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Weather ZJT" "port wmrm tonight n4 Friday. Ten pent or fH(ht yesterday M Lowest thtt mom tin .. M Precipitation put 14 hoora, .00 Be First Tribune Muf kaaMa Ian ahaafta haaSs In Madfar tha aaat month. If jaa arc la th mar kct for a ham watch ttaa Weat Ada la thta atmpapar. The beat barialns fa first aa con tact tha adrortlwr earl b first. FORD Full Associated Praaa United Press Thirty-Bixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1941 No. 95. UMUML MED HAH IW -I I A News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington. July 10. (rP) The Reds have devised a tricky new defense for the nazi blitz night fighting. ti. nermann thrust their long . -single files of tanks through the Russian . lines like fingers ex tending from your hand. Without equal ity In the air the Reds, like the French, have not been able to stop this supposed ly unbeatable method of at tack In day Paul Malloo. light. But at night the tanks are helpless. That is the time when they stop to receive gasoline and food brought up from the rear. So the Reds have been hiding la the forests and wheat fields a the tanks passed during the day, falling upon them at night when they are without their eyes (their plane auxiliaries) and beyond aid of the Stuka dive bombers which clear the way for them in the day. pVEN the nazl communiques suggest the Russians have been extremely successful with these and similarly unidentified tricks. The idea is not entirely new. The non-mechanical theory of it was originated by the Chi nese. They have disguised troops as farmers and laborers, leav ing them behind in cities to be occupied by the Japanese. When the Japanese ' were asleep ' at night they arose from all sides and started night melees. V The Trench tried ' night at tacks on the nazl tanks but they did not have the Slavic-Oriental finesse of the Reds' and anyway they were much too surprised by the nazl method of attack to get organized for it. Stalin has obvi ously organized these tactics ex tensively. a a nPHAT the Reds have slowed down the blitz in this way for the first time, there can be no question. Tank crews without food, gas and sleep cannot oper ate, but whether the method has or can be sufficiently exploited to defeat the far-flung German plan of attack may still be doubted. The Germans are answering by surrounding their tanks with lines of infantry during dark ness. They may develop other answers. (Continued on Paga Two) Radio Highlights By the Associated Praaa (Time is Pacific Standard) Tonight, the war 4:30 MBS; 4:55 CBS; 5:30 NBC-Blue; 0, MBS; 6:30 NBC-Blue; 6:45 CBS; 8 NBC, CBS; 8:30 MBS. NBC-Red 6:30 Good Neigh bors, Colombia, NBC-Blue 7:05 P.G.A. golf summary; 7:15 Rep. J. F. O'Connor on "Preserve American Democracy." Friday, 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; 12:55 p.m., NBC-Blue; 2:25 NBC-Red; 2:45 CBS, NBC-Blue. CBS 12:15 Highways to Health; 1:45 discussion "Stretch ing Tire Miles." NBC-Blue 7 a.m., Viennese Ensemble. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Blanche Frisbie getting a lot of fun out of the Craters Palmer House bb game. Jerry Jerome celebrating with big smiles his 19th wed ding anniversary and recalling he was married in San Jose, Cal.. in 110 degrees in the shade. Greta Clare teaming from the public print that her hus band was going to an Activian convention in Portland. Doe James Hayes being sur prised to find Baker had changed in the 30 years he bad been away from the place. X4.J I TERRIBLE LOSSES ( German High Command Again Hides Details of Battle; Radio Optimistic By the Associated Press Annihilation of a German mo torized division of some 15,000 men in the blocking of nazi drives toward Moscow and Len ingrad was reported by the Rus sians today, while the German high command again hid details of the titanic battle raging along a 2,000-mile front. On the vital 300-mile central front, a Soviet war bulletin de clared red army troops were in flicting terrible losses on the in vaders and holding fast. Radio Optimistic The Berlin radio asserted nazl engineer shock troops had stormed and captured five heavy bunkers of the Stalin line "af ter bitter fighting," and claim ed destruction of 110 soviet war planes. Moreover, the radii said, Ger man columns advancing against the Stalin defense system had destroyed 123 Russian panzer units "and put the rest to flight." In the south, the Hungarian high command reported the cap ture of 25,000 soviet prisoners by German and Hungarian troops knifing into Galicia. The Germans, silent on any specific gains, declared' the world's two largest armies were now fighting a decisive battle, rand aerlin newspaper assert ed: "Not until now have the great masses of the armies come into deployment." Headquarters Terse Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's field headquarters, issuing its third terse communique in suc cession on the 19-day-old war with Russia, declared: "Operations in the east are progressing relentlessly." The nazi high command also confirmed the capture of Salla, fortified Russian town on the Finnish border, after a red army division was said to have been "crushed" in several days of fighting. Meanwhile, the middle east conflict flamed into action again amid a Jumble of confusion. A French spokesman in Vichy de clared the British had not re plied to France's request for an armistice in the month-old bat tle of Syria, except with increas ed military assaults and attacks on the military honor of General Henri Dentx, the French . high commissioner of Syria and Leb anon, Reuters (British) news agency said British troops had renewed hostilities when the French failed to meet a 8:30 a.m. dead line for the evacuation of Beirut pending discussion of armistice terms. U. S. 