Weather Bureau report
Forcaalt Partly cloudy to
night and Thursday. Occa
sional light shower tonight.
Slightly cooler Thursday.
Temperature
Highest yastwUw ft
Lowest this morning 58
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consult th. Want kit la thl
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Full Associated Prau
Unll.d Pr..
Thirty-sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1941.
No. 88.
Med
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, July 2. That
bleak report from the house
military alfairs committee criti
cizing the defense program, for
"confusion," "failures" and "un
warranted delays," came out
only over the flattened frames
of administration leaders. Speak
er Rayburn and House Director
McCormack worked on the full
committee hard and long to
keep it from adopting the criti
cal viewpoint of its subcommit
tee. At one time they mustered
ten votes against the report in
executive session, but there were
eleven In favor of caustic pub
licity. Behind the report was one
man, Representative Charles I.
Faddis, lieutenant colonel over
seas in the last war and a soldier
who knows the business. He
was chairman of the investigat
ing sub-committee. Faddis is 100
per cent for the Roosevelt for
eign policy, but the best friend
and severest critic of the war de
partment. Tall, slender, with
military bearing, around SO
years old, he was the dynamo
who started the promotion of
raw material stock piles, the
first move toward preparedness.
When he started his investi
gation he announced there
would be no sensationalism, but
also no whitewashing. He kept
his promise.
MR. ROOSEVELT will call .up
600,000 more draftees and
implied this would require re
lease of the training esu.uuu at
the end of their year but don't
plan your life in expectation
that it will work out that way.
The unnoted facts are these:
The draftees will not have
enough training to be a match
for a good military school. The'r
service expiration dates will
start in December. There is
plenty of time remaining in
which everyone can change his
mind. War department frankly
concedes no one will be released
( if war comes before December
The army is planning its hous
ing arrangements, however, only
to accommodate 000,000 at a
time, so there will be a critical
(Continued on Page Twelve)
SAYS MRS. LOUIS
Chicago, July 2. (IP) Joe
Louis, world's heavyweight box
ing champion, was sued for
divorce in superior court today
by Marva Trotter Louis. She
charged cruelty.
Mrs. Louis, who filed the
action under her husband's real
name, Barrow, charged that the
negro boxing champion struck
her first on January 2, 1941,
and again on April 19 of this
year.
The bill said she separated
from him on the latter date.
They were married in New
York City on Sept. 24, 1935
There are no children.
Radio Highlights
By Associated Prtis
(Time is Pacific Standard!
Tonight, the War 4:55 CBS;
8:15 MBS; 5:30 NBC-Blue; 6
MBS; 6:45 CBS; 8 NBC-CBS;
8:30 MBS.
Program premieres CBS 5,
Treasury Hour Millions for de
fense; CBS 6:15 Robert V.
Fleming on defense bonds.
Thursday, the War 4 a. m.,
NBC CBS; 4:55 NBC-Blue; 5
NBC-Red CBS; 6 NBC-Blue
MBS; 7 MBS; 8 MBS; 9:45 NBC;
10 MBS; 11:55 CBS; 12 p. m..
NBC-Blue; 2:25 NBC-Red; 2:45
CBS NBC-Blue.
NBC-Red 2:30 Speaking of
Liberty, Eve Cnrie.
Some short waves: GSC GSD
GSL London, 2:20, London call
ing; HAT4 Budapest 4:30, Organ
Recital; GSC GSD GSL London
6. Democracy Marches; 2RO
Rom 7. New. '
SICE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Mary Lou Tygardt pining for
a pair of wings and Mama Pau
line being Jubilant she was not
yet old enough to sprout 'em.
Sarge Joe Mendrala kicking
himself in the pants for leaving
a fishing rod behind at Gold Ray
dam and hoping the finder of
the pole will be able to find
him at the airport,
loo .ooo Russians caotured. ftizis claim.
bis? of, trapped armies i!m destroyed
Tanks, Field Guns
In Vast Numbers
Taken In Advance
Berlin. July 2. UP) The German high command announced
tonight that "unbelievable chaos has closed over the Soviet army"
and that a total of 160,000 Russian prisoners have been taken.
