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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1941)
4-H Livestock Full U U - In, In a ; Fonait: rlr tonight ana Thursday. Tempera! nr above normal. Temperature Highest Veateraaj Loweat this Morning Precipitation put t boon Thirty-sixth Year Kelly's Comment From Washington Cantonment May Hinge On Japan High Official Deny Rumor Another Columbia Dam Talked Br John W. Callr Washington, D. C, Sept. 24. There is whisper circulat ing that if the Japanese situa tion simmers down and the mikado gives assurance that his military men will be restrained in the future, a very decided .change will take place in the defense preparations of the Pac ific northwest; that these prep arations will be frozen. As Is common knowledge, the de fense which the army and navy have been, and are, Installing from Alaska, through Washing ton, Oregon and California has been primarily undertaken in anticipation of a warlike move by Japan. Some there are who assert that the entire program on the west coast has been a bluff; something to Impress Japan and show that the United States can "go to town" if nec essary. Tt 1. hinted that, provided Japan ceases its belligerent at titude, there will be no occasion to spend additional millions in the construction of cantonments, air bases, etc., as the incentive , to build such defense will have vanished, but that similar de fenses on the Atlantic coast will be strengthened, as will those bases in the Caribbean. DESPITE this persistent ru mor. hleh eovernment officials in discussing the situation off th. record, declare there is no foundation for such conclusions; that the army and navy will proceed with their plans and that there will be no relinquish ment of the determination to build up a strong defense from one end of the Pacific coast to the other. Regardless, say these sources, of a peaceful attitude (Continued on Page Pour) 44 LEAVE GRANTS PASS FOR LABOR ON MIDWAY Grants Pass. Sept. 24.- Fortv-four men were to leave here tndav and tomorrow for Midwav Island, bringing to 600 the number of men signed up in southern Oregon for naval base construction work there. Radio Highlights Br Associated Press (Time Is Pacific Standard) Tonight, the war 4:55 p. m., CBS; 3:15 MBS; 5:30 NBC-Blue; S MBS; 0:45 CBS; 8 NBC, CBS CBS, 6:15 talk, Pierce But ler, Jr. NBC-Blue, 6:30. Mayor La Guardia on "Police and Civilian Defense." Thursday, the war 8 MBS; 8:45 NBC; 10 MBS; 11:55 CBS. MBS; 12:55 p. m., NBC-Blue; 2 CBS, MBS; 2:25 NBC-Red; 2:43 CBS, NBC-Blue. Army maneuvers: CBS 12:30, NBC-Blue 12:45:, MBS 2:30. CBS, 2:30, David Cushman Coyle on "Battle of Atlantic." Short waves: VLQ7, Sydney, 1:55 music; GSC. GSD, London, 4:30 Britain Speaks; RV96 Mos cow, 8:30 English period; DJD, DZD, Berlin, 7:30 news. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bob Kyle looking at some of the later numbers in gents' cloth ing. Lloyd Williamson promising a story a month ago and then dis appearing. Frank Ovelman catching up with his orders by making early morning delivery. Medford FALL BACK BATTLEFIELD OVER Fierce Counter Blows By Russians On Center Front Eases Ukraine Pressure. Br the Associated Press Red armies defending Lenin grad were reported hurling the Germans back over a battlefield littered with nazi corpses today, while on the central front. fierce Russian counter-blows were pictured as easing the pressure on Marshal Semeon Budyenny's battered armies in the Ukraine. German front-line dispatches, by contrast, asserted that nazi troops had stormed two villages just outside Leningrad and ad vanced within sight of part of the port city's docks. Infantry Routed The Germans said Red troops were launching counter-attacks in swift succession but that they seemed to be losing force. Red Star, Soviet army news paper, said Russian troops in an all-day assault routed the 136th German infantry division and recaptured a point on the ap proaches to Leningrad. Tank-s upported German counter-attacks were repulsed, Red Star said, and large-scale nazi onslaughts southeast of the old czarist capital also failed. The Germans, admitting bit ter Soviet resistance around Leningrad, emphasized what they called a mighty battle of annihilation 125 miles east of Kiev, where the count of Rus sian prisoners enmeshed in a trap was reported nearing 500,- 000. The Russians reported defeat ing Rumanian troops in the siege of Odessa, Black Sea port, and declared