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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1942.
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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
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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