The destructive battle east of Bialystok, said the high command,
has brought "a decision of world proportions following the
destruction of "a large part" of huge trapped Russian armlet.
In addition to losing the lou.uuu prisoners, tne nign command
said, the Russians to date have lost 4,723 airplanes, 8,774 tanks
and 2,230 guns.
By th. Associated Press
Berlin, July 2 ") The Ger
man high command, .claiming
unabated swift progress into
Soviet Russia, declared today
100,000 red army soldiers have
been captured and "a large
part" of Russia's trapped armies
destroyed in the annihilating
struggle in the Bialystok-Minsk
area.
Two communiques "from the
fuehrer's headquarters" also re
ported ponderous quantities of
Russian tanks and field guns
seized.
A special war bulletin placed
the apparent elimination of a
huge red army force "east of
Bialystok."
Two Armies Pock.t.d
This is the area in which the
Germans have reported two
Russian armies (estimated in
some quarters at 400,000 men)
pocketed in the tongue of Sovi
etized territory between East
Prussia and German-occupied
Poland.
In this battle alone, it said,
400 captured armored cars and
300 cannon already have been
counted, Indicating that still
greater booty may have been
taken.
Just to the south, the regular
communique claimed 220 more
red army tanks put out of action
by capture or destruction in two
other battles.
One hundred tanks were de
stroyed near Zloczow, south of
the Pinsk marshes, and another
120 "fell into our hands" in the
Dubno region when Russian
armored forces apparently tried
to slice in on German rear divi
sions and "were crushed," the
communique said.
New Advance
Besides the old Latvian capi
tal of Riga, which previously
had been reported under the
swastika after a two-day house-to-house
battle, the Germans
said Windau in sovietized Latvia
also had been occupied yester
day. Still further to the north on
the German front closing toward
Leningrad, Russia's second larg
est city, the high command said
allied German-Finnish forces
had launched attacks across the
frontier into Russia from cen
tral and northern Finland.
No details on this apparently
developing battle zone were
given, however.
Filling out the communique's
bare statement that the luft-
waffe supported the army yes
terday with continuous bom
bardments of Russian positions,
DiSB, official German news
agency reported a total of 84
red army planes destroyed, 39 in
air battles and the rest on the
ground.
On the Gallcian front, at the
other end of the main thrust
into Russia through the Bialys
tok-Minsk sector., it said Hun
garian army forces attacking
through Carpathian mountain
passes had "Joined the German
attack on schedule."
IN COUNTY DRAFT
A total of 188 men who had
become 21 since last October 16
registered for selective service
yesirra.y m jucsi uoara iirau-
quarters for Jackson county, it
wan announced today.
Thirtv-three of the registrants
' .....
save addresses outside Jacxson
county, leaving 155 with city or
Jackson county residence. The
total fell below cstimntes that
I had ranged from 200 to 300.
AT
Vichy. Unoccupied France.
July 2. (IP) Military circlet
here tonight r.port.d the Rus
sians h.T. launched a power
ful count.r-oif.nsWe against
th. G.rmans on all fronts.
N.w York, July 2. UPy
Soviet bombars blew up th
main eri.nal in Bucharest in
an attack on that Rumanian
capital, th. official Moscow
radio r.port.d tonight in a
broadcast of th. r.d army
high command's communique.
NBC heard th. broadcast.
Moscow, July 2. (IP) The
Red army and airforce .reported
today it had wiped out German
tank vanguards in the llinsk
and Dvinsk areas and checked
fierce drives apparently aimed
at Moscow and Leningrad.
Both land troops and bomb
ing planes were credited with
smashing the tank siearheads.
