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Weather Pull U Waeifc. Bureau nport If Motoring aM the old ear U aniarierae tory to mako the trip, look up the and ear adt la thti nrm paper and trade the old car In lor a better one. After all. If It la to be a pleaaura trip, play are. Medford Tribune .. t mn ionini im WnlnrvUj; little tMuji m temperature. Temperature Htiheit Tuterd.y M towe this mornlni S3 Preelpltatlon put 24 hours, .0 Full Associated Press Thirty -sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1941. No. 87. mm m kw - . . . , , ., , ea -in,'."-, .. , , 1 --- sxs turn mm. a li ill - ii , .1 Kelly's Comment From Washington Government to Make Aluminum Ickes Relent Toward Oregon Fabricating Plant Due On Coast Br John W. gaily Washington, D. C, July J. Within six months the federal government will be In the alum inum business in a large way in the Pacific northwest. Also tinder consideration is a plant ior manufacturing magnesium, but this is less certain than the aluminum enterprise. At the current moment, to meet clashing interests within the government, it is proposed that three aluminum plants be established instead of one; by this scheme the various advo cates will be given a plant. There are details to be worked out, many details, but it can be stated that, subject to possible revision, there will be aluminum plants at Cascade Locks, at Ta coma and Spokane. To meet the needs of the air plane industry for fabricated aluminum the government will establish a rolling mill In the state of Washington. This fabri cating plant, which could be placed anywhere in the Pacific northwest, will, in all proba bility, be on the Columbia river and either at Longview, where the Reynolds Metals Co. is lo cated, or at Vancouver, where the Aluminum company of America has its large ingot pots. A PROGRAM for mirnnlum is less conclusive. There is a strong probability of a mag- nesium plant being installed on ine power lines of Boulder dam, but it is almost certain that an otner government plant will snuggle close to Grand Coulee switchboard. This is another in- cm nee wnere various govern mental agencies are pulling and hauling, unable to agree on the best place for a site in accord on the fact that magnesium is wanted by the ton for several years to keep pace with the air plane program. e IF one of the three contem plated aluminum plants of the (Continued on Page Pour) 10 BE Through a misunderstanding WPA work at Medford munici pal airport was shut down this morning, but will be resumed tomorrow morning. Fred W. Scheffel, city superintendent, an nounced. It was thought by mistake that the president had not yet signed the necessary appropria tion bill to continue the work, Mr. Scheffel explained. "It was all an error and we want all the men back to work tomorrow morning," Mr. Schef fel said. Destroyers Sunk Rome, July 1. r,P The Ital ian high command reported to day the sinking of two British destroyers, one off Bardia, Lib ya, and the other in the eastern Mediterranean. SICE GLANCES Bt tribune reporters ftaiph Woodford thinking a photo in the MT looked familiar and then discovering it was his son-in-law. And Ken Murray being equal ly thrilled at finding his phiz in a Klamath Falls newspaper high school class photo of 30 years ago. Babe Lillard expressing her disappointment that friends did net keep their date to help themselves to an over-abundance of berries weighing down the Lillard vines. Marion and Hank Fisher gladly helping jsorma ana Ken Madden celebrate their 10th, wedding anniversary. INVAUtK. ULAIM T Moscow Admits Reverses in First Clash But Says Lines Now Holding Foe By the Associated Press The Germans penetrated the Russian center today with a thrust by advanced units that carried to 90 miles southeast of Minsk to the region of Bobruisk on the road to Moscow, and pushed back the extreme Rus sian right in the Arctic front before Murmansk. Moreover, Berlin claimed that far to the south, on the Polish front, the Russians were in dis orderly and costly flight from the Lwow region, and that the river Dvina had been crossed by Nazi troops between Dvinsk and Riga, the Soviet naval base in old Latvia. Admit Early Reverses Moscow acknowledged Initial reverses in the Bobruisk vicin ity and in the far north, but claimed that in both cases a steadfast Russian resistance hail defeated all German efforts to further these advances. The German air force was re ported ranging far ahead of the land columns, smashing Russian communication lines in the Smo lensk and Odessa regions and dealing punishing blows at Mur mansk, on the Arctic sea. Stockholm heard rerjorts