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Quick-Safe Way Tun the artlelts areoa tna home, yon no lon-ar dm4, or DM, Into cuk tho Want A4 War. The llttlo Ads art n. p-nalve, etIU the- product splendid remit a. lt tbo Quick, art, eenalbla way. ... , run d a wrath. Weather Ssr" "port I'nder army orders an weath er re porta ar prohibited. Tribune, United Prat FORD Full Associated Pros Thirty-sixth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAN 4 ;Y 7, 1942. NO. 24a Many Use Canteen At Medford Airport Med yi. (i u lyjwy lew i Tha canteen at Medford municipal airport mar be small in sis mittee of the Jackson County Council of Defense for officers and men more than 100 a day. This photo was taken, by special permission, lunch counter. Tha canteen also Fiero, Mrs. R. W. Sleeter, Lieut. Staff Sgt. Elroy Martin and Sgt. tion committee. irnoto By Brainera). WAR EXPENSE IS Washington, Jan. 7. (IP) President Roosevelt asked an eagerly willing congress today to provide a $58,000,000,000 war chest for the 12 months begin ning next July with a $9,000, 000,000 increase in taxes that unquestionably will alter Amer ican ways of living for the dura tion. But, said tha chief executive, submitting his annual budget message, "we are determined to pay whatever price we must to preserve our way of life," and "until this Job is done, until this war is won, we will not talk of burdens." It was, he said, "the budget of a nation at war in a world at war," and in practical terms would meet "the challenge of the axis powers." In it and the appropriations to be made under it, are the funds which will build the clouds of airplanes that are scheduled to come off the assembly lines during the fiscal year 1943, the tens of thousands of tanks and guns and millions of tons of shipping the weapons that will beat the axis. For the war effort, Mr. Roose velt listed in one bold lump sum $52,786,186,000 from the treas ury unbroken down because the details are military secrets. This, he added, would be sup plemented by expenditures of $2,000,000,000 to $3,000,000 by government corporations, whose transactions are not, as a matter ct federal bookkeeping, a part of the budget. Thus, where federal war spending was concerned the budget listed the $52,786,188, 000 figure only. Adding to this the cost of other government functions, interest, payments on the national debt, statutory debt retirement and other usual costs with spending for WPA and six other non-military activities reduced by $1,058,000,000 the total budget for the year was put at $59,027,992,200. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS United Presser Jack Gale of Portland looking fit and full of pep when he called on business friends here. Joe Marshall and Henry Con ger settling the war and the peace to follow to their mutual satisfaction and tha axis pow ers' dissatisfaction. ill S6 nri'Pi!! ' provides facilities for recreation J. J. Cape, Lieut. A. S. Aiken and R. H. Garcia, who are stationed at Chinese Account for More Fleeing Japanese in Hunan Chungking, China, Jan. 7 VP) The remnants of a Japanese army of 100,000 men, reported fleeing northward from a stun ning defeat at Changsha, were said today "to have suffered 7000 additional casualties while breaking through Chinese forces blocking their line of retreat. Chinese dispatches previously estimated that the Japanese had lost 30,000 men In their abortive attempt to take Changsha, Hun an province capital which twice before had beaten off the invad- In addition to the heavy losses In dead and wounded inflicted upon the Japanese, the Chinese declared they had taken many prisoners exactly how many they did not say. An official announcement said that Chinese troops seeking to block the retreat had taken up positions on the north bank of the Laotao river northeast of Changsha and had met the Jap anese with a withering fire when they attempted to cross. A Chinese spokesman said yesterday that some 40,000 troops were trapped on the plains below the Laotao. Heavy rains, which turned the area north of Changsha into a sea of mud, were said to have contributed to the confusion of the fleeing Japanese. 14 Deaths in County Due to Auto Mishaps Is Report for Year During tha past year there were 14 violent deaths in Jack son county and during 1940 there were nine, according to the records of the district attor ney's office. All were due to automobile crashes. There were no murders or shootings in the county during the past year, the sheriff's ol flee reported. Auto accidents in the county numbered 689 in 1941, seven more than In 1940, when there were 682. Injuries in auto acci dents numbered 149 In 1941. In 1940 there were 136, or thir teen less. RAF BUSY . London, Jan. 7 (IP) British air raiders bombed the German occupied French ports of Brest and Cherbourg again last night ; and also attacked targets in i west and northwest Germany, the British announced toaay. ADVICE FROM ROME Rome, Jan. 7. CAndl Agency to APK Italian newspapers car ried today a semi-official note urging South American nations to stand for a "benevolent, in telligent neutrality" when they meet Jan. 19 in the Pan Ameri can conference at Rio de Janeiro. There's a town named Moon in Kentucky. Blue but it is laroe in usefulness. Established bv the recreation com' of the U. S. air corps, the self-sustaining canteen frequently feeds when three of numerous airmen passing through were at the and for writing. In this picture Staff Sgt. Kenneth O. Waify, the airport. Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter is chairman of the recrea- LUZON STAND Washington, Jan. 7. (IP) The war department said today defenders of the Philippines are withstanding continuous bomb ing and machine gunning on their tight front east of Manila. The fortifications on Corregl dor Island, at tha entrance of Manila bay, and defenses on nearby Batan peninsula were bombed again for several hours yesterday, and the war depart ment said the extent of damage and casualties has not yet been determined. At least 45 bombers rained ex plosives on - the fortifications. Several ' hits on the invaders' planes were recorded. On the entire front, with the American and Philippine de fenders Joining their forces to gether In the peninsula west of the occupied capital city, there was heavy fighting and increas ing pressure but the soldiers of General Douglas MacArthur were making valiant resistance. There was no report from other areas. E. J. Griffith, State WPA Director, Here For District Meet E. J. Griffith, Portland, state director of the works projects administration, held a district meeting at Medford headquar ters in the city hall today to coordinate all effort toward ful fillment of the new WPA goal of defense rather than relief. Mr. Griffith brought all his division heads from Portland and all project superintendents and foremen in the Medford dis trict, comprising half a dozen counties, came in for the dis cussion of the defense program. We are now In a position to move quickly on any defense Job." Mr. Griffith said, "extend ing runways, building gun re placements, putting up barbed wire barriers, making sand bags or other defense work." He de scribed the Medford municipal airport Improvement Job as "im portant" and said it was being continued. are. left to riaht. Mrs. A. Conro who were passing through, and SEEKS RENEWAL CITY CONTRACT California Oregon Power com pany applied to the city council last night for a ten-year renew al of its franchise and light con tract which expire next June. The franchise and contract were referred to the council as a committee of the whole so that each councilman may become familiar with the terms before the matter Is taken up for action at the next meeting. Speaking for the company, Seth Bullis, district manager of the operating department, said the franchise and light contract were the same as those in effect during the past ten. years with the exception of minor changes in phraseology made by the city attorney. Mr. Bullis said that while the franchise did not expire until next June, the company desired iormai extension now "as we are faced with a lot of construc tion if things break as they might break." Mr. Bullis did not amplify his remarks but evi dently he had in mind the con struction of military establish ments in this area. He agreed to furnish each councilman with copy of the franchise and light contract so that a thorough study of them might be made before the next meeting. With the consent of the coun cil. Mayor H. S. Deuel re-appointed all city officers and de partment heads. He pointed out that It was no longer necessary to re-appoint the fire chief each year as he now holds the posi tion under civil service status, An ordinance was adopted fixing salaries in accordance with provisions of the budget approved last fall. The recent ordinance impos ing license fees on punch boards was amended so as to relieve the city recorder of the burden of determining whether the punch boards to be licensed are legal or illegal. Mayor Deuel read a letter saying the adjutant general's office, because of war conditions was taking over the armory. It has been in charge of the city for more than a year. It will be turned over to MaJ. Carl Y Tengwald, battalion commander of the Oregon state guard. Councilman C. H. Herman, who was reported out of town, and Councilman Harold Frye. who was reported 111 with a cold were absent. SIX SOLDIERS DROWlf London, Jan. 7 W) Its Canadian soldiers drowns f I in a Sussex town. - IS 0FFICIAU1EP0RT Details of Cost And Other Phases Withheld N o Mention of Corvallis Camp Washington, D. C, Jan. 7 UP) The war department today announced that a military can tonment would be started imme diately at Medford. The department would not amplify its announcement. It withheld details on cost and construction time. Nothing was said about the proposed canton ment In the Corvallis district. While the war department's announcement was lacking in specific information as to actual construction