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run u wu- Weather 'Jr forecast: Fslr tonight and Turn the Trick Why sot (In tha Want Ala aa opportunity to work tor yen. No Butter what yea hmw to rent, trmdr, or tell a small A4 In Chit newspaper will torn the rick qnlrklr ana Inexpta- nn-nr-nTTTM-n WedncMUy; continued L 111 J) U 1M H Temperature Hlghe yMterday M Lowest this morning - St precipitation pa 14 hoars, .00 Vnlltd Press MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1941. No. 93. Thirty-sixth Year mam if full Associated Press "" f- Mvi, 1 am an ' News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, July 8. A whol ly new concept of war prospecU and Hitler's grandscale strategy, is growing up among officials whose business it is to study such matters. Anthony Eden scratched the surface of these new thoughts when he warned that Hitler is about to estab 1 i s h himself theatrically as the grand mas ter of peace. It was the first time a British official as high Paul Mallon. as the foreign secretary has men tioned peace so plainly, even to denounce it for what it would be a nazi victory. If you will analyze the changed circum stances of this war, you will see what probably led Mr. Eden to his conclusion: A Hitler invasion of Britain this year or ever Is beginning to appear improbable. Look at the time table of events upon which the nazis now are em barked. Not even Hitler himself could claim that he would not be lucky to get an armistice pro posal from Stalin by the end of July. Russian resistance has been stronger than expected. The Berlin communiques con cede this. The field of operations is so vast that a swift termina tion of hostilities is unlikely even after the Russian lines crumble. DUT concede him all the luck possible. After that he will need no less than a month for military readjustment of his army before he could start any thing further. It will take him that long to "let go" of Russia. He must replace crack regular troops with reservists and occu pation forces; move equipment (chiefly planes) from their east ern bases; repair communica tions;' rest fliers; make replace- (Continued on Pae 8H) 8,485 VISITORS IS Crater Lake National Park July 8. (Spl) Travel to Crater Lake national park on July 4 established a new all-time rec ord for a single day registration. Ideal weather on Independence day drew 2.211 cars and 8.485 visitors. Previous all-time high for a single day travel was Labor day in 1940 when 1,996 cars with 7,228 visitors were checked into the park. Annie Spring checking sta tion, which records travel on both the south and west en trances, accounted for 1,154 cars and 4.554 people of the new record; the north entrance sta tion registered 937 cas and 3, 553 visitors and Lost Creek sta tion 120 cars and 398 visitors. Contributing their part to the all-time travel record for one day were 227 officers and en listed men and 22 vehicles of the 10th field artillery from Klamath Falls where they bivouacked several days en route to their home station at Ft. Lewis from the extended war games in California. Many individuals from military units also visited the park In com pany with relatives and friends. SICE GLANCES Bt tribune reporters Paul Henneberg being honor ed at his birthday breakfast with lighted candles on a stack of hotcakes greetings from a thoughtful friend. Glenn Cannonball Jackson being unable to cope with the enormous airport mosquito, he beating a hasty retreat to town and riorlarin FrH Krhaffol hid promised to eradicate the pests under WPA project unit No. 644 B. Del Warren explaining to a tenderfoot how frogs are caught with hook and line. T DECLARES NAZIS' LOSSESJERRIFIC Guerrilla Resistance in Rear of Invaders Plays Large ' Part in Halting Advance By tha Associated Prots Adolf Hitler's blitzkrieg against the Stalin line has been virtually stopped for four full days, military circles in Vichy reported late today, while the Russians declared also that they were holding the Germans at bay along a 800-mile front, Vichy military Informants said the Germans had suffered terrific losses and that Guerrilla resistance in the rear of Nazi columns sweeping Into the U.S.S.R. had played a part In forcing the Germans to halt. Moscow declared that the red armies, battling the Ger mans well out in front of the Stalin line, were crushing re peated nazi attempts to break through en route to the soviet capital. Behind Schadule Advices reaching Vichy said the Germans were considerably behind their reported 50-day schedule for the conquest of Russia, which was supposed