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Weather u"p' TWfisHJJ IfB II iH MedfordWTribune II Full Associated Press United Press " Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941. N g9 lit MIB ADS Ji.BHM News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, July 3. Leon Henderson, the price restrained was put through a wringer with thistles on it at a private pro test meeting of congressmen en- gineered by Senator "Cotton Ed" Smith of South Carolina, The high point was a speech by non-new dealing Representa tive Gene Cox of Georgia, who said Henderson "is trying to Russianize the United States." This proved strong for staunch new dealing Senator Scott Lu cas of Illinois, who bowed him self out of the gathering, ex plaining: "I must be in the wrong room." There were 20 senators and representatives when the meet ing started, only 19 at the fin ish after Lucas withdrew, but congressional doubts about Hen derson and all his price-fixing formulae extend far beyond this group. In fact there Is reason to be lieve Speaker Rayburn has in formed Mr. Henderson and the White House that a strong pres idential message will be neces sary to furnish the push for any price fixing legislation. A majority of the lower house, though perhaps not of the sen ate, is at present dead set against firm tactics now on prices. ' The leaders have understood the necessary presidential push will be forthcoming immediate ly after the holidays. TTHE leaders really wanted F.D.R. to delay price action until congressional opinion hns had a chance to settle. But Hen derson is running into troubles in automobiles, furniture and otherwise, and wants power im mediately. He is willing to com promise on farm food prices and other matters to meet con gressional objections. Basically his proposal Is to follow the social security setup by establishing local boards in all large defense communities to work under a central board here, probably run by Miss Har iett Elliott, the consumers' pro tector in the defense organiza tion. It might cover rents and possibly wages as well as prices. Most impartial economists doubt that any legislation, how ever drastic, will succeed in stopping the trend toward higher prices. pHATRMAN Walter George of the senate foreign relations committee, is being strongly im portuned by business people throughout the south to take the chairmanship of the finance committee which handles taxes., (Continued -,,":, Cairo, Egypt, July 3. (IP) The Italian commander at Deb ria Tabor, one of the last strong holds of Italian resistance in Ethiopia, has agreed to surren der with about 4,200 men, the British middle east headquart ers declared today. It said the terms were the same as those imposed on the Duke of Aosta, Viceroy of Ethiopia, when he capitulated May 19 at Amba Alaji and was compelled to surrender all his men and equipment except of ficers' small arms. SICE GLANCES b? tribune reporters Captain-Major Hilding Bengt- son presenting to each of his. mounted possemen a gift in lov- ing tribute to Man o' War, great est horse of all times. Harley Wiley being handy with his tanker truck Just as a customer needed five gals of gas Adele Woods getting a thrill out jf talking over Howard Scotty Glascock's radio to Hub by Vernon, now with the navy at Bremerton LAST ITALIANS IN ETHIOPIA TO QUIT NAZI TROOPS IN LWOW REGION Obstinate Resistance Is Re ported by DNB Soon After High Command's Boast By the Associated Press G e r m a n y'g official news agency, DNB, reported "obstin ate resistance" by the Russians on the eastern front late today, a few hours after the nazi high command declared that the backbone of the Red armies ap peared smashed along the en tire 2,000 mile battle line from the Arctic to the Black sea. DNB added that bad weather and stiff Soviet opposition was affecting the conflict, and that snow was falling in the region of Lwow, where the Germans are striking toward the Soviet Ukraine. In Vast New Battle While the nazi high command pictured a decisive turn in the 12-day-old struggle, a Soviet communique asserted that the main German thrust toward Moscow had been blocked and that Russian troops were lock ed with the Germans in a vast new battle on the road to the Soviet capital. J "United armies on the entire! front between the Black sea and the Arctic have started to at tack," the German high com mand said, announcing that nazi and Rumanian troops cross ed the Pruit river toward the wnestr'yesterday. -- --', It now appears that resist ance of the Soviet army Is broken. Backward movements of the enemy have become ap parent on the entire front." The Prut river forma a boun dary between Rumania and Russian-held Bessarabia. Counter-Claim By Reds - Amid these assertions by Hit ler's headquarters, the Russian high command declared that the vanguard of the Moscow-bound nazi invasion forces had been hurled back in repeated at tempts to cross the Berezina river, whose waters were red dened by the blood of Napol eon's troops in the bitter re treat from Moscow in 1812. The Red army also was re ported to have halted and in flicted "a heavy defeat" on a German ' mechanized column driving toward Shepetovka, 20 miles inside the old border of the Ukraine, on the road to Kiev, the capital. i "Throughout the whole ni-JtA. our troops in t'.nvzi'- - ;'.gnting uiterS' trie advance of enemy troops," a Soviet war bulletin said. Authoritative quarter! in London asserted there was "a general