An air attack on tanks, troops
and supply trains, a communi
que said, had checked "the ad
vance of motorized infantry"
which followed tanks.
Farther south, a soviet com
muniaue declared, nthrr hp-
blows were struck at strong Ger-
man forces in the Luck area,
gateway to the Ukraine.
Far to the north, above the
Arctic Circle, a German offens
ive against the Sredni peninsula,
guarding the northern entrance
to the ice-free port of Mur
mansk, was reported meeting
"fierce resistance" by soviet
troops.
The communique credited the
Red air fleet's bombers with
contributing greatly to the
blocking of the nazi thrusts by
strafing advance troops and
pounding the bases from which
the attacks were sprung.
Of the principal battlefronts
the communique declared:
"In the Dvinsk and Minsk di
rection our troops developed
fighting activities last night af
ter having destroyed advanced
tank units of the enemy.
"Our troops operating in the
Luck direction during last night
fought against strong enemy
forces, striking a heavy blow to
them."
Red army reports that Ger
many's fiercest drives Into white
Russia and the Ukraine were
checked by counter-attacks and
artillery. Barrages were regard
ed in Moscow as indicating that
the Arctic-Black Sea battlefront
is becoming stabilized near the
old Russian border. '
A soviet communique declar
ed the violent struggle between
nazi panzer columns and Russian
troops raged unabated, but men
tioned the same areas in which
fighting has been intense lor
several days Murmansk north
of the Arctic Circle: Kakisalmi,
on the Karelian Isthmus: Minsk.
In western White Russia: and
Luck, a gateway to the Ukraine.
NES MAY
E
It was reported unofficially
h -re today that Inquiries by
army officials Indicated that 40
pursuit pianes irran namiuun
field, San Rafael, Cel.. might
' , . ii l i j 1 :
,cuin m oimiuia municipal air
port July 10 for 15 days of
maneuvers. No official confir
mation of the report was available.
OVER SIX BILLION
YEAR'S OUTLAY IN
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Total Expenditures Over 12
Billion Over 5 Billion
in Excess of Income
Washington, July 2. (IP)
The treasury announced today it
spent $12,710,000,000, including
$6,048,000,000 for defense, in
the past fiscal year. The ex
penditures were $5,103,000,000
above income.
An official review of the fiscal
year which ended Monday night
showed huge increases in both
expenditures and revenues over
the preceding year, but made no
mention of the program for the
new year which includes $22,
269,000,000 of anticipated spend
ing as a result of the defecse
program.
In the next fiscal year, the
budget bureau has estimated
that defense alone will cost $15,
500,000,000 and total expendi
tures will be $22,269,000. Figur
ing on the new $3,500,000,000
tax bill now pending in con
gress, the treasury looks for ap
proximately $12,500,000,000 of
revenues, which would make the
deficit $9,769,000,000.
The past year's $7,607,000,-
000 revenues which does not
include social security taxes
were the highest in the history
of the United States. Spending,
however, will not pass World
War peaks until this year.
JAPAN ADOPTS POLICY
ON SOVIET - NAZI WAR
BUT EPS IT SECRET
Tokyo, July 2 (IP) The gov
eminent announced today it had
chosen a policy for coping with
the crisis arising from the Rus
sian-German war and Foreign
Minister Yosuke Matsuoka told
the nation that a super-emergency
of a very grave nature
is developing before our eyes
throughout the world, particu
larly in east Asia with direct
concern to our country."
The nature of the govern
ments decision, even its general
trend, remained undisclosed de
spite statements issued by the
cabinet and Matsuoka after s
morning conference at the im
perial palace in which generals
and admirals of the high com
mand met with key members
of the cabinet in the presence
of Emperor Hirohito.
BASEBALL
Am.rlcan
New York, July 2. UP) Joe
DiMaggio hung up a new major
league hitting record today when
he cracked out his 18th homer to
run his slugging string to 45
successive games, as the Yankees
defeated the Red Sox, 8 to 4, for
their sixth straight victory and
a three-game lead over the Idle
Indians. Charlie Keller also hit
his 17th homer for the Yanks.
