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j . ruu u a wmui- Weather J! "port Forecut: rlr tsal(M ul WtilnMdar. Continue kl(h temptratur bat tllfhtlj coottr Wednridsr afternoon. MthMt vtm i LoWIit thll Mftrnlny fj Bo Delighted TalBk et lochias aliwt Wee Imh with a sse tut AS. It's krlR( Son la Ul ameaper. it ;m km a mat of aaf kin try adrarttHnf the Want A4 Waj. Ton will he aeltihtte' with the terana, Tribune FORD Full Associated Frees United Press Thirty -sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1941. No. 99. Reds Hurl Foes BacP fyn Dnepr Front; Nazi Tanks Mena f& City of Novgorod News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Med Russian Tanks in Woods fry'Mmmmsmmsmtmsmsmssmsmumamgm'm.. i't ,w,rHmmamKmmm (i Washington, July IS. The worry of many an officer In our general itaff now Is not "when we will have a superior effic ient army, but "if' we will ever have one. It is gener ally recognized in the war de partment that the draftees only receive about ten months good Paul Mallou. training out of their year, If and when weapons are available. The rest of the time is spent going to and from camps, with innoculatlons, ill nesses, outfitting, etc. Then along comes another batch to acquire another ten months' ex perience. Thus, when we get through (the way we are going) we will have a mass civilian army large In number, but so weak In training it would be a crime to set it up against any well-prepared fighting force. T I1TT.KR has a professional army, soldiers to whom arms is a profession. His warrior class enjoys better food and clothing and a standard of liv ing above that of the ordinary population. The British and French have relied mainly on brief civilian training, as we do. The Russians have mostly a civilian army, but they train their citizens for five years. This civilian army idea was a wise product of the original in spiration of our constitution. The founding fathers did not want a professional army. Its maintenance cost would be high, but more important, the man who controlled the army might control the country (as in Latin- America today.) So they put a provision in the constitution against quartering soldiers in private homes for this very rea- son. (Today in Europe soldiers are quartered in private homes for the payment of the equiva lent of 1 cent a day per soldier.) Since then, however, war has ceased to be a problem of shoot ing . a flint-lock with superior spirit. It has become a science of mechanics, based on superior (Continued From Pas Six) ELKS LODGE HEAD Philadelphia, July 15. (JP) Judge John S. McClelland of At lanta was elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks today at the order's annual convention. He succeeds Joseph G. Buch, of Trenton, N. J. Radio Highlights By the Associated Press (Time is Pacific Standard) Tonight, the war 4:55 CBS; 8:15 MBS; 5:30 NBC-Blue; 8 MBS; 6:45 CBS; 8 NBC, CBS; 8:30 MBS; 8:55 NBC, CBS. Talks NBC-Blue 4. WendeU Willkie on "Aid Tor British La bor," NBC-Blue 8 Sen. Robert A. Taft on "Occupation of Ice land"; CBS 6:15 C. V. Whitney on "Struggle for Inter-American Trade Ways". Wednesday, 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 pm., NC-Blue; 2:25 NBC-Red; 2:45 CBS, NBC-Blue. Some short waves: VLQ7 Syd ney 1:55 Music; DJD, DZD, DXP Berlin. 3:45 concert; GSC, GSD, London, 4:30 Britain Speak: 2RO Rome. 7 News. SICE GLANCES bt tribune reporters Raymond Fish telling a group of non-fishing girls about a big, man-eating salmon that ran him out of the river while he was fishing the other day. Justin Smith, Sr., coasting down-hill in six-year-old Jun ior's wagon while Junior mowed the lawn. Jerry Jerome protesting reference herein to his wedding anniversary which gave him a mere 19 years in place of the 25 years he rated. A Russian tank oa the eastern front. This picture ether test transmission by radio from Moscow via RCA. Government to Round Up Socialist Worker Leaders St. Paul July 15. (JP) A federal grand Jury today named 29 persons in indictments charging seditious conspiracy and advising insubordination and overthrow of the United States government. Those indicted all are offi cers or members of the Socialist Workers party. Henry A. Schwelnhaut, spe cial assistant attorney general, said it was the largest peace time roundup in the nation for seditious conspiracy and the first indictments under the Smith act which became law in June, 1940, covering conspiracy in the advocacy of overthrow of the government The indictment charges that those named were "officers, leaders, active members and in control of a certain political party or organization known as the Socialist Workers Party which party . ; . would procure, induce, influence, incite, and