to be completed by Aug. 18. j A Russian war bulletin placed the scene of the heaviest fight ing on a tight-stretched line running almost due north and south, between Ostrov, on the Latvian frontier, and Mogilev PodolskI, on the Dnester river at the Bessarabian border. The communique said soviet troops clashed with German tanks and motorized forces in the Ukraine sector of Novograd Volynskl and, further south an nihilated two nazi infantry regi ments. The soviet high command said the Germans had been routed in a series of attempts to storm across the Dnepr river, in a drive toward Moscow, but con ceded that on the northern front the Nazis had approached within 75 miles of Leningrad. Heat Grips Scene Blazing heat engulfed the en tire battlefront. Tersely. Adolf Hitler's field headquarters made this lone comment on the 17-day-old in vasion: "Operations on the eastern front are proceeding on sched ule." In past campaigns, German communiques have been simi larly brief when huge-scale oper ations were in a fluid, develop ing state The Russians declared the Germans were suffering enor mous casualties and that gains along the 2,000-mile front were slight Tass, the official soviet news agency, reported 1,300 German troops were killed and wounded in a five-hour fight for a single village. 7.000 Nazis Killed Tass asserted that 7,000 nazis were killed and wounded and 1,500 others surrendered when soviet tanks trapped a column of German infantry in a pene tration of Russian lines. The red army's high command specifically mentioned only the destruction of some 6,000 Ger man soldiers. By contrast, the Berlin radio reported the capture of an addi tional 142,218 Russian prisoners between July 2 and 9, along with 584 Soviet tanks and arm ored cars. Chancellor Hitler's field head quarters still made no claim to a break Into the Stalin line, but DNB, the official German news agency, said Nazi troops stormed and captured a series of strongly-fortified bunkers at an un designated point on the main soviet defense system. Treachery" German military dispatches reported that the flower of the nazi army flinging itself against the Stalin line was contending with every form of Russian trickery. Fields of soviet "corpses," Hi was said, would suddenly spring) ;to nd Pn rour" ""7"- Camouflaged Russian caserasrter let German panzer units roer tr without betraying their pf ence. and then opened tarrau fire from the rear. Fog-Bound Plane Hits House 1 ' - f ! 1(0 br- L Ei .."77 M Low on gas and unable to find safe landing spot during an early morning fog, George H. Gardner III. 21, Redlands, Cel., pancaked his plane into a Los Angeles house and emerged with only slight injuries. His passenger, Gordon Thomas, also of Redlands, suffered minor cuts. Occupants of the house were shocked from was only slightly damaged. Litvinov Appeals to British To 'Strike Now' at Germans London, July 8. (A") Maxim commissar of the Soviet Union, tonight to "strike now" because would be more effective now, Litvinov, who had not ap- peared before the Soviet pub lic since 1939, broadcast in Eng lish to the British and Ameri can -people. He described Hitler as a treacherous character and declared there was an underly ing menace in naziism. Few countries who continue to preserve an independent existence can feel secure in an illusion of neutrality, said Lit vinov. "The Soviet Union and Great Britain," he said, "are fighting not only for the integrity and independence of their states but also for the freedom of their peoples." He added: "Hitlerism must be annihilated as the greatest obstacle to civilization." Litvinov was replaced as for eign commissar by then Premier Vyacheslav Molotov, who added the foreign portfolio to his other duties, a few months be fore signing of the German Russian non-aggression pact in August, 1939. Litvinov has been In almost total eclipse since then, and this spring Joseph Stalin succeeded Molotov as premier. E London, July 8. (JP Heavy British bombers raided the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven late this after noon, it was announced to night. London. July 8. -P Heavy RAF bombers lashed out today against the nazi-held French coast in a follow-up to wide spread overnight attacks against objectives in western Germany, Holland, Belgium and France. Germans made a sharp raid against Southampton during the night causing some casualties and considerable damage to the business district. Other points in the south and southeast were embed and the British said five night raiders were de stroyed. The nazis made morning attack