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ruu a Wesih- Weather ZJET npan Foreatl: Fair tonlihtt Tues day partly cloudy and cooler. Temperature Highest jrenterdajr " Lowert ttala morning si Precipitation PK 14 houra, .M Try Advertuing "tor real" alga la 7 oar via sow ur ratch tha are at taw saner-by. eat a tar rent At la this aewipaper will eatea tha yet of thouaand of read era. Try advertising and note tha difference. Medford Tribune Full Aaaoclated Press nited Praia. Thirty sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1941. No. 98. IU1 Nl I IF KM JUVU A fa UUa News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, July 14 The dif ficulty of making an efficient defensive fighting force out of the army is artAiirn In oil Y t'vl lts saddest ' ; i nects by what has happened to General Marshall's new iii IVNClil bureau I 1 if i w" instituted ago to put some modern vision into the selection of new weapons. It was a polite bow to the old ordnance division which has been under fire all around for delays and inefficiencies. Before the cheering has died. It now develops that the new weapons division must get its funds for operation from guess who the old ordnance depart ment. Its independent status has already been lost. A heavier shakeup is now Im pending for ordnance and this time it may not be polite. MR. Roosevelt's recommenda tion of 37 new brigadier generals reflected in some de gree (not too much) the general staff policy to push vigorous, efficient young men into army leadership and weed out chair- sitters. Selections were made by a war department board and Chief of Staff Marshall, of course, and were only handed on to the senate by the presi dent. The board and General Marshall went down 1000 names in the list of eligible lieutenant colonels to jump one West Point graduate of 1917 over the rank of colonel into the brigadier general class. War department is waiting passage of a pending bill in order to get rid of some of the incompetent higher offi cers. a THE crushing of all anti-strike legislation by the house re- ( Continued on Page Pour) Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time is Pacific Standard) New York, July 14 An un censored description of the Nazi blitzkrieg in the Balkans and an account of the African campaign are to be given by Robert St. John, AP war correspondent, on NBC-Red at 7:30 Wednesday night. St. John was injured by Nazi bullets in Greece. Tonight, the War 3:15 NBC- Red, 3:55 CBS, 6:00 MBS, 6:45 CBS-East, 7:30 MBS, 8:00 NBC CBS, 8:30 MBS, 8:55 NBC CBS. Talks NBC-Blue 3:45 Wm. Green, Washington, and Geo. Gibson, London, on "Aid to Brit ish Labor Week"; NBC-Red 5:30 Paul V. McNutt on Defense; NBC-Blue 6:30 forum. Tuesday, the War 4:00 NBC CBS, 4:55 NBC-Blue, 5:00 NBC Red CBS, 6:00 NBC-Blue MBS, 7:00 MBS. 8:00 MBS. B:45 NBC, 10.00 MBS. 11:55 CBS. 12:55 NBC-Blue, 2:25 NBC-Red, 2:45 CBS NBC-Blue. SICE GLANCES bt tribune reporters The streamlined George Schmidt being slowed down by a cut foot, an injury inflicted by a piece of hidden tin while George was trying to dodge the heat by swimming. Police Officers Ray Sloneker and Walter Sharkey Reinking coming to the rescue and whip ping a bride and groom away in their siren-screeching prowl car to escape pursuing friends. Mary Ward and Leila Van Ambureh. modern forty-niners from California, searching in dustriously for a southern Ore gon gold pocket, their only re ward so far being a lot of fun and exercise- J Zh 11 TO ASK CONGRESS FOR APPROVAL OF LONG ERJTRAINING Sen. Barkley Reveals Inten tion After White House Talk; Early Action Sought Washington, July 14. (IP) Senator Barkley (D-Ky.), the Democratic leader, announced after a White House conference today that the administration would seek prompt congression al approval of measures to re tain draftees and members of the national guard in service be yond their one-year training period. Asked whether he thought congress would approve the legislation, Barkley told report ers that "when the need for the legislation becomes apparent I believe congress will in no way shrink its duty." At the same time, there were indications that a measure lift ing the prohibition against send ing selectees outside the hemis phere would be dropped for the time being. Separata Meaiure Barkley