encourage to join with them to bring about the overthrow by force of the government of the United States." The indictment further charges that the party would and did attempt to bring about control of the militia by work ers and laborers, and "procured certain explosives, firearms and ammunition and military equip ment, and were organized into military units, armed and drill ed under the name of 'Union Defense Guard'." "They accepted as ideal the formula of the Russian revolu tion of 1917, and certain de fendants went from the Twin Cities to Mexico City where they received advice and coun sel from Leon Trotzky." A majority of those named are officers and active members of General Drivers Union 544, of Minneapolis, Victor E. And erson, U. S, district attorney, said. Y Ralph L. Champion, 20. charged with attempting to pass another auto on the left hand side, entered a plea of guilty in justice court yesterday and was fined 52.50 and costs. He was given time to pay. The offense occurred on North Riverside avenue. Russell L. Croquett of Sacra mento, was assessed flO and costs for violation of the PUC weight regulations for trucks. Robert L. Swannberg paid the same amount for hauling a weight in excess of his PUC weight receipt. Paula H. Turn bow was fined $1 and costs for non-possession of an operator's license; Charles L. Kinney for failure to stop at the Pacific Highway and Bear : Creek road intersection, paid g 1 i and costs; Champ Pitts was as i sessed $1 and costs for not hav ing an operator's license, and Frederick L. Herren, $2.50 and costs for having only one head light on his auto. With yesterday's heavy busi ness. 48 traffic cases have been handled in Justice court since July 1. Troops Enter Beirut London, July 15. (P) Brit ish and Free French troops today entered Beirut, capital of Leban on, Reuters (Erili?h r.ews aien cy) reported in a dispatch from Haifa. la an- MONDAY SIZZLER SETS RECORD FOR MEDFORD REGION Salem, July 15. (JP) Salem sweltered under a 107-degree temperature this afternoon, only one degree short of the all-time record set in 1925, but the mer cury then started downward. At 1:30 p. m., it was 103, then climbed to 107 about 2 p. m.. and it was down to 105 at 2:30. Maximum temperature at 2:30 p. m. today was 101, one degree higher than yesterday at the same time. Despite a slight drop In tem perature yesterday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. when the mercury slid to 100 degrees after registering 101.1 at 2:15 pjn.. Old Sol later turned on tho heat and pushed official weather bureau thermo meters to 103 degrees, giving Medford its warmest day of the year. Highest 1941 temperature pre vious to yesterday was June 11 when the weather bureau rec orded 102 degrees. Minimum temperature this morning was 63 degrees. Temperatures a year ago yesterday were 93 maximum and 81, minimum. By the Associated Press The mercury bubbled near or at the 100-degree level in many a northwest city and hamlet at 1:30 p. m. today and in some places there was no doubt that the peak would be above yester day's sweltering level. The reading at Portland was 101, just one degree under downtown Portland's top of Monday. The local weather bur eau reported 1 p.m. reading at Seattle of 91, and Redding, Cel., 98. The hottest vicinity Monday, North The Dalles, Wash- and The Dalles, Ore., got it even worse today. The peak at North The Dalles Monday was 107. At 1 p.m. today the mercury was at 108 and still climbing. Willamette valley points, all of which perspired in 100-degree or higher temperatures yester day, reported more of the same. It was 103 degrees at Salem wnere ine Monday peak was 104. Corvallia reported 100 at 1:30 p m, Eugene 98. Pendleton reported 100, La Grande 98, Grants Pass 103. Corvallis reported that A. C. Wescott, 55, of Portland, col lapsed and died on a downtown street late yesterday of a heart attack apparently induced by the heat. Silverton Widow$ Date Annual Picnic Silverton, July 15. (IP) Sil verton Widows will hold their fourth annual picnic here July 29. Mrs. George Custer, presi dent said all widows were In vited with the stipulation that their conversation must not turn to malicious gossip or to com . plaints of illness. J COUNTER ATTACK ALONG JOE LINE Rogachev Recaptured by De fendersFierce Fighting Moscow, Leningrad Roads Moscow. July 15. (F) Soriet government does not contemplate the evacuation of Moscow, S. A. Losovsky, vice commissar for foreign affairs, today informed the head of the diplomatic corps. Moham med Seed, the banian (Pers ian ambassador. Moscow, July 15. (P) The Russian army was reported to day to have launched a major offensive along the Dnepr river, crossing the river at several points north of Rogachev