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Thirty-sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1941
No. 142. I
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Sept. 3 Regard
less of what Mr. Roosevelt may
have told Mr. Churchill about
the state of American opinion
,wws- and vice versa,
all the U. S.
$1 ficials coming
3 haflr frnm T in.
don are saying
privately w e
wil" have to
get In this war
in he final ac
tion (invasion
of the contin
ent if Britain
is to win. Their
Paul Mallon
story is, Britain will have
enough to stalemate the clash,
with what she gets from us un
der lease-lend, etc., but that she
will need our navy and perhaps
d?rmjr to clean the nazis out in
the final phase.
This Is not entirely a new no
tion, but it is being newly em
phasized in the discussions of
the officials who have been to
London.
a
IEEP your eye on the Social
Security Administrator Paul
McNutt in the political picture.
Tt will not be difficult. Mr. Mc
Nutt has taken steps to save
you from strain. Some weeks
back he moved his own publicity
man, Jesse Irwin, in over vari
ous other unit publicity men in
his administration social security
board, public health, office of
education, etc. The shift has
lately been supplemented by
orders that all publicity clear
through Mr, Irwin. Thus when
the social security board an
nounces something, cou are aDt
to read, not that Board Chair
man Altmeyer announces it, but
that Mr. McNutt does. The new
arrangement will piovide con
tinuous announcements for Mc
Nutt right on up to the 1944
democratic convention If we all
live that long.
Only agency in tl-.e McNutt
Jurisdiction to escape this com
pression of all personalities into
his, is the civilian conservation
corps. Its leaders have equal
(Conttnuad on Page Pour)
Radio Highlights
New York, Sept. 3. (The
Special News Service) On the
air tonight: The war 4 MBS;
4:55 CBS: 5:30 NBC-Blue; 6:45
CBS: 8 NBC- CBS.
CBS 5 Treasury hour, Al
fred Lunt and others; 8:15 A. W.
Hawkes and Ma. B. H. Namn
on "Business Unity for Defense."
MBS 5:15 football. Eastern
All-Stars vs. N. Y. Giants.
What to expect Thursday: The
war 4 a.m., NBC, CBS; 4:55
NBC-Blue;. 5 NBC-Red, CBS; 6
NBC-Blue; 7 MBS; 8 MBS; 9:45
NBC; 10 MBS; 11:55 CBS; 12:55
p.m., NBC-Blue; 2 CBS; 2:45
CBS. NBC-Blue.
CBS 12 m. National singles
tennis. MBS 10:45 a.m., blood
doners program; short waves:
DJD.DZD Berlin 2 concert; RNE
Moscow, 4, English broadcast;
GSC, GSD. London, 6, Starlight;
2RO, Rome, 7, News.
Tillamook, Sept. J. (TV
George Edward Leach, 75, long
time Tillamook county resident
and former county game war
den, died yesterday. Two broth
en survive.
Reedsport. Sept. 3. (IP)
VII M
ay Close to 200 obtained permits
to hunt elk In this section of
southwest Oregon, the state
commission offices here said today.
SIDE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
A friend averring that instead
of passing out cigars Ralph
Stephenson was distributing two
by fours in celebrating his
grandpahood.
Deputy Sherf Bill Grenbemer
beefing because Allison Moul
tun was the only one of the
Sherf's Mounted Posse to get
ft any mention in the public prints.
Frank Van Dyke breaking
promises to telephone a friend
as fast as he makes 'em, the
friend rapidly becoming discouraged.
REDS' OFFENSIVE
LENINGRAD FRONT
Hold Firm Before Odessa
Russian Resistance Stif
fens As Nazi Power
Weakens.
Moscow, Sept. S. (IP) The
Germans have been hurled back
with heavy losses by Russian
counter offensives on the fronts
before Moscow and Leningrad
and stopped at the gates of
Odessa, Russian war dispatches
reported today.
The nazis' war-long losses
were put at close to 3,000,000
men.
