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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1942.
NAZIS MASS FOR
DRIVE ON VITAL
Control Of Mediterranean
Would Be British Disaster
And Aid To Japan.
(By DeWltt MacKensle)
British military experti red
In the concentration of Nazi war
planes and troopi in Sicily the
possibility of a full-dress attack
on Britain's great aero-naval
base at the neighboring Island of
Malta an operation which
might constitute part of a general
axis offensive to seize control of
the Mediterranean.
That might well be, for any
campaign which Hitler under
takes In the near future, while
he has vast forces tied up in Rus
sia, will be largely aerial. Also,
If he could gain domination of
the Mediterranean he would
have inflicted on his enemy a
disaster so terrible that he would
have made a mighty stride to
wards winning the war.
Malta Is the Atlas that carries
on its back a power that goes
far towards maintaining this all
Important domination of Musso
lini's mare nostrum. Speaking of
II Duce, If it seems strange to be
talking of Nazi concentration on
his own soil. It must be remem
bered that the Italians have be
come unwilling hewers of wood
and carriers of water for the Ger
man master.
The big island of Malta with
Its area of 95 square miles and
population of a quarter million
lies about half way between the
western and eastern gateways to
the Mediterranean, Gibraltar and
the Suez canal. That, in Itself,
is important, but its strategic
strength rests largely in the fact
that it commands the narrow
passage about 00 miles wide
between Sicily and Cape Bon, in
French Tunisia on the African
coast.
Malta has on of those so
called Impregnable fortresses,
such as boasted by Singapore and
Gibraltar, but like all citadels
these days is susceptible to air
attack and may be rendered use
less as a base for ships. How
ever, it has at least two air
dromes from which bombing
raids can be counter-attacked
and returned, and from which
shipping can be bombed. Thus
Malta still remains to a consider
able degree the open sesame for
vessels passing through the
Mediterranean.
The loss of this base to the
axis would have several grave ef
fects on the British position. For
instance. If the Germans could
capture the island and utilize its
airdromes in conjunction with
the Italian alrbases in nearby
Sicily, It might enable the axis
to cut the Mediterranean in two.
This would sever connection
tween the eastern and western
portions of the British fleet.
That would force the British to
go round Africa to move sup
plies through the Suez canal to
the eastern Mediterranean, and
to reach the far east. Naturally
this would greatly lengthen the
time of a voyage.
Such a development would be
a mlfihty assistance to Japan, and
may represent contribution
which Hitler has in mind for his
ally.
Possession of Malta also would
facilitate passage of axis trans
ports and supply ships to Tripoli
Invaluable if the Germans
should be able to take over the
French colonies in northern
Africa.
FIRST ICE JINX'
OF SEASON TO BE
Featuring local talent almost
exclusively, the Medford Ice
Arena will hold Its first "Ice
Jinx" of the season next Sat
urday night from 8 to 11:30
o'clock, the program Itself to be
presented between 9:13 and
10.30. The Ice will be available
to public skaters the rest of the
time.
Denny Edge, manager of the
arena, said today he had lined
up a fine program, headed by
the Medford senior high school
girls' drum corps majorettes.
These four girls will drill with
their batons on ice, and will be
supported by Ruth Edge, one of
the northwest's most promising
skaters.
"Frick and Flack," world fa
mous ice comedians, will be Imi
tated by "Tick and Tack,"
whose real names are -Bill and
Dick Frederick. There will be
a wheelbarrow race, a men's
five-lap and a women's three
lap open race, a broom-ball
game on ice between Medford
and Grants Pass skaters, a solo
number by Miss Edge," It Can
Happen On Ice," and a pair
number featuring Miss Edge and
Bill Frederick in a demonstra
tion of the 14-step.
LEASE STORES IN
HOLLY BUILDING
The signing of five-year leases
on two stores in the Halley build
ing was announced today by
M. N. Hogan, manager. The new
businesses were being installed
today.
The corner premises at South
Central avenue and Eighth street
were leased to R. W. Hodges who
will install a pool and billiard
room, Mr. Hogan said. The prem
ises next door were leased to
Charlie Card who will establish
a restaurant, he stated. Work
will be rushed so that both
places can be opened on or be
fore February 1.
Both Hodges and Card come
from Merrill where they are
members of the city council.
