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r Quickest Way Whea yea hare something yea wlik to sen. trad. er rent Then the qnlekett war to find your praepeete Is throats the Want Ada la th Mall Trtbaaa. Th blf aarprlaa le they east aa llUta. Try Iheaa. Medford Tribune ... . mil v 9 wvatn Weather Ssr" repor ' I'nder army orders all weath er reports are prohibited. full Associated Pra United Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1942. NO. 246. mi mm HiiBif t m ra. ii 1 i . News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington. Jan. 5. The fuehrer has been sneaking planes into Sardinia well as Greece in preparation for winter. The Idyllic Italian isle Is half way between France and Tu nisia and half way between the segments of the French fleet at Toulon ind B 1 z e r t e. There, without rani Mallon fuss or disclos seized a Med iter- ure. he has ranean stepping stone to Spain (Gibraltar) or Africa, and bisect ed the remains of the French em pire. The preparations in Greece have a single apparent purpose. Since Turkish papers leaked the news that Grecian air fields were being strengthened, nazi infantry has been detected stealing in, al though not yet in large quanti ties. There is only one place for these forces to go into an at tack on the Turkish Dardanelles, if necessary, or across them along the south coast of the Black sea peaceably into the Caucasus oil fields if Turkey al lows it. These are the two main Hitler preparations for a winter cam paign, so far reported here. NOTE: Hitler v-ill find plenty of trouble in Turkey if he goes in fighting. The mountains are high and frosty; the roads worse than in Russia. THE unexpected recent events on the Russian front are easily explained, . To start with, Hitler was fool enough to announce he was with drawing to a winter line, the most dangerous of all military operations. He thought he must advertise it publicly in order to (Continued on Pag Two) Sawmill al Roseburg Closed by Union Row Roseburg, Ore., Jan. 5. (.IP) The Roseburg Lumber com pany's plant here was closed down today by a labor dispute, which Kenneth Ford, owner manager, reported resulted from dismissal of a union employee. Ford expressed confidence that an early settlement of the dis pute which affects approximate ly 100 workmen, soon would be reached. Conferences between the management and mill union heads were in progress this af ternoon. Vichy, Unoccupied France, Jan. 5. (IP) German authori ties in Paris announced today that a German bookshop in the Champs Elysees district and a German soldiers' club had been bombed Saturday night in a new series of terrorist incidents. All networks will carry Presi dent Roosevelt's message to con gress Tuesday, starting at 9:30 a. m. (PST.) (Time is Pacific Standard) Tonight: The War. 5 MBS, 8:55 CBS, 7 MBS, 7:30 NBC Blue, 8:30 MBS, 9 NBC CBS, 0:55 NBC CBS. Tuesday: The War 8 MBS, 8:15 MBS, 9 CBS MBS, 10:45 NBC, 11 MBS, 12:55 p. m. CBS MBS, 1 MBS, 1:45 CBS MBS. 1:55 NBC-Blue, 3 CBS MBS, 3:25 NBC-Red, 3:45 NBC-Blue. MBS 9:30 Archbishop Instal lation ceremonies at Denver. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Tom Bradley and friends making plans to revive the old pony express from Medford to San Francisco after hearing the S. P. intends taking off Its two California trains they figuring on using the old Dollarhtde toll road aaclusively and offering riiasmir Aeent Rosy Rosen - batmr ' ahoice of the Medford :u 1 Radio Highlights of- P"'- T division, MALES 20 TO 44 WILL BE SUBJECT TO MILITARY CALL F.D.R. Proclamation Makes No Mention of Registra tion Men in 45 to 64 Year. Washington, Jan. 9. (JP) President Roosevelt todaj set February 16 for registration of all male citizens and most aliens of the nation between the ages of 20 and 44 who have not reg istered previously. Men in this age group will be subject to military service. The date was fixed in a pro clamation. It made no mention of registration of men from 45 through 64, who are to be reg istered later on but who will be exemDt from service with the armed forces under present leg islation. Required For Victory In his proclamation, the chief executive noted that tnis ana other registrations under the se lective service act will be re quired to insure victory, final and complete, over the enemies of the United States." The registration will apply to all male citizens and some non citizens born on or after Febru ary 17, 1897, and on or before December 31, 1921. It is to take place, not only in the United States, but also in Alaska, Ha waii and Puerto Rico, between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. Provisions were made or reg istration before February 16 and after that date in exceptional cases through arrangements with selective service officials. - Cooperation Urged The