This was the situation pic
tured in the Russian press along
with indications that nazt of
fensive power Is wearing down
and Russian resistance growing
stronger:
Before Moscow G e r m a n
forces driven back at one point
as far as 30 miles, and one Elite
SS infantry division destroyed
by a 10-day Russian counter
offensive. Before Leningrad The Ger
man siege ring pushed back
three miles, with heavy losses,
under a counter-assault directed
personally by Marshal Klementi
Voroshilov.
Before Odessa The Germans
stubbornly resisted by the Red
army in attempts to break Into
the Black sea port with sailors
from the Russian Black . sea
fleet bolstering the army by
carrying out raids behind the
nazl lines. '
Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, a
member of the central party and
a leading communist publicist,
declared in Pravda, that the
Germans had lost 2,930,000
men dead, wounded and pris
oners since the war began. In
cluding more than 2,000,000 on
the eastern front alone, where
the action is in its 11th week.
Yaroslavsky compared this
estimate with German losses of
2,590,000 on the eastern front
in the last war, emphasizing
that Russia's male population is
more than double Germany'.!.
He said three five-year plans
had created new bases "un
reachable for the enemy" and
"millions are working to throw
these forceful reserves Into the
battle."
(By Associated Press)
Reflecting perhaps new dif
ficulties encountered by the
Germans on the big eastern
front, the Hitler communique
today was barren of detail on
operations, saying merely that
successful fighting actions are
in progress" along its whole
length.
In Berlin, authorized sources
acknowledged that the Russians
were putting up a fierce fight
in the middle sector, although
the Germans said they had
smashed 178 Soviet tanks since
Saturday.
LA FOLLETTE RAPS
E TAX BILL
Washington, Sept. 3. (IP)
Starting work on the record S3
679.800,000 revenue bill, the
senate accepted today a finance
committee proposal to raise an
additional $120,500,000 through
increased corporation surtaxes.
LaFollette criticized the bill
In a minority finance committee
report coincident with Issuance
of a majority report which esti-
mated that the bill would yield
$3 679,800,000 annually, 1463,-
000.000 more than similar legis
lation approved by the house
The senate arranged to start de
bate on the bill today.
Senator Clark. (DMo), a
member of the finance group,
and other members also express
ed disfavor, Clark calling the
measure "a hodge-podge hit-or-mlss
piece of legislation."
State Police Arrests
Salem, Sept 3. JP) State
police reported today that they
arrested 2.874 persons and
warned 8.332 others during July
for violating traffic laws, fines
and sentences for these offenses
totaling $13,126 and 2,804 days.
2s Company
4,000 Whew!
Kansas City, Sept. 3. VP)
Sponsors of a negro labor
picnic arranged for 10 taxi
cabs to transport the guests
from the end of the street car
line to the shores of Wildwood
lake.
Police and 20 mora cabs
rushed to the scene after re
ports of wild disorder poured
into headquarters.
One cab was mashed, they
said, when "several," of the
4,000 transporters tried to
enter at the same time.
SOLDIERS ASKED
TO USE FURLOUGH
T(
Salem, Sept. 3 (IP) Eight
thousand Oregon soldiers of the
41st division, who will come
home on furlough in the next
few days, were asked by Gover
nor Charles A. Sprague and
Major General George A. White,
division commander, yesterday
to help harvest the bean, hop
and prune crops.
Asserting that 30,000 pickers
are needed, William H. Baillle.
manager of the Salem office of
the State Employment service,
said that millions of dollars
would be lost unless the crops
are harvested in the next few
weeks.
T42 BUDGET BODY
With- the advice and consent
of the-city council. Mayor H. S.
Deuel last night appointed the
following citizens budget com
mittee .to compile next years
budget:
George W. Porter and C. C.
Furnas, both mayors in recent
years, H. B. Murphy, W. H.
Fluhrer, W. E. Thomas, Harvey
J. Field, C. S. Adair and D. L.
Flynn.
Mayor Deuel said that in view
of the "unknown quantities fac
ing us," an effort had been made
to procure for the budget com
mittee as representative a group
of business men and citizens as
possible. The "unknown quan
tities" were taken to refer to the
army cantonment proposed for
establishment here.
After the meeting the mayor
added that In choosing the citi
zen budget committee, he had
also considered men of imagina
tion because "imagination will
have to be used In fixing next
year's budget" also because of
the difficulty of planning fiscal
matters definitely when It was
not known whether or not the
proposed cantonment would be
authorized.