that Riga had fallen; a German re porter described the entry of Nazi troops Into Mitau, 60 miles to the southeast, but the high command said of the thrust along tne Baltic toward Leningrad only that the Dvina river had been crossed at many points. In bitter all-night fighting, Russia's troops declared today they had checked the advance of German invasion forces at two main sectors of the 2.000-mile battlefront in the Minsk-Bro-! busik and Luck areas where the nazis are striking directly toward Moscow and the Soviet Ukraine. Near Smolensk The Germans, by cdntrast, as serted that two nazi tank col umns "now are far east of Minsk," capital of white Russia and that German schnelle trup pen (speed troops) were in sight of Smolensk, 230 miles from Moscow. Radio reports from Stockholm said Riga, the capital of soviet- ized Latvia, had fallen into nazi hands. France's off-stage role in the 10-day-old struggle moved nearer the actual fighting with a statement by the Vichy French government that it had "no ob jection" to French volunteers fighting alongside their former enemies, the Germans. Only yesterday France broke off diplomatic relations with Russia. Rome radio said Chancellor Hitler and Premier Mussolini de cided on "the war against Mos cow and the destruction of the red army" at their latest Bren ner pass meeting, June 2. A Berlin radio broadcast said German Bavarian Alpine troops. in violent action at Lwow, for mer Poland, had destroyed 100 soviet tanks with hand gre nades. A Russian communique tersely sketched the huge-scale conflict as follows: All Units Engaged "In the Minsk and Brobulsk directions, our troops fought all night against superior enemy forces, successfully counteract ing their attempts to thrust toward the east. "Infantry, artillery, tanks and the air force participated in the fighting." Minsk lies 20 miles inside the old soviet frontier. Brobulsk is about 90 miles southeast of Minsk. The communique also declared that the red army had stemmed I the nazi onslaught toward the Ukraine, counter-attacking and destroying German tanks. r-rineviue. jre.. Juiy i tl Head-on crash of an automo bile and a gasoline truck last night killed L M. Mills. 80. Paulina stockman, and F. J. Brown. Mills was driving the .car and Brown was a paeni!er, Ernest Edwards, driver of the truck, was unhurt Blaze Threatens Bridge r- " frr - r---. fill rPr unit cars which caught fire engine in the railroad yards at Omaha threatened the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge across the Missouri river. Firemen kept burning oil from spreading to the span. Damage to railroad equipment was estimated at $100,000. War Bulletins Berlin. July 1. 7P) Ger man forces attacking Russia have captured Riga, capital of Latvia, it was announced of ficially tonight. Stockholm. July 1. (IP) German parachute troops were reported in dispatches reaching Stockholm to have landed at a Russian naval base at Baltiski, Estonia, to day. The dispatches said all were captured. Berlin. July 1. (ZP) Ger man dive bombers have set a British destroyer afire off the Egyptian coast near Sa lum and at besieged Tobruk have bombed harbor facilities and British motor vehicles, the German high command announced today. A Northeast Coast Town in England, July 1. (IP) More than 200 German seamen cap tured in the battle of the At lantic were landed from a British warship today and taken to an internment camp. Most were believed to be ad ditional survivors of the Ger man battleship Bismarck. London. July 1. (IP) Ex change Telegraph (British news agency) said tonight that it had heard the Moscow radio announcing that seven German submarines had been sunk in the Baltic and Black seas. Willkie's Son In Draft Registry Rushville, Ind., July 1 (Pi Philip Willkie, son of the 1940 Republican presidential nom inee, registered here today un der the selective servict act. Young Willkie. who was 21 De- cember 7, has been visiting his visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Phil Wilk, and working on his father's farms. British Reinforcing For Syrian Campaign Vichy, July 1. IIP) The British and Free French forces in Syria were reported here to night to be bringing up heavy reinforcements in all sectors ap parently in preparation for a general offensive. French military advices indi-i cated that British motorized , .columns naa pushed around, ebek and had made contact I with French secondary positions north of the town on the marl to Horns. Constanta Raided Moscow, Wednesday, July 2. w Russian bombers have i again raided Constansla. Rii- manian Black sea port, .it was istated early today. after collision