feeling the German drives were slowing up." Fierce Battle The Soviet war bulletin, far from indicating any general collapse of Russia's armies, re ported fierce battles were rag ing in the vicinity of Borisov, 50 miles along the 450-mile motor highway from Minsk to Moscow, and on a triangular front 70 miles east of German captured Lwow, in old Poland. In the far north, in violent all-night fighting, the Russians declared they had inflicted "a great defeat" on two German infantry divisions, about 30,000 troops, which yesterday launch ed a drive up the Srendni pen insula against the ice-free Arc tic port of Murmansk. POLEY REAPPOINTED Salem, July 3 (JP) The gov ernor's office announced today the appointment of members of county public welfare commit tees for most of the state's 36 counties, while appointments I for the rest of the counties will I be made in a few days. The term of one member of each county public welfare com mission expired June 30. Those appointed today In cluded: Jackson Wilmer Polcy, Ash land, reappointed. Army baseball American R. H. E. Boston ,,,, 5 6 0 Philadelphia 2 10 0 Grove and Peacock; Dean and Hayes, National RUE Philadelphia 1 8 2 Boston 4 9 0 Hughes, Hoerst and Warren; Javery and Masi. St Louis 15 3 Chicago 2 5 0 Lanier, Krist and Padgett Passeau and McCullough. OF E London, July 3. (IP) The magazine Aeroplane hinted to day that the RAF'i daylight sweeps and highly poundings of the French coast may be a pre lude to an Invasion of the conti nent before August 1. The magazine said the Ger mans have been persuaded that "no combined offensive by Brit ish arms can be undertaken for several months." "The RAF," it added, "has been busy for nearly three weeks casting doubta on that 'assumption. " v "Before this month is out there may be developments which would cause more doubts and hearten all the people over whose lands the struggle must be renewed. "British strategy is still that of renewing the sinews of war and some of them are now to be found in France. But another form of strategical help to Rus sia is also in the making and France is probably concerned in that, too." Meanwhile, Aeroplane assert ed, Germans must guess "as to where and when and how the next pieces of British interven tion will take place." JAPS KlUHiPMENT Philippine chrome MITE AMERICA LI1 Manila, July 3. (IP) The Ta- bacalera company of Manila was notified from Kobe today that the Japanese merchantman Kyu syu Maru, carrying cargo from the Philippines to the United States, has been requisitioned by the Japanese government and ordered not to proceed to its destination. Manila shipping quarters ex pressed the opinion that the Japanese government had or dered all ships in Philippine wa ters to return immediately to their home ports. The Japanese consul general said he had heard the reports but had no official confirma tion of them. Officials of the Tabacalera company, local agents for the vessel, said no reason was given for the action. They said the ship was carrying coconut oil, hemp and chrome ore. all ma terials essential to the national defense program. PALiROALLS BEFORE BRITISH Vichy, Unoccupied France. July 3. UP) The Vlrh n. emment acknowledged tonight that Palmyra, one of the strong points of resistance to the allied invasion of Syria, had fallen. A communique said that the place was occupied at 1 a. m. after an artillery barrage. A British column pointed by three tanks entered the town, it was said. Chief Urges Dropping Restrictions DEFENSE FOR WILL BEJLY 10 Election Boards to Serve in Patriotic Move to List Citi zens for Nation's Need Thursday, July 10 has been designated as date for register ing of citizens in Jackson county for civilian defense work. Regis tration hours will be between 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. A letter from S. M. Tuttle, chairman of the Jackson County Council of Defense, has been mailed by County Clerk George R. Carter, to chairmen and judges of the first election boards of the county containing instructions for the patriotic ef fort. The letter follows: "By proclamation of Mayor LaGuardia, chairman of the Na tional Defense Council to Gov ernor Sprague, of the Oregon State National Defense Council to all County Councils of De fense. "The Jackson County Council of Defense has selected July 10th between the hours of 2 p.m. and 8 p. m. to register citizens for civil defense work. inese citizens will form a back-log to be called upon in matters of local defense and any effort for the good of the nation, state, and county. "You are requested to assist in this registration by arranging a place in your precinct where citizens may register. All mater ial necessary for this registration will be delivered to you by the county clerk's staff. : 'The election boards have been selected for this purpose because of their experience and there being no question of their patriotic standing. "There will be no remunera tion for anyone in any phase of Defense Council work. May we have your acceptance and place of registration for this particu lar enrollment work either b mail to the Jackson C.