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Northwest Jackson County Fair at Gold Hill, Friday and I Weather -Forecast: Partly cloudy te nlfht and rrldmj; Uttle dual nit n m fa-,.. Temperature Msnest jrsterasT tl Lowest this mornlnf M P dpltatlon part 14 bra. tram Thirty-sixth Year News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington,. Aug. . 81. This mixed-up mess of gasoline .curtailment program in eastern tates is surrounded by so much mystery ana confusion. . no one can ascer tain objective ly today even the basic fact of whether the program is ful ly justified yet. The National Petroleum News, trade rani Mallon. publication of w the industry, say stocks of gasoline on hand In east coast storage tanks on a nonet a mpra -liehtlv larger than the same week-end a year i ago. It computea tne touu 01 ; barrels then on tha shortage j ground at 21,686,000. A yean ago the same eastern tanks held , 21,317,000 barrels. The August 9 week showed; im-rDQiA nvpr the rjrevious week, when 21.43U.000 barrels of gasoline were ready for dis tribution In the eastern area (a decrease from the August 2 week of last year when 22.221, 000 barrels were on hand.) These figures do not indicate shortage. MR. ICKES' own bureau of mines has officially an nounced, in its routine statistics, i the amount of crude oil in stock at east coast refineries on Au gust 9 was increasing; not de clining. It estimated 14,253,000 barrels on hand that week, whereas only 12,878.000. barrels were assembled in the so-called shortage area the week ending August 2. These figures, likewise seem to fail to justify the closing of gasoline stations from 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. or the 10 per cent distribution curtailment ordered subsequently. 00 "T'HE confusing publicity which has attended the program from its inception, is based on the supposition that the transfer of tankers to the British has already made, or will eventually make which one is not clear the shortage. The independent oil people (in (ContlnuMl Prom Page SU) Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time Is Pacific standard.) Tonight, the war 4:30 MBS: 4 55 CBS; 5:30 NBC-Blue; 6 MBS: 6:30 NBC-Blue; 6:45 CBS; 8 NBC CBS; 8:30 MBS. Friday, the war 7 MBS; 8 MBS; 9:45 NBC; 12:55 p. m.. NBC-Blue; 2 MBS; 2:25 NBC Red; 2:45 CBS NBC-Blue. Young Democrats MBS 8:15 a. m.. Acting Attorney General Francis Biddle; NBC-Blue 10 a. m., Leon Henderson on "De fense Program." SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Pearl Gay still being compli mented for her work as arts Instructor at the Summer Camp for Children, the result being on exhibit at the Craterian. Elroy Anderson worrying about Albert Jones "family" as mentioned In yesterday's hail storm story, Anderson declaring Mr. Jones, a bachelor, was giv ing some neighbor children an outing in his car when caught by the heavy pellets. Jimmy Grey being all steamed up over his eighth birthday to day, he thrilling to the thought of becoming more of a little man every day. Eve Hamilton and Janle Smith trying to concoct an imaginary human Interest story to fool news writer. Janie breaking down and confessing her part In the plot Medfqrb 1 Mil 1 - - - - --. aw 1 1 1 mmmm NVADERS WITHINI 13 MILES OF OLD MSTJAPITAL Three Main Bulwarks of Outer Defense System Smashed by Nazi Legions Staggering Losses (By Associated Press) Combined German and Rus sian claims late today listed a staggering total of 7,000,000 men killed, wounded or cap tured in the two-months-old conflict on the eastern front. The Russians declared offi cially that German losses ap proximated 2,000.000 killed and wounded; the Germans raid ' 5.000.000 red army troops had been killed, wounded or captured. A Soviet spokesman said more than half of the Ger man losses were slain. By the Associated Press German troops storming to ward Leningrad from the south were reported today to be with in 13 miles of the old czarist capital, Russia's second city, and even the Russians acknowledged that Leningrad was In "dread danger." A Swedish broadcast quoting the Berlin coi respondent of a Stockholm newspaper, said the Nazis were advancing via Gats- china, about 22 miles south of Leningrad. ' 'Adolf Hitler's high command reported that German columns had smashed three main bul warks of Leningrad's outer' de fense system. War Only Begun Despite severe reverses at both ends of the 1,500-mile bat tlefront from Karelia to the Black sea, Soviet official spokes man S. S. Lazovsky declared In Moscow: "There is no alarm or pessi mism in our ranks. Even Hitler and his advisers understand that the war in the east has only begun." Lozovsky conceded that the Germans had won considerable success, but he said, on the basis of Russia's vastness only a com- rjaratively small area has been : taken and that has been leii i "without provisions, containing ' . , , 1 I only wrecKea ewes, iuuicu factories . . . guerrilla warfarad and local hatred ... DNB, tha official German news agency, said conquered Soviet territory exceeded 335, 000 square miles an area great er than the entire German reicn and its newly-incorporated terri