dates because of censorship on military informa tion, the statement seems to leave no doubt that final author ization for the camp has been granted. The department's an nouncement confirms the Mail Tribune's story of about three weeks ago quo.ting a high rank ing army officer as saying that he had received approval from Washington for the construction of three major cantonments in the west, one of them at Med ford. Advance planning of the Med ford cantonment was begun early last May and all through the spring, summer and fall the armory was a beehive of activ ity as architects and engineers put the big project on paper. Appraisal of the land needed was done by the Home Owners Loan corporation, a government agency. A telegram received today from Congressman James W. Mott said tha war department had decided to acquire the land. No time as to land acquisition, however, was mentioned, though the intimation waa that it would ba immediately. jan Bliss Tokyo, Jan. 7, (Official Broadcast Recorded by AP) Imperial headquarters acknow ledged in a communique today that another Japanese subma rine had been sunk In the Pa cific area and that a cruiser had been slightly damaged. The cruiser was hit in an at tack by allied aircraft January 4, but still la on active war service, the communique said. Japanese officials declared that "enemy air power in both Malaya and the Philippines has been crushed. The German radio quoted the Tokyo newspaper. Yomiurl Shtmbun as saying Japanese mechanized units suppoted by aircraft had pursued British forces along the east coast of Malaya as far as tha border re gion of Johore, last Intervening state before Singapore. This would plate them about 100 miles north, of Singapore. (The dispatch said the Japan ese were pressing their attack. giving the British no chance to reorganize for a stand). The census bureau reports that 247 sets of triplets and three sets of quadruplets were born In the United States during 1910. CRUISER DAMAGE i . Credit Due Local Officials And Former Senator Reames Glenn L. Jackson, president ber of Commerce, which played the army interested in Medford issued the following statement: 'The formal announcement by J the war department about con struction of the Medford camp should be a relief to all con cerned, although the canton ment has been a means of keep ing our civic blood in circula tion for the past nine months. All who have given time to this project will sorely miss the dally Main street rumors that have caused so much excitement in the past. This excess energy can now find expression in the many opportunities for participation in activities for national defense. "The selection of Medford as a camp site was very largely due to the cooperation of city and county officials and to the splen did services performed by form er Senator Evan Reames in Washington. Tha senator's con tinued efforts in behalf of the community were substantially factors in tha ultimate develop ment ox this camp." 4. .1 . Berlin, Jan. 7, (Official Broadcast Recorded by AP) The German high command acknowledged today that the Russians had succeeded in land ing troops at Yevpatoriya on the west coast of the Crimea 40 miles above besieged Sevastopol but said they had been wiped out in house-to-house fighting. (The high command yesterday told of nazt bombing attacks on Russian transports off Yevpa toriya but made no mention of attempted troop landings). On tha central and northern sectors of the eastern front, meanwhile, the Russians contin ued to attack at numerous points but were repulsed every where, tha dally communique said. , It described the weather on these fronts as "leu frosty." Northeast of Kharkov, big In dustrial city In the Donets baata, German troops launched counter attacks after tha Rus sians had breached their lines and succeeded In straightening out the front, wiping out two Soviet battalions In the action, the high command said. JAP NWIAIM Washington, Jan. 7. V-An authorized navy spokesman said today that "there la not an lota of truth" In a report that Japan ese war vessels had attacked the United States battleships New Mexico and Mississippi and had sunk on of them. The Nazi-controlled radio sta tlon at Hllversum, in the Nether lands, was the source of the re port. It broadcast said the bat tleships were attacked en route to Darwin, Australia. DAYLIGHT TIME BILL ADOPTED BY SENATE Washington, Jan. 7. WV- The aenafa passed and sent to tha house today bill authoriz ing President Roosevelt to order daylight saving time by time Mate. . ' of the Jackson County Cham an important part In getting as a site for a cantonment, today ORDERED TO AID The city council last night ratified the action of its public safety committee in ordering two sirens at (400 each for use in giving air raid alarms. Reporting for tha committee. Clarence A. Meeker, chairman, said that it was stipulated pay ment would be made only if the sirens prove satisfactory in cov ering the city in case of alarm. Thus far difficulty has been