'AGGRESSION7 SEEN BYBERLIN Berlin, July 10 ;P The United States' occupation of Ice land was viewed in authorized Berlin quarters today as evi dence of far-reaching British American military cooperation in a war zone. The Impression here was said to be that the British do not in tend to withdraw their forces from Iceland and that American and British soldiers there will stand together against Ger many. The American arm reaches out ever further toward Eu rope," a spokesman said, and it was indicated that other American "aggressions in the eastern hemisphere" would not cause surprise. STALIN AND CftlPPS CLOSETED FOR HOUR Moscow, July 10. WV Pre mier Joseph Stalin conferred for more than an hour today with Sir Stafford Cripps, British am bassador. Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov was pres ent. This was the second long conference in three days of the I Russian leader and the Briton. Russian Mission Arrives " " m A woman, left, gave the communist salute as the car carrying tha Russian mission to England pulled through a crowd at tha London station. The picture was cabled from London to New York. Sen. Taft Hears U. S. Naval Air Base in fem Ireland Washington, July 10. (yP) Senator Taft (rVOhMfcrj fJair. senate today that he had heard weeks ago "on In, Withf -ity that the United States was constructing a naval air base for Great Britain in northern Ireland." "Since I made the first draft of this speech," Taft added in an address, "Mr. Wendell Will kle, after a call upon the presi dent, announced that In his opin ion we should establish military bases both in northern Ireland and Scotland. "The occupation of Ireland would relieve perhaps a half million British troops for service elsewhere, and put a half-million American boys into the British islands. "A base In Ireland would be much more effective to protect shipping than a base In Iceland. Every argument that has been used for the occupation in Ice land applies to Ireland and Eng land and Portugal." Taft contended that tha land ing of United States troops in Iceland was an act "exactly equivalent to aggressive war," and one which the president had no right to take without author ity from congress. Senator Connelly (D-Tex.) took immediate issue with Taft on Iceland, declaring that the president was "perfectly Justi fied" in ordering the occupation, and adding, in a desk-pounding speech: "I hope to God we don't have to fight (but) we must let the assassins and gangsters know that if we have to fight we will fight." In another development, the senate naval committee voted to summon Secretary Knox and Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, to testify tomorrow on reports that United States navy units have engaged in actual combat with German vessels. Senator McCarran (D-Nev.) Joined Senator Wheeler (D Mont) in challenging President Roosevelt to ask congress for a declaration of war against Ger many. Wheeler said yesterday that It "would be logical and decent" for the president to ask a war declaration rather than seek to "take us into the fight through the back door." The question of whether the Atlantic fleet got shooting or ders when the occupation of Ice land began was another question intriguing the capital. COMMUNISTIC SONGS OUTLAWED IN FRANCE Vichy, Unoccupied France, July 10. W) A law published in the official government Jour nal today forbade publication, sale or distribution of songs or poems of communist or anarch ist inspiration. Britons Uninformed London, July 10 W) Au thoritative sources disclaim knowledge on the subject, but Britons generally would show scant surprise if they were informed soon that the United States is moving to acquire .aval or air bases in northern Ireland. Outside official circles there is widespread discussion of the possibility that such bases are under consideration. HEAVY RAF LOSS NOTED BY NAZIS Berlin, July 10. ?") The Germans asserted tonight that the RAF had lost 50 planes in the past two days of vicious combat over the German-held channel coast. DNB, the official news agency, said 25 British planes, including 21 spitfires, were shot down today at a cost of only two German planes. The fight ing raged chiefly over the Calais, Cherbourg and Le Havre areas. The German high command's tabulation for yestertiy and last night totaled 25 planes. Seventeen were downed by German fighters opposing Brit ish daylight sweeps across the channel yesterday, the com munique said, and anti-aircraft and naval guns shot down one each. London, July 10. W) Brit ish bombing plane attacked the French coast today and blasted at enemy shipping, hitting six ships and leaving each a total loss, the air ministry announced tonight A communique said that 12 German planes were destroyed In the raids, and that the same number of British planes were destroyed. New York, July 10 W) A Dome), Japanese news agency, broadcast said today that the Chinese, in an effort to better Chungking's communica 1 1 o n s with the United State.i, plan a