Card was mayor of Merrill in
103S and 1940. He owns the
Palm restaurant in Merrill. Both
men will make their home here.
WRONG DOORBELL
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 14. JP)
A city fireman canvassing for
fire volunteers In Albany's de
fense effort rang a doorbell just
before a trial blackout.
Even the immediately ensuing
blackout hardly obliterated his
flushed face it was the home
of City Fire Chief Michael J.
Fleming.
LOCAL SCHEDULES
FOR MAIL DUE TO
S.P. CURTAILMENT
Local schedules were an
nounced today for the mail
truck substituted for the discon
tinued Southern Pacific trains
connecting the Rogue river val
ley and California.
The northbound truck whlcn
leaves Dunsmuir at 7:30 a. m. Is
scheduled to arrive here at 12:30
p. m. and to depart at 1:10. Mail
for this truck will close at Med
ford central postoffice at 12
noon. The truck ends its run at
Grants Pass.
The southbound truck which
leaves Grants Pass at 4:30 p. m.
Is scheduled to arrive here at
8:13 and to depart at 6 25 p. m.
Mails close at 5:15 p. m.
Here the truck tops next to
the railway express office at
the railroad station, another ve
hicle from the postoffice con
necting with the truck at the
station, two blocks distant.
The postoffice here received
notification today that its re
quest had been granted by the
postoffice department and so a
direct pouch of mail will be
made up for delivery by the
southbound truck at Yreka.
Weed and Hornbrook, Calif.,
Hugo Guenther, superintendent
of malls said. As first arranged,
the truck would carry all mail
for points south of Ashland on
to Dunsmuir for transfer to a
southbound train which later
would turn the mail over to a
northbound train on which it
would be sorted and taken back
to the truck at Dunsmuir the
next morning.
LIVESTOCK
Fortland
Fortland. On., Jan. 14 OP)-(CSDA)
Hoga: Salable 400, total 1080;
market active, strong, soma aalea
10 higher: good-choice 170-216 lb.
drtve-lna $12 80-10: lew ouutandlng
lota $19.18; 330-370 lb. welghta 111 00
10; light llghte mostly sll.00-39: eov
weighing 380-990 Iba. mostly 19 35
75; amooth aowa SlO.OO-ssr choice
light feeder plga quotable to $1..00
and above.
Cattle: Salable and total 100: calves
aalable 35. total 60: around 30 loada
beef ateera and cows held over; de
mand broad for canner-cutter cows
and bulla: these strong: other classes
not moving, asking about steady with
laat Monday; few lota medium to low'
good steers Tuesday Sll .0012 00:
common heifers today $6.00(99.00:
ted heifers quotable to $11.00; canner-cutter
cowa mostly $5.76-6.76:
fleshy dairy type cows $7.26-76: med
ium bulla $8 50(9 9.00; good heavy
beef bulls quotable to $10.00; medium-good
vealera $11.00013.50: choice
quotable to $14 00.
Sheep: aalable and total 60; few
lamba ateady: medium-good wooled
lambs $11.00; good-choice grades
quotable to $11.75 and above: fat
ewes salable around $.550-90. '
Chicago
Chicago. Jan. 14 (FMUSDAl
Salable hoga: Light hoga and under
welghta, alow, ateady to 35 lower,
beat 200-270 lba. $11.15-45; few cholee
lots $11.45-60. extreme top $1160:
moat 270-300 lb. butchers $11 00-23.
good 360-500 sows $10.00-60; lighter
weights to $10 76.
Salable cattle: fed ateera and year
lings strong to 23 higher; mostly 15
25 up on good and choice grades:
common and medium gradea selling
at $11.60 down to $9.75 and below;
largely $11.6014.00 fed steer trade
with choice offerings acaling 1.035
lbs. topplnf at $1440; several loads
$1S401445; enable supply med
ium weights and weighty steers
13O0e IS SO; good to choice topping
for class at $13.78: bulk $10 Ms) 13 00.
Salable sheep: Todays trade, fat
Iambs fairly active, atrong to 10
higher, most early aalea good and
choice fed wooled lambs $12.26-40;
early top $1340, summer shorn 100
lbs. fed lambs $1146, good to choice
100 lbs. yearlings 61040. few small
lots fat ewes $640 down.