said that the measure lifting the Western Hemisphere ban was a separate measure which had "no immediate con nection" with the program to retain selectees in service. Senator Hill (D-Ala), a mem ber of the military committee and one of those who attended the conference, added that the hemisphere proposal "probably will not be considered at any time in the near future." Hill and others of the White House conferees said that all ef forts would be made to win prompt congressional approval of the legislation continuing the selectees and members of the national guard in service. --. In an effort to settle some of the problems involved in ex tending the length of service Mr. Roosevelt met with seven democratic and two republican members of the senate and house. General Marshall, army chief of staff, also was present. IN SYRIAN WAR Cairo. Egypt, July 14 UP) The armistice ending the war In Syria was signed at Acre, in Pal estine, at 2 p. m. today (4 a. m PST), General Sir Claude Auch inleck, British commander in the middle east, announced to night. Terms of the truce were Initi aled at Acre Saturday, but final stages of the negotiations were continued today. Alexandreta, Turkey, July 14. UP) Fourteen thousand Vichy French soldiers will cross the border from Syria into Turkey within 48 hours, thus surrender ing one of France's richest World war prizes, informed sources said tonight. PATIENflBER WAITS III LOCK Bothell, Wash., July 14. UP) A patient robber, who waited for the Bothell State bank time lock to open at 7:30 a. m., held up Ross E. Worley, cashier, to day and escaped with $13, 423.10. Worley said he entered the bank at 7:30 and was confronted by the holdup man, wearing dark glasses and carrying a pistol. He slugged Worley, waited a few minutes until the safe open ed, then stuffed the money into a shopping bag and fled by a rear door, dropping $300 in dimes as he ran. Circulation Man Drowns Salem. July 14 P Herbert Miles McDowell, 36, a circula tion department employe of the Salem Capital-Journal, slipped off a rock into the Santiam river and drowned while fishing yesterday. Navy Chiefs Secretary of Navy Frank Knox (center, seated), and Admiral Harold R. Stark (behind Knox), chief of naval operations, were reported in Washington to have made "categorical de nials" before the senate naval committee that the navy had engaged in combat with naii naval units. With them as they glanced over a resolution calling for an investigation are Chairman David L Walsh (left seated, D... Mass.) and Sen. Hiram W. Johnson (right, seated, R.. Cal.). Standing, Sen. Ralph W. Brewster (left, R., Me.), and Senator J. J. Davis (right. R.. Pa.). Churchill Reveals Growing RAF Power Now Giving Nazis Thorough Bombing London, July 14. UP) Britain, unshaken by ten months of German air blows, has begun hitting back with fearful might and still is only at the beginning of her growing air pow er, Prime Minister Churchill told thunderously cheering civil defense workers today. The prime minister delivered virtually the same fighting mes sage twice first to 6,000 clam oring veterans of the defense of London in a great review in Hyde Park and later to a lunch eon of the capital's organized civil defenders. Time Germans Also Suffered "It is time the Germans should be made to suffer in their own homeland and cities something of the torments they have twice in our lifetime let loose upon their neighbors and upon the world," the prime min ister exclaimed. "We have now intensified for the past month a systematic, sci entific and methodical bombing on a large scale of German cities and industries and other military objectives. "We believe It to be In our power to keep this process go ing on a steadily rising tide month after month, year after year until the nazi regime is either extirpated by us or, bet ter still, torn to pieces by the German people themselves . . . "We shall continue a remorse less discharge of high explosive upon Germany." He declared there can be "no truce or parley with Hitler or the grisly gang who did Hitler's worst" and forecast that Italy, too, would get her share of the RAF's attention. "As the nights grow longer," the prime minister said, "that unhappy province of Germany which used to be called Italy will have its fair share." But he