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nui u a 'u Weather ZJZT" Mpon Forecast: Partly cloudy ul cool Sunday. Partly cloodj and lightly wanner Monday, with rain Monday nlcht. Highest Yettrrday M Lowest Vetterday . 4a Precipitation past 24 boon T Lose No Time Now why not check tb Want Adftf Tncr ar tome t7 attractive offer to bo found on the CUulfled pace a well In the "Too Late to ClaMlfy. Loae no time when you find what you want. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press UniUd Prwi Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1941. NO. 169. IU1 ui 5fo)o) fo)rni Hugh Johnson Eyes Men and Issues of Day Washington. Oct. 4 With true Japanese diffidence this miser able column respectfully thinks that the Honorable Frank Knox ought to have his honorable head examined. He says that this country should join with Great Britain for perhaps one hundred years to dominate the ocean to insure freedom of the seas and that this is an ancient American doctrine. The ancient American doc trine bravely insisted upon by us, as a small neutral nation, was that no naval power should Interfere with our commerce on the high seas with other neu trals or, except in case of an actual and effective blockade with our commerce, not in contraband of war, with a bel ligerent. In case of an actual effective blockade, we conceded, and we made even Britain con cede in our war between the states that ships sunk in at tempts to crash it created no cause for war. WHAT we objected to and made our objection stick was attempts to forbid com merce on the seven seas by paper declarations to prevent our ships from carrying on their normal commerce. In other words, we objected to any do minion of all the oceans such as the Honorable Knox now advocates for us and Great Britain. His is a complete re versal of our principles and our doctrine. If we, with Britain are now to undertake to police the world, Continued on Page Eight) oATTAGKS HARASS GERMANY'S FLANK Bf the Associated Press Full-powered Russian counter attacks, for which considerable successes were claimed, kept the Germans occupied on both flanks of the long eastern battle- front yesterday (Sat.) Berlin, Oct. 4 German scouts reconnoitering behind the Rus sian lines on the southern front were quoted in German war dis patches tonight as reporting fev- erish efforts by the Red army to line up the last ounce of reserve strength in the Ukraine. Air observers, ground patrols and tank crewi returning from reconnaissance ahead of the German forces all were said to have described the Russians as hastily mobilizing their fullest strength. Moscow, Sunday, Oct. 5. OP) A Dunkerque in the north that saved a large Red army un it on the shores of Lake Ladoga and an 18-mile advance in the south were reported today by the Russians. Soviet forces were declared on the offensive from one end of the front to the other and the northern Red fleet was credited In today! early morning com munique with the sinking of three German troop ships in the icy waters of the Barents sea. A swarm of Soviet naval ves sels saved army forces which battled their way free after 45 "days in a Finnish trap, Red Fleet, the navy organ reported. the"weather Oregon Partly cloudy and cool Sunday with local frosts in east portion; Monday partly cloudy and slightly warmer with rain in west portion Mon day night; fresh northwest wind off coast and moderate north west over inland waters of Washington. MISSOURI WINS Columbia. Mo.. Oct. 4.- Missouri of the Big Six confer ence u.ed deception of the "T" formation and the Australian crawl to bewilder Colorado's Buffaloes of the Big Seven and win, 21 to 8, today on a field of puddles. Berlin. Oct. 4. (IP) Adolf QHitler returned to the ea;tern war front Immediately pfter his speech in Berlin yesterday. NORWEGIAN KING l PROCLAIMS DEATH F FOR NAZI TOOLS Guerrilla Bands Spread Terror Greeks Take Hand Czechs Executed. (By the Associated Press) A German mechanized divi sion of 12,000 men aided by the German air force was reliably reported moving toward Bel grade in former Yugoslavia to day (Sunday) to combat guerrilla bands taking part in a loosely connected but widespread under ground revolt against the axis rulers of the European continent raging from Norway to Greece. Support for conquered peo ples fighting axis authorities by terrorism, sabotage and guerrilla warfare came from King Haakon VII, king of Norway in exile in London, who signed a decree providing the death penalty for crimes against the Norwegian state. The Norwegian monarch's act was described as a warning to any "tools" of the nazis who might exert themselves to help the German authorities that they will face capital punishment whenever the government which now is in exile is in position to enforce its decree. Hitherto life