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Tribune
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Thursday. Not muck change
In- temperature.
Tempera tar
Illthest yesterday 93
lwet thlt morning.
Precipitation paat 14 hours...
Full Associate Preae
United Pros
Thirty -sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1941.
No. 94.
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, July 9. The
farm bloc has disrupted all the
new deal office cooling systems
with the hu
midity they
have turned on
against price
controls. N o
less an admin
istration p e r-
4 J" I sonage than
kNJvJ Jim Byrnes,
iri 11 the new Jus-
II ' 1 tice James
a?aHrfaJ Byrnei has
Paul Mallon. tried to pcr.
s u a d e Mr.
Roosevelt's price manipulator,
Leon Henderson, to let it all go
until fall. Mr. Henderson de
clined. The largest root of political
trouble which is arising over
prices is in the loyal southern
branch of the farm bloc. The
southern statesmen remember
the prices for cotton in the last
world war. Senator "Cotton Ed"
Smith has been recalling it
reached 48 cents a pound and
that a minimum price of 42
cents was then fixed. It is under
15 cents now.
Their doubts are being
strengthened by in-pourings of
advice from constituents. Sen
ate agriculture committee has
received 1000 telegrams of pro
test. Senator Bankhead ot Ala
bama alone has received a like
amount.
A SIMILAR opposition is sl
multaeously arising around
General Marshall's request for
authority to send draftees abroad
and extend their term of ser
vice. Letters from families of the
bovs now serving are beginning
to "come in to congressmen lay
ing a basis for strong resistance
on these points also.
These developments are push
ing Mr. Roosevelt right up to
the decisive crossroads. His
price adviser flatly says prices
1 k. mtninnl unless he
CHIUlUb " - .
has power immediately, and the
. j i :,i I. ...Mtnii.
politicos tear h wm ""--lar.
His chief of staff says the
country, to have an adequately
trained army, must extend the
(Continued on Pass Slxl
Portland, July 9. (fPh-Law-
rence a. wmran, .
for the federal grand Jury today
. - ..lAl.iinff the
on a cnarge m
selective service act.
Radio Highlights
By Aisociatad Press
(Time is Pacific Standard)
Tonight, the war 4:55 CBS:
5:15 MBS; 5:30 NBC-Blue; 6
MBS; 6:45 CBS; 8 NBC, CBS;
8:30 MBS.
NBC-Blue 10:05 PGA golf.
Thursday, the war 4 a.m.,
NBC, CBS; 4:55. NBC-Blue: 5,
NBC-CBS; 8 NBC-Blue, MBS; 7
MBS; 8 MBS; 9:45 NBC; 10
MBS; 11:55 CBS: 12:45 p.m..
CBS; 12:55 NBC-Blue; 2:25
NBC-Red: 2:45 CBS. NBC-Blue.
NBC-Red 2:30 Louis Fischer
on "Democracy and Crisis in
Russia."
Some short waves: bsC, GSD,
London 3, questions of the hour:
HAT4 Budapest, 4:30, concert
and news; GSC, GSD, London 8.
democracy marches; DJD, DZD,
DXP, Berlin, 7:30 news.
SICE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
George Carter missing his old
pal Col. Ralph Cowgill all along
the line and having to dash to
Grants Pass to welcome him
back to Medford.
Cappy Weldon McBee look
ing in the brown of condition,
the California sun giving him
the color of a Foreign Legion
naire. And Cappy Theron Bean
laughing over the typographic
al error that made him an "in
structing ' quartermaster instead
of a constructing quartermaster.
Lydia May Youngs wanting
to see "The Prisoner of Zenda"
because that cinema was among
the first of her legitimate stage
appearances-
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TIMBER PRODUCTS
iiiii i rvnrniMriiT
WITH LOCAL WOOD
Carload of Machinery En
Route for Small Plant to
Determine Possibilities
Establishment of a small, ex- j
perimental plywood factory by
the Timber Products company
was announced today after the
Mail Tribune had learned that a
carload of veneer manufacturing
machinery was en route from an
eastern point to the Medford
concern.
When questioned by the Mail
Tribune, Timber Products com
pany executives said that they
had conducted a thorough, two
year survey of the possibilities
of local timber being utilized in
the manufacture ot veneer and
plywood.
