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Newspaper Page TextKeep 'Em Flying Buy Dtfent Stamps or Bonds from your bank, it ores, paper carriers, or post office. Saw and aid. Medford Tribune Always Buy Tee. they wiu ftadlr keep ma the rood work If jroo gin Ibua an opportunity. Want ld ara always bo it. Thfy work lor anyone ana everyone. Olra them a chance to work for job. Full Associated Press United Press Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1942. NO. 255. l n mm j t News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. IS The sen ate runaway on farm prices was the result of some very quiet scheming of a few farm bloc plotters on me senate banking committee. Mr. Roose velt's price fix er, Leon Hen derson, bad been lobbying ardently around, but did not sus pect the reins were being cut until one day Paul Mallon the committee tried to keep him out of a hearing. He and Agri culture Secretary Wickard were sitting outside. The committee called In Wick ..a H.,t .aid nothing about l.ft'inir Henderson Into their executive session, on his own bill. He literally elbowed his . thrnncrri the door, and there engaged both Wickard and the farm blockers noiiy bob uv. What had thrown him further off their trail, was the fact that . farm leader. Senator Bank head, had made an agreement tn the committee to oppose the O'Mahoney-Russell runaway .n.nHmont (120 rjer cent of par ity and up). Bankhead kept his agreement. He vottd against it. But It developed wnen ine vote was taken, he was not leading the farm bloc this time. When the tellers looked around for the farm army usually be hind him, it was discovered he was general standing alone. DT the time Mr. Henderson boss, Mr. a and his busy Hoosevelt, found they were faced with a farm price boost ing bill, it was too late to stop the stampede. The bulk of the final votes against them were being contributed by their own leading senators from southern states. It was rather generally un derstood in the cloakrooms that cotton and potatoes would fare better than other commodities under the bill. Trying to stop a southern senator after a cotton price increase proved to be Just like stopping an axis tank with a red light. They felt labor had been allowed to get away with wage increases, and saw retribu tion If not righteousness In their own positions. . No one seemed very proud of ' the senate afterward, however. The debate had furnished no recognition that a war was on. (Continued on Paga Six) Radio Highlights New York, Jan. 15. Wlde World) Topics tonight: The War and Pan-American Confer ence, 4 MBS, 4:15 NBC. MBS, 4:30 MBS, 5:55 CBS, 7 MBS. 7:30 Blue, 7:45 CBS-Blue, 8 CBS, 8:30 MBS, 9 NBC, CBS Blue, 9:55 NBC, CBS-Blue. Talks: Blue, 6. America's Town Meeting, "Can We Win the War Without Hate?" MBS. 6.15, Assistant Secretary of State A. A. Berle Jr. What to expect Friday: The Owar 5 a. m., NBC. CBS-Blue, 5:45 NBC, 5:55 Blue, 6 CBS, 7 MBS, 7:15 Blue. MBS, 8 MBS. 8:15 MBS. 9 CBS, MBS, 10:45 NBC and Blue, 11 MBS, 12:55 p. m CBS, 145 CBS, MBS. 1:55 Blue, 3 CBS, MBS, 3.25 NBC, 3:45 CBS, Blue. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Carol Acheson taking issue with Hubby Russ on basketball maneuvers of a very technical character and being convinced the Tiger coach knew of which he spoke only after lengthy ex planations. Judge Bill Coleman thinking seriously about taking his sec ond vacation in nine years, this being considered an opportune time seeing as how law enforce ment officers are not bringing him any business these days, FIRST THREE NEW DIVISIONS TO BE READYJNMARCH Air and Ground Forces Will Be Doubled Expansion Calls For 9 New Camps. Washington, Jan. 15. (IP) Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey said today it would be necessary to draw from the 9,000,000 men between 20 and 44, inclusive, who will register February 16, to achieve the 1942 army strength of 3,600,000 announced earlier in the day by Secretary of War Stimson. General Hershey told a press conference that the additional 1,900,000 men to be sought by the end of this calendar year present army strength is around 1,700,000 could be raised from present registrants, but added: "I don't think that would be public policy." Washington, Jan. 15 WV A mighty army of 3,600,000 men is in the making, Secretary of War Stimson said today, to hasten the victory fought for so far against heavy odds. Stimson said the increase, authorized by President Roose velt, would be made this year, with the first