imprisonment has been the ex treme penalty for such crimes. The mechanized German force was reported on reliable author ity in a dispatch sent through Berlin to be moving slowly through southern Serbia toward Belgrade, capital of the dis solved state, to mop up guerrilla bands which have been operat ing on a wide scale. The Ger man air force already was said to have bombed Leskovac and Nishumka. Rebellious Greeks added to the trouble of the occupying authorities. A dispatch from Sofia, capital of the axis partner Bulgaria, reported that bands of Greeks who had invaded the Bulgarian-occupied drama dis trict of eastern Macedonia a week ago had been annihilated. The Greeks crossed from Greek territory armed with rifles and machine-guns and tried to rouse the Greek inhabitants of several drama localities to join them in revolt. They were reported wiped out after severe skirmishes. It was disclosed that a bomb explosion Tuesday in the head quarters of the Belgian rexist (fascist) movement in Brussels killed a secretary, Jean Oede kerke, in the offices of rexist militarized groups. Political foes of the rexists were blamed. Seven more persons were exe cuted in Prague Saturday for treasonable activity, it was an nounced in Berlin. German sources in Berlin re ported a number of new execu tions in the Czech protectorate. The German military com mander for Belgium and north era France acted to prevent an other form of opposition to Ger man rule by decreeing the death penalty for Belgians or French men attempting to loin the armed forces of a nation at war with Germany, and for even in ducing others to join. King Haakon's decree fol lowed bitter clashes in Norway between Norwegians and the German occupation forces. In one instance disorders spread throughout the entire town of Steinkjer, near Trondheim, as the aftermath of an incident in which Norwegians walked out on German soldiers who entered a cafe. Moscow, Sunday, Oct. 5. M) The sinking of three German transports in the Bar ents sea was announced to day by the SoTlet Information bureau. RAIL STOCKS LIVELY New York, Oct. 4. iP) Buy ing in rails and specialties off set apathy In other parts of to day's stock market and enabled ,the list to emerge from a strag ; gling week pointing slightly thighet on average. I War Bulletins Rain Postpones 5.- '4 - Dodger Manager Leo Durocher, Baseball Commissioner Lan dis, and Yankee Manager Joe McCarthy (left to right), stood glumly beside water-soaked tarpaulin in Ebbetts field as the third World series game was postponed because of rain. FOR DEFENSE TO Washington, Oct. 4. () Estimating that defense spend ing would reach a rate of $2, 000.000,000 a month In the spring, Budget Director Harold D. Smith predicted today that defense expenditures out of the treasury will total $18,000,000, 000 this fiscal year or $135 for every person in the country. "In the near future," he said, "defense costs will take 18 per cent of the national income." This estimate was $2,500,000, 000 higher than a similar calcu lation he made a few months ago. He said the Increase was due to faster defense factory construction, higher prices on some items, and new appropria tions. The record-breaking figure larger than defense costs in the peak year of the World war did not include about $l,000r 000,000 to be spent by the Bri tish and $1,500,000,000 to be dis bursed by federal lending agencies for defense work and materials in the same year. The fiscal year will end June 30 1942. Taking all budgetary Items, Smith estimated the treasury would spend $24,581,000,000 take in $11,998,000,000 in taxes and other revenue, and have a deficit of $12,583,000,000. OF COASTAL AREA London, Oct. 4. P British air raids overnight against German-held territory from Den mark to northern France were announced by the air ministry today. Besides attacks on the often raided ports of Rotterdam, Ant werp, Dunkerque and Brest, It said coastal command planes bombed German airdromes at Aalborg, in Denmark, and RAF fighters blasted another In northern France with aerial cannon and machine-gun fire. Motor vrricle deaths in 1940 I Increased 7 per cent over 1939. KEEP UP BOMBING World Series IT " iH K) .