E
PORT COSTA FIRE
Port Costa, Cal., Sept, 3. VP)
Federal agents proceeded
methodically today with Invest
igation of the 81,500,000 fire on
the waterfront yesterday, In
which one man was severely
burned as he Jumped from a
burning barge.
Otto Gross, 55, a cook on the
barge, still was missing today,
but two others at first unre
ported, later were found.
The fire was believed to have
been started accidentally by an
itinerant using as shelter a
wheat warehouse, where gov
ernment owned wheat worth
about $850,000 was stored. How
ever, the rapidity vith which
It spread gave rise to the usual
rumors sabotage might have
been involved. There was no of
ficial confirmation.
Besides the warehouse, two
fish reduction plants, an old
whaling ship, seven freight cars
of wheat, two tank cars of fish
oil. a barge and a tugboat were
destroyed by the blaze.
Salem, Sept. I . (JP) U. S.
Senator Rufus C Holms n ad
vised today that he would have
two appointments next year to
the United SUtes navy academy.
REGISTER DATES
FOR NEW JUNIOR
HI, GRADE PUPILS
Thursday And Friday, 9 To
I 3 The Time Supt. Hed
' rick Issues Instructions.
E. H. Hedrlck, superintendent
of city schools today Issued the
following instructions to junior
high school and elementary
school students, that opens next
Monday, September 8:
Junior High School
Pupils from rural school dis
trict within the county must
secure from the county school
superintendent's office in the
court house the tuition informa
tion blank to present for either
junior or senior high school reg
istration.
All new 7th, 8th and 9th
grade pupils who have never
been registered in the Medford
Junior high school are to report
to the Junior high school office
Thursday and Friday, Septem
ber 4th and 5th, between 9:00
a. m. and 3:00 p. m.
Students who attended Med
ford Junior high school last year
and who have already registered
for this year, and all students
who finished the sixth grade in
the Medford city schools last
year are not to report to school
before 8:30 a. m. Monday, Sep
tember 8th.
All pupils registered from out
side of Medford schools should
bring with them their report
cards,- -or. transfer' slips, also
final writing . jcrtificrtes , that
have been earned.' Ninth grade
pupils, entering from outlying
districts, are to bring their tui
tion cards with them when they
come to register. These tuition
cards are to be . obtained from
the county school superinten
dents office in the court house.
- Students who missed the final
examinations last spring and
those who are otherwise incom
plete in the work for last year
are to report to the Junior high
school office Thursday and Fri
day.
According to law, books are
furnished free to 7th and 8th
grade students. The 9th grade
students are loaned part of their
books, but must furnish their
own Latin and Algebra texts,
and their workbook for General
Business Training.
Ninth grade students, who
wish, may buy used Latin and
Algebra texts, and their Busi
ness Training workbooks Thurs
day and Friday in room 18, so
long as the supply lasts.
Elementary Schools
Elementary pupils for grades
(CoQtlDuad on Paga Bight)
AUTOISTS FINED
Roy Edgar Lewis, 62, of Med
ford, was fined $23 in city po
lice court Tuesday on a charge
of reckless driving as six other
local violators of the traffic
laws appeared before Judge
William Allen and were assess
ed fines.
Lewis, police said, passed a
car on the wrong side on North
Riverside avenue last night Un
able to pay the fine, Lewis was
committed to the city jail.
Thomas W. McFadden was
fined $3 for parking his car
in an alley and Don H. HIgen-
botham was assessed $5 on a
charge of driving a car with
out an operator's license.
Charged with violation of the
basic traffic rule, William
Kaiser and Robert J. Robinson
were each fined $10. Frank L.
Barber was fined $2.30 for
double parking with no driver,
Larry D. Bradley, charged
with failure to give right-of-way,
was fined $10.
Anti-Strike Petition
Salem, Sept $. 6P An In
itiative petition to curb second
ary boycotts in labor disputes
was filed in the state depart
ment yesterday by Dan Hay,
Salem, executive manager of
Associated Employers of Ore
gon, Inc.