new airline connecting the Kwangsi provlnre capital of Kweilin with the Philippine is lands. in London 1 1 Constructing GRASS, BRUSH BLAZE BLACKENS BIG AREA NEAR KLAMATH FALLS Portland, July 10. (JP) For est fires crackled in at least two sections of Oregon today after a grass and brush fire blackened a hundred acres or more near Klamath Falls. Near Scappoose In Columbia county a fire raged through stump land and second growth timber last night, spreading yel- low smoke over Portland and vicinity and destroying a small quantity of cold-decked logs. It was reported under control. The state's worst fire, the four-day-old blaze in the Warm Springs Indian reservation, was still burning after covering some iz.uuu acres of logged land. The blaze east and south of Klamath Falls yesterday swept through several grain fields and destroyed a barn. 10 TO BOEING PLANT The second contingent of 10 local youths within the past five days left here yesterday for Seattle. Wash., where they were to report this morning for work at the Boeing Aircraft company, following a period of training in the sheet metal aviation classes being conducted at the senior high school under spon sorship of the federal govern ment and the Oregon state board for vocational education. Several of the trainees were awaiting for call from the Lockheed-Vega Aircraft company at Burbank, Cal., but when word was received they could go to work immediately for Boeing they decided to do so. A dozen or so more youths are in line for Immediate employment at Lockheed. . Those leaving yesterday were Robert Patterson, Ray Hubbard. Charles Kelly, Harvey Inlow Fred James, Donald Janes, War ren Barnes, Don Niedermeyer. Ray Vogel and John Nlles. Stayton, Ore., July 10 (A The city council appointed J. L. Siegmund mayor this week to succeed Grant Murphy who was named by Governor Sprague aa county judge pf Marion count. SAFEWAY PLANS NEW STORE SITE ;t Southwest Methodist Church Property May Be Pur chased for Modern Mart Preliminary negotiations hav ing been completed, the contem plated sale of the old Southern Methodist church property at the northwest comer of Oakdale avenue and West Main street by the First Methodist church to Safeway Stores was announced today. Final papers making the transaction complete were ex pected to be ready in 10 days or two weeks. Financial considera tion of the deal, handled by Mark A. Goldy, was not dis closed. It was understood that Safe way contemplates the erection of a modern food market, with parking space, on the four lots comprising the property, dimen sions of which are 100 feet on Main - street and 150 feet on Oakdale avenue. Buildings on the property In clude the parsonage and the old Southern Methodist church, both of which will be razed by the new owners to make way for the contemplated food market. An agreement between the gro cery concern and the church al lows the latter to retain all equipment in the church build ing and in the parsonage. Until about a year ago the property and buildings belonged to - Ur Southern Methodist church, which merged at that time with the First Methodist church. The church building, which since then has been used for Sunday school classes and as an annex to the main church building directly across West Main street, has been standing for almost 50 years, and was re modeled in 1920. CARTER GLASS IS Washington, July 10. (JPi Senator Carter Glass, 83-year-old Democrat from Virginia, was unanimously elected president pro tempore of the senate today to succeed the late Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. Departing from custom, Sena tor McNary of Oregon, the Re publican leader, seconded Glass nomination after it was made by Senator Barkley (D-Ky) on be half of the Democratic majority. In the past it has been the cus tom for both parties to nominate a candidate for the office. Congressman Too Devoted Washington, July 10, (JP) The war department has direct ed Lieutenant General Ben Lear to make a full factual report on his order disciplining a battalion of troops which yoo-hooed at girl golfers at Memphis, Tenn. Washington, July 10. (P Rep. Norrell (D-Ark.), saying he had Just been advised that Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear "is still on the golf links," suggested in the house today that congress de mand an Investigation of the of ficer's disciplining of yoo-hoolng troops. "He is not the kind of general we need, standing on the brink of war," Norrell said. "He appar ently is engaged all tha time in playing golf. "Congress ought to call for an investigation." Rep. Faddls (D-Pa.) replied Immediately that it was not a matter for the house, saying that It was not up to congressmen to st tempt to regulate army discip line. , Memphis, Tenn., July 10. CP) Stern-vlsaged Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear has replied to congres sional criticism of the pen nance march he ordered for yoo-hoolng troop with a declaration that as Jpnf sj b remains srrcwd BASEBALL National R. H. E. Chicago 3 0 1 Boston . 