Timbsr Studied
"Careful study of standing
timber in all adjacent southern
Oregon districts has been made,
local woods have been sent
away for laboratory inspection
and detailed records have been
kept of many millions of board
feet of woods-run logs as they
have been delivered to the mill",
a company official said. "The
results of this study have not
been particularly encouraging
as they have indicated a materi
ally different type of timber
from that now being used in
other districts for veneer and
plywood manufacture. While
better in many respects for the
manufacture ot common type
structural lumber, local timber
does not contain the percentage
of 'clears' found in other dis
tricts which is a feature quite
important in the manufacture of
plywood and veneer.
"While we are far from con
vinced that a plant of this type
can be supported by local tim
ber, we reached the point in our
investigation where it seemed
the only way to ascertain the
real facts was to purchase suffi
cient veneer machinery and find
out by actual practice Just what
could be realized from local logs
by rotary cutting."
Sit Purchased
The Hanson-Reames tract of
more than 200 acres directly
west of the Timber Products
company plant site was recently
purchased and will allow ample
room for expansion if prelimin
ary experience proves that ex
pansion is justified, a company
executive stated.
If expansion is deemed expe
dient, a thoroughly modern
plant of sufficient size to utilize
all available peeler-type logs
will be constructed without de
lay, it was indicated. The experi
mental factory, it was said,
would be small.
The Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce initiated a study
of plywood-manufacture possi
bilities a couple of years ago and
since then there has been con
siderable talk from time to time
about the erection of a factory.
The general feeling has indicat
ed that erection of such a plant
would be received with great
satisfaction. This is the first
authentic news, however, on the
establishment of a plywood or
veneer factory in this area.
FIFTY IRE LEAVE
FOR WAKE ISLAND
Grants Pass, July 9. (Spl.V
Headed for Wake island, 50 men
left here Monday by bus for
San Francisco where they will
take a boat for naval air base
construction work in the mid
Pacific. About half the men
were from Grants Pass, and
others included:
Francis C. Campbell. Rogue
River; T. W. Sanford, Williams;
B. C. Kennedy, Rogue River;
Melvin Davidson, Murphy; Earl
E. Tucker. Gold Hill; Edward
White, Idleyld park; Marvin
Carl, Provolt and Clayton Maa
catle, Idleyld park.
San miKlaro, July . (Af-CSOA)
Butter: n score SSe: 1 arare; Xc:
( 0 scors Hit: M soon Me.
Red Ambattadora
Ahead To Return
Istanbul, Turkey, July 9.
(P) Sources usually well-informed
said today that V. G.
Dekanozov, soviet ambassa
dor to Berlin, has refused to
continue homeward after
reaching Bulgaria because he
is afraid of being punished
for having failed to tip Mos
cow that German invasion of
Russia was imminent.
Similar fears were reported
shared by others among sev
eral hundred diplomats, con
suls and other Russians in
Bulgaria waiting an exchange
for German diplomats coming
from Moscow.
3 ARMY BOMBERS
FUEL EXHAUSTED
Madera, Calif., July 9. (A)
Three army bombers, out of
gasoline and apparently fly
ing in the wrong direction,
crashed near here last night
two of them reportedly in
flames but only one airman
was injured.
Sergeant C. C. Herron of Sa
vannah, Ga.,, first man to bail
out of the planes 60 miles from
where they came to earth was
taken to a Visalia hospital for
treatment of a slight shoulder
injury.
The two-motored bombers
were out ot Savannah en route
to March Field, Calif. They took
on gasoline at Phoenix, Arlx.,
for the last leg of the flight and
apparently all went well until
they entered the San Joaquin
valley.
Sergeant Herron said Lieu.
tenant A. M. Rulison of Long
Beach, Calif., flight commander
and pilot of Herron's plane, dis
covered he had only a few min
utes of .gasoline left. He told
the sergeant to jump. Apparent
ly the planes had headed the
wrong way after crossing the
sierra The crackup was 60 miles
north of where Herron leaped
the opposite direction from
March field.
Herron landed eight miles
north of Visalia. The planes all
crashed within a short distance
of Madera. Lieutenant J. R.
Cables, 24, Concordia, Kas.,
pilot, and Sergeant G. M.
Thomas, Knoxville, Tenn., para
chuted five miles southeast of
here. Lieutenant H. E. Adams
and Corporal S. L. Norwood (ad
dresses and ages unavailable)
bailed out four miles south of
Madera. Lieutenant Rulison and
his plane came to earth nearby.
The Fresno army air base be
gan an investigation.
10-DAYFl
FOR MENJF 41ST
Salem, July 9. - W) The
promised ten-day furlough! for
their work in the California war
games will be given the 18,000
men in the 41st division this
month, Major-Gen. George A
White said yesterday.