War Bulletins BRITISH REPORT
Simla. Sept. 3. (P The
axis is showing by lies that
it is weaker and more anx
ious. Gen. 81r Archibald P.
Wavell, British commander-in-chief
in India, declared in
a broadcast today on the sec
ond anniversary of the out
break of war with Germany.
"There are many signs that
the enemy is growing
weaker." said Gen. Wavell.
"and that from arrogant con
fidence he has passed into a
restless anxiety which will
turn to despair as be sees his
ruin approach.
"There is a sign by which
you may judge an enemy's
growing fear the growing
recklessness of his lias."
Gen. Wavell asserted that
"well over 100.000" Indian
troops are serving overseas
and that India's fighting
forces ara approaching one
million.
Berlin, Sept. 3. P) Fin
land's Field Marshal Baron
Mannarhaim sent a telegram
of thanks today to Adolf Hit
ler for the knight's cross of
the iron cross which Germany
conferred as an honor to the
entire Finnish army.
London. Sept. 3. An
other inconvenience of war
cropped up today when a to
bacco manufacturer an
nounced he would sell cig
arets loose because of a card
board shortage.
VIEWED SUSPECT
'Oregon Man' Identifies
Ukiah Patient As Recip
ient Of Jacket Gift.
San Francisco, Sect. 3. (JPi
Deputy Sheriff Al Meeker of
Shasta county came here to con
fer with Chief Special Agent Dan
O Connell of the Southern Pa
cific company over the newest
suspect In the 1930 wreck of the
streamliner "City of San Fran
cisco,' in which 24 were killed
and 108 injured.
Meeker said an inmate at the
asylum In Ukiah had been posi
tively identified by an Oregon
man as the Itinerant to whom he
gave the leather jacket found in
the river bed near the wreck
scene.
The Jacket was discovered by
federal agent from the Hum
bolt river near Harney. Nev., to
which footprints led from the
scene of the derailed train. It
was wrapped around some tools.
Investigators have been follow
ing its trail ever since.
Southern Pacific agents here
said the Jacket was traced to the
Oregon man last January. He
said he had given It to an itiner
ant and produced convincing
evidence he was at wcrk in Ore
gon the day of the wreck.
Meeker said the asylum Inmate.
reported "nuts" on the subject
of the wreck, was arrested re
cently when he brandished a
gun in the woods and assertedly
threatened those be encountered.
The Oregon man was taken to
see him yesterday.
LOCAL YOUTH AT
FT.
Astoria. Ore.. Sept. i-JIP)
Private Erwtn W. Hilkey, 20, of
Medford, died today at the Fort
Stevens hospital from what
army headquarters here an
nounced was a self-inflicted rifle
wound In the forehead.
He was found near the Fort
Canby rifle range yesterday and
taken to the hospital. Fort Stev
ens headquarters announced dis
covery of an incoherent note ad
dressed to a friend Indicating
worry over a girl friend.
Hilkey was a member of Bat
tery B. 249th coast' artillery.
His mother, Mrs. Ethel Hilkey,
is the only known survivor.
Marshfield, Sept, 3. UP)
Hunters had checked in 43 elk
here today, three days after the
Coo county season opened.
ATLANTIC BATTLE
IT GOING BADLY'
Nazi Battleship Hit By Tor
pedo Plane, No Details
July Sinkings Low.
London, Sept. 3. (IP) A
British torpedo plane hit the
10,000-ton pocket battleship
Luetzow a few weeks ago, Sir
Archibald Sinclair, the air min
ister, told a national defense
luncheon meeting today.
He announced no details of
the engagement.
King George VI, responding
to an expression of loyalty from
the national defense committee,
sent a message that "the two
hard years that lie behind us
have left us all unshaken in our
determination to see Justice and
freedom reestablished through
out the world."
Sinclair told the gathering
that the battle of the Atlantic
is not going too badly for us,
but warned that it would prob
ably require for some time "an
immense concentration of atten
tion and effort."
'Sinkings of British ships In
the month of July," he said.
were the lowest for any month
for more than a year. . . Dur
ing the past 10 weeks the aver
age weekly rate of merchandise
arriving from overseas exceed
ed 850,000 tons."