with a switch ROCKING QUAKE: L A. AREA Los Angeles. July 1. (IP) A powerful rocking-chair earth quake swayed southern Califor nia lust before midnleht last , night, causing noticeable damage ' In Ik. C . T" - l .1 .hi; t?auut ouruara area. Downtown Dlate-ela win dows were shattered and bricks fell off the parapets of some Duiiamgs in Santa Barbara i-iasier was snaKen down as cracks appeared in some walls Similar damage to a lesser de gree was reported from Carpin teria and Ventura, south of oanta Barbara. in me i,os Angeles area, the swing-like quake awakened thousands of sleepers and re mained perceptible for about a minute. ine sensation was that of some great cosmic rocking chair in motion rocking southeast northwest in comparatively Kim, iazy sweeps, it was a con me usual Jolting or shuddering quakes usually felt in this area. From Santa Barbara was re- ponea trie recurrence of twin phenomena associated with many ante cannquaKes and never luny explained scientifically The sheriff s office said there was a weird flashing of light in ine sxy followed closely by a pervasive rumbling sound. Because of the broken store windows in the Santa Barbara business section, 100 men were placed on euard under police di rection to prevent looting. These ,ihi - j..... . soldiers off duty, American Le gionnaires and policemen. The quake was felt sharply as far northward as Santa Maria, Die leu miles from here, but not In o and Imperial Valley In the lower end of southern California. Zivic, Davis Fracas Postponed By Rain New York, July 1. IIP) The 12 round non-title fight between welterweight champion Fritzl Zivic and Al Davis, scheduled for the Polo Grounds tonight, was postponed until tomorrow night because of rain. Russian Women !n Defense Regiment Stockholm, Sweden, July 1 IIP) A reffiment nf vonna Rue- sian women has n tnrmrA Inr th nrn.. r. t . radio announcement heard here Isaid todav F. R. Still; Molds Peace Hope HALF OF DRAFT LISTED BY 2 P. M. 35 City Residents, 54 County and 22 Out of County Gold Hill Youth Is First Up to 2 p.m. Ill men who had become 21 since last Octo ber 18 had registered under the selective training and service law at Jackson county's local board headquarters, 201 West Main street. Of the total, 35 were" city resi dents, 54 county residents out side the city and 22 out-of-coun-ty residents here temporarily, headquarters said. First to register was Marvin William Betts of Gold Hill. Betts was waiting at 8:30 when the first local board employe ar rived. The office opened fr registra tlon at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 9 tonight. It was esti mated that somewhere between 200 and 300 would be registered. Portland, Ore., July 1. (IP) Draft registration for men who became 21 since Oct. 18 last, lag ged somewhat In Oregon this morning and the state total at noon was far short of the ex pected 6500, Washington, July 1. (IP) At country cross-roads and In great urban centers, the United States enrolled today its military "class of 1941" some 750,000 young men who have lust reach ed 21. All men citizens or aliens who have become 21 years of age since the first selective ser vice registration last October must sign up, and all signs are that a good many of them will get an early call for their year oi military service. GETS UNDER WAY About dA7n am took to the field this morning to make a complete Medford hous ing Survev for the armv nnlnn. ment civilian coordination board. It Is horjed to have. fhe. ninvv completed by a week from to morrow, Frank J. Van Dyke, civilian coordinator said. Pur pose is to ascertain definitely how manv loHirine iiwimmwifl. tions are available for workers on the proposed cantonment without additional building. The office of the rnnrHinalAP was to be moved this afternoon from the armory to the tourist information bureau at North Riverside avenue and Fifth street. It was thought that the new location would be more con venient for the public, Mr. Van Dyke said. The AAA anr! tnurlt Ink... tlon bureau will continue to oc cupy the premises also. Site of the proposed canton ment Was viewer! v.,.rH.u h Col. G. O. Kurtz, from the nf. fice of the chief of field artil lerv. Waihlmrfsin n r- MaJ. Lawrence Bixby, from the neio. artillery school at Fort Sill, Okla. The visiting officers were accompanied on the all-day site tour by Capt. Theron W. Bean, constructing quartermas ter. Col. Kurtz anrl Mai nuu who came in from San Francisco yesterday morning, left by train last night for Portland they were to return east by streamliner train. Astoria, Ore.. July l.Pi Ocean trailers along the Oregon coast reported today that