stressed London's need for unrelaxed vigilance against new terror from the skies and warned the workers to prepare "for renewal of your exertions. "We shall not turn from our purpose however somber the road, however grevious the cost, because we know that" out of this time of trial and tribulation will be born a new freedom and glory for all mankind." Hitler Defied to do Worst "You do your worst and we will do our best," Churchill ad dressed a remark to Hitler. "Perhaps it may be our turn soon. Perhaps it may be our turn now." The prime minister acknow ledged that when the nazi air might first fell in force on Lon don he suffered anxiety for its effect on morale, health and necessary services but, he said, London responded with grit which has been the rock that has made Britain "unconquer able." He forecast vehement Germ an retaliation, but now, he said. London is ready and "London can Uke it" Deny Combat California Boys . Of Company A Thank Med ford In a letter to the Main Tri bune today the California boys of Company A, 186th in fantry, expressed their thanks to the people, officers and soldiers of Medford for the "kindness and courtesy extended us during our stay in Mefiiord." Company A and headquar ters detachment, former Ore gon national guard units here, camped at the old Jack son county fairgrounds from Tuesday to Friday last week, the Medford boys enjoying the time at home as a reward for their work in the arduous June maneuvers in Califor nia. E STARTS JULY 21 Collection of scrap aluminum for defense use will be made in Jackson county the week be ginning July 21, it was an nounced today by Frank Hull, coordinator of the Jackson County Council of Defense. Mr. Hull asked all residents to look around now and line up the old pots and pans and other alum inum articles they can contri bute. Precisely how the scrap alum inum is to be gathered will be announced later, Mr. Hull said. Details of the plan are being worked out by the sub-committee in charge, comprising Mrs. C. Reese Braley. Miss Bertha Coy, Miss Joan F, Stoehr and Robert G. Fowler. Truth in Fabric in Effect Today Washington, July 14. UP) Beginning today, all wool pro ducts must bear labels setting forth the percentage of wool each contains and whether it is reprocessed or reused wool. Nine months ago President Roosevelt signed legislation fix ing the labeling requirements and between that time and the effective date, today, merchants were expected either to sell all of their unladed merchandise or to label it to conform with tha law. With Nazis NEED FURNISHINGS Plans were underway today for immediately furnishing the temporary recreation center in the public auditorium at the county courthouse for enlisted men. The location of the center has been changed to the court house from the proposed loca tion at 228 East Main street, Mrs. Leonard Carpenter an nounced today. Residents of the Medford area having furnishings that can be loaned to the recreation center are asked to telephone Mrs. Car penter, 6391 and arrangements will be made to call for the arti cles. It was stressed this morn ing that the recreation center will be open to enlisted men only and that hostesses will be on duty daily. Among the articles requested for the auditorium are lounging chairs, porch chairs, waste baa keta, ash trays, pens, ink-wells, writing paper, radio, pillows, books, magazines, large trash can, assorted games, cards, card tables, ping pong table and ping pong equipment. CITIES, COUNTIES GET LIQUOR COIN Salem, July 14 UP) The state liquor commission distributed $34,970 to counties and cities to day, the apportionment being part of the state tax on manu facturers and distributors of liquor and malt beverages, and covering the quarter ended June 30. The apportionment to coun ties included: Douglas $518, Jackson $520, Josephine $329, Klamath $700, Uke $112. The apportionment to cities includes: Baker $229, Corvallls $269. Roseburg $158. Medford $362, Grants Pass $193, Klamath Falls $529, Eugene $668, Salem $991, Portland $9,800, Pendleton $283. Lakeview, Ore.. July 14 UP) Work on Lakeview's $4000 street oiling project was started today. City Engineer Walt San- quist said. It will cover five miles of city streets. Three Largest Red Periled HEAT LIGHTNING I SETS FOUR FIRES Mercury