-.uaty Chamber of Comme or by telephone No. Clo6? Watch for newsnp'ic; and radio announce- i.llS. "Thanking you for your patri otic cooperation, we remain "Yours very truly, "S. M. TUTTLE, Chairman Jackson County Council of Defense. RRIGATION FLUME Grants Pass, July 3. (IP) A. J. Burbee, chamber of com merce wild life chairman, said today he would ship to Frank Wire, state game supervisor, several hundred Chinook sal mon found dead here in an ir rigation flume. The young fish, spawned last fall, were about three inches long when they reached this section of the river on their downstream passage to the Pacific. In an effort to find suitable screening methods for irriga tion ditches, the state legislature appropriated 1 1,000 last session for experiments in Josephine county. The ditch leading to the flume from which the salmon were taken Is regularly screen ed by the district While June, with 34 marriage licenses issued, was the banner month of the year for Dan Cupid to date, there was also some thing doing In reverse. The coun ty clerk's office reports during the same period 15 divorce de crees were entered. Deputies said this was slightly more than averag' They Make Up Russia's Hr mrm Ihm mnlwi a .... ,. .... uamiun mm up oy DOTMI IIBSSIB 10 CUrSCt her war effort. Into the hands of these men went "the whole power of the state." Left - to light! Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotori Premier Joseph Stalin, head of the new commit tee; Klementi Voroshilov, former defense commlssan G. M. Malenkov. secretary of the cen tral committee for the communist partyj and L. P. Berla. commissar for Internal affairs, aa they attended this years' May day celebration In Moscow. Stalin Acknowledges Peril, Calls for 'Scorched Earth', Universal Guerilla Warfare By the Associated Press Moscow, July 3. Premier Joseph Stalin- called upon the Russian people today to meet the advancing German armies with a vast "scorched earth" policy and with universal guerilla warfare. He warned his people theyl were menaced by "a grave dan ger and acknowledged that al ready Adolf Hitler's legions have captured Lithuania, most of Latvia, western White Russia and part of the western Ukraine. But, he cried, it was recog nized at home and abroad "that ours is a just cause, that the enemy will be defeated, that we are bound to win. Explains Nasi Bacsd Stalin, makinsr '..e of his rare speeches, n'iDuted nazi suc cesses ..us far "to the lact tnai ti-i war of fascist Germany on the U.S.S.R. began under con ditions favorable for German forces and unfavorable for sov iet forces. Speaking In his role as chair man of the new defense com mittee, a post he only recently assumed, Stalin laid down these rules for fighting: "In case of a forced retreat of Red army units, all rolling stock must be evacuated, the enemy must not be left a single engine, a single railway car, not a single pound of grain or a gallon of fuel. "Collective farmers must drive off all their cattle and turn over their grain to the safe keeping of state authorities for transportation to the rear. All valuable property including non- ferrous metals, grain and fuel which cannot be withdrawn must without fail be destroyed. Guerilla Units Wanted "In areas occupied by the ene my, guerilla units, mounted and afoot, must be formed, diversion ist groups must be organized to combat enemy troops, to foment guerilla warfare everywhere, to blow up bridges, roads, damage telephone and telegraph lines and set fire to forests, stores and transports. "In occupied regions condi tions must be made unbearable for the enemy and all his accom plices. They must be hounded and annihiliated at every step and all their measures frustra ted." The speech, broadcast at 8 a.m. (7 p.m. Wednesday PST) and repeated at Intervals during the day on public loudspeaker systems and on house radios, marked the first time the Rus sian people had heard Stalin's voice since 1938 when ha an nounced the constitution, Pravda, Izvestia and other morning newspapers devoted their entire front pages to the text of the half-hour speech to gether with portraits of Stalin. Asserting that "millions of the masses of our people will rise," Stalin, speaking in measured tones, announced that workers in Leningrad and Moscow al ready had started the organiza J1 f h "n PI n . tion of thousands into peoples' armies to support the Red army and urged similar action in "every city under threat of in vasion." He expressed gratitude to Bri tain and to tho United States and referred to the people of Europe ana America as "loyal allies: DISSATISFIED COP OUSTED BY CHIEF; ILK HERE Coqullle, Ore., July 3. (IP) nemarxing i guess I'm beaten, but I hope this will do the rest of the boys some good," State Policeman Thayer C. Kessler to day abandoned his one-man picket line in front of headquar ters here. Kessler picketed In protest to the long hours he said state of ficers were sometimes required to work, and to what he de scribed as lnadeauate also charged the denHmnt with falling to supply him with proper medical attention follow ing an Injury in the line of duty. After ending his demonstra tion, Kessler, who mailed his resignation to state headquarters last night, left for his home in Medford, Ore. At Salem. State Police Super intendent Charles P. Prav ac cepted Kessler's resignation. He answered Kessler's charge that he had had to work as much 380 hours a month for $150 by saying "Kessler hasn't worked that long since the Bandon, Ore., fire four years ago when all of us worked that long. Since then he has worlAd only a little more titan 200 hours a month." Thayer C. Kessler received his preliminary state police train ing here In the fall of 1838. after which he was transferred to Klamath Falls and later shifted to Coquille. He origin ally resided in