the best sllverside salmon haula of the season have been made In the past week. A number of Co lumbia river gillnetters have converted their boats into trollers. U SO FAR THIS YEAR SHOW HEAVY GAIN First Half Total $176,985 Shown by City Inspector; June is Highest Month Already far ahead of the cor responding period in 1940, fig. ures released by the city in spector's office today indicated that 1941 building activity in Medford would surpass by considerable margin that of last year, when permits totaling $212,955 were issued. For the first six months of this year the valuation of per mits issued was $176,985 as compared to $93,436 at the half way point in 1941. Thus far this year permits for 43 new resi dences have been issued, June being the high month with 11 at a total stated cost of $26,100. Big June Increase The total value of 30 permits issued last month was $31,625, a big increase over the $15,273 of June 1940, and over the $20, 600 of May 1941. In addition to the 11 new-residence permits of last month, 16 were issued for remodeling and repairing at a total cost of $3,235, and three were issued for new businesses at a total cost of $2,300. With the lone exception nf March, every month thus far this year has topped the cor responding month in 1940, and the building inspector's office Indicated that construction of all kinds, especially that of new residences, was expected to surge still higher In the next six months of 1941, W. E. Thomas applied for the first application of July today, to remodel a store front at 135 West Main street at a stated cost of $500. Following is a table showing the month-by-month value nf building activity for the first six months of 1941 and 1940: 1941 1940 January .$20,400 $8,186 February 32,325 11,900 60,123 20,600 31,635 14,403 23,795 18,343 13,430 13,275 March April May June Total ..$176,985 $93,436 Santa Cruz, Calif., July 1. (IP) The Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel has purchased the Eve ning News and will continue to operate it at the same location in the evening field. Huge Bomber By Pooling Los Angeles, July 1. P) American airplane builders are pooling their productive re sources to give the United States and Britain an unprecedented fleet of long-range, four-engine heavy bombers. The aviation news committee of the aeronautical chamber of commerce of America reported today thla cooperation would produce an estimated 500 bomb ers monthly in 1942. It based its figures on government rec ords and forecasts. Col. John H. Jouett, president of the aeronautical chamber, said these bombers, produced in sufficient numbers, successfully could convoy shipping from America to England. Three Pacific coast manufac turers Boeing of Seattle, Doug las of Santa Monica, Calif., and Vega of Burbank, Calif. have agreed upon a cooperative pro gram for production of Boeing's B-17E bombers. Each will pro duce completely assembled war planes. Parte will be Inter changeable. Consolidated Aircraft Corp. of San Diego and Douglas are building two $22,000,000 plants, to build B 24 bombers. The plants are scheduled to begin operation by the end of 1941. Consolidated will operate at Fort Worth, Tex., and Douglas BASEBALL American New York, July 1,(P) Jo DiMaggio tied Willie Keeler's major league record when he cracked out a single In the first innings of the second Yankee Red Sox game today to run his hitting streak to 44 straight games. First game: R. H. E. Boston 2 7 1 New York 7 15 1 Harris, Ryba, Potter and Pyt- lak; Russo, Chandler and Sil- vestri. Detroit 8 12 0 Chicago 13 2 Trout and Tebbetts; Smith, Hallett and Tresh, Dickey. National R. H. E. 11 17 3 St. Louis Pittsburgh 7 14 0 Krist, Warneke, and Man cuso; Sewell. Wilkle and Baker. R. H. E. 4 7 2 6 10 0 New York Boston Schumacher, Bowman, Mc Gee and ODea; Lamanna, Hutchings and Mas). (10 Innings) Philadelphia 6 12 1 Brooklyn 4 8 0 Grissom, Pearson and Warren, Livingston; Fitzsimmons, Brown, Casey and Franks. FEHL REFUSED PERMIT TO TAKE SANITY CASE TO U.S. SUPREME COURT, Salem. Julv I. IP Th. state supreme court refused to- aav io nermlt Karl H jrhi mer Jackson county Judge 'who was paroled several days ago from the state hnsnltnl in an. peal to the United States su preme court in his fight to have invalidated the proceedings in which he was committed four years ago to the state hospital. The decision tndav waa an. nounced orally by Chief Justice rercy j. Kelly. Circuit Judge Carl Hendricks of Fossil ruled that Fehl'a In sanity proceedings were regu lar, ana ine state supreme court upheld the judge two months ago. It was from this order that Fehl wished to anneal tn