He declared the "spell of Ger
man invincibility which par
alyzed half the world a year
ago ' has now been finally
broken." Ha predicted a grow'
ing "and more fruitful" cooper
ation between the royal air
force and the army.
He reported coastal command
planes had attacked 136 U-boats
in the past year and "shot down
more than 30 German aircraft"
In protecting convoys.
'The coastal command, he
said, "is transforming the bat
tle of the Atlantic from a Ger
man attack on British shipping
Into a British attack on Ger
man shipping and victory in this
battle will be the turning point
tcward victory in the war."
FOR NO LICENSE
The penalty In Justice of the
Peace William R. Coleman's
court for driving a motor ve
hicle without an operator's li
cense was up to $2 today, this
being the opening September
levy. Judge Coleman hinted,
however, that the fine may be
increased again before the
month is over. It was raised last
month from $1 to $1.50. In ad
dition court costs of $4.50 are
always assessed, making the to
ts' cost of driving without an
operator's license now $6.50. A
license costs 11.60.
First to draw the $2 fine was
Mrs. Donna E. Turtle, 414 South
Riverside avenue, who pleaded
guilty yesterday afternoon to
operating a car without an op
erator s license.
Paul R. Dixon, 29, Riverside
apartments, was fined $1 and
costs for operating a truck with
out a muffler. James C. Sanders,
24, Eagle Point, was fined $2.30
and costs for operating an over
loaded truck. George Scouten,
50, Trail, was fined $1.50 and
costs for operating a truck with
out a atop-light. All pleaded
guilty.
BASEBALL
American League
Boston, Sept. 3. (VThe
New York Yankees clinched at
least a tie for the American
League pennant today by wring
ing out a 2 to 1 victory in 11
innings from the second place
Boston Red Sox.
New York 1 7 1
Boston 1 10 1
Bonham. Murphy, and Rosar,
Dickey; Wagner and Pytlak.
national League
Brooklyn , 4 7 2
Philadelphia 14 1
Wyatt and Owen; Grtssom,
Podgajny and Warren, Livingston,
Good Samaritan,
Mad
Columbus. O., Sept. 3 (IP)
William Sedoruk's reward
for pushing a stalled automo
bile was a brain concussion,
cuts and bruises.
He related: "I came upon a
man whose car wouldn't run.
He asked me to, push him. In
doing so, the bumper guards
of our cars locked. An argu
ment followed during which
he hit me on the nose."
Hospital attendants report
ed Sedoruk's condition "fair."
OF MAI
Los Angeles, Sept. 3. UP)
Mrs. Marie M. Tucker, , 39
booked on a charge of suspicion
of murder, today told authori
ties she is Innocent of the fatal
stabbing of her husband. Major
George A Tucker of Fort Mc-
Arthur. -
The army officer died in a
San Francisco hospital July 12,
11 days after he was injured In
his suburban San Pedro home.
Military officials announced he
had stabbed himself while mak
ing a sandwich.
'I married George the day he
graduated from Weit Point 19
years ago, Mrs. Tucker said. I
loved him then fervently and I
loved that way until he died.
"Yes, even more so. I loved
him enough to give him three
fine sons. He was to proud of
them. They were, very proud
of their father.'1
Mrs. Tucker's errert was fol
lowed by some seven hours ques
tioning by police and district at
torney's officers. Also ques
tioned was the oldest son of the
group, William, 13. Details of
the conference were not dis
closed.
Capt. Vernon Rasmussen of
the police homicide squad said
Mrs. Tucker would be held pend
ing presentation of the case to
the county grand jury tomorrow
or Friday.
Also set for tomorrow was a
hearing on a petition by her at
torney, Frank w. Doherty, for
a writ of habeas corpus. He
contended that the California
statutes define no sucn charge as
murder.
Superior Judge Benjamin J.
Schelnman refused the petition
and fixed the hearing date, but
set no ball.
Permits valued at $80,304
were issued to Medford builders
last month, and City Inspector
Frank Rogers said it was the
largest August since the pres
ent records were inaugurated In
1927. The figure, however, was
lower than the $90,330 of July,
but was a tremendous increase
over the $26,280 for August of
last year.