that a second Ger man attempt to capture Mur mansk, Russia s ice-free Arctic port, had ended in complete failure. Bulgarian Denial Reports that Bulgaria might enter the European conflict met a belated disclaimer by Bulgar ian Minister nf the Interior Peter Grabrovsky, who told for eign correspondents in Sofia that his country did not intend to go to war against Russia. "Bulgaria has no aggressive intentions against anyone," he said. "No pressure of any kind has been exerted on the Bul garian government from any quarter." British warplanes have now gone into action for the first time on the three-months-old eastern battlefront, the air min istry announced in London. "A number of patrols have been flown in bad weather and there have been successful en counters with enemy fighters," the ministry said, adding that seven German planes had been destroyed in the initial engage ments with the loss of only one RAF fighter. Russia officially denied the German assertion Uiat four Red armies had been trapped east of Kiev. Minitions Workers Shot in Mexico City Mexico City, Sept. 24. (IP) From four to 14 persons were declared today to have been killed in a clash of Mexican troops and aggrieved munitions workers who sought a mass in terview with President Manuel Avila Camacho. i Avila Camacho, former army general, expressed regret at the incident which caused gunfire yesterday on the Avenue Del Castillo in fashionable Chapul- tepec Heights, and ordered an immediate investigation. AOTOISTS FINED In Justice court yesterday, Guy O. Gillaspie was fined tl and costs for having no horn on his auto. Bert Pankey of Central Point was assessed the same amount for failure to stop at an Intersection with main highway. Show Opens Three -Day Run Full Associated pa BASEBALL National Pittsburgh, Sept. 24. UP) The St. Louis Cardinals kept alive their slim hopes of winning the National league pennant to day by defeating the Pirates 4 to 0 as Harry Dumbert hurled six-hit ball for his-sixth straight victory. R H E St. Louis 4 12 0 Pittsburgh 0 8 1 Gumbert and Mancuso; Lan- ning, Klinger, Sewell and Lopez. Brooklyn 4 10 2 Boston 2 5 1 Higbe, Casey ' and Owen, Franks; Tobln and Berres, Masi. Chicago 0 8 2 Cincinnati ', 2 4 0 Lanfranconl, Kush, V. Olson and Scheffing; Walters and Lorn bardl. (lit game). R. H. E. New York 4 10 1 Phllade'phia 17 0 Schumacher and O'Dea; John son, Grissom, F. Melton and War ren. Second game: New York . 2 Id C Philadelphia 0 2 1 Sunkel and Hartnett; Lam bert, Beck, and Livingston, War ren. American R. H. Philadelphia 2 6 1 New York 7 11 3 Marchildon, Shirley and Wag ner; Donald and Silvestri. (1st game)T R. H. E Boston . 7 9.1 Washington, ...' a 4 3 Wagner and Peacock; Leonard, Anderson and Early, Evans. British Propaganda Rapied for Failara To Impress America London, Sept. 24 UP) Major William D. Whitney, assistant to the coordinator of American aid to Britain, criticized British pro paganda today as having failed to impress the American public with the seriousness of the bat tle of the Atlantic. "It's better to run the risk of Informing the enemy than run the risk of not telling your part ner," he declared in luncheon address before the English- speaking union. Britain should have "flooded" the United States with pictures and descriptions of the activities of the royal navy and merchant marine, he said. Whitney declared that during the critical months of the battle of the Atlantic, American corre spondents walked the corridors of Whitehall "in supplication and despair" because of their fruitless efforts to tell the story to the United States. Avid for war pictures, Ameri can papers were constrained to use "the Nazi product," be said, with the result that Americans absorbed the picture that the German army and air force were irresistible." MOTT TO ATTEND Portland, Sept. 24 (IP) Con gressman James W. Mott of Salem, advised Ernest M. Ja chetta, state president, today A I A I -1 .ti A aI. .nat n. , out, to avoid taking sides in the r:VLi!.:iTUntrov,rn'. it was explained. vail kiuui ui ivvvcmu fj nrvM saw- 27. Medford Women Say Officers; Evidence Is Offered The traffic division of the, city police department today look exception to Dan Rolands, who In a letter to the Mail Tri bune yesterday condemned wo men automobile driver and blamed, them for accidents. Citing from a state report on traffic accidents In Medford In 1940. the city traffic division pointed out thr: of the 88S driv ers involved