-y'l J John J. McCloy, assistant sec retary of war, arrived at Med ford municipal airport last eve ning for a week-end of relaxa tion and fishing here. He came as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Nion Tucker, San Francisco socialites, at their summer home, Rogue's Roost, on the Rogue river. Mr. McCloy, on a tour of in spection, came unannounced In an army transport plane from Hamilton field, San Rafael, Cal., and was surprised to be con fronted by a Mail Tribune re porter upon his arrival. "No one was supposed to know I was coming up here," Mr. McCloy said, enjoying the humor of the situation. Mr. McCloy stated that he would resume his inspection tour tomorrow, going south to look over southern California's airplane factories. Up here for a break in his extensive tour, he had no official comment to make. Mr. McCloy Is president of the New York Anglers club and he looked forward with antici pation to his first experience with a steelhead. He declared he had heard a great deal about the fishing in southern Oregon streams and about the scorn In which fishermen here hold the common varieties of trout. His one hope was, he indicated, that he would make contact with the highly-rated steelhead. Pilot of the transport plane was Capt. R. M. Stillman. His aide was Lieut. M. M..Strick lin. The officers registered at the Hotel Medford. RELIEF SESSION URGED Boise, Idaho, Oct. 4. IIP) Governor Clark will be petition ed Monday to call a special leg islative session to provide ad ditional relief funds. Chairman W. W. Russell of the Idaho old age pension league said today. BULLETIN Coast League Playoff (First game): Sacramento $10 1 R..M1. . I 11 4 Schi idt, liollingsworth and'national Livestock Exposition KJutU; Turpin and Fallon. J opened before 8,000 persons. T 2-1 OE'R Line Drive Injures Fat Freddy Fitz In Seventh Four Hits Beat Brooklyn Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, Oct. 4. (J) Masterful pitching by Marius Russo, a young south paw with a sick stomach, and four quick singles in the eighth inning brought the New York Yankees a 2 to 1 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers today and gave the Yanks a two to advantage in the games played. But the memory that was printed indelibly in the minds of the 33,100 sweltering fans who jammed this little park for Brooklyn's first series show in 21 years was the gallant fight of old Fred Fitzsimmons until a line drive struck him on the left leg in the seventh Inning and knocked him out of the ball game. The fat, 40-year-old knuckle ball expert who in his younger days as a star of the New York Giants was beaten three times in world series contests, battled beautifully in a scoreless hurl ing duel that kept every fan in suspense while it lasted and brought them to . their feet cheering time after time. Then with two out in the seventh, Russo ripped off a vicious line drive that struck topheavy old Fitz Inches above the left knee and bounced high in the air. Peewee Reese caught the ball to end the inning, but Fitzsimmons had to be helped off the field and later was taken to New York hospital for X-rays to determine whether the kneecap might have been broken. His removal let down the dikes to the power of the Yan kees and after Johnny Sturm had filed out to open the eighth against relief pitcher Hugh Casey, Rolfe, Henrich, DiMaggio and Keller blasted four consec utive singles for two runs. Larry French, Brooklyn's only lefthander, then came in to make Bill Dickey ground into a double play and Johnny Allen pitched hitlcss ball in the final frame. The Dodgers tried to recover the lost ground in their half of the eighth when Dixie Wal ker ld off with a double in right center. Russo put his thumb down on the next two batters, throwing out Mickey Owen and striking out pinch hitter Augie Galan, but Reese shot a sizzling single into the rightfield corner to score Wal ker. Then Russo made Pete Cos carart pop up in the Infield and the Dodgers' chance expired. The official box score of the third world series game: New York AB R H PO Sturm, lb 4 Rolfe, 3b Henrich, rf . DiMaggio, cf Keller, If Dickey, c Gordon, 2b . Rizzuto, ss Russo, p 4 ...3 ..4 ...4 4 ..3 .3 ..4 Totals 33 Brooklyn Reese, ss .. Herman, 2b Coscarart, 2b Reiser, cf ... Medwick, If Lavagetto, 3 b Camilll, lb Walker, rf Owen, c Fitzsimmons, Casey, p French, p Galan Allen, p Totals 30 1 4 27 8 Batted for French In 8th. New York 000 000 020 2 Brooklyn 000 000 0101 WASHINGTON ENTRIES LEAD Portland. Ore.. Oct. 4. A Washington entrants dominated the Future Farmers of America livestock judging contest today as the week-long Pacific Inter - 2 8 27 14 AB R H PO A 4 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 ..2 0 0 0 3; 4 0 1 5 0 1 4 0 1 3 0! ..3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 11 0 3 1 1 2 S 0 0 2 P....2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 fflr AMY PILOTS Bail OUT SAFELY Plane Wrecked Near Pilot Rock Brought To Ash land After Mishap. Two army pilots bailed out of a training plane when its mo tor went bad over the rugged Siskiyou mountains yesterday forenoon and escaped serious in jury as the ship crashed to earth near Pilot Rock about 30 miles south of Ashland. After parachuting to earth, the men, Lieut. Jerome A. Pes- chka, Portland, and 2nd Lieut. Robert D. Curtis, walked two miles along an old deserted road until they reached the home of Mrs. Lucille Lindberg who drove