Of the 33 permits Issued, nine
were for the construction of new
residences totaling $19,850,
three were for the repairing of
business buildings at a cost of
$52,000, two were for the con
struction of new businesses at
cost of $4,576, 17 were for the
repairing of residences at a cost
of $3,860 and three were for the
erection of private garages at a
cost of $318.
SALEM CLOSES UP
TO ATTEND FAIR
Salem, Sept. $ VP) Salem
closed up shop today for Salem
and Governor's day at the State
Fair, but rain continued to give
fair officials the Jitters.
Attendance yesterday totaled
10,113, or 1.841 more than on
the second day of last year's
show.
Governor Charles A. Sprague
attended the fair today, sitting
In the governor's box at the
races to present the wreath to
the winner of the governor a day
, handicap. 1 -
JAPAN FACES HER
Total Mobilization Urged
Russian Fight Alarms
Rep. Maas Gives Views
Tokyo, Sept. 3. (IP) Premier
Prince Fumimaro Konoye told
government and war Industries
representatives today that Japan
was faring the gravest crisis in
her history, Dome! said, and
that total mobilization was necea
sary to overcome the emergency.
it was Konoye s first publis
statement since July 30 and
came as the proposed movement
of United SUtes war supplies'
to soviet Russia through waters
adjacent to Japan was a subject
of discussion In Tokyo, Washing
ton and Moscow,
The premier spoke before at
round table conference of gov
ernment executives and leaders
of Japanese business concerns.
Flight of two soviet planes
across the Bering sea to Alaska
(bearing 47 Russian airmen on
what was described in Washing
ton as a "purely technical mis.
sion) was cited by the Japan
Times and Advertiser as indi
eating a possibility of future)
dangers In the north.
"Any effort to establish a sys
tem of warplane service between
the American and Asiatic eon
tlnents." it said, "will be viewed
by authorities charged with the)
defense of Japan as question,
of state and international im
portance." , i
Declaring that encirclement
had been demonstrated in ih
south and west (the directions
of China and Pacific Interests of
Britain, The Netherlands and the)
United States), the newspaper?
said Japan "cannot stand idly
by while a scheme for northern
encirclement is in the making."
Meanwhile, the newspape
Yomluri carried a front-page in
terview in which U. S Rear Ad.
mlral Richmond K. Turner was
quoted as saying Japan should
make an expression of good will
If aha expected the United
States to do likewise.
Washington, Sept t4JP) K
Minnesota congressman. Just raw
turned from tlx weeks of sea)
duty as a marine corps reserve)
air officer, declared today that
Japan was "deathly afraid" of
the United States fleet when is
was In the Pacific
The legislator colonel. Rep,
Maas (R.-Mlnn ), remarked In an
Interview that some of the fleet
had been withdrawn to the At
Untie, but he expressed ths
opinion nevertheless that United
States forces in the Pacific re
main strong enough to fend off
any attack against this nation,
and at the same time keep open
supply routes for vital ship
ments of rubber and tin.
Further, he said he believed
that the western hemisphere "ig
in no danger from Japanese as
gression."
"The Hawaiian island are)
more powerful than Gibraltar
ever was because their defenses
are geared to modern warfare,"
he said. "No navy could get to
Panama without passing Hawaii
and no navy could get past
Hawaii.
"Japan la deathly afraid ot
the American flett when it is
Intact It is significant that they
did not move into Indo-Chlna
until the fleet in the Pacific had
been split and part of It had beat
transferred to the Atlantic.
"In spite of all the secrecy ot
the navy, the first Information
that the American public had
that the fleet had been split was
newt broadcast from Tokyt)
giving the dates the ships went
through the canal, and theif
names." ,
Nutrition Cesaasltteo Dm 1
Salem, Sept 3. W A
polntment of a statewide nutrW
Uoa committee for defense,
which will encourage food
habits to Improve diets at all
income levels, was announced
today by the state defense)
council.
Crawford Kerned
stalem. Kami I PV WlllUns
H. Crawford. Portland mechani
cal engineer, will serve ss run
time director of tr Oregotl
economic council. K. B. ltae
Naughton, Portland, eons si I
chairman, said lastetday. . i