on another south coast town, but were driven off after half hour fight with British planes. No bomb damage was reported. sleep, but the building itself Litvinov, former foreign appealed to the British people each blow struck at Hitler he said, than ever. FEHL OPENS DRIVE TO CLEAR TITLE ON HERALD BUILDING Summons was served this morning upon Lee Watson of the City Cleaners in the forcible en try and retainer suit of Earl H. Fehl and wife and mother-in-law, to clear the title to the Pa cific Record-Herald Building on Sixth street, occupied by the cleaning concern. District Attorney George W. Neilson said he had filed an answer to the suit, and that it was now in the circuit court, in asmuch as a Justice court can not hear a case involving a title to property. The answer contends that the property belongs to J. B. Thomas and wife of Ashland, and Mrs. Wllhemina Heimroth, by reason rt nrauinii. KIp-itH Mnrl mnA ...1. ,-. -,, ,.i.i. ih. mm. iii Ttim hullUna by Fehl, was sold for taxes, and fnr mnnv lrani in him h Thomas and the late Ted Heim roth. The district attorney said he would bring the action up In court next Friday when a date for hearing of arguments would be set. He said if agreeable to Fehl and his attorney. R. R. Hewitt, he would ask that Cir cuit Judge H. K. Hanna hear the arguments, otherwise Cir cuit Judge Carl Hendricks of Fossil, who sat on the case be fore, would be assigned. NIEL ALLEN NEW G.O.PJAIRMAN Portland, July 8. (IP) Ore gon Republicans named Niel R. Allen, Grants Pass, former state American Legion commander, as party chairman yesterday. In selecting Allen, the central committee followed the recom mendation of Major Kern Cran dall. who resigned for army dutr Truck Crushes Brownsboro Tot CELAND GARRISON MAY BE LARGEST U.S. UNIT OVERSEA Present British Force in Outpost Estimated 80.0CO Marines Believed Bulk Washington, July 8. (IP) Iceland, the nation's newest de fense outpost, appeared likely today to claim one of the largest United States garrisons overseas if not the largest. Latest army figures fix the total of present overseas gar risons at 118,700 troops. The disposition of these forces was not revealed, but Hawaii, pre sumably the most strongly man ned post, had 40,000 soldiers In May for maneuvers. Official information on the size of the British force now occupying Iceland comes under the head of a military secret, but seamen who touched recent ly at the island estimated it at about 80,000 men a figure which some military sources be lieve is not excessive, consid ering the fact that the occupy ing force would have to be large enough to discourage a German attempt to capture the Island. Informed opinion was that the American garrison would be at least equal . to the strength of the British force It will event ually relieve. Composition of the landing force was unknown, but the general assumption here was that U. S. marines formed the bulk of it. Washington, July 8.- The occupation of Iceland by United States armed forces was described in administration cir cles as a step intended to thwart a vast German pincers move ment on Great Britain's indis pensable supply lines. This pincers movement, ex tending from the equator to the Arctic, would have as its im mediate objective the cutting off of Britain from all overseas supplies, including lend-lease shipments, but an informed mil itary authority pointed out that an oneration of such magnitude constituted a logical prelude to an attempt at invading Eng land. Washington, July 8. VP) Stephen Early, White House sec retary, today labeled as a fair statement a news dispatch from London which had this to say of the disclosure by Senator Wheeler (D., Mont.) that United States forces were to occupy Iceland: "The Germans might have taken advantage of that con fusion and British troops as well as United States marines and sailors might have been In volved in resultant slaughter." Wheeler said last week he had information that the occu- 1 cation was to come soon; it was not officially announced until yesterday. The dispatch (New York Times) said the British were angry because wneeier naa given away a military secret in volving British troops. London, July 8. UP) Occu pation of Iceland by United States forces was greeted Jub ilantly by the British press to day and one paper said the move made the Atlantic ocean "an Anglo-American lake." "In Britain we can breathe more freely," the Dally Mail said. But added: "There are other Atlantic islands equally dangerous to A m e r i c a the Azores and Cape Verde islands, There Is also Dakar (French