and pushing the Germans back 30 kilometers (about 19 miles). A dispatch from the front, timed at 5 a. m. today (6 p. m. Monday, PST), published in Izvestia, the government news paper, said the Russian drive westward was continuing. Rogachev Retaken It asserted that Rogachev, on the west bank of the Dnepr, about 130 miles southeast of Minsk, was recaptured by the red army Sunday. This town has been the scene of bitter fighting, as the Germans drove across the river there in advance of their central columns aimed at Smolensk and Moscow. The high command's afternoon communique was silent or! the Dnepr offensive, but reported that fighting raged una'hsaed throughout last night for the roads to Moscow and Leningrad. It indicated that there had been no change of the positions of the armies on the Ukranian front. The first Russian troops who crossed the river above Roga chev were reported to have de stroyed German artillery bat teries and concentrations of tanks and forced the reichswehr infantry to retreat During the night the dispatch said, Germans shelled villages from which they had withdrawn The nazis also were said to have dispatched planes in an effort to check the offensive. Three Planes Downed Three planes were reported shot down by Russian anti-aircraft guns. The front line was reported to day to lie 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Rogachev. The Izvestia correspondent said the Russian offensive was being pressed between Rogachev and Zhlobin, 15 miles to the south, and indicated that large forces were involved In the fighting. C. L. Coray, principal engin eer, and R. C. Buell, structural engineer, left for their San Francisco office by United Main liner last evening after spend ing the day here inspecting the site of the proposed army can tonment and giving advice on structural design. The two men are from the zone 9 constructing quartermas ter's office in San Francisco. They arrived here yesterday morning from Hermlston. VEILS SUN AT K.F. Klamath Falls. July 15. ( A deep pall of smoke from a huge gran and brush fire Just south of the California border covered the sun and brought limited relief here today from the current heat wave. Burning on long lines In the Modoc national forest and the Lava Beds national monument the lightning-caused fires were fought by 'every available man in Siskiyou and Modoc coun ties," asc-riling to Don Fisher, custodian of the monument 1 0 HURT WHEN bUS, Prisoner Ignites Padded Cell and Roasts to Death Redwood City, Cal., July 15. (JP) A fire in the pad ded cell of the San Mateo county jail took the life of a prisoner today. The victim of the blaze was L. C Crews, 36, of San Bruno,- serving 10 days for reckless driving. Sheriff James J. McGrath mid Crews, lodged in the Jail yesterday, was transferred to Military confinement the pad ded cell quarter, after an other prisoner complained he was acting queerly. The pads around the con crete cell were lined with ex celsior. The sheriff said Crews was searched for matches, but that some must have been concealed. The rtuffing had been pulled from the pads and ignited. CALIFORNIA BUYS Purchase of the Fred Sturglss stock ranch by John F. Kirsch of Anaheim, Cal., was announced today. The sale involved 200 acres situated near the Rogue Elk hotel on Elk creek and 90 head of range cattle at a price of $13,000. Buildings include two houses, fully equipped, and five barns. The transaction was handled by D. Z, Millard of Shady Cove. -- . Mr. Sturglss, a rancher for 30 years, plans to remain on the property at present, later retir ing from active business. Mr and Mrs. Kirsch and family are In southern Oregon for a few days. Mr. Millard said that they have inspected property in Cali fornia and north to Salem, finally selecting this section of the country aa most suited to their needs. Two trout streams run through the land. Mr. Kirsch plans to take over the property later in the year after closing his business in California. , E Portland. July 18. CP) Striking employes at the closed Montgomery Ward tc Co. store here will vote at 8 p.m. Wednes day on a contract with the firm. spokesman for the Retail Clerks and Warehousemen unions (AFL) said at noon today. Details of the contract were not disclosed but the union spokesmen said a committee of the unions had approved it. Unionists Indicated that the contract if accepted here, might pave the way for reopening of the company's big Oakland, Calif., store and other Pacific coast stores. HITLER TO SEEK PEACE, IS BELIEF London, July 15. (JP) The British Press association said today it inferred from current conferences of German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribben trop that Adolf Hitler Is prepar ing "to