president, for the sake of full cooperation with the selec tice service program, urged all employers and all government agencies to give workers suf ficient time off to register. Recent legislation has made men between 20 and 44 years old liable for military service, and all between 18 and 64 elig ible for some type of war duty. About 17,500,000 men already have been enrolled under the se lective service act, and local draft boards have speeded up their classification. - The local boards, assisted by additional volunteer workers, will be used to enroll the additional 25,000, 000 men. TIRES AND TUBES Washington, Jan. 8. (IP) Tire and tube rationing set up In about 25 days and called by some defense officials "the big gest organizing job since the draft" began functioning today in a majority of the nation's counties. With the exception of some areas of the south and middle west and other scattered regions most of the local rationing boards were reported ready to begin distribution of January's nation-wide quota of 356,974 tires. This compares with nor mal January sales of around 2,500.000 tires. Otis Skinner, Dean of Theater Succumbs New York, is dead at 83. Jan. 5. HP) The veteran actor, whose mother once said he would nev er succeed on the stage because he "could not even talk straight", but whose histrionics during a 55-year span won him International acclaim, died last night of uremic poisoning. Funeral services will be held at noon tomorrow in the Little Church Around the Corner. Bur ial will be in Woodstock, Vt Skinner was stricken Decem ber 7 while attending 4 benefit performance at the Plymouth Theater. With htm when he died was his daughter Cornelia Otis Skinner, herself a famed actress. , His wife, the former Maud Dur- i bin, whom he met on lUge, died I live years g War Bulletins Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. UP) A number of additional populated places have been captured by Bed armies which Inflicted nw and heavy losses upon th German!, a soviet communique announced today. Singapor, Jan. 9.HP) Japanese activity Is develop lng in th Kuala Selangor area, en th western ap proaches to this British naval base, with th apparent object of forcing Singapore's defend ers to withdraw from their preient position on th Porak front. British headquarters an nounced tonight. London, Jan, 5. W The first German night raiders to appear ovr Britain for . a week were met by a burst of anti-aircraft fire over the Thames Estuary tonight. DRIVE OPENS FOR WAR RELIEF FUND House-to-house solicitation in the Jackson county campaign for Red Cross war relief funds in which $12,000 Is to be raised in this county begins tomorrow. So licitation in Medford and vicin ity is being conducted by the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Toast masters and Active clubs. The Kiwanis club will be assisted by Kiwanian Dames who will can vass the residential districts in their territory. B. E. Harder, chairman for the county drive said today that members of these clubs are giv ing, not only their own contri bution, but their time and effort by calling on people in Medford and vicinity. "For their conven ience in making their donations, bespeak for them the publics kind consideration and assist ance". The territory of Jackson coun ty, outside of Medford, has been divided into districts and solici tors from these districts have been appointed to contact resi dents of the outlying vicinity. Anyone who is overlooked may make their contribution at Red Cross headquarters in the coun ty court house or at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Berlin, Jan. !l (IP) The Ber lin radio today broadcast the following dispatch, datellned Vichy: 'The St. Pierre and Mlquelon affair has been settled, it was officially announced here (Vichy) Monday. "It was declared that the United States authorities saw to it that Admiral (Emile) Muselier and his forces evacuated both islands. Washington, Jan. 8. (IP) State department officials de clined comment on a Berlin radio broadcast that the St. Pierre-Miquelon affair had been settled. It was indicated, how ever, there might be an an nouncement later. to Uremic Poisoning Otis Skinner, dean of the theater, f :vLJ Otis Bkinne Appeal Board Would Drop E IT Representatives to Attend Seattle Bidding on Furn ishing of 350 Million Ft. The Medford Corporation will attempt to obtain some of the business at a lumber auction in Seattle Wednesday when the government will be In the mar ket for some 350,000,000 board feet of lumber, B. L. Nutting, general manager, said today when asked for information by the Mail Tribune. A bulletin from the West Coast Lumbermen's association, tellins of the auction sale, said that to an original planned order of 250,000,000 board feet the g ernment had added another hundred million