tories east and west. Point for England DNB also distributed state ment re-emphasizing that the war with Russia was being waged "to gain preconditions for the final struggle with Great Britain" and insisting that aerial blows against the British isles had not been weakened. Neutral observers interpreted the statement two ways: First, an attempt to bolster German morale, now suffering devastat ing punishment from the RAF; second, to quash vague rumors of a British-German peace move ment. In London, a high British au thority said RAF raids in the last eight weeks had placed far more bombers over Germany In a single night than the Germans sent over Britain in the most violent assaults last autumn and winter. The German people are catching it now," he said. Challenging an official Rus sian order for a fight to defend Leningrad to the death, the Ber lin radio declared that if the city were defendd it would suf fer the fate of Warsaw, which was largely destroyed by Nazi stukas and siege guns when the Poles refused to surrender. Odessa Aflame On the southern front, Rus sia's great black sea port of Odessa was reported aflame. blasted by German artillery nd 'ftuka dive-bombers. - .. full AssocUtvd PrM Churchill Comes Home I v - -; Prima Minister 'Winston Churchill embraces his 'wiTe on his return 1 London from hid sea conference with President Roosevelt. This photo was sent via cable from London. BASEBALL National Brooklyn, Aug. 21. (JP) The Chicago - Cubs snapped the Dodgers winning streak at six straight today by whipping the Brooklyn,' 8 to 2, behind the seven-hit pitching of ' Jake Mooty. Stan Hack hit a homer for the Cubs.. R. H. E. Chicago ., I 6 13 , 0 Brooklyn 2 ' 7 "- X Mooty and McCullough; Ham lin, Brown, Wyatt, Casey and Owen, Franks. R. H. I. Cincinnati 8 11 1 Boston 8 10 2 Walton and Lombardl: Pose- del, Hutchings, Javery, Salvo and Berres, Montgomery. American R. 3 ..11 H. 8 12 Philadelphia St. Louis Knott Tobln and Hayes, Wag ner; R. Harris and Swift. (First game) Washington 16 6 Detroit . Leonard and Early; Newsom, Thomas, and Sullivan. LOCAL BUILDING Records In tha county clerk's office today revealed the sale of the Western States Grocery warehouse property at . the southeast comer of South Fir and 11th streets to Lost River Properties company. The build ing was given up -as a ware house some time ago. Western States is an affiliate of Safeway Stores, Inc. The property has frontage of 100 feet on Fir and a depth of 170 feet on 11th street. The deal was one of the largest realty transfers of recent weeks. It was understood the transac tions was handled by the Mark A. C-oldy Agency, Inc. Logger Killed Newberg. Ore, Aug. 21 W) Henry Schmit, 38, part owner of the Erickson at Schmit log ging camp near Rose Lodge, was killed yesterday by a rolling log He is survived by bis parents at Soerwooo MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1941. aim EXHIBITS, PARADE, SPORTS, BARBECUE F Gold Hill. Aug. 21 (Spl.) Growing in size and importance felnce it was inaugurated eight years ago, the Northwest Jack son County Fair Friday and Sat urday is expected to attract the largest attendance yet attained. Schedule of events follows: Friday 2 p. m. Closing of entries. 2:05 p. m. Judging begins. 7:30 p. m. Opening of ex hibit to public. Saturday 9:30 a. m. Opening of ex hibits to public. 10:30 Street parade. 10:45 Mayor Lew Llngren gives key to city to John' Gray, fair board chairman, at pause in procession. 10:50 Coronation of Queen Leona Holderness 11:15 Judges report decisions to Queen who makes awards. 1:30 p. m. Sports program on baseball diamond. 6:00 Musical program, City Hall grounds. 6:30 Free barbecue, City Hall. 8:00 Dance, school . tennis court. All exhibits will be In the dance pavilion excepting arts textiles and hobbies, which will be in the I. O. O. F. han.' ' ' Besides the exhibits the fee hires expected to- attract the most attention are the big free barbecue and tne open-air danca. The dance, running to 2 a. m Sunday, will climax the day of exciting activity. Earl Richard son and his orchestra will fur nish the music. The cement ten nis court at the school will be treated to a waxy smoothness for dancing, committee in charge has promised. The barbecue, absolutely free, always attracts a large crowd and more than ever before are expected this year. Serving will begin at 6 30 on the city hall grounds. Those attending are asked to bring their own ser vice. The menu will Include (Conttmaed en rase Ten) Sea rnstta Statt-r Baa fTanetioo. Auf . 