consider peace in the west end apparently a generous peace, so that he might be free for the Russian war. SUPREME COURT ENDS LABORS FOR SUMMER Salem, July 15. (JP) The state supreme court recessing until early In September, hand ed down nine decisions today. including a 86,000 Judgment for personal injury in favor of John H. McCauley against the Psc ific Atlantic Steamship com pany. McCauley, a sailor aboard the company's ship San Bernardino. was injured at New London. Conn, feb. 15, 1938. ATTEMPT TO PASS NEAR BEALL LANE T ; Stephen J. Cline, Airport Timekeeper, Driver of Car Which Crashed Into Stage Ten persons were confined in Sacred Heart and Commu nity hospitals today following a terrific head-on collision be tween a northbound Pacific Greyhound stage, carrying 25 passengers, and a 1938 Bulck convertible coupe operated by Stephen J. Cline, 34, of 817 North Front street, chief time keeper on the WPA airport project. The accident occurred at 9:15 last night on the Pacific highway at the Beall lane In tersection, two and a half miles north of Medford. Cline was the most seriously Injured, suffering a fractured jaw, possible fractured ribs, a laceration of the head, many cuts on the body and legs and numerous painful bruises. How ever, Sacred Heart hospital at tendants said today that he apparently was not critically injured and that there were no other broken bones except for his Jaw. Hurt In Bug Nine persons riding In the stage, including the driver, sus tained injuries in the crash, They were: - - Roy Harding, 38, Eugene, driver of the stage lacerations of both legs and bruises. Con fined in Sacred Heart hospital Mrs. Steve Dzlda, 27, Los Angeles many bruises and shock. Confined in Sacred Heart hospital. Matthew Dzlda. 8. son of Mrs. Dzlda minor injuries. Confined In Sacred Heart hospital. Mrs. Susie Woodward, Cas cade Locks, Ore minor bruises. Mrs. Elma Olson, 46, Bremer ton, Wash. lacerations on the face and bruises. Confined in Community hospital. Bert Maxwell, 11, son of Mrs. Olson several front teeth knocked out, cuts and bruises. Confined in Community hos pital. Ira I. Goodlln, 57, North Bend. Ore. four broken ribs and bruises. Confined In Commu nity hospital. John Oliver. 18. company D. 116th engineers, Tacoma in jured back. Confined in Com munity hospital. Noel Bourda, 22, company D, 116th engineers, Tacoma in jured back. Confined In Com munity hospital. Attempt To Pass According to the state police, who Investigated the mishap, the crash occurred when Cline, southbound and alone In his car, apparently attempted to pass another southbound ma chine without sufficient clear ance In face of the oncoming stage. The point of impact, police said, was 30 feet south of the Beall lane Intersection, and indicated that the Cline car was. almost in the center of the northbound traffic lane. The left front of the Bulck coupe struck the front left side of the stage, knocking back the stage's left front wheel and spinning the big vehicle so that It faced west partly across the Pacific highway and partly in Beall lane. ' After the impact. the coupe also spun around and laced in the same direction, police said. Police quoted passengers as saying the sUge was traveling about 30 miles an hour at the time of the crash, and said that several southbound motorists told of having been passed by Cline prior to tho wreck. Coupe Wrecked The front end of the stage was damaged considerably, and the coupe was so badly wrecked that police expressed wonder that Cline survived. The motor of the smaller vehicle was driven Into the front seat ram ming the steering wheel against Cline and pinning his legs to the front portion of the seat The Perl ambulance made two trips from the scene of the wreck to the hospitals, and sev eral of the less painfully la- CAR CRASH BASEBALL American R. H. X. Philadelphia 3 7 1 Detroit S 1 Harris and Wagner; Newsom and Sullivan. New York . 8 18 0 4 12 1 Chicago Peek, Branch and Rosar; Smith and Tresh. Boston 10 1 4 2 Cleveland Dobson and Pytlak; Harder, Brown and DeSautels, Hemsley, National First game: H. 4 Chicago Brooklyn 4 French, Mooty and Scheffing; Davis and Owen. First game: R. H. E. Chicago 0 4 1 Brooklyn 7 4 0 French, Mooty and Scheffing; Davis and Owen. Second game: R. . 4 . 8 H. E. 6 2 Chicago Brooklyn 12 1 Errlckson, Presnell, Mooty and McCullough; Hamlin and Franks. R. H. E. . 5 10 1 .17 4 Pittsburgh New York Butcher and Lopez; Melton, Brown and Danning. (16 innings) R. H. . 