in the mishaps last year, 719 wera men and only 166 women. The state report listed the dri vers according to occupation as follows: laborers 338, house wives 96, toliiMM swa 71, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM CV. ONE CENT BOOST IN MILK PRICES Medford Association' Gets 'Proposed Order From State Effective Oct. 1. In a "proposed" order, the Oregon milk control board estab lishes new minimum prices for milk and cream in the Jackson county marketing area effective October 1. raising the price of milk one cent a quart. The in creases are in accordance with a request filed with the board by the Medford Milk Producer-Dis tributor association recently and come after the board's recent hearing in the Jackson county courthouse. The board's order Itself has all the appearance of being final and Is labeled "official order No. 181." Though it has not been made public by the board. It has been sent to milk producers and distributors. An accompanying letter, however, refers to the order as "a proposed order"' and states that the "proposed order is submitted to you for such criticism as you may have and if such criticism is filed in writ ing and in the hands of the board by September 25 the board will give it such consideration as it may warrant." The letter continues: "Upon consideration of any suggestions made the board will promulgate an order to become effective October 1, 1941." Long Document The board's "proposed" order is a lengthy document of 12 pages. Besides increasing the minimum milk and cream prices, it provides that effective October 1 distributors must pay produc ers a minimum 67 cents per pound butterfat f.o.b. distribut ing plant. The present price paid producers Is 58 cents al though a short time ago the Snider Dairy Ic Produce com pany announced it had volun tarily raised the price paid pro ducers to 65 cents, The order also provides that 'a minimum charge of one cent per bottle shall be charged when ever a dealer uses any special bottle cap or cover not required by the sanitary authority having Jurisdiction." This provision of the "pro posed" order bears directly on the Hp-seal cap introduced a short time ago by Snider's and removed when the board at that time ruled an extra cent a quart would have to be charged. Sub sequently a public hearing was held on the matter by the board here, Snider's contending the lip seal cap cost the firm less than one-tenth of a cent and was in fact cheaper than the ordinary paper cap. Caps Up To Council The board's ruling would ap pear to throw the matter of caps back Into the lap of the Medford city council. After the bottle cap matter came up, the council adopted a new milk control ord inance to conform with the lat est U. S. public health service model law but all reference to bottle caps was purposely left Continued on fa Bight) Not Poor Drivers chauffeurs 68, clerical workers 67, salesmen 56, students 52 and miscellaneous or retired 12. The others were not classified as to occupation In individual reports sent to the secretary of state's office. The city traffic division char acterized the letter on women drivers as untimely and unwar ranted. By coincidence women driv ers have figured in a number of accidents hereabouts In the past few weeks, the traffic division said, but ove. the course of a year, it was emphasized, women drivers art involved In few ac cldents. CAPRICIOUS GALE BUFFETS HOUSTON; THREE LEFT DEAD Many Injured, Millions In Damage Storm Races Toward N.W. Louisiana. Houston, Tex., Sept. 24. (IP) A capricious hurricane raced toward northwestern Louisiana today after striking a full and unexpected blow at Houston, Texas largest city. Three persons were dead, many Injured, damage ranged into millions of dollars. After a surprise visitation to this metropolitan area of 500, 000 persons, the storm moved toward a sector between Natchi toches, La., and Shreveport, but Its velocity was diminishing from that of 60 to 77-miles-an hour which buffeted Houston. The city, caught unaware af ter the weather, bureau yester day afternoon predicted it was safe, was without electric pow er in some sections and had a low water pressure. One Pump Functions Only one s t e a maperated pur-ping plant was able to func tion. Others, electrically opera ted, shut down when the current went off. They expected to re sume service soon. . Houses and buildings were un roofed; flimsy structures were blown down: streets were noon- ed. Plate