11 'VICSDA) Butter, ai-eoors S7 St-SSc; SO- nminrp LHIUKLO'r - Order 26 JEWS HELD IN EFFORT TO CURB UNREST German and French Police Roundup Persons Sus pected of Opposing Nazis Vichy, Unoccupied France. Aug. 21. (P) French and Ger man police arrested 6,000 Jews in Paris today in a roundup of persons suspected of opposing German troops, it was disclosed today. The arrests were made in a single arrondisement of Paris, but the movement started to spread to other sections of the city. The new operations were the first mass arrests since May 15, when 5,000 Jews were rounded up and sent to labor camps. Jan Barthelot, secretary for communications, tonight warn ed against sabotage of German freight trains in tha occupied zone and told railway workers: ''I resolve, whatever it costs me, to etrlk at certain ones among yos." - - : He pointed out that under the armistice terms the right of way in the occupied zone is granted to German trains. At the same time It was learn ed that two men had been ex ecuted by a firing -squad for al leged participation in a com munist manifestation against German occupation authorities. They wera condemned, pre sumably by a German court martial, for "activity in favor of the enemy," It was said. '' Berlin. Aug. 21 (P) DNB said that reports still incom plete tonight showed 21 Brit ish planes had been shot down during the day trying to penetrate occupied territory. The loss of two German fight ers was acknowledged. London. Aug. 21 W RAF bombers swooped as low as 0 feet today to bomb tha rolling mill and other sections of the IJmulden iron and steal works in Tha Netherlands, the air ministry announced, white many hundreds of fighter plane swept ever Holland and northern Franca. Fourteen British fighters were missing while only one German plane was definitely listed as destroyed. War Bulletins 1 British Invasion of Continent Urged As Only Way to Bring Nazi Defeat London, Aug. 21. Un official English. Polish and Nor wegian strategists raised snew today - their, cries for a British Invasion of th continent as the only wsy to defeat Germany. British military leaders were called upon for all-out war against the nazls. Current RAF bombings of Germany and oc cupied territories were deemed insufficent by these sources, Frank Owen, editor Min ister of Supply Lord Beaver brook's Evening Standard, de manded a "second front and not only In the air" In a signed editorial. Owen suggested a British offensive against Italy, long favored by soma military sources as the spot where the axis could be hit hardest. Many Polish and Norwegian military men have urged the British to attempt landings at Tribune sited Plata Cut in Auto Output F- D- R- Reports to Congress On Meeting With Churchill; Says Principles Are Clear Cut Washington, Aug. 21. President Roosevelt, reporting to congress on his epochal meeting at sea with Prime Minister Churchill, said today the declaration of principles agreed upon there were so clear rut that they would be difficult to oppose "without automatically admitting a willingness to accept com promise" with Naziism. These principles, the president. added in a brief special message. also would be hard to oppose without admitting a willingness to "agree to a world peace which would give to Naziism domination over large numbers of conquered nations." "Inevitably," Mr. Roosevelt asserted, "such a peace would be a gift to Naziism to take breath armed breath for a second war to extend the con trol over Europe and Asia to the American hemisphere itself." . Mr. Roosevelt said It was perhaps unnecessary to "call attention once more to the utter lack of validity of the spoken or written word of the Nazi government." - He added that It also was unnecessary to point out that the declaration included of ne cessity "the world need for freedom of religion and freedom of Information." ' He said: "No society of tha ' world organized under the announced principles could survive with out these freedoms which are a part of the whole freedom for which we strive." The president reported the military and naval conversa tions at tha north Atlantic con ference "made clear gains"' in furthering the effectiveness of lend-lease aid to countries east and west. - He and the prime minister, Mr. Roosevelt added, are arrang ing for conferences with Russia to assist it "In Its defense against tha attack made by the principal aggressor of the modern World Germany."' The declaration of principles, the president continued, pre sented a goal "worth-while for our type of civilization to seek." Written with pencil snd scratch pad In tha president's study last night, the message contained a copy of the official statement released by the White house last Thursday covering the eight general alms agreed upon by the prima minister and Mr. Roosevelt. In fact, this copy, furnished to congress In the nature of a report, constituted most of to day s message. Since the joint declaration, congressional critics of the ad ministration's foreign policy have charged that the president and Churchill reached an of fensive and defensive alliance, basing their case In part on the fact that the declaration gave as a prelude to the desired number of points along the European coastline In an effort to find the weakest point In German defenses. One - a weak spot were found, t h c s men believe, enough British snd allied forces could b landed to overcome lo cal resistance to dig In and open a new front. Most of these men believe RAF bombings have smashed German communica tions and' 'therefor the Ger mans would find It difficult to concentrate . enough troops to counter a British Invasion at any on point. Favored particularly by Poles and Norwegians is a landing In Norway north of Narvik. They offer three seasons for such