three new divi sions to be organized by March 25. Looking to further increases of undisclosed size next year, camp facilities are to be expand ed in the meantime. The expansion, announced at a press conference, calls for: More than double the num ber of air combat units. Creation of 32 motorized or triangular divisions, In addi tion to the 27 conventional ground troop divisions now In service, and doubling the number of armored units. A proportionate increase In anti-aircraft, engineer, and similar special units. Formation of 50 or more military police battalions to replace troops now guarding critical facilities in continen tal United States. More In Training A large increase in the num ber of men in training centers to provide replacement for all organized units ana ine person nel for "the additional units to be created in the spring of 1943." As a part of the vast expan sion, Stimson announced at the same time, 75,000 officers will be commissioned In special offi cer candidate schools this year and requirements for air force niint. hombardiers and naviga tors had been lowered from 20 to 18 years. Married men now un mav train as fliers, and in- telllgence tests have been sub- stituted for educational require- ments. , I Stimson said the army In crease called for vast expan sion also for housing and train ing facilities which, he added, has already started. The army now is building nine new camps to accommodate 30.000 men each, he said. All training centers are being ex panded to accommodate addi tional 200,000. In addition, five temporary tent camps are being set up. . "In this way be hope to be able to house all the men induct ed and left in the continental United States by the time the last men are inducted," Stimson said. "By that time some divisions may be out of the United States, making their quarters also available." The war secretary noted the expansion had been started well in advance of peacetime sched ules for wartime increases. CONTRAST Stelnauer, Neb., Jan. 15 (JP) George Wolf, who would have observed his 101st birthday April 19, died at his farm home near here. His hair was still Jet black, but his beard was snow white, Boston, Jan. 15 WWSDA) Medium grades of territory wool were receiving some de mand at mostly 96 98 cents, scoured bails. Enemy Sub Hits Second Shi 2 Days Off East Coast Survives Ship I: vJf"' f . -J J" About SO men lost their lives whan a ship was torpedoed 160 miles off Nova Scotia, it was disclosed whan some 80 survivors of the ship ware brought to an eastern Canadian port. This seaman. Ming carried, naa bis loot t roien. L SERVE NATION IN TECHNICAL FIELD Washington, Jan. 15 Charles A. Lindbergh will not return to active duty with the army air corps, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said to day, but for the present will en gage in technical research on a commercial project in which the war department is directly interested. The secretary told his press conference that Lindbergh, for merly an air corps reserve col onel, called on him last Monday to ask whether he could be of any use to the government or the war department. '1 told him," Stimson said, "that we were always glad to receive Information, help or ad- i vice from anyone who thought he could be of service, and I asked him what he thought he vuuiu uu must usciuuy. 'He replied that he thought for the present he could be most useful in the line of technical experimentation." The next day, Stimson said. Lindbergh conferred with Lieut. General H. H. Arnold, chief of the army air forces, and Robert A. Lovett, assistant secretary of war for air. All that I can say now, Stimson concluded, "is that he decided, with our approval, to devote his time for the present to a technical commercial pro ject in which this department is directly interested. I think that covers all that can be said at this time." 