The general said rumors that
his division would be sent out
of the northwest had no foundation.
WiUkie Would Give Britain
More Than Just Lip Service
Washington, July 9. P
Declaring that "there is no use
in just giving lip service to Bri
tain," Wendell L. WUlkie said
after a White House conference
today that he favored the estab
lishment of American military
bases in northern Ireland and
Scotland.
Emphasizing that he was ex
pressing his own views rather
than those of President Roose
velt the 1940 republican presi
dential nominee told an informal
press conference that American
occupation of Iceland "is, in my
judgment, but the first of simi
lar steps that should be taken "
In response to questions. Will
kle declared that it was vital "to
keep the sea lanes open." He
added that British shipping
losses were running far ahead
of new construction.
"Wc can do ana of two
Nazis Claim Deep
FOR DRAFT MEN
HIT BY RAYBURN
Speaker of House Favors
Permission for Volunteer
ing 2nd Year's Service
Washington, July 9. (P)
Speaker Rayburn said today he
opposed suggestions that drafted
men be kept in service longer
than one year but favored an
amendment to the selective ser
vice law to permit them to vol
unteer for a second year.
At the same time, Rayburn
expressed the opinion that na
tional guardsmen and reserve
officers "might be willing to
stay in service another year."
For Promotion Chance
He said he would "like to see"
officer training schools estab
lished In the army.
"If we give those boys a hope
that they would rise up in the
army a good many of them
would take another year," Ray
burn said.
President Roosevelt and Rep.
Wadsworth (R-N.V.), author of
the selective service act, sided
with the army general staff to
day on the need for extending
the military service of selectees
and national guardsmen beyond
the present statutory one-year
limit. .
Wadsworth also endorsed the
army recommendation that con
gress rescind the legal prohibi
tion against the use of selectees
or guardsmen outside of the
western Hemisphere, except in
United States' territories and
possessions.
Work was reported In prog
ress today on erection of the
camp about 500 officers and
men of the air corps are to
occupy for two weeks at the
Elks picnic grounds.
Under command of Capt. Mar
vin Sledge an advance unit of
about 75 men arrived late yes
terday and established a supply
base at the Prescott CCC camp,
now unoccupied, and the men
went to the Elks picnic grounds
this morning to set up the camp,
Rest of the men will arrive
Friday. All are from the 20tn
pursuit group, Hamilton field.
San Rafael. Cal. In the advance
group there were two ordnance
officers and a ' medical officer.
Capt C. P. Lesslg flew up
from Hamilton field today and
was to spend some time at the
camp site before returning. It
is understood that only half a
dozen pursuit planes will be
brought to the Medford munici
pal airport during the camp
period. At first it had been
planned to bring 20.
things," he continued. "We eith
er can give Great Britain effec
tive aid or we can render her
only lip service.
"It would be better not to try
to give any aid at all than to
follow the latter course."
The 1940 republican presiden
tial nominee said the president,
who Invited him to lunch, had
described to him the internation
al situation in all its aspects.
In reply to questions, Stephen
Early, presidential secretary,
told reporters he did not think
that there was "any job in the
picture" for WiUkie, and that he
did not believe WUlkie desired
one.
WUlkie said he would make
two speeches in California on na
tional unity late this month, one
at Los Angeles July 23 and the
other at San Francisco on the
23th.
REQUESTS
ON SY1 FRONT
Action Taken to Halt Further
Bloodshed in Unequal
Combat, Civilian Suffering
Vichy, France, July 9. (P)
The Vichy government announc
ed tonight that it had asked Bri
tain for an immediate armistice
in the month-old war in Syria.
A communique said that Gen
eral Henri Dentz, French high
commissioner for Syria and Leb
anon, had been authorized to
"ask an immediate silencing of
arms" and that this was done
yesterday "at Beirut through
the intermediary of the United
States consul general."
The communique said Vichy
had taken this step in order not
to prolong "a particularly griev
ous bloodshed in a combat daily
more unequal" and to cut short
"the sufferings which the war
Inflicts on the peoples of Syria
and Lebanon."
The British and Free French
forces marched into Syria on
June 8, simultaneously with is
suance of a British foreign of
fice statement declaring that
Britain could not tolerate Ger
man infiltration into Syria
which, it was charged, already
had begun and which would
"bring Syria and Lebanon un
der full German control" if it
were not halted.