Boston 4 9 1
New York 8 11 1
H. Ncwsome, Wilson, Potter
and Pytlak; Gomez, Murphy and
Dickey.
(10 innings)
Washington ...
R.
.
H.
14
14
Philadelphia 7
Zuber. Kennedy and Early;
Babich, Had ley, Harris, McCrabb
and Wagner.
National
New York . 4 4 0
Boston 5 10 0
Wittig, Adams, Carpenter,
Brown end Odea, Danning; Er
rickson, Earley and Masi.
Cincinnati 3 13 1
Pittsburgh 8 11 0
Derringer,
Lombardi, J.
Thompson a n d
Riddle; Butcher,
Klinger and Lopez
Philadelphia 3 10 1
Brooklyn 9 11 0
Hoerst, Beck, Melton, Ferrick
and Livingston: Higbe and
Franks
. x
W. W. ALLEN NAMED
AS POLICE JUDGE
TO RELIEVE CURRY
Action Taken When Water
Commission Says All of
Employe's Time Is Needed
W. W. Allen was appointed
police judge by the city council
last night, the appointment to
become effective July 15.
Mayor H. S. Deuel announced
to the council that Judge Allen
D. Curry and the water commis
sion by which he is employed
had asked that Mr. Curry be re
lieved of his police Judge duties
as they were steadily increas
ing and taking too much time
from his regular work. The sit
uation precluded Mr. Curry's
continuing as Judge, Mayor
Deuel said after pointing out
that he had served as police
Judge faithfully and efficiently
for a number of years.
Former Councilman
Mr. Allen is a former council
man. He once headed the Pierce
Allen Motor company and is
prominently known in southern
Oregon. He returned to Medford
recently after residing for a
time in California.
Asked what the salary of the
police judge was. Mayor Deuel
replied "Fifty dollars a month
at present." This was taken to
indicate that if the police court
business increases because of
erection of the proposed army
cantonment, the position might
become a full-time job.
- The police court report for
June, prepared by Judge Curry
and read by Councilman Larry
Schade, showed a busy month
and the mayor and council mem
bers commented on the salutary
effect some arrests might have
In solving traffic problems. Em
phasis was placed particularly
on arrests for double parking
and parking in alleys.
Councilman Frank J. Runtz
reported that the streets and
roads committee was still work
ing to fill holes and otherwise
improve streets about which
complaints had been made.
Chief Authorised
Police Chief Clatous McCredie
was authorized to attend a con
vention of law enforcement
agencies In Portland next week
and to make a study of police
problems In California cities
near new army camps.
The Portland convention will
be attended by law enforcement
officials of all western states.
Mexico and Hawaii, the council
was told. Councilman C. A.
Meeker said advantage should
be taken of all meetings where
new law enforcement methods
and problems are discussed and
other councilmen concurred that
the chief should make both trips
for the benefit of the commun
ity. Councilman C. H. Herman
was absent.
STARTS RACE RIOT
Philadelphia, July 2
Ducking of a 14-year-old negro
by white youths at a swimming
pool brought on race rioting
which flared for hours during
the night in teeming north Phil
adelphia. More than a score of
persons were injured.
Fifty police care and several
hundred patrolmen rushed Into
the troubled zone In answer to
six riot calls stemming from a
free-for-all battle at the athletic
recreation center pool used by
whites and negroes at different
times.
The pool Is located between
a Negro community of 87,000
and a white section. Police
Superintendent Howard P. Sut
ton reported 111 feeling had
existed since two negro life
guards were assigned last week
j for full time duty.
San Francisco. July 2. (IP)
Sale of Jake Powell, veteran
' outfielder, to Montreal of the
International league, was an-
nounced today by President
i Charles Graham of the San
(Francisco Seals baseball club.