3 a St Louis Philadelphia 2 li Crouch, Krlst and Mancusobn. Padgett; Grissom, Beck, Pear son, and Warren, Livingston. Cincinnati Boston Vandermeer and R. West; Jav- ery, Hutchings and Berres. SALE OF GASOLINE CURBED IN CANADA Ottawa, Ont, July 18. VP) Canada announced today the prohibition of sale, delivery and distribution of gasoline and oil to motorists from 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. week-days and tor all of Sundays, effective tomorrow. The order was announced by Federal' Oil Controller O. R. Cottrelle. It was coupled with an appeal to citizens to cooper ate againrt the prospect of serious shortage by cutting the use of their cars 50 percent Authorization for an increase of one cent a gallon for gaso line also was announced. Use of credit cards is pro hibited; gasoline and oil must be sold on a cah-and-carry basis. Jured persons were taken In private cars. The remaining pas sengers of the bus were brought back to i Medford In an empty southbound Pacific Greyhound stage, which was flagged down by state police, and those wish ing to continue their north bound trips were put on the second section of the stage that was involved in the accident about three hours later. George Davis, driver for Perl's ambulance, again said that motorists failed to heed the warning of his siren and that he narrowly averted several acci dents en route to the wreck and to the hospitals. He asked that drivers pull to the side of the road and stop, according to the law, upon hearing a siren. F. R. Urges Daylight Saving To Speed National Defense Washington, July ISffV President Roosevelt asked con gress today for legislation to provide daylight saving time 'upon such a regional or na tional basis, and for such part. or all, of the year, as he might deem necessary in the interest of our national defense." The chief executive made the recommendation in letters to Speaker Ray burn and Vice Pres ident Wallace, supporting it with figures to show that the effects of year-a-round daylight saving would result in a prob able annual reduction of 736,- E OF STEED IS BERLIN CLAIM Entire Fortified Zone of Stalin Line in Vitebsk Area Declared Penetrated Berlini July IS. (JP) A Ger man tank corns mrmiA Ik city of Novgorod, 100 milea south of Leningrad, tonight, German sources said, and added mat tne ring of steel seemed to be drawine clmutr tn Tln. grad itself, second largest city in nussia. NovBorod Ilea nn1 fin tnflaa from the main railrnarf ninnln between Leningrad and Moscow. una, oincial German new aeencv. declared the rH imw'i attempts to maintain a defense) ironi aiong ine uvina and Dnepr river regions east of the pierced Stalin line have been fmtrtrl by German attacks. The hleh Mmnuiul muMmiwI Its nollcv nf wlfhhnlrilns AmimKm of the eastern operations, simply reporting progress, put censored dispatches from the front told of the aonraach nn NnvBvmwf a rail center with a population DNB said that the antlm rm. tilled lone of the Stalin Una b the Vitebsk area, 250 miles south of Novgorod, had been penetrated ana that the eastern most hun1rra hari lu.n !, session of German infantrymen since Monaay evening. The German infantry fought 38 hours in the field, the agency said, until .the camouflaged main bunker, "a giant block of cement and steel with nm under the earth," was con quered. COL DAVIS ENJOYS FISHING IN ROGUE Col. Michael F. Davis, acting commander of Hamilton field, San Rafael, Cel., until two weeks ago, was enjoying fish ing in the Rogue river today. The colonel arrived by plana yesterday to spend a few days with the 30th pursuit group, now encamped on the Elks pic nic grounds. A check-up today showed 25 states are represent ed by the 60 officers at tha camp, five of them from Ore gon. The men at the camp hart become sufficiently adjusted to try experiment now, it was re lated by Lieut Howard T. Wright publicity officer. They now keep cool in the afternoon by going nine miles upstream and shooting down through the cooling rapids on logs. Now that they have killed all the little snakes around the camp, the two Negro cooks also are enjoying life, Wright said. The cooks were frightened half to death when they first en countered the snakes, he stated. Find Soldier's Body Astoria, Ore., July 15. V- The body of a soldier was re covered from Sunset lake yes terday by two boys, papers In a pocket Identified it as that of Lonnie Parker Jr., Deputy Sheriff Myron Jones said. The regiment to which he was at tached is no longer In this area. 383.000 kilowatt-hours in tha use of electricity. Mr. Roosevelt also sent letter to eight southern governors tell ing of a need for daylight time) and declaring that the country "is faced with a serious power shortage that is Impeding the) national defense program." The shortage is particularly acute, be said. In tha south east' era portion of the country. The letters went to the gover nors of Alabama, Virginia, Ten nessee, North and South Care Una, Georgia, Mississippi and Florida. -