BE HARD IS
OFFICIAL BOAST
Moscow, July 9. Of") Ger
many has failed in an effort to
crush soviet defenses, even
though she sent 10,000 tanks
against the Russian lines in an
ultra-secret opening attack, vice
commissar for foreign affairs
N. A. Losovski declared tonight.
Losovskl acknowledged that
the German attack had caught
the Russians unawares, and that
the nazis had succeeded in quick
ly wrecking several hunderd
planes.
Analyzing the military situa
tion to date, this soviet official
declared that the German light
ning attack was carried out so
secretly that the German troops
themselves were told where they
were going only one hour before
the assault.
"The German soldier clashed
for the first time with a soldier
who was trying to counteract
with methods similar to those of
the Germans," the vice-commissar
said.
Drawing a comparison be
tween France and Russia, Losov
skl said that France was not
beaten, but rather was betrayed
by its government and high com
mand. "We." he said, "have no rup
ture between the government
and command and the army and
people."
FIRST IMAMS
Boston, July 9. W) Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's swift
application of the brakes of her
automobile in which the presi
dent's mother, Mrs. Sara Delano
Roosevelt, was a passenger,
averted a collision today with
another car at an east Boston
intersection.
Members of the party, travel
ing In two automobiles to the
family summer home at Campo
bello island. New Brunswick,
said that Mrs. Roosevelt halted
her car just in time to avoid
colliding with a machine that
passed through the intersection
against red light
Advances in Three Sectors
Defense Volunteer Registry
Polls Open 2 p.m. Tomorrow
Machinery for the voluntary
registration of all Jackson coun
ty residents 18 years or over is
ready to be set into motion at
2 p.m. tomorrow for the nation's
first peace-time mobilization of
civilians willing to assist in de
fense emergencies.
There will be separate though
similar registration forms for
men and women. In addition
there will be a form on recre
ation for both men and women.
The recreation sub-committee of
the defense council is in charge
of the recreational phase of de
fense work and Mrs. A. S. V.
Carpenter, sub-committee chair
man, said many volunteer work
ers would be needed to help pro
vide wholesome recreation for
boys in military service.
To help answer questions, the
sub-committee will have a wo
man at each polling place. The
aim is to register all persons
who can give some of their time
to recreational work. A wide
variety of activities was listed
as apropos, such as home hospi
tality, music, dramatics, card
tournaments, dances, water
sports, hunting and fishing, ath
Sample Enrollment Blank
For Defense Volunteers
Following Is'a sample of the form to be filled out by men
In the voluntary d.f.nse r.glstratioa throughout the county
tomorrow. Th.re Is a separate, but som.what simUar form for
women and an additional form on recreation for both men and
woman.
APPLICATION FOR
Name
last first
Street Address .
Race U.S. Citizen
initial
Age Married
military experience
tresem Military or Naval Status ,
Health and Physical Condition Vision. Hearing , .
Civilian Experience:
PoIlce Fire Dept .Intelligence Service First Aid
Telephone Teletype Radio Draftsman Clerical
Stenographer Typist Other Employment
Have you a car available for use? Make Age Type
d , ., , . CP trk.)
Relatives in foreign countrles....No.....Relatlonship....Country.
Do you speak any foreign language? What? How Well?
Do you possess firearms?
Rifle ( ) Shotgun ) Pistol ( ) Revolver ( )
Present Occupation No. of years in same
Firm name or Employer Address
If registered for Selective Service, what is your Tlasslfica
tion? In event of emergency, will you be able to answer call Im
mediately for county service or service restricted to your
home community on a part-time or full-time volunteer
basis?
Are you willing to be finger-prlnted"ln the event you are as
signed to service?
Where would you prefer to serve:
Police Reserve ( ) Fire Dept. Reserve ( ) First Aid ( )
Aircraft Observer ( ) Air Raid Warden ( ) Other Service
Character references: (for ability and loyalty)
Name
Address
Name
Address
Name
Address
LEAVES KLAMATH
Klamath Falls, July 9. W)
An army column 80 miles long,
largest ever to travel Pacific
coast highways, rolled out of
here this morning bound for
Eugene.
Made up of 475 vehicles car
rying 2,550 men of the 162d
infantry the column traveled in
eight sections of approximately
50 vehicles each and required
three hours to pass a single
point on the highway.
Jacksonville. Fla., July 9 OP)
Leland Jamleson, 37, eastern
air lines pilot and magazine
writer, died today In a hospital
here after a long Illness.
He was widely known for his
aviation adventure stories in
magazines. He also was the
author of two novels, "Attack,"
and "High Frontier."
letics, recreation leadership,
motoring, sightseeing and cleric
al work.