I East Front War Spreads COUNCIL RECEIVES
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jw LUCK .
War In th. east spread to Finland (1). where Russians elalm
td to hav. r.puls.d attacks. Russians conc.d.d 0.rmans had
driven through Lithuania (2), a third of lh. way to Leningrad.
G.rmans r.port.d yesterday th.lr forces had tak.n Minsk (3),
to r.ach half way to Moscow. Garmans claimed capture of
Lwow (4), and a G.rman drive app.ar.d to be aimed at Kiev.
Russians clalmad to b. still holding along the Prut Rlv.r (S).
Black arrows indlcat. G.rman driven brok.n arrows, r.port.d
G.rman objectives; whit arrows. Russian resistance. -
s.
75,
SUMMONED BY DEATH
Noah S. Bennett, 75, a resi
dent of Medford for 51 years,
passed away at 5:15 a. m. today,
his demise closing a long and
useful life in the community.
He came here from Lee coun
ty, Iowa, the place of his birth,
in 1890 and settled on a farm
southwest of Medford where he
engaged in the nursery business
which he followed until his
death.
He moved to Medford In 1908
and since that time resided at
937 North Central.
Mr. Bennett was a long time
member of the Elks lodge of
Medford and held a lifetime
membership.
He leaves two daughters, Ethel
Pace of Portland and Cora Carl
son of Medford. Also brother
and sisters In the east.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Conger Funeral
Parlors when completed.
Sacranuoto, July 3. P) ButUr:
Pint frad. 41 'c; second (r.da 88 c.
Independent Destiny for U. S.
Plea of Lindy
San Francisco, July 2. UP)
Charles A. Llndebergh, denounc
ing Russia and European en
tanglements, pleaded for "an in
dependent destiny for America"
amid prolonged applause at an
overflow mass meeting sponsor
ed by the America First commit
tee here last night.
The audience roared Its loud
est approval when Lindbergh de
clared: "I would a hundred times
rather see my country ally her
self with England, or even with
Germany with all her faults,
than with the cruelty, the God
lemnrw. and the barbarism that
exist in soviet Russia. . .
"But there Is one thing upon
which we can agree, upon which
we are not divided, and that is
that we are ready to fight for
America if the need should ever
arise."
Lindbergh responded with en
gaging grins to the ovation
which, greeted him and his wife,
Uhi former Anna Morrow, as
. A LENINGRAD
WWW
u.srs.R.
KHARKOV
KIEVv
New War Theater
Adds To List of
Tongue Twisters
By the Associated Press
Here Is how to pronounce
names in the Russian-German
war (accented syllables are
followed by hyphens):
Lwow Lvoff (of as in off).
Perzemysl Per yem-izl (yem
as in gem).
Luck Lootsk (oo as In look).
Prut Proof (oo as in look).
Kiev Kee-eff.
Vllna Veel-na.
Zhltomor Zhee toe-mlr.
Vllpuri Vee poor-ee. ,
Dvinsk Dveensk.
Smolensk Smoe-lensk.
Baranowlcze Bar-ano vee-
che (as In and).
Borlsov Boe rees-off.
Bobruisk Bob rue-eesk.
Mogilev Moe jee-leff.
Minsk Meensk.
German Lutherans
Supporting Hitler
Berlin, July 2 (IP) The Ger
man Lutheran church today
telegraphed Adolf Hitler a
pledge to support the Nazi fight
against Bolshevism as "the
double enemy" of Christianity
and the German people.
in S. F. Speech
they took their places -on the
platform with other speakers:
Author Kathleen Norrls, Actress
Lillian Glsh, and Senator David
Worth Clark of Idaho.
But his mouth wore grim
lines when he spoke of "Inter
ventionist propaganda, com
menting:
"A refugee who steps from
the gangplank and advocates
war is acclaimed as a defender
of freedom. A native born Amer
ican who opposes war is called
a fifth columnist."