Georgia. Mrs. Kessler's mother. Mrs. Llla Stevie, resides on route 1, box 37B. Neither could be reached today, but It was be lieved Mrs. Kessler was living there and that Mr. Kessler had left Coqullle to come here. Condon, Ore., July t (IP) Wheat was pounded down In the Trail Fork, Matney Flat and other nearby districts yesterday by a heavy rain and hail storm. A quarter of an inch of rain fell here. "Big Five" . . . . FIXING OF CEILING WILL BE DEFERREP ... X K Washington. July S. -flPV' Price Administrator Leon Hen. derson announced today that the fixing of ceiling prices on tires, tutu and other finished milier products would be de ferred for "some months." Meantime, he said, the indus try will have opportunity to work out its price problem "on a voluntary basis." Last month Henderson an nounced that the price ceiling schedule would be set this week at price levels which prevailed on June 18. "The present announcement means that voluntary measures will be given a period of trial, and formal celling action de ferred accordingly," an an nouncement from the office of price administration and civil ian supply stated. A series of conferences with tire manufacturers, distributors and dealers has convinced the O.P.A.C.S. that present low levels of tire and tube prices would in all likelihood con tinue, the statement aald. - TROOPS ARRIVE 3 P J. TUESDAY Medford's own soldier boys of Company A and headquarters detachment, third battalion, 188th Infantry will arrive here from California maneuvers by motor convoy about 3 p. m. next Tuesday, Mayor H. S. Deuel was notified by radiogram today br Maj.-Cen. George A. Whlte.om- manaing tne fist division. The soldiers, about 175 men and eight officers will encamp at CCC detachment headquar ters near the south city limit from July 8 to 11 and various forms of entertainment are planned for them. Feature of the entertainment will be the American Legion- sponsored dance at Oriental Gardens next Wednesday. The soldiers will be traveling back to their station at Camp Murray, Wash. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER ' KILLED IN RAF RAID London, July 3. (IP) Pilot Officer William Isaac Hall of the RAF's Eagle Squadron of Ameri can volunteers was reported missing today from the foray over northern France yesterday In which the squadron was cred ited with bagging three German planes. Hail's mother Uvea In Saskat chewan, Canada. SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE SAYSJARSHALL Chief of Staff In Report Also Asks Men Be Kept in Service Over One Year Washington, July 3. (IP) General George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, recommended today the removal of restrictions which confine United States armed forces to the western hemisphere and there were im mediate indications this would result In heated debate In con gress. Senator Johnson (R-Callf.) said the suggestions were "hor rible" and would not go through without a fight. Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.) declared that he would oppose any legislation to permit use of the army outside the hemisphere. , Washington, July 13. UP) General George C. Marshall, army chief of ataff, urged today that draftees, reserve officers and national guardsmen be kept In service longer than one year and asked removal of restric tiona Which confine the United forces to the west- '1 report to 8ee ittmson, Marshall it of the "past n more forcible J cat ' the suddenness Wnik which' armed conflict can spread to areas hitherto-considered free from attack." "There are," he added, 'legal restrictions on the use of the armed forces which should be removed without delay. ... "It Is urgently recommended that the war department be given authority to extend the period of service of the selective service men, the officers of the reserve corps and the units of the national guard." One Year Now Limit The selective service act call ed for a maximum of one year of military training for these groups. The act also stipulated that these groups could not be used outside the western hemis phere. "When and where these forces are to serve are ques tions to be determined by their commander-in-chief and the con gress, and should not be eon fused with the problem of their readiness for service," Marshall told Stimson. All, It is believed, will ad mit that the time factor baa been of dominant Importance In the march of events since Sep tember, 1939, In the availability of materiel, In the effect of the complete readlnesa of huge, highly trained units for employ ment in chosen theaters." Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time if Pacific Standard) A message from President Roosevelt to the nation celebrat ing its birth 163 years ago la high spot In Fourth of July broadcasting. All networks will carry, CBS starting at 12:55 and NBC and MBS at 1 p. m. Fri day. Other features planned br networks Include: CBS 1:45, R. G. Casey, Aus tralian minister, on "Australia's Place In the World;' 12:30, Fourth of July In Britain; 8:30, Sen. Joslah W. Bailey on "Our Republic, It Must Be Pre served." NBC-Blue, 10, Townsend con vention at Buffalo, "America's Foreign Policy," Sent. Burton K. Wheeler and Claude Pepper. MBS 5:15, Robert H. Jack son, associate Justice designate, from Washington monument; 7, Milo J. Warner, American Le gion command, on civilian defense. Tonight The war t MBS; 4:30 MBS; 4:40 MBS; 4:53 CBS; 5:30 NBC-Blue; 8 MBS; 8:45 CBS; t NBC, CBS; 8 39 MBS.