th United States supreme court. fehl wanted outright release friti the hospital, rather than a iwrole. He aald few rlava ago that he would appeal to the u. a. supreme court for the out right release. Fleet Promised of Plant Efforts at Tulsa, Okla., in another co operative program. Subassem blies will be produced by the automotive industry. Output of these plants, the aeronautical chamber predicted. will increase production of heavy bombers to 200 planes per month. After the Boeing-Douglas-Vega cooperative begins produc tion in 1942, the output should total 500 a month, the chamber added. The chamber stressed that these figures cover only the heavy bombers and do not in clude other cooperation for the production of medium bombers. Under the latter, fast ships of the Martin B-26 and North American B-23 type will be pro duced by the Glenn L. Martin Co. ard North American Avia tion, Inc., at government plants at Omaha, Neb., and Kansas City, Mo. Automobile manufac turers will supply assemblies. To augment the program, Boe ing plans Immediate construc tion of a large addition to the No. 1 plant of its Stearman divis ion at Wichita, Kas. Douglas' new "blackout plant" a wtn dowless building from which no light can escape toon will be ready to manufacture B-17C bombers at Long Beach, Call! Vega will produce them at Its new factory at Burbank, Calif. INO COMMENT ON KNOX ADVOCACY OF NAVY. ACTION President Also Mum On Ar rest of 32 Suspected of Spying Critics Scorned Washington, July 1. (JPy Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.) said in a statement today that Secre tary Knox "should resign or be thrown out of office" for assert ing in a speech last night in Bos ton that the "time to use our navy to clear the Atlantic of tha German menace is at hand." Hyde Parlt, July 1. (IP). President Roosevelt reaffirmed today a hope that America could stay out of war. He drew a distinction, how ever, between a hope and a be lief. But he also said at a press conference that it was obvious how anyone would vote in a poll on whether this country should plunge actively into the conflict against the axis powers. Certainly everyone is against war, he said, just as everyone iJ against sin. Follows Criticism Mr. Roosevelt has asserted at number of press conference In the last two years that ha hoped this country could keen out of Europe's conflict. Today's reiteration, however, followed recent statements by critics of the administration's policy that the United States was being led along the road to active partici pation in the war. The president preferred not to comment on Secretary Knox's declaration in Boston last night that the navy should be used im mediately to clear the Atlantic of a German menace so war sup plies could be delivered to Bri tain. Nor would he discuss th ar rest of 32 persons on spy charges over the week-end; and ha passed over with obvious disdain the contents of a report of tha house military committee criti cizing the handling of the de fense program and suggesting that It have a single head. Ren. Fish (R-NY). who renr. scnts the congressional district in Which the nreaident Uvea, haa been polling his constituents to determine whether they believe the United States should enter the war. Washington. Julv 1 JT4- Secretary Knox's call for im- meoiaie use or me unitea states navy "to clear the Atlantic of tha German menar-" wA tht capital to wonder today wheth er he was hinting at an Import ant change In administration Policy toward nazi aea activi ties. The direct lantftiatf fha, naw secretary used in his speech at Boston last nlaht amvm rlu tn the belief In some quarters that a definite revision was contem plated in existing naval strategy. Knox. Who aridriMiari 4 Via nual conference of governors. urgea mat tne naval forces be used to deal Hitler "a smashing blow." even thnush It lnvnlu4 "risk and danger . . . sacrifice to the extreme ... If need be, American blood." The sneech. It vm ffnifll agreed here, went farther than Knox or any other cabinet of ficer had gone In any previous public pronouncements. GERMAN, ITALIAN SHOPS LOOTED BY URUGUAYANS Trinidad. Uruguay. July 1. OP) German and Italian shops were looted by a mob today in a spread of reaction to rioting at Durazno Sunday in which a by sunder was killed. The crowd threw merchandise Into the streets and burned It. Albany. Ore, July 1. (IP) A state highway gravel truck killed M. W. Counts. 65, Salem, while he was at work on a road! construction job near Foster yes terday. Counts, spotter fore man for an oiling crew, bent over to light his pipe as tha truck, driven by E. N. Hills, Salem, backed up.