Reaches 101 Sun day Today's Tempera ture Lower; State Sizzles Mercury reached 101.1 de grees at 2:15 p. m. today and dropped to 100 degrees at 2:30 p. m. the weather bur eau reported. Temperature at 12:30 p. m. was 97 degrees. The first serious heat threat of the year was accompanied last night by lightning that caused four small fires in the Rogue River national forest. It was possible, headquarters said, that other lightning strikes would show up later. The temperature reached a maximum of 101 yesterday while the humidity got down to 21 percent. Temperature to day was 98 degrees at 1:35 p. m. as against 95 yesterday, but after 1:30 yesterday there was a sharp rise which the weather bureau did not expect today. Firefighters Busy The "lylng squadron" of Rogue River national forest fire fighters swung into action for the first time this afternoon with the report of a lightning fire near the confluence of the Big and Little Applegate rivers. The other three lightning fires also were In the Applegate dis trict of the forest, one' being within the Ashland watershed. None was considered serious, however. The state forest patrol sent a crew and pumper yesterday mcrning to put out a fire In the grain field of the W. H. Gore ranch on the Jacksonville highway. The fire, which cover ed about two acres, burned about 25 bags of wheat, patrol headquarters reported. The blaze was started by ashes a worker knocked out of his pipe, headquarters stated. The state patrol was called this afternoon to put out a grass fire near Long Branch off the Crater Lake highway. The city fire department got through the week-end with only a grass fire. The blaze occurred yesterday afternoon on a city owned lot next to Frank De Souza'f residence, 30 Western avenue. Because of the turn in the weather, permits will now be required for burning refuse or other material In the city, Chlet Roy Elliott announced. Permits may be obtained by telephoning 3790. Lightning Display Medford residents were treat ed to a dose of hot weather yes terday when temperatures touched a maximum of 101. Sultry weather associated with thunderstorms over the Siskiyou mountains last evening brought on an exceptional display of lightning which was viewed with Interest by many. Little rain accompanied the thunderstorms, the weather bu reau stating that the storms were more or less of a dry type. Highest temperature for July, 1940, was 94, tha weather bu reau said. Portland. Ore, July 14. UP) The temperature, shooting up ward from a minimum of 72 degrees this morning, threatened to set a new high today In the second sejilon of Oregon's heat wave. Salem, the state's hot spot at 103 degree yesterday, reported 104 at 1:30 p. m. today nine degrees hotter than at the corre sponding time a day earlier. Grants Pass, in southern Ore gon, reported 101 at one o'clock. Portland, which recorded 97 degrees downtown and 101 at the airport yesterday, turned In 99 and 102 degrees, respectively at one, with tha possibility that the city's all-time high of 103 4 degrees, set July 13, 1933 might be approached. by Panzers, Claim baseball Chicago, July 14 UP) Joe DiMaggio, slugging star of the New York Yankees, extended his record hitting streak to 54 consecutive games today by beating out an infield single in the sixth Inning today against the Chicago White Sox. DiMaggio got on base through an error his first time up and was walked by Pitcher John Rigney of the Sox his second time at the plate, but on his third appearance dumped a slow roller down the third base line and easily beat the throw. National Chicago 0 2 1 Brooklyn 18 0 Olsen and McCullough; Higbe and Owen. St. Louis 4 7 1 Philadelphia 5 12 1 Krist, Nahem and Padgett: Johnson and Warren, Llvinston. Pittsburgh . New York 2 5 3 6 Sewell and Lopez: HubbeU and Odea, (13 innings) Cincinnati 7 17 C Boston 4 14 9 Moore, Turner and West; Er rtckson, Johnson, Lamanna, Early and Masi. American League New York , 1 8 Chicaao 7 a Breuer, Stanceau, Branch and Rosar; Rigney and Trash. Philadelphia Detroit Marehlldon, H a d 1 e v and Hayes; Bridges and Sullivan. Boston Cleveland 4 8 0 Wilson. Potter and Peacock: Feller and Desautels. LIGHTNING STARTS 81 SISKIYOU FIRES Yreka, Calif., July 14. P Eighty-one forest fires were burning In Siskiyou county to day all