glass windows In down town stores were shattered along broad Main street, which was eight Inches under water in some spots. Eight hundred Texas defense guardsmen assisted the police in preventing looting. F. Marx, a home defense trooper on patrol duty, was showered with diamonds from a shattered window In a Jewelry store. "I'm a single man and I sure could have used one of those en gagement rings," he said. PEAR DIVERSION .PROGRAM TAKES 400,000 BOXES Washington, Sept. 24. UP) The agriculture department an nounced today a domestic pear diversion program for the 1941 42 season in Oregon, Washing ton and California. The department said payments of 30 cents a box would be made for pears diverted from normal trade channels and sold In de signated states. Payments will be limited to pears grading U. S. I No. 2 or better for varieties ex cept the hardy which Is limited to U. S. No. 1 or better. The department said the diver sion program. Intended to en courage domestic consumption of fall and winter pears grown In the Pacific roast states, would be limited to 400,000 boxes. Pay ments last season were 40 cents a box. The Oregon Washington-Cali fornia Pear league will admini ster the program. The total last year allowed by the agricultural department was t 00,000 boxes of which 400,000 were actually diverted, records show. Last year, however, both export and domestic markets were available for the diversion program whereas this year there are no export markets. Headquarters of the uregon Washlngton - CalrTornla Pear league, which administers the program, said that the program would be helpful even with the reduced allotment and lower payment allowance. The league, of which Ralph G. Bardwell Is manager, has headquarters in the Liberty building here. La Grande. Ore., Sept 24 (IP) The state employment of fice here has appealed for addi tional workers to help la the hay harvest, Tribune United Ptwi 24, 1941. I Germans At J!! ;. :;v.:;':S-;:-:v-,y fc....-, fir n , --rt, ffr a'i an Vi ' 'irt u ru ,ir iT "i " -k- German troops, among the first to enter tha city of Kiev, Ukrainian capital, according to the German caption, stand be fore the city's citadel. Picture radioed from Berlin to New York. , Seafarers Call Wait Negotiation Outcome New York, Sept. 24 P) The Sea Farers' Inte rnatlonal union (AFL) late today called off Its 11-day strike affecting 25 vessels In American ports pending the outcome of negotiations between ship owners and the national defense mediation board. The strike, over war bonus rates, was referred yesterday by Secretary of Labor Perkins to the defense mediation board, after efforts of the maritime commission to compose differ ences between the union and the ship-owning companies failed. Thed mediation board asked strikers to return to work, ad vising both union and ship own ers that the vessels were "vital ly and immediately needed for the transportation of defense materials." A new strike threat was di rected against the Consolidated Aircraft corporation at San Diego, Calif., holding $750,000, 000 worth of orders for bomb ers, placed by the United States, Britain and her allies. The International Association of Machinists (AFL) announced last night that 98.8 per cent of the membership at the plant had authorized a strike to enforce demands for increased wages. A CIO strike yesterday halted operations at the Springfield. O., plant of the International Harvester company, where 3.500 employes have been building trucks, some of them for the army. SEIZURE AGREED Washington, Sept. 24. (IP) joint senate-house conference committee agreed today upon a compromise version of leglsla tion authorizing the government to seize certain property needed for national defense. Property seizure bills were ap proved by both chambers several months ago. and today s com promise cleared the way for final congressional action. ' HAZmcTNIPPED Salem, Sept 24 P Hazing at Salem high school was nip ped in the bud by the suspen sion of seven students, School Superintendent Frank Bennett ireponeq last mgm w uie kiiuvi IboarA at Fairgrounds Kiev Citadel Off Strike; Aluminum Campaign Below Expectations Is Officials' Word Washington, Sept. 24, The nationwide aluminum col lection campaign yielded an est imated 11,835,139 pounds of scrap, defense officials an nounced today a total equiva lent to the amount of aluminum needed in 1900 fighter planes or 350 four-motored bombers. The campaign, conducted from July 21 