Portland Produce
on, "we must add at least 10,-
000,000 others probably more
to their ranks, making a total
of more than 15,000,000.
"To mobilize a labor force
three times the projected size of
our new army," he declared.
'isn t going to be easy,'
Fortland. Ore.. Jan. I yp
Dreaaed turkeys Selling prices: bens
26c; tocna, 2S-3Se lb. Buying prices:
tome. 37s lb.; bens, 2-37o lb.
Onions Taklma, $140-146; Ore
gon, $145-3.00 per 60-lb. sack.
Potato White, locals, $3.36 cen
tal: Deachutes feme, S246-S cental;
Taklma No. 1 feme. $346 cental;
Klamath $346- cental. Idaho gems,
S3 46 cental.
$1000 OVER QUOTA
FOR WAR RELIEF BRILLWFEAD
OF ACTIVE CLUB
Portland Wheat
Fortland, Ore., Jan. 14 OP) Oram:
Wheat: Open High Low Cloea
May 1.03 143 1.03 1.03
cash grain: oat Ko. 2-34 lb. white
$39.00; barley, No. 3-48 lb. b.w. $34 00:
corn, No, 3-e.y. ahlpmenta $36-25;
No. 1 flax S3.0614.
Cash wheat (bld)t soft white
$1.01; soft vhlte excluding res
$1.03; white club $1.04; western red
$1.03.
Hard red winter: ordinary, $141:
10 pet., $143; 11 pet.. $1.11; 12 pet.
$1.16.
Hard whlte-baart: ordinary $1.13;
10 pet., $1.17; 11 pet., $1.33; 12 pet.,
$1.27.
Chicago Wheat
Jackson county has gone
"over the top" in the county
campaign to raise $12,000 for
American Red Cross war relief,
B. E. Harder, county chairman,
announced today. He stated that
the county is 1,000 over the
quota set by American Red
Cross national headquarters.
The chairman requested that
all solicitation cease and those
having receipt books and stubs
return these Immediately to
Red Cross headquarters in the
county court house In order
that reports may be completed.
"On behalf of the local chap
ter of American Red Cross, I
wish to thank every worker and
the public for their generous
contributions," Mr. Harder said.
WARN SELECTEES
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The Active club meeting in
Hotel Medford last night elected
Wallace Brill president and
David Lowry vice president for
the coming year. The new lead
er succeeds Jack Nail, and the
new vice president takes the
place of Mr. Brill, elevated to
the presidency.
Delmar Wright was re-elect
ed secretary-treasurer, Maurice
Parrish was named sergeant-at-
arms to succeed Emll Mohr and
Ben Newman and Royal Clare
were elected six-months' trus
tees, along with Eugene Peter
son, a one-year trustee.
A guest of the club was Ro
bert Thompson.
Chicago, Jan. 14. (P) After de
clining fractlona early In the eeealon,
the grain market today rallied, led
by rye which advanced aa much as
a cent a buahel at one time.
Wheat closed - cent higher
than yesterday. May $141, July
$1.32: corn lower to higher.
May 86-, July 87-; oata -
up: rye 1-1 higher; aoybeans
unchanged to higher.
Wall St. Report
MM
Here's hoping 'forty-two
is good to you!
Why not start in and
New York, Jan. 14. (AP A
little profit selling today threw
the stock market off the forward
pace, followed in the previous
session.
Softness of the steels tended to
put light pressure on other lead
ers and coppers and rubbers, fa
vored on Tuesday, gave an indif
ferent performance.
Dealings were approximately
600.000 shares.
Today's dosing prices for 34 se
lected atocka follow:
Al. Chem. Si Dye unqtcd
Am. Can , 64
A. T. T. 128'j
Anaconda 28
Atch. T. SI S. P. , 31
Bendlz Avta. 36
Beth. Steel 63
Caterpillar Tract. ,, , 39
Chryaler 48
Curtlsa-Wrtght
Douelaa Acft. , ., 68
DuPont 133
Oen. Elec. 28
Oen. Foods 39
Oen. Mot. , 53 i
Int. Harveat 48
Johns-Man. 59
Kennecott 36
Monty Ward 28
No. Amn. Av'n , 13
North Amer. 10
Penney (J. C.) 72
Penna. R. R. ., , 22
Phllllpa Pet 40
Radio , S
Sou. Pac. 13
Std. Brandt 4
St. Oil Cal. 20
St. Oil N. J. 40
Trans. Amer. 4
Union Carb. 71
Unit. Aircraft , , 34
United Airline 11
V. 8. Steel 64
Headquarters of local selec
tive service boards 1 and 2 to
day issued a special warning to
all registrants that they must
respond to all official inquiries
and calls within the time speci
fied or face serious penalties.