started by a lightning storm which raged over the area for an hour during the night. The largest blaze was in the Mount Hebron district, about 50 miles northwest of Yreka. Ran ger Roy Bengard said he be lieved it had been brought un der control after it bad swept over 4,000 acres. Another big fire was burning over a couple of thousand acres of land east of here. The most serious fire In the Klamath national forest, where 71 of the blazes started, was'at Quartz valley, due west of Yre ka. OPEN CONCLAVE Portland, Ore., July 14. VP) The three-day Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officers' con vention opened here today with talks by Gov. Charles A. S prague and FBI Inspector James S. Egan of Washington, D. C, the day'a principal fea tures. Programs will be held night ly In the civic stadium for the public. Coquille, Ore., July 14. (IP) Coos and Curry county geolo gists reported discovery of ore samples today which tested as high as 63 per cent In chrome. Les Child, Coquille, said he had found numerous traces of chrome in remote sections of Curry county, varying from a few tons of ore up to several thousands. Roads would be needed to reach tha location, CHROME DEPOSITS IN CURRY COUNTY be said, Cities STALIN LINE AT PSKOV. IS i Kiev, Moscow and Lenin. grad in Jeopardy, Berlin Report; Climax Held Near By the Associated Press German forces today were re ported to have smashed through the Stalin line at Apachka, south of Pskov near the Latvian frontier, and Berlin asserted that Russia's three biggest cities were now the targets of nasi panzer thrusts. DNB, the official German news agency, said the main sov iet defense line was broken yes terday after nazi troops over whelmed "strongly built field positions and breastworks." This was the first time the Germans had specified the point of the asserted break-through. ' Russians Deny The Russians, however, de clared they were holding their major front positions without important change. . Germans ' asserted In round, general terms that Kiev was tot tering under combined air and land assault, that Moscow no longer was protected from Gar man tanks blasting through tha central front, and that Lenin grad was imperilled by a nazi frontal drive and Finnish flank Onslaught. They declared that red armies were falling apart and that tha campaign was rushing to a cli max on this, tha 23d day of the) westward push. Nazi forces war reported hammering at tha gates of Kiev, and Berlin waited expectantly to hear that that gateway to tha Ukraine's richest industrial and farming regions had been forc ed. German planes rained de struction on Kiev's warehouses, and hangars and even destroyed the city's waterworks, it was said. DNB Clslsas That was tha picture to bo pieced together from the word of authorized German spokes men, DNB, the official new agency, and In alight degree) from the dally communique from Adolf Hitler's headquar ters. The nazi high command re ported tersely that "break through operations on the east ern front continue on schedule." Supplementing the brief com munique, tha Berlin radio de clared that nasi troops driving toward Leningrad had gained new ground after wrecking so viet bunkers and scattering rod army forces. North of the Plnsk marshes, the radio asserted, German in vasion columns moved forward on a broad front across the Dnepr river and the upper reaches of the Dvina river after breaking through the Stalin line. A soviet communique, report ing an overnight lull in the fighting said that "torturer of the medieval inqulsitloners pale before the outrages perpetrated by the Hitlerian bandits." The communique asserted that every fifth resident of a soviet village, women and chil dren Included, was shot when they refused to Inform the Ger mans on guerrilla activities. The German Fuehrer's head quarters said Finnish troops had opened an attack in Karelia, on both sides of Lake Ladoga, In the sector closest to Leinigrad. SAW RIPS SKULL OF BROCKWAY MILLMAN Roseburg, Ore.. July ii.UP) John Harry Weaver, 40, one of the owners of the Doumltt Weaver sawmill at Brock way, western Douglas county, died at the hospital here today, three hours after a huge saw ripped through his skull when he acci dentally came into contact with the blade while repairing a i vcyor. . ..-