17 1 Olsen and McCullough: Javery and Masl. R. H. E. SSI 8 10 1 Moore, Beggs Cincinnati Brooklyn Vandermeer, and Lombard!; Higbe and Owen. $4,770,065,588. Washington, July 10. (1 President Roosevelt asked con gress today for an appropriation of $4,770,065,588 for the war de partment "for the further strengthening of the national de fense. The request was made In a letter to Speaker Rayburn. It contained eleven individual items, the largest being $3,488, 034,038 for army ordnance. A letter from Budget Director Harold D. Smith which the presi dent transmitted to Rayburn said the money was needed to provide "for contingencies which have arisen since the transmis sion of the budget for the fiscal year 1042." The total sought was made up of the following items: Regular supplies $7,274,710; clothing and equipment, $443,. 123,275; transportation, $10$,- 033,557; horses, draft and pack animals, $1,054,810; construc tion of buildings and utilities at military posts, $84,000,000; sig nal service $349,280,825; air corps, $204,007,800; medical de partment $3,852,437; army en gineer service, $61,118,970; ord nance and supplies, $3,486,034, 036; chemical warfare service, $27,275,168. AUTO MILLIONS Detroit, July 10. Hon eymoon bound, Benson Ford and his petite bride, the former Edith McNaughton, were en route to California today after their marriage linking two of the best known families of the automobile Industry. Benson, 21, second son of Edsel Ford and grandson of Henry Ford, and Miss Mc Naughton, also 21, war mar ried yesterday afternoon in Christ Church of Gross Points in an intimate family setting. Benson's brother, Henry II, a navy ensign, was best man. Thinks General to Golf Course army commander "soldierly standards of conduct will be de manded of all Individuals In uni form." Gen. Lear telegraphed Rep. Kilday (D-Tex.) member of a special house subcommittee In vestigating personnel matters in the defense program, who yes terday wired Lear he contem plated a resolution to investigate Lear's "severe punishment" of some 350 soldiers for yelling at golfers as they passed through Memphis Sundsy. The general said his action was "neither un just nor severe." Lear's response was released last night by second army head quarters here. It said, in part: "I am responsible for the training of all elements of this (second) army and for raising all elements to the highest at tainable standards of conduct and combat efficiency. Nothing less will secure this country's successful defense against thor oughly disciplined, trained and efficiently led hostile forces in case we are attacked. . . "Loose conduct and rowdyism cannot be tolerated 1 am r. sponsible also that members of the second army treat th civil ian population with respect and rpnjJdmtiPD. , HOUSE IS AGAINST POWER TO BREAK DEFENSE STRIKES Mandatory Deferment of Army Training for Men 28 Or Over Given Approval Watiln0tnn .Tulw 1 ft fSX . The house passed late today leg isiaiion providing lor the manna tory deferment from military trainlne of men 28 or older, ai- ter stripping from the bill pro visions aesignea to give me pres ident broad statutory authority to cope with defense strikes. Washington, July 10 P . The house defeated today amendments to 'lit draft defer ment bill designed to give Presi dent Roosevelt authority to or der production resumed at struck defense plant and to pro tect workers who seek to return to their Jobs. The action, subject to confir mation later, was taken In aa effort to reach a vote on Its drastic labor provisions of a sim ilar senate bill or to kill entirely any reference to labor in de fense plants. The standing vote, 159 to 97, came on an amendment by Rep. Healey (D-Mass) to eliminate tha sections. For Deferment The action on his amendment cam after the members had ap proved tentatively other sec tions providing for the manda tory deferment from military training of men 34 or older ess July 1 who had not been draft ed. Th draft deferment pro vision was accepted without a formal vote and with little debate. Th selective service baa against us of trainee outside th western hemisphere appear ed likely today to remain un changed for th present, despite the recommendation of the army general staff. Authoritative reports war that congressional leaders hav advised President Roosevelt that they cannot win approval at this time for th necessary legisla tion. Other Plana Th president is interested hi several plans which would per mit a certain number of train to be inducted into th regular army for a longer period thao) th present one-year term. Any action on these plana, however, appeared unlikely be fore July 17 th date which elective service headquarters fixed yesterday for the lottery her that will determine th order in which th 750,000 young men who registered July 1 wiU be subject to call for training. 178 MEN CALLED IN AUG. 4-6 DRAFT Salem, July 10. (AV-State selective service headquarters called on eight of Oregon's 57 local draft boards today to sup ply 178 men for the August 4-4 call, while there will be another call of about th same size Au gust 18-20. , Th men in th August 441 call will report as follows: To report at th Portland Induction- station August 4 29 men each from Clackamas board No. 2 and from Clatsop county; 10 from Multnomah board No. 12 (Gresham). August 8 14 from Klamath board No. 1, and 45 from Klam ath board No. 2. August 6 30 from La at) board No. , 21 from Malheur county, and from Grant county. KNUDSEN ON COAST SEES GOOD PROGRESS Seattle, July 10. WO llan S. Knudsen, director of th office of production manage ment, today told Interviewer that production of detent ma terial throughout the nation I "pretty good" and will reach Its peak next summer, "or within It months at U nwL" .