for cantonments at Medford and Colorado Springs, Colo., Mr. Nutting said. Before war clamped a censorship on army officers, however, it had been explained that earmarxing lumber or other materials for the proposed Medford cantonment had no special significance as the government's primary aim was to have sufficient stocks on hand and giving them destina tion labels was merely a conven ience. On the other hand, it was agreed that such earmarking would do the prospects of build ing a cantonment here nc-Jiarm. (Sine outbreak of the war, com ment of army officers here is no longer available). To Attend Meeting Mr. Nutting said that he him self and th company's sales manager, Harry Dawson, would attend the Seattle auction. He related that he had no Informa tion about the delivery time or other specifications the govern ment would make regarding the lumber purchases. It would be difficult for any northwest mill to get logs out of the forests at this time of year, though the Medford Corporaton could get out a fair proportion of any order now, Mr. Nutting said. Timber would have to be cut to fill the bulk of any order, he added. The auction is to open at 8 a. m. Wednesday in Seattle and will last about three days. In all the government plans to order a billion board feet of lumber this week by competitive bidding at auctions in Seattle, San Fran cisco and the south, the lumber men's association bulletin said. AUTO MAKERS TO Washington, Jan. I. UP) William S. Knudsen called on the automotive Industry today to make deliveries this year of five to six billion dollars worth of weapons and war goods. The director-general of the office of production manage ment told reporters during a re cess in a meeting of 200 top ranking automobile makers with labor leaders and government officials, that "everybody ex pressed willingness to cooperate in a program for converting vir tually the entire industry to war output. 'I told them that before Pearl Harbor they were scheduled to deliver two and one-half billion dollars in military goods by the end of 1942; now I'm asking the industry to make it between five and six billion." Nation's Railroads Ask Rate Advance St. Louis, Jan. b, WV-Three members of the Interstate com merce commission today began hearing a plea of the nation's railroads for a 10 per cent in crease In freight and passenger rates. Tha roads said they were needed because of higher wsges being paid under a recent arbi tration award and because of other increased operating costs which they attributed to the war ROOSEVELT GIVES E E Personal Appearance Is Planned Before Joint Meeting of House, Senate. Hew York, Jan. 8 WV All networks have made ar rangements to carry la full the president's annual message as he delivers it before a joint eulon of congress beginning at 9:30 a. m. PST. Tuesday. Washington, Jan. 8. (IP) President Roosevelt will deliver to congress in person tomorrow (at 9:30 a. m. PST) his annual message on the stata of the un ion. . He will address the senate and house, assembled in joint session In the house chamber, on the basis of plans worked out today with congressional leaders. They conferred with the chief execu tive shortly before the 77th con gress began its second session amid reports that Mr. Roosevelt probably would request between 315,000,000.000 and i uuu uuu,- 000 in special appropriations for the army and navy. Budget On Wednesday The budget message, which will disclose the accuracy of these reports and the blueprint for vast government war expen ditures in the year beginning next JulsU-arltl be submitted to the lealalasMSvan W.sasetarttiw Senate Majority Leader Bark- ley told reporters that the presi dent had been .advised tha ten- ate would take up a price con trol bill on Wednesday, and that committees In both senate and house would consider promptly legislation to let the president establish i daylight saving time. The daylight savings bills now pending . before . committees. Barkley said, contemplate allow ing Mr. Roosevelt to order clocks moved forward or backward a maximum of two hours. . If the fifteen to eighteen bil lions of dollars in special funds for the army and navy are quested in the budget message. they would represent a start to ward the president announced goal of stepping up war spend ing to a 350,000 000,000-a-year rate by June 30, 1943. Citrus Damage Of Small Importance Pomona, Calif Jan. 8. (IP) Weather bureau authorities said today that California citrus crop damage, due to low tem peratures of the past few days, probably would be light. The percentage of damage to the citrus crop as a whole should be quite small," said Meteorolo gist Floyd Young. Seattle, Jan. &4IP) Napoleon Rousseau, 19, of Tacoma, was taken homo last night after treatment of stab wounds in flicted by a man who mistook him for an