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
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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.