Registration will be done at
all of the county's regular pre
cinct election polling places, a
list ot which is published on
page 2 in the Mail Tribune to
day. The polls will be open from
2 to 8 p.m. All election boards
have volunteered 100 per cent
to serve the Jackson County
Council of Defense In the regis
tration without compensation.
The council announced today
that citizens may register at
whatever polling place is most
convenient as it is not necessary,
as in an election, to go to the
polling place of one a precinct.
Purpose of the registration is
to provide a supply of special
ized workers willing to serve in
case of emergency. Each regis
trant will specify the kind of
work he is best qualified to do
in emergencies. There is no com
pulsion about registering and
those who do register do not
bind themselves to do anything
that they would not want to do
voluntarily if an emergency
should arise, the councu em
phasized. ENROLLMENT (MALE)
Telephone Residence
Business
City..
Naturalized. Native Born.
MlimhaP n riAiunilMS.
Rank Attained.
(Signature of Applicant)
London, July 9. (JP) The
house of commons joyously
heard Prime Minister Churchill
suggest today that United States
and British warships may profit
ably assist each other in guard
ing the "very dangerous waters"
off Iceland.
Churchill made this statement
in a speech welcoming Amer
ican occupation of Iceland and
his report roused parliament to
its loudest cheers since the day
he dramatically announced the
sinking of the German batUe-
shlp Bismarck.
KLAMATH MERCURY 92,
IS HIGHEST OF YEAR
Klamath Falls. July l,-(V
Klamath Falls had Its hottest
day of the year yesterday when
the temperature reached 92
degrees
REMAINJTALLED
Sharp Contrast Seen in
Claims Battling Nations;
Reds Say Constanta Hit
Moscow, Thursday. July 10. .
OP) The R.d army early to
day reported fierce fighting
against large German tank
and mechanised units trying
to br.sk through the Russian
lines toward Leningrad and
announced new Russian counter-attacks
against nasi force '
driving in the direction of .
Moscow.
By the Associated Prats
Adolf Hitler', lnva.1
pictured by the Russians as
stalled alonsr a l.OOO.mll. hnnt
were reported by the Germans
lonay 10 nave siasned into the
U.S.S.R. in three new sectors
and driven almost 250 miles into
Russian territory at undisclosed
points.
These claims were In sharp
contrast to the Moscow version
of the struggle, which declared
mat soviet red armies won a
smasmng victory over the Ger
mans in northern white Russia,
wiped out two nazl motorized
regiments, and put the invader
to flight
Say Nails Retreat
"The Mm loft hnnilMrfd
killed on the field and retreated
to the west," a soviet commu
nique said.
The Russians alan rennrtct
that red warplanes "completely
destroyed" oil centers In Ru
mania, which feed Hitler's war
maenme, especially at noesti.
Russian hnmha it was uM
had battered the Rumanian
Black sea port of Constanta un
til 11 - nks ceased to exist.
The Germans said new in-
vaslnn arwarhnH haH tiMtn
driven into sovietized Estonia,
Into Russia proper at Ostrov,
and into U.S.SJl. territory won
from Finland.
Beside the capture of Ostrov.
the nazis claimed their troops
had occupied the fortified Finnish-Russian
border town of
Sails, near the vital Murmansk
Leningrad railway; broken
through a fortified Russian
height and captured an import
ant road to Murmansk, ice-free
soviet Arctic port; and seized
two towns in southern Estonia.
Flare Resistance
A Moscow war bulletin said
Fierce Russian resistance was
stalling German drives along a
1,000-mile front from the Baltic
to the Black sea. Far from exe
cuting a blitzkrieg, the bulletin
said, the nazis were trying to
entrench in northern white Rus
sia, on the upper Dvlna river.
Authoritative quarters in
London said the nazi eastward
push into the U.S.S.R. "appears
halted" and that "unless mere
is a big break through in the
next few days, a great pause la
likely."
Huge masses of German troop
were reported marching to the
front and nazi quarters in Ber
lin hinted broadly that a decisive
phase of the 18-day-old struggle)
was at hand.
1,476 AIRPLANES
IN JUNE OUTPUT
Waahlnatnn. Jul B (JPl The
office of production management
announced today that military
aircraft manufacturers aeuver
ed 1,478 airplanes during June.
rnmnarahla final flCureS fOP
May showed 1.334 deliveries, of
ficials said, although wnen iney
were announced last month they
were given as 1,339.
Thm OPM did not disclose th
types of planes nor the number
going to Great Britain or to met
United . States army or navy.
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