Italian. Rousseau, of French ancestry, was assaulted with a pocketknlfe by a man in a Seattle cafe where Rousseau worked part time as a busboy. Harsh Treatment For Americans Left in Manila Washington, Jan. 8. W) Japanese invaders of the Philip pines aeeorded "especially harsh" treatment to American civilians in Manila and discrim inated "against all white resi dents," the war department re ported today. Immediately speculation arose whether tha state department would seek through Swiss diplo matic channels to better tha con ditions, of United States citizens In tha islands. Switzerland is looking after United State In terests In Jspan by agreement with the state department. General Douglas MacArthur, in a radio message from his headquarters somewhere north of Manila, advised the war de oartment ha had received re ports irota the PbUlpploa capir Japanese Beaten Off By MacArthur Force; At Least 700 Killed ' Washington,- Jan. 8. (JP) The war department announced today that General Douglas MacArthur's Philippine army re pulsed a Japanese attack with heavy losses, estimating that at least 700 of the enemy were killed. American-Filipino losses werel described in a communique relatively small. The war department said "this was one of the most serious re verses suffered by the Japanese invaders since, the war began." The Japanese attack took place northwest of Manila. At the same time the garrison of Corregidor fortress shot down four more Japanese bombers in beating off the fourth successive air attack on the fortress. This raised officially reported enemy plane losses over Corre gidor to 15. The communique said four ad ditional Japanese planes were hit but their destruction was not confirmed. Fifty-two bombers took part in the attack, which continued three hours. Both the land battle on Luzon Island and the latest air raid on Corregidor took place Sunday. .? (By tha Associated Press) A Chinese expeditionary force. drawn from a reservoir of man power that has been fighting give and take war with tha Jap anese for four and one-half years, may be on its way today to tha British Malayan xroni to help save Singapore. British sources in London ax pressed belief veterans of -Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's army were being transferred to bolster tha Malayan line until Britain and the United States could put reinforcements there. The Japanese could be struck as easily overland from Burma at their flank and rear, aa they could be by reinforcement of the front against them on tha Ma layan peninsula. Some sharp offensive action by the new supreme commander for the united nations in the Pa cific war tone. General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, teema to be in prospect Uck of Tires Will Brisg "Hill to Pay" Washington, Jan. 8. (IP) Representative Hlnshaw (R-Cal.) told the house today there wouia be "hell to pay in my district" if defense workers were unable to obtain tires for their automo biles. These workers, Hlnshaw de clared, needed their automobile to get to and from worn and under present ration!:; regula tions would be unable to obtain tires. by Japanese tal "indicating discrimination against Americans by the occu pying Japanese forces, In marked contrast to tha treatment previ ously accorded Japanese - civi lians by American troops." The report MacArthur made yesterday said: "While the - treatment or, American civilians it especially harsh, the Jspanese are discrim inating against all white resi dents of Manila. Tha occupying troops have issued instructions that all white civilians in Man ila, Irrespective of nationality, must remain indoors, under pen alty of being shot if they appear on the streets. These Instruc tions imply contemplated intern ment of the white population of tha city, without record of citi zenship." . . ' Bridges Expulsion F GIVE HITLER NEW By the Associated Press With his armlet beaten back 100 miles or more on parts of the Russian front, and high mili tary counselors in discord or forced retirement, Adolf Hitler was confronted today with a bald hint of Finnish defection and new signs of unrest in con quered Franca. A reliable foreign source In London said that Field Marshal General Walther von Brau- chltsch, whom Hitler himself replaced as commander in chief two weeks ago, was at least the third high army leader either to resign or be fired by Hitler. Tha others were said to be Field Marshal General Fedor von Bock, commander of the Moscow front, and Col.