toaay against a sw ! ' , j r fierce fight ana are sam to
ish decision to permit a division ! In The Netherlands, Belgium dMth on Germ,n rjornler
trols have aided the British, but
a source here said the real
credit for reducing British ton
nage losses goes to the Catalina
planes and sturdy Corvettes be
cause they now are scouting sea
areas the Germans formerly
considered safe for submarine
operations.
One result of what were call
ed "unspectacular but emphatic
triumphs" has been to force the
Germans to forego their tactics
of submarine ' rendezvous In
mid-Atlantic with supply ships,
it was asserted.
"Scouting flights have driven
the U-boats below the surface,"
this source said. "They no
longer are able to hunt in packs
and lie in wait on the surface
for convoys."
Another function of the Cata
Unas has been to keep German
long-range Focke-Wulfe bomb
ers away from convoys because
these Catalina boats give them
fierce fight and are said to
Warjorie Bates reminiscing
with friends over the "good old
days" In Ashland high school.
A Valley Fuel company Ice
truck plowing through town
with a load of wood, the weath
er being what it is.
of German troops to cross from
Norway to Finland, according
to informed sources at London.
The German high command
broadcast a communique re
porting further "great uc-
and even Portugal,
Another salient development
of the war was an authoritative
report from a high Ankara
source that Turkey had granted
transit to Vichy forces from
cesses" and "development of Syria provided they traveled as
strategic plans" but the German
public, with a growing eager
ness for details on a campaign
presented to them as an Ideolog
ical war, and the rest of the
world were left without specific
official data from Adolf Hitler's
headquarters.
Long Siege Hinted
It looked more and more as
Bill Coy riotfooting It out of
wlfey Babe's restaurant when
indd him she hsd left a
chicken dinner at borne for him. if the Red army had stolen tome Martin Heitkamp, Barcett Road.
unarmed civilians.
Only a fraction of the French
forces, however, were likely to
get out because of transport
limitations.
Visits Sister Mrs. Otto Merly
and son of Palo Alto. Cal, ar
rvled by train today for a visit
with Mrs. Merly't sister. Mrs.
"flying pencils.
The ugly and menacing Cor
vettes have borne the main
blows In the Atlantic battle.
These craft look like a whaler
but carry guns enough to down
a destroyer and depth charges
sufficient to destroy a flotil.a
of submarines. They have been
turned out steadily since July,
1940.
Portland. June 27 (P) Man
uel W. Freitas. 37, Portland mill
worker, was killed today by a
timber which was hurled Into
the air when a saw at the Kings
ley lumber mill buckled.
NAVY'S REQUEST 10
CATO MY DEFEATED
AS BEAVER GOVERNOR
ON BALLOT RECOUNT
Corvallls, June 27 ) A
recount upset the first announce
ment of the winner of the gov
ernorship race yesterday at the
Beaver Boys state camp and a
write-in candidate ousted the
two regular nominees.
Tom Spindle of Portland de
feated Cato Wray of Medford
by one vote in the recount. Niel
C. Allen, Grants Pass, was third.
Other officers elected at the
Amerlcan-Legion-sponsored citi
zenship training camp Included:
Secretary of state. Bill Black
mer, Ashland: state treasurer.
Bob Holmes, Medford; represen
tatives. Bob Baum, Union; Lee
Wimberly, Roseburg; Delbert
Yantis, Klamath Falls: Bob
Duke, Eugene; state senate, Joe
Yada and Charles Beardsley,
Salem; Bob Shier, Grants Pass;
Supreme court justices, Ned
Niebman, Earl Higglns and Cam
den E. Wheaton, Medford, and
Fred Wall, Jr., Toledo.
IS
LOST IN COMMITTEE
Portland, June 27 (IP) Frank
Coffinberry, 74, one-time city
purchasing agent and veteran
Portland theater manager, died
last night. He became manager
of the old Orpheum theatre here
in 1913
Washington, June 27. (JPh-
The senate naval affairs com
mittee rejected today a navy re
quest for authority to hold vol
unteers now with the fleet in
service after their enlistment
period ends.
The navy proposed that it be
given the right to exercise such
authority It congress declared
the national Interests were im-
periled but Chairman Walsh (D-
Mass) said committee rr.emDers
felt this would Involve a breach
of contracts.
The committee reported, how
ever, a revised bill which would
make future volunteers subject
to such a provision.
There had been speculation
that the army might follow the
navy's lead In seeking the pow
ers to retain In service men
whose enlistments had expired
Thanks to the selective service
reservoir of manpower, the army
has not been affected by the
recent recruiting slump which
has hit the navy.
Under the selective service
law, selectees may be kept In
service longer than the usual
rear's training without congres
sional action, since they auto
matically -become members of
the arm reserve when their
training period ends and can-
be called Into service as reserves
on the tame day. U necessary,
MUNITIONSPLANTS
Measure Is Largest Single
Appropriation in History;
Waits House Approval
San Francisco. June 27. W)
Surveys for a possible $22,800,
000 army camp In the Rogue
River valley near Medford, Ore-
are underway, the 9th zone
constructing quartermaster an
nounced today.