Senator Clark asserted that he
had great admiration for the
British people, but believed they
were playing only their own
game.
"When the long arm of Eng
land reaches over here and by
means of every tort of propa
ganda deceives citizens of the
United States." he declared.
"then with that little feeble
voice I have I shall undertake at
least to tell the American peo
ple what a fraud is being per
petrated on them.
$3,005 FEE FROM
PINBALE AGENTS
Sale of 19 Lots to Total
$5,100 Also Authorized
in Semi Monthly Session
The city council did a bit o
business last night and when
the regular semi-monthly se
slon was over $3,005 In license
fees had been collected and the
sale of 19 lots for a total of
$5,100 had been authorized. .
' It was the most brisk real
estate business the council hail
transacted in a long time. Ever
since preliminary planning was
begun on the proposed army
cantonment here, the sale of
city-owned lots has been ln
creasing steadily. For the most
part, It was reported outside
last night's meeting, the Iota
are being bought primarily tor
the erection of homes.
For Plnballs
The fee money came almost
entirely from two pinball ma
chine operator licenses, each
$1,500 for the privilege of diss
tributlng up to 90 machines.
Granted the licenses were R. G.
Phalr of the City Amusement
company and A. K. "Woody"
Morse of the Valley MusiO
company.
Pinball machines and all slmb
lar devices were brought undes?
license control by an ordinance
recently adopted by the council,
license fees being fixed for both
distributors and individual bust
ness places where they are used.
Although the ordinance becamo
effective yesterday, the council'
license committee made no re
port of license applications from
stores or other business estab
lishments having pinball mas
chines and other such devices.
The ordinance makes it illegal
to utilize such devices within
the city for anything but pleas
ure. State laws had already
covered the same matter.
The $5 fee was received from
Anderson's Thrift Market for
package store class A beer lis
cense. The license was aproved.
Drive-in Restaurant
The council sanctioned tha
sale of lots 3 and 4, Highway
addition, to Henry R. Byers for
the appraised price of $1,100.
Mr. Byers showed the council
plans for a drive-In restaurant
he said ha would erect imme
diately on the two lots, situated
on North Riverside avenue op
posite Manzanita street.
Other sales authorized werei
Lots 15, 16 and 17, block 2.
Hockenyos addition, to the R.
O. Stephenson Lumber com
pany, $300; a parcel of land
50 by 150 feet on the west side
of Llndley avenue just north
of east Main street, to Major
L. S. Small, $275; lots 1 and 2,
Consolidated No. 2 addition.
on Portland avenue, to R. A.
Skinner, $1,000; lots 13 and 14,
block 8, Laurelhurst addition.
on west side of Mary street at
East Jackson boulevard, to
George W. Porter, $730.
Also west half of lots 10 ana
11, block 2, East Heights addi.
tion, on north side of East Main
street opposite Highland drive.
to Dave H. Rees, $350; lot 7
Sutherlln Terrace addition, on
south side of 13th street off
South Peach street, to Arthur
Brown, $173; lots 12, 13 and 14.
block 2, Oakgrove addition, last
three lots on west side of South
Benson street, to George B.
Crapsey, $300; lots 19 and 20,
block 5, Siskiyou Heights addi.
tion, on Woodlawn drive at
Berkeley Way, to Harold C.
Colver, $400; lot 21, block 5,
Siskiyou Heights addition, on
Woodlawn drive at Berkeley
Way, to Mark K.' Miller, $223;
and lot 22, block 8, Siskiyou
Heights addition, on Woodlawn
drive, to C. M. Brewer, $225.
Little Prune Damage-
Milton-Freewater, July 2 (IP)
Th. prune crop of this area
has suffered little to far from
rust mites but Assistant County
Agent Harry Cline warned to
day that a sudden period of
warm weather might increase
the damage. Growers were
urged to apply control measures.