-Gen. Johannes Blaskowitx, who asked for hit discharge even before Hitler Invaded Russia, laying ha wanted no part of it - Other information pointed to tha ' probability that General Oscar yon Neldermayer, chief of tha eastern department under von Brauchltsch, had been dis missed, and there have been un confirmed reports that even other field marshals and gener als have been asked to be re lieved of their posts because of disagreements with Hitler and his yes-men, Field Marshal Gen eral Walter von Reichenau and General Alfred Jodl. Among straws in the wind from Franca today was a Paris broadcast by a leading collabo rationist. Marcel Deat, charging that tha Petaln government had played a waiting game with the Nazis to permit an Increase of Britain's strength and America's entrance into the war. He said that Vichy then had turned from collaboration with tha Nazis at tha counsel of U. 8. Ambassador Admiral William D. Leahv. On the other hand, a member of the Vichy collaboration clique was found dead under circum stances suggesting assassination, Tha Finnish situation was pointed by a Helsinki editorial suggesting that this would be a ood time to halt riniana s war, at Germany's side, against Rut- Officially tha Finns never pro fessed partnership in the Euro pean "crusade" Hitler's term for tha war with Russia. They insisted that they were fighting onlv for recovery of territory vital to protection of their na tional life. With tha Russian offensive In full swine: asalnst the entire Ger man front, the Finns may have concluded It would be better to strike a bargain with Russia be fore the full force of the Rut- la.i drive hits them. PerhaDS Russia has counted on just such an overture, for, while th Finns have been under coun ter-attack along with other allies In the Hitlerian "crusade,' there has been nothing to Indicate that tha offensive In their direction equals It In others. - At the Russians published de tailed claims to mountains of captured war booty and new thousands of German aeaa a Soviet aviation authority assert ed Russia would soon hurl a new and mlghtler-than-ever air force at the Germans. Having captured Bardta and rounded up 7.800 German and Italian prisoners there, "our at tention hat now been turned to tha last remaining pocket of enemy resistance In eastern Cka- Labor Agitator Net Member of Communists Is Find ing In Unanimous Report. San Francisco, Jan. 5 (IP) Harry Bridges, waterfront labor leader, will seek American citi zenship immediately, his office said today, after the board of immigration appeals in Wash ington had recommended can cellation of deportation proceed ings against him. Washlngton, Jan. 5 JP Tha board of immigration appeals recommended today cancella tion of deportation proceedings against Harry Bridges, west coast labor leader. The decision was reached un animously by the lour board members who heard the case. - It reversed tha recommenda tion of Judge Charles B. Sean, who heard testimony for three months at San Francisco early last year. Tha final decision rests with Attorney General Francis Bid die. Mot Communist Tha board found that Bridget, since coming to the United States, was not a member of nor affiliated with tha communist party..' Tha maritime anion leader eg the Congress of Industrial Or ganizations it an australian. Ha first came to tha United State in 1920. Tha board. In one sentence conclusion, said simply: "Wa find, therefore, that the evidence in this record does not establish that Harry Ronton Bridget was at any time a mem- ber of or affiliated with any organization proscribed by stat ute." Members of tha appeals board are Chairman Joseph F. Fanelli, Robert M. Charles, Thomas O. Finucane, and Thomas M. Coo ley, 3rd. Former Senator Henry F. Ashurst it a member of tha board but did not participate In th ease. Warrant Issued Action against Bridge wa taken under a statute prohibit ing aliens from being members of or affiliating with organiza tions which advocate overthrow of the government of the United States by force or violence. A denortatlon warrant wa issued against him March 193 by Secretary Perkins when th immleratlon and naturalization service was part of tha labor de partment Secretary Parkin designated James M. Land is to hear the case in July 1939. Lan dlt found that Bridget was not a communist and should not be deported. Tha bout approve, wxiw tion for deportation of Bridge but it did not past tha senate. BY SPYSUSPEGTS New York, Jan. S. (AF Four men, including Kurt Fred crick Ludwlg, 38-year-old American-born ton of German parent, and one woman pleaded inno cent in federal court today to an Indictment charging conspiracy to violate tha espionage law and were held in ball totaling 8119c 000 for trial Jan. 14. Ludwlg, reputed neaa os ina sry ring; Ren C. Froellch, 31; Han Helmut Page!, 30. ana Ft .derlck Edward Schlosaer, ia, were each held In 829,000 baiL and Mrs. Helen Paulina Mayer's former ball of $10,000 wa In creased to $18,000. alea," said th Cairo commu nique. "In th Agedabla area our mo bile columns and air force maintained their pressure on th enemy, especially against hi communication to to i