to 29, fell below of ficials' expectations, - however, for the OHM had predicted that 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 pounds of scrap would be collected. Experts estimated net yield of aluminum from the scrap would be about 7,000,000 pounds. - All but 310,000 pounds of the scrap has been allocated already to smelters having defense pref erence ratings. The aluminum was sold to the smelters by the government and the funds derived went into the treasury. Salem, Sept 24. (IP) Ore gon contributed 140,893 pounds in uie recent scrap aluminum drive, or enough to build 22 fighter planes or four four-motored bombers, Jerrold Owen, state civilian defense coordin atnr, said today. The states contribution was 1.2 percent of the national to tal. Portland led Oregon cities wi'Ji 39,158 pounds. Among the first seven cities were: Medford 8,905, Salem 8,640, Astoria 6,676. Klamath Falls 6.400, Eu gene 6.190, and Oregon City 5.980. Other cities Included: Al bany 4.000, Baker 8.280, Rose burg 3.223, Bend 2,790, Grants Pass 2.419, Pendleton 2,193, and Corvallis 2.025. Gresham, Ore, Sept. 24. UP) The winner of the jelly-making contest at the Multnomah Coun ty Pomona Grange yesterday was Joe Miller cf Rockwood, who finished a coupla points ahead of Mrs. Jo Miller of Rockwood. Not Too Cheap I Art yoo a asrr of Want Adit 1 If not, why not? Perhaps tha rraaon U: Van hare not given I I them an opportunity to work D for yon. BrUete it or not they aro cheap hrlp. but not I too rhrap to be good. 1 NO. 160. SHOWMANSHIP IS INITIAL FEATURE. FOR YOUNGSTERS ' Norman Smith and Twiu Ferns Star In Forenooni Session Show Best Yet, By Maude Pool ' Norman Smith of WIllo-w Springs and Twila Ferns of Fen Valley starred in the forenoon session of the fourth annual Jackson county 4-H livestock show opening today at the fair grounds, when they were select. ed as champion showmen of tli nog ana sneep divisions respec tively. Owing to more entries than were expected, the showman, ship contests moved slowly thu morning, and the dairy and beei divisions were being judged yet una uiernoon. Rotarians Charles Adair ant John Perl were on hand witli congratulatory handshakes to present premiums to the win. ners. Charles Austin, Medford aairy and milk InsDector. and also Rotarian, was introduced inis morning by it, E. Francis, county club agent. Best Show Yet The show was said by County Agent Robert G, Fowler to be) seventy-five percent better thaa In previous years, and there Is noticable increase of purebred stock. Clifford Jenkins, Klamath county club agent, Judged th showmanship this morning. First place winners in the fore noon showmanship contests, which include appearance of th owners and their animals, are aa follows: Hogs Chesterwhltes: Ernest Hamilton, Table Rock; Duroo Jersey, Norman Smith, Willow Springs; other breeds, Marjory Housley, Table Rock; all breeds Joyce Russel, Table Rock. Sheep First class of begin, ners, Robert Carr, Fern valley second class of beginners. Way no Smith, Table Rock; advanced showmen, with black faced sheep, Twila Ferns; advanced showmen with white faced sheep, Dorr is Hunsley, Tablo Rock. The show will be open to spectators until 10 p. m. each ol the three days, it was announced by J. W. Bigham of Antelope, general chairman. Judging bo gins at 9:00 a. m., and lasts until 5:00 p. m. Judging of beef and dairy classes will highlight tb forenoon program tomorrow, with judging of sheep and hog In the afternoon. Tha poultry show, formerly held in connection with th livestock show, will bo held October 31 this year. War Bulletins Folkestone, Eng., Sept. 24. CT) German Jong-rang gun fired several salvoes across the channel this afternoon, shaking towns on the Kent coast, The channel Its 11 was veiled la a has. Alexandria, Egypt Bpt 24. r British naval author ties claimed tonight that Bri tish planes and submarine were sinking en of every Hv axis vls crossing to North Africa with reinforcements. HelainkL Sept. 14. UP) ' Flnnlah airmen, In combats directly ov bostegsd Lanlav grad, rive shot down seven Russian fighter plan and mm bomber and scared many direct bosnb hits on tao Len ingrad railway station, tho Finnish officially announced tasught Loads. Sept 14 Tho ministry of acoaoeate warfare announced today that Britain aa longer could coa tine tho limited facilities which heretofore have accord, ed passage of material fa B witsrlaad'a Industry through tho sm blocked and it territory.