North African port.)" (There was no official com ment from Berlin, and dis patches from the nazi capital said the German public had not yet been informed of the ac tion). Hood River, Ore., July 8 !A) William Irving was dis playing today a 150-pound cou gar he shot 300 feet outside the city limits during the week-end Deer also have invaded the city in the past two months. SOLDIERS PARADE ON ARRIVAL FOR THREE - DAY VISIT Medford Boys Give Commu nity Big Thrill in March Camp at Fair Ground Medford's soldier boys came home today and gave the com munity a thrill by marching through town like seasoned vet erans behind their regimental band. It was a real welcome the boys received from the hundreds of spectators that lined the side walks. Parents and wives, sweet hearts and friends congregated on the courthouse and library lawns, waiting patiently for the men to arrive from the south but when they did arrive greetings had to be brisk, for there was military business to be done. The real greetings had to be de ferred until the boys had set up camp at the old fairgrounds. Training Shown They'll be here until July 11, these soldiers of Company A and headquarters company, third battalion, 186th infantry, former Oregon national guard units of Medford. The way the men marched, the way they looked, their every move show ed the results of the Intensive maneuvers they' had gone through for more than a month In central California. They were the picture of rugged health, snappy and alert. The stay In their home town is a reward for their hard work dur ing maneuvers. The boys arrived in trucks at the courthouse a little past 12:30. After lining up and going through a little manual of arms routine, they started their march through town, the trucks following in the rear. Cowglll in Charge The two units stopping here to camp were part of a motor ized column of about 2400 men and officers that passed through Medford today on the return march from the maneuvers to their home station. Camp Mur ray, Wash., All were 186th In fantry units excepting Company D, a Roseburg outfit of the 162nd Infantry. Riding into his old home town at the head of the column was Col. Ralph P. Cowglll, first com mander of Medford post of the American Legion and now com manding officer of the 186th. In the short time he had to spend. Col. Cowglll looked up a number of old friends. "This will always be my home," he commented. The colonel said (Continued on Pie Tan) Soldiers Trudge in Hot Sun As Penalty v Memphis, Tenn., July 8. A long line of soldiers trudged along the too familiar road fro m Memphis to Camp Robinson today paying through the fee t for a raucous and non-military salute delivered to some pretty g Iris while their general listened. After an overnight bivouac in a city park the chastened sol diers heard their conduct of Sun day described by Lieutenant General Ben Lear as a "disgrace to the army, the 35th division and their regiment." This stinging rebuke was de livered in a letter in which the second army commander also said that resignations of com missioned officers involved would be accepted if offered and the non-commissioned officers will be demoted if they can't keep discipline. The verbal spanking over, the entire battalion of 350 men loaded Into their trucks and rolled (quietly) across the Mis sissippi towsrd their Arkansas base camp 150 miles away. Just across the bridge, they halted and half the men piled out under a hot sun to start marching single file along the highway. They walked a mile, rested for few minutes and wore ex Cows, Not Goats Greatest Lovers Of Metal Diet Vancouver, July 8. (CP) Cows not goats are the greatest living consumers of hardware. Dr. Charles Sea graves of Oregon City, Ore., told the annual convention of the Pacific Northwest Veter inary Medical association here today. In a paper on "bovine dis orders," he said the most common stomach troubles to cows are caused by the swal lowing of nails and pieces of wire. "The cow is in too big a hurry to watch what she eats," he added. NEW COIN REQUEST FOR DEFENSE USE ROOSEVELT'S PLAN Washington. July P President Roosevelt indicated today that he favored, at least in some instances, extension of the training period tot na tional guardsmen and drafted men beyond one year. Washington, July 8. (JP In formed congressional e 1 r c 1 e s heard reports today that Presi dent Roosevelt soon would ask congress for additional defense appropriations totaling as high as $5,000,000,000. These sources said that sev eral billion dollars would be asked for army expansion, an other