ex perienced in finding whistle loud enough to be heard in all parts of tha city under all con ditions. Fire Chief Roy Elliott told the Mall Tribune the sirens ordered are of the two-way type, throwing out sound in two directions in a horizonal plane rawer than upward. Each, he said, is of 7Vi horsepower. The sirens wIU be Installed, he added, wherever testa prove they are most effective. War conditions brought other action by tha council last nlghtj wnen it was voted to partici pate with Jackson county and the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce In establishing "an organization in connection with Jackson county civil defense and for the civil defense of the city of Medford." It was agreed that tha city would assist in paying necessary bills, the city's participation not to exceed $300 In the first six months of this year. Mayor H. S. Deuel said that all expenditures would be passed upon by him, the county Judge and tha president of the chamber of commerce. It was not brought out what the expenditures would be for. Government curtailment on car and truck purchases hit the city last night when Frank J. Runtz, chairman of tha building and light committee, reported on bids abstracted on three cars and two trucks to be purchased In accordance with budget pro visions. On the basis of tha bids, tha committee decided on a half ton Dodge truck, a lVs-ton In ternational truck, a Ford car for tha police department and two Chevrolets, one for Fred W. ScheffeL city superintendent and on for Frank Rogers, his assistant, Mr. Runtz said. But. he added, because of the gov ernment's freezing order, deliv ery cannot now be procured Mr. Scheffel stated that a prior ity request for the trucks would have to be filed. In view of the growing cur tailment on equipment for civil ian use, Mr. Runts advised the council to buy now what might be needed later and not wait until tha need actually arises. PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANE IS REPORTED MISSING Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 7 UP) An army reconnaissance plana bound from Tacoma, Wash., to McClellan field here, has failed to reach Sacramento, and officers at the field said it was "out of gas somewhere." Tha ship, outfitted for aerial photography, was due about noon yesterday. It was not learned whether any airmen other than the pilot, known only as StockweU. were board. 7M?nT CAP! BEAN HAS ADVANCE NOTICE Directive For Construction Expected Shortly Says Area Engineer In Charge. When Informed that the war department in Washington, D.G had announced that a canton ment would be constructed here, the office of the area engineer at the armory Issued the following statement. "A directive for construction of the Medford cantonment la expected shortly. "Notice has been received by Capt. Theron W. Bean, area en gineer, from Col. Cecil R. Moore, district engineer, U. S. engineers office, Portland, that tha Port land office has received advance information from the chief of engineers Washington.'. D. C that the Medford cantonment had been authorized for early construction. "Actual directive for construe tlon has not been received. The advance Information Indicated that the final directive would make some modifications, such as the addition of soma build ings and the deletion of others, but that the general construc tion plan developed during tha advance planning program at Medford would ba followed. The plans and specification cannot be made available to bid ders until final instructions from Washington as to tha exact buildings to be built are receiv ed by the U. S. engineers' office In Portland. This mean that no Information to bidders can be supplied by the area engineer's office at Medford for the time being. It follows naturally that no construction labor of any kind can be hired until contracts are definitely awarded." UPSTATESlFED BY SLEET STORM Portland, Ore., Jan. T. (TV A snow and sleet storm brought a heavy covering of Ice for Portland streets and surround ing roads today, the highways between Portland and Eugene and Portland and The Dallea being heavily Iced, causing many traffic accidents. There were numerous power failures and several fires and fuel shortage was reported la some parts of Portland. LOSSES WORRT London, Jan. 7. Wl Acuto concern over repeated losses of airdromes by British Empire) forces Kuantan in Malaya was the latest was indicated by questions on airdrome defense directed at the government to day as parliament prepared to reconvene after the hristmaa recess. TO ORGANIZE FLEET . Singapore, Jan. 7. W Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, commander-in-chief of B.IUln's far eastern fleet, has left Singa pore to organize the eastern fleet "so that the allies may gain sea supremacy in the far east as soon as possible," It waa officially announced today. WIRE TROUBLE Wire trouble caused dis ruption of the Mais Tribune's Associated Press service to day, no markets and very lit tle war news being received.