a landing: 1. Norwegian troop In Eng land are said to be better equip ped to fight In that territory snd they could be helped by NYE MATTHEWS FOUND E The body of Nye Matthews, 33-year-old Eagle Point rancher and stock raiser, who had been missing sine early Sunday morning, was discovered float ing In Rogue river about six and a half miles below Gold H1U shortly after 5 p. m. Wed nesday .by Fred Paquette, Grants Pass, fishing guide. County Coroner H. W, Conger has called an inquest for 7:00 o'clock tonight ' ' Paquette,- state police said, discovered tha body while he and an unidentified angler wera making their way upstream In a boat on a fishing trip. Identi fication of the body was mad through cards found in the drowned man's trousers. Matthews, according to state police, had been missing sine 2:10 a. m. last Sunday, at which time a state polic officer on regular patrol cam across Sir. and Mrs. Matthews Involved In a - family quarrel at the Foots creek Junction with the Pacific highway three miles north of Gold Hill. Investigating, th state police man reported that Matthews had his wife on th ground after apparently striking her, where upon the officer placed him un der arrest and put him and Mrs. Matthews In th polic car to bring to Medford. Whit th officer was push ing th Matthews ear off tha shoulder of th road and Into a safer parking space, Matthews leaped out of th polic car and disappeared In the brush, th policeman said. A search of th vicinity failed to uncover Mat- (Continued on Pace Seven) peace destruction of "tha Nazi tyranny." Th message today. White House officials said, was sug gested by Democratic congres sional leaders who conferred with the chief executive last Monday about his meeting with Churchill. Scots and Poles trained in mountain fighting. 2. Once a landing had been made, a corridor would be opened through Finland to Murmansk, Soviet Russia, cut ting off the Finnish port of Pet samo. Over this corridor troops and supplies could be moved to bolster the Red armies in the north, It was said. 3. Norwegians st horn have been reported ready to rebel against the Germans at the first sign of outside help. Th Ger mans would be unable to con centrate a large fore against the invaders in the north. It was asserted, because it has been reported garrisons have to be maintained now in every Norwegian hamlet and town. If the British have contem plated an Invasion of tha French coast, unofficial observers agree there have been do signs of 11 in London, - - - Saturday Fail To Find Bee -am notless haw tntsrsl Inf tha Want Ada ara theaa esf It seems that almost arc thlnr It ad rtlsM ana coald aik for. If joe fall to find -hat yoa want try adiar tlsln( tomorrow. No. 131. AFTER NOVEMBER PLANNEDJY 0PM 817,000 Cars to Be Made lit September, October and November, Announcement Washington, Aug. 21. (IP)-- The office of production man agement announced today that passenger car production will be curtailed 26 V per cent during August, September and October and November. The curtailment will be pre gresslvely greater in subsequent months, officials said, with the) tailment for the model year end lng July 31, 1942. The production quotas were formulated by the OPM and th office of price administration and civilian supply. It d Mora Trucks A substantial increase must 'be made in motor truck produe tlon, officials said, in order to meet vital transportation and military needs. . During r August, Septembers October, and November 817,0011 passenger cars will be mad, compared with 1,113,000 during the same months of 1940 and 1,860,000 during the four months ended July 31, 1941. Th larger companies Gen ral Motors, Chrysler and Ford will make a reduction 37.6 per cent while the other com pantes, Studebaker, Hudson, Nash, Packard, Willys-Overland and Creeley will cut 20.2 per cent anji-mcwTdrive NSPIRED BY JAPANESE GAINS SPEED IN CHINA Shanghai, Aug. 21 T An anti-American campaign, pur ported to be Inspired and dV reeled by Japanese military an thoritles, appeared today to be growing throughout occupied China as a result of the recent United States freezing of as sets. Report front numerous points in central and soutn. China Indicate that more than 1,700 Americans are facing in creasingly difficult living con ditions because of restrictions) Imposed by the military. Brit ish citizens also were affected in some areas, but not as badly as Americans. Many of those feeling th brunt of th campaign are mis sionaries. At numerous placet missions hsve been picketed as have American business house in Shsngtung province and m south China. - . Americans have been forced In some instances to wait many hours, day after day, before ob taining travel permits at Japan offices. At many places In Japanese- occupied territory, Americana have reported they were refused permission to buy coal ant other necessities. They said their purchases of foodstuffs) have been limited. PORT EXPAIISIO;. Salem, Aug. 11. tSV-SalerSi voters spproved 3.330 to 361 yesterday the $73,000 bond Issu to provide th city with funds tS) acquire additional lnd and con struct an administration build lng at th Salem airport,