them to Ashland where Dr. Charles A. Haines treated them. Lieut. Peschka, in parachuting, came down through a tree and injured his back but Lieut. Curtis escaped with only a scratched leg. Dr. Haines would not venture a diagnosis of Lieut. Peschka's back injury without an X-ray but expressed the off-hand thought that it might not be more serious than a wrench. After being cared for by Dr. Haines, the aviators reg istered at the Hotel Lithia Springs, Ashland, to await or ders. X-rays of Lieut. Peschka's back were to be made at his base hospital. Returning to Medford by plane, Shelby Tuttle, Medford pilot, learned of the incident when he stopped in Montague, Cal, He scouted around until he sighted the army plane, the wreckage scattered from top to bottom of a jagged peak in the Pilot Rock area. Lieuts. Peschka and Curtis were traveling in a Vultee basic trainer from Mather field, near Sacramento, Cal., en route north. They were paired with Lieut. H. Parker and Prvt. R. D. Elbert who also were in a Vultee basic trainer. Both planes were to stop at Medford munici pal airport. Lieut. Parker and Prvt. Elbert arrived here on schedule. GUILTY SABOTAGE, Tl S Portland, Ore., Oct. 4. (JP) Sentences for 15 convicted of ficers and men of the Italian motorship Leme will be pro nounced Oct. 14 by Federal Judge James A. Fee. Found guilty this morning of tampering with the ship's navi gation instruments and motive power, they face possible maxi mum sentences of not more than 20 years' Imprisonment, $10,000 fines or both. Capt. Giovanni Polonio and were found guilty also of con Chief Officer Giovanni Poll! spiring to violate the federal law prohibiting tampering with instruments of a vessel engaged in foreign commerce. A directed verdict acquitted six of the original 21 defendants yesterday. The Leme has been repaired and will soon be turned over tn the maritime commission. The ship was damaged late last March while in Portland harbor, because, the captain testified. It was feared It might fall into 0 British hands. New York,Oct. 4. (JP) My n ! ron C. Taylor, President Roose- 0 I velt's personal emissary to the 0 ; Vatican, arrived here today by n ' clipper and said he would promptly report to the president end Secretary of State lordell I Hull Information "of utmost value" which he obtained in ' conferences abroad with "many I interesting people, I Chicago, Oct. 4.(Py After , being upset again by another break in soybean prices, the 'grain market steadied Itself te 1 day and regained most of the i early losses ranging from Xrac- lUoni to a cent a bushel. Interpreting The War News By Kirke L. Simpson (Special News Service) Implicit In utterly conflicting London and Rome accounts of recent sea-air battles in the Mediterranean is the obvious fact that heavy British rein forcements in men and fighting gear are being rushed eastward through those dangerous waters. They be destined to Join bat tle with their Nazi foes, fighting beside Russian troops in defense of the Caucasus. Certainly they are designed to increase sub stantially the strength of British defense lines that now reach 2.000 miles or more, unbroken, from India to the Egyptian-Libyan frontier in the western desert. Or they may be taking post for offensive action during the winter fighting season in the north African dessert, providing events on the Russian-Nazi bat tle line warrant another British counter stroke against axis foes in Libya. Prime Minister Church ill's recent intimation that his government had weighed un favorably counter invasion pro posals as a means of relieving pressure on Russia does not rule out that possibility. Italian press comment indi cates serious expectation of a new British attack in Libya. Hitler could not spare either the air power or the troops and tanks from his great adventure in Russia to prop his faltering axis mate anew in Africa, even if means of getting German reinforcements to the scene were available. They are not. Churchill told parliament that while British sea losses had been cut during the last three months to third of what they were in the pre ceding three months, British destruction of axis shipping had risen three-fold In the same period. And It was on Italian or Italian-used shipping in the Mediterranean that the axis tonnage losses fell most heavily. Some British authorities claim that British sea and air power in the Mediterranean has been taking a steady 30 per cent toll or better of Italian craft em ployed in attempts to reinforce the axis army in Libya. The fact that the British are still using the narrow Sicilian straits to pass important convoys east ward clearly indicates British naval control of the Mediter ranean. The axis victory In Greece and taking of Crete has not worked out as Berlin and Rome hoped it would, apparently because