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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAN 4 ;Y 7, 1942.
NO. 24a
Many Use Canteen At Medford Airport
Med
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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.