Some of the registrants don't
seem to realize that this country
is now at war and Uncle Sam
will tolerate no delays in get
ting the nation on a war footing,
headquarters said. Before this
country's entrance in the war.
selective service was a train
ing organization; how it is strict
ly a war organization and all
orders come from the war de
partment it was emphasized.
Various notices to registrants
to report for screen testing, for
physical examinations by army
doctors and for induction are no
longer requests but orders that
carry with, them stiff penalties
for failure to comply, the state
ment of the two boards said.
One of the jobs before the
boards now is the reclassifica
tion of registered married men.
California Butter
Sacramento. Jan. 14 if Chum-
tner cream butterfat: nrst grade
41e; second grade 39e.
San Francisco. Jan. 14 -(USIA
Butter, 03 score 88c: 91-37c: 60-
36c. Cheese, rata. 34c. Triplets,
24c. Eggs unchanged.
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Washington, Jan. 14 W)
Sidney Hillman hinted broadly
today that 5,000,000 men Is the
projected strength of the new
United States army now being
built.
The associate director general
of the office of production man
agement mentioned the figure
indirectly during the discussion
of the war production labor
problem which he prepared for
the annual meeting of the Unit
ed States conference of mayors.
Hillman reported that 5,0UV
000 workers were engaged in
war production at the end of
1941.
"By the end of 1942," he went
granted for six months or less,
depending on hW long is neces
sary to obtain ana train a re
placement for the registrant.
In class 2-A will be placed
men necessary in any industry,
business, employment, agricul
tural mirsuit. governmental ser
vice, or any other activity which
Is essential to tne national
health, safety or interest.
PROMISE VICE CONTROL
Salem, Jan. 14. (JP) The
state board of health yesterday
promised army authorities their
full cooperation in the army's
plans to close houses of prostitu
tion near army establishments.
The board's part will be to check
spread of venereal disease.
DEAN SCHOENFELD
TALKS ON FRIDAY
Dean William A. Schoenfeld
of the Oregon State college of
agriculture will be guest speak
er at the annual meeting of the
Fruit Growers League of Jack
son county In the county court
house auditorium Friday at 1:30
p. m.
All persons interested in the
outlook for the fruit industry
and the other activities in this
county closely connected there
with are invited to attend the
meeting to hear Dean Schoen-
feld's discussion of the prob
lems with which they must deal
in the near future.
DRAFT DEFERENT
WILL BE HARDER
Salem, Jan. 14. (JP) It's go
ing to be extremely hard for
men to obtain occupational de
ferment from the draft, as they
will have to prove that their
Jobs are absolutely necessary in
their civilian activities or are
necessary to the war produc
tion program, state selective
service headquarters said today
in explaining new regulations
issued since declaration of war.
Local boards will reclassify
many hundreds of men to make
them eligible for service.
Such deferments will be
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Pear Market
Yesterday.
Chlearo, Jan. IS MVIUSDAI
Pears: $ cars on track: no car ar
rivals, 1 care diverted: Oregon An
Joue 3 9 ex'.ra fancy $2 33-3 00 aver-
a$ e $3 87.
Mew Yorij. Jan. IS (JMrsDAl
Peara: 14 e&ra arrived. 1 Oresoo un
loaded, 14 on track: 1 diverted: Ore
iron Anjone 178 eitra fancy $3 70
S '.O. arare $3 8: 730 fancy S3 10
3 00: averse $333: Boece 433 fancy
$130-3 73: fev $3 00: avrrare $3 03:
3333 No. la $8O-IS0. small lot $3 33.
average $1 89: Cornice 343 extra fancy
$3 40-3 83, averare $3 34: 330 fancy
$183-3.10. average $3 33: 330 half
boxes evtra fancy $1.00-1.10, aver
ara $107..
The highest per capita state
and local tax bill in 1940 was
paid in New York.
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