of Hitler's plunge Into the "crusade' against Russia. At any rate. It seems clear that unless the Nazis carry the bat tle into the Caucasus soon and force the sending of powerful British Imperial armies there to aid the Russians, the British soon will have forces available along the India-Egypt lifeline for offensive action. OF PARACHUTIST Akron, Ohio, Oct. 4. VP) The blimp "Reliance" was ord ered today to take off at dawn Sunday for an attempt to res cue parachutist George Hopkins, marooned atop Devil's Tower near Sundance, Wyo. Because there are no landing fields en route for the 123,000- cubic foot blimp, It will be ac companied by a 12-mnn ground crew in a bus with a portable mooring mast. The blimp and bus were told to start from the Wingfoot Lake air dock here between S and 8 a. m. Sunday with expectations of completing the trip the middle of next week. J. A. Boettner, veteran bal lonnlst, will be chief pilot and will be accompanied by three other pilots of the Got-dyear Tire & Rubber company, which arranged the blimp rescue party at the request of the Omaha World-Herald. The balloon and bus will be in constant contact through short wave radio during the long journey, pilots said, and the blimp's speed will be lim ited by the pace of the bus. PLANE PRODUCTION Washington, Oct 4. JPh-The office of production management announced tonight that military j aircraft manufacturers delivered 1 1,814 plants during September. WASHINGTON BEAT BY STATERS 9 TO 6 IN UPSET BATTLE Touted Huskies Show Ef fects Gopher Game Durdan Stars For Victors Multnomah Stadium, Port), land. Ore., Oct. 4. OP) Oregon State college handed the Pacifio coast conference In general and the University of Washington In particular a Jolt here today by defeating the touted Huskies from Seattle, 9 to 6. An 80-yard run did the trick. The game was played on wet field but the sprightly at tack of the Corvallis team seem ed little affected. A crowd of about 15,000 roar ed when, after a see-saw first quarter, Oregon State's man-of-many talents, Don Durdan, right half, speared through the Wash ington line, reversed his field and battled tacklers for a long 80 yards to a touchdown. Simas place kicked the extra point. Washington, defeated by Min nesota last week in a bruising game, plainly showed the ef fects of the battering. The Hus kies had considerable mid-field power but not until in the last quarters did they sustain ait attack beyond the OSC 30 yard line. Their touchdown was the pro duct of a drive that began when Ernie Steele, brilliant Husky halfback, brought an Oregon State punt back to the OSC t9. An end-around, with Earl Younglove : carrying .the -Ibali.. picked up 14 yards and Steele, Brooks and Erlckson battered the ball up to the OSC for a first down. Erlckson, flashy Washington left half, scored from the 1 foot line on the third down but Elm er Berg, Washington quarter back who did great Job of punting the wet ball, missed what looked at the moment like the tying point. OSC got a couple more points a few minutes after the last klckoff. The Corvallis team dro a the ball up to the Wash ington 35 whence Durdan punt ed to the Washington 3. Throw ing caution overboard, Wash ington tried pass from deep in their own end zone, giving tha Beavers a safety. Washington made ten first downs to Oregon State's six but was outgalned from rushing 199 to 130 yards. The game was played In bril liant sunshine but the wet ball discouraged passing. OSC, con sidered an able passing team, attempted only 0 throws and completed three for only 13 yards. Washington tried 10, com pleting four for 31 but suffered three interceptions, two of which stopped what lool-ed like serious Husky scoring bids. Durdan's brilliant puntinif, particularly in the first half, served to ke'p Washington on the defensive. Erlckson also did yeoman service for the Hus'.les with his punting boot. His out-of-bounds bulls eye on the OSC 17 at the start of the last quar ter led to the Washington score. Durdan also was OSC's lead ing ground gainer with an aver age of 10.7 yards In 10 tries. Bob Barrett, utility Husky half back, averaged 7.2 on five ex cursions to lead the Washington ground gainers. Washington Oregon State) Sloan ,.LE Zclllclc LT Bain LG Halverson Conley Holmes Harrison .C, Greenoughj Zeger Chavci Sterling -, RT Czech Olson RE N. Peters) Suslck QB O. Petert Erlckson . , LH. Dethman Barrett RH Durdan Stack pool FB Shelton Washington 0 0 0 68 Oregon State...0 7 0 2 Washington scoring: touch down, Erickson. Oregon State scoring Touch down, Durdan. Try for point, Sumas from placement. (Substi tute for O. Peters). Safety, Ore gon State. Albany. Ore.. Oct. 4.- An automobile skidded in loos gravel and plunged into ditch on the Pacific highway near Halsey today, injuring five per son bom fiedmondt, Cal.