billion for the navy and a lump sum for supplemental aid to Great Britain. Chairman Vinson (D., Ga.) of the house navy affairs commit tee, introduced legislation today to carry out a navy department request for authorization to spend $585,000,000 . for addi tional facilities. Washington, July 8. (JPi Aides to Senator Wallgren said today that the site of a $20, 000,000 army air corps depot In Washington state would be chosen within two weeks. The senator was notified that the board which inspected lo cations at Everett, Spokane and near Seattle had returned here for study of recommendations to the secretary of war. for Hailing Girls amined for signs of footsoreness. They then took up a four-mile stretch to catch up with the halt ed trucks and to ride while the other half walked a similar dis tance. This off-and-on marching was to continue until every man from captain down had done 13 miles. As the already travel-weary soldiers marched, they began fitting new words to the old "paries vous" tune to tell In song the story of the battalion's woe. It all started when a mixed battalion of the 33th was rolling through Memphis Sunday en route to Camp Robinson from the scene of the Tennessee war games. Sight of a group of .pretty, shorts-clad golfers on a roadside course brought an outburst of calling and whistling. General Lear happened to be playing the same course and he walked up to stop the column and protest to Its officers, the exuberant sol diers made matters worse by an assortment of cracks at their mufti-clad chief. "Hey, buddy, dont you want a caddy?" was one of the calls that came from tha trucks. ,5, IS KILLED WHEN MACHINE BACKED Little Boy Forgets Many Warnings Naps Near Rear Wheel During Haying For several days little Rodney Raymond Arens,. S-y ear-old son of Joseph D. Arens of Browns boro, had been playing in tha field and following the truck; on which his father and his brother, Donald Arens, were loading shocks of hay for re moval to the barn. He had been cautioned many times to be careful while his) father and brother worked with the hay, and especially when the truck was in motion. Always he had remembered and stayed away from the truck, until yes terday. And that one moment of forgetfulness cost the little fellow his life. Took Nap About 4:15 p. m. Rodney, be coming tired and hot from run ning about the field, laid down for a nap in the shade behind the truck. Unaware that his little brother was sleeping Just three feet from the left rear wheel of the truck, Donald Arens, 25. put the vehicle in reverse -and - wheel of the truck ran over pile of hay shocks. The heavy wheel of the truck can over Rodney's head, killing him in stantly. Brokenhearted, Donald Arena told C. W. Morris, deputy cor oner, "the first I knew Rodney was underneath the truck was) when he hollered Don' Just af ter I had started to back up." The tragic' accident occurred! on the Arens ranch about mile and a half east of Eagla Point. The body was taken by Donald and his father to Eagle Point, where the coroner's of fice vas notified. Funeral Wednesday Rodney was the youngest son of Joseph D. Arens, a long-time resident of Brownsboro. He waa born at Brownsboro January 31, 1930. Besides his father, he Is sur vived by two sisters, Mrs. Viv ian Allen and Mrs. Ruth Brldg. man, both of Medford, and two brothers, Donald and Robert, the latter being In the army. Funeral services will be con ducted from the graveside fat Siskiyou Memorial park Wed nesday at 10 a. m.. Father A. A. Meyer of Sacred Heart Catholie church officiating. Perl funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. OATH AS JUSTICE Washington, July 8. (IP) James F. Byrnes was sworn in at the White House today as an as sociate Justice of the supreme court. Before an assembly of offic ials, friends, and members of his family, the former senator from South Carolina took the oath of office In President Roosevelt's office. The oath was administer ed by an old friend. Chief Jus tice Richard Whaley of the Uni ted States court of claims. Byrnes' hand rested on a Bible opened to the 82nd Psalm where) it read: "Defend the poor and father less, do Justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy, rid them out of tha hand of the wicked." Newport, Ore., July t.(JP) Oregon Veterans of tha Span ish-American War were in tha second day of their 33d annual encampment today. Speakers yesterday Included Dr. Paul Carter, superintendent of tha Veterans' hospital at Portland, and Surgeon-General W. H. Jackson of Seattle, who spoke for tha national commander. RODNEY ARENS