The contemplated camp would
house 30,000 men and would be
the general camp of new stream
lined triangular divisions. This
would mean another big army
post in the west coast defenses
midway Between rort uewis.
Wash., and Fort Ord. Calif., the
two largest army developments
on the Pacific slope.
A cost-plus contract for In
vestigation and surveys of the
general camp was awarded May
21, and $153,000 earmarked to
finance this preliminary work.
Investigators will design a gen
eral camp - layout, investigate
problems of engineer, water sup
ply, transportation, utilities, sew
age disposal, roads and other
basic necessity. The survey must
be completed by August 21.
Whether and when the camp
will actually be built awaits
completion of this survey and
preliminary plans and the war
department I decision.
San Francisco, June 27, P)
The 9th corps area army head
quarters said today it knew
nothing of any recommendation
to locate a proposed army can
tonment near Corvallis, Ore.,
Instead of Eugene.
Officers said the proposed
Eugene site was In precisely
the same situation as that at
Medford where a preliminary
survey has been started at a
location In the Rogue River val
ley. They pointed out that no
definite selections at either lo
cality had been made yet and
that selections were contingent
upon expansion of the army and
appropriation of money by con
gress.
Eugene, June 27 UP) Although
the army has indicated prefer
ence for site near Corvallis
rather than near Eugene, If a
cantonment expansion plan la
adopted, farmers In the Lane-
Llnn district around Coburg,
Harrlsburg, Halsey and Browns
ville have voiced their objection
to a camp in their district.
About 330 attended protest
meeting this week.
Washington. June 27 f4k
The senate approved on a voice
vote today the record-breaking
$10,384,821,824 army supply bill
and sent it back to the house
lor consideration of increases
totaling $338,312,132.
The senate increase waa ao
counted for largely In an amend
ment providing $300,000,000 for
the construction of new muni
tions plants.
The army measure, which
clerks said was the largest sin
gle appropriation in history, waa
approved after an hour and 20
minutes of dilatory debate. Only
a score of senators were on the)
floor.
13.8S Plane. Provided
The bill Includes $2.790.890..
000 for the procurement of 1
838 planes and accessory equip
ment for the air corps.
The senate - also completed
congressional action on legisla
tion extending the life of the
federal housing administration
and Increasing its limit on morW
gage Insurance from $4,000,000
000 to $3,000,000,000. -
In accepting a compromise en
the measure, the senate agreed
to drop a proposal for govern
ment insurance of $330,000,000
of farm purchase mortgages.
In other action, the senate ap.
proved and sent to the Whit
House legislation authorizing
$130,000,000 program for com
munlty facilities in defense)
areas.
Supplementing $300,000,000
defense housing program, the
measure is known aa the Lan
ham bUl.
Working at a fast dip In ordet
to pass vital approprlationa
measures the fiscal year ends
June 30, the senate took up
last minute legislation after the
family of the late Senator An
drew Jackson Houston (D-TexJ
had requested that no recess be
taken out of respect to his mem
ory.
The army measure and several
other vital appropriations meas
ures must be enacted by the end
of the fiscal year if various gov
ernment departments are not to
be left without funds.
Also pending on the senate)
calendar was argument-provoking
legislation to continue Presi
dent Roosevelt's emergency mon
etary powers, now scheduled to
expire at midnight Monday.
SENATE CONFIRMS
Washington, June 26 W
The senate confirmed today the
nomination of Associate Justice
Harlan F. Stone to be chief Jus
tice of the United States.
Oldett Senator
Taken By Death
Washington. June 27. UP
Senator Andrew Jackson Hous
ton, 87-year-old Texas Democrat,
died last night. Just 36 hours
before a special election to name
hit successor. Death followed
an operation in Baltimore.
The Texan, son of the famous
General Sam Houston, hero of
San Jacinto, was the oldest man
ever to enter the United States
senate.
LUMBER PRICE CEILING
BEING FORMULATED ON
UPPER GRADE PRODUCT
Washington, June 17, VPh
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson said today that a price
ceiling waa being formulated for
"the upper grades and special
ties of west coast lumber" be
cause ratea had reached "unreas
onable levels."
Henderson said that the move
ment of upper grade lumber
prices on the coast had been
under scrutiny for some time
and "while It U recognized that
heavy buying of specialties may
have been stimulated by unusu
al conditions, such conditions do
not warrant the price advance
that have occurred."
He aald that there had been
price increases of from $8 to $19
per 1,000 board feet on specialty
Items such as i hip-deck In g, floor
ing and box car materials.
There is no Justification for
any Increases In the price of any
other grade of west coast lum
ber," Henderson added.