'VICTORY' TALK Berlin, Jan. 13. (Official Broadcast Recorded by AP) "If we win, we have won every thing, if we lose, we lose more than all," German Propoganda Minister Goebbels told a meet ing of German political and cul tural leader; tn Hamburg today. Again Goebbels referred to the "dumb stubborness' of the Russian armies as proof of "the magnitude of the danger which has been hanging over us but again he expressed confidence that ultimate German victory was certain. Torpedoing . - - TTTTf ,. , TORI LOANS ASKED BY SILL BUSINESS Washington, Jan. 15. (JP) ' Independent tire dealers recom mended to the house small busi ness committee today that the government arrange for long- term, low-cost loans and busi ness debt moratoriums to tide them over the period of tire rationing. They complained, also, against the refusal of government ra tioning officials to permit the delivery to buyers of tires bought and paid for prior to the rationing order and merely held by dealers for storage. This brought from Represen tative Bulwinkle (D., N.C.) recommendation that the com mittee take the case up Immed iately with the proper officials. "These tires should be re leased immediately," Bulwinkle said. Through Its president, L. Clare Gargile of Texarkanna, Tex., the National Automobile Dealers association complained against an OPA order requiring that tires on "frozen" cars be turned over to OPA. Gargile said the association was "shocked beyond expres sion" by the requirement, which he said was announced yester day. RETREADED TIRE RATIONING SEEN Washington, Jan. 13. 4?V- Rationing of retreaded, as well as new tires, appeared probable today, with disclosure by OPM officials that only 300 tons of crude rubber had been made available this month to make retreading material for passen ger car tires. This amount, it was estimated unofficially, could take care of only about 20 per cent of the heavy demand by motorists re sulting from the new tire ra tioning program. OPM rubber experts said rub ber shortages had forced estab lishment of fe quota on crude rubber available to make "cam elback," the national used for retreading and recapping tires. FRONTAL ATTACK BY Z Escape Route of Nazis Nar rowedGiant Red Trap Closing. Kuibyshev, Russia, Jan. 15. (JP) Russian troops attacking in clinging, knee-deep snow have recaptured Medyn and other settlements in the Mozhaisk area to gain the initiative on every segment of the Moscow front, Soviet dispatches said to day. (By Associated Press) Russian shock trops were re ported smashing in a direct frontal assault today against 100,000 Germans massed at MozhAisk, 57 miles west of Moscow, in what appeared to be one of the greatest and per haps most decisive battles of the war. Mozhaisk is the keystone of the dwindling German defense corridor on the Napoleonic road from Moscow to Smolensk. The British radio said that a savage battle was raging at the gates of Mozhaisk and that "one key position Is said to have changed hands several times." Other Red army forces, slowly clusiag . a- giant trap around Mozhaisk, were officially report ed to have recaptured the town of Medyn, 35 miles to the south west. This meant that the Ger mans now had only a 70-mile-wide escape route from Mo zhaisk, with Soviet troops press ing down from Volokolamsk in the north and Medyn in the south. ' Volokolamsk Is 35 miles north of Mozhaisk. A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's high command, tersely noting defensive battles on the Mos cow and Leningrad fronts, ac knowledged that the Russians were making a new drive along the sea of Azov toward Tagan rog, 40 miles west of Rostov- on-Don, The offensive was termed "unsuccessful." The Berlin radio admitted that Russian reinforcements for the new battle of the Crimea were landing at Feodosiya, on the Kerch peninsula, and said German fliers had bombed large Soviet shipping concentrations, disembarking troops and war materials of all kinds. The Nazi high command said three Rus sian ships were damaged by bomb hits. FOR MAJOR TEST Singapore, Jan. 18. WV-So bered by the fact that only one fifth of British Malaya remains in British control after five weeks of the Japanese offensive. imperial armed forces and ci vilians knuckled down today for the major test which all be lieved to be in the offing: the battle of Singapore. New positions were consoli dated in the dripping green jungles of southern Malaya. While rain squalls and stiffened defense tactics gave this naval base-metropolis comparative re spite from Japanese air attacks Relays of British and Dutch fighter planes, however, battled raiders over the Singapore area using rain clouds for conceal ment. Japanese planes broke through the fighter defenses for at least one raid on the city It self during the day, but caused little military damage and lost one of their planes in a dogfight. POWER MILLIONS OKAYED Portland, Ore., Jan. 15. W) Authorization for Grand Coulee-Covlngton transmission line to ultimately cost more than 19,000,000 was Issued yes terday by the Bonneville admin titration. L I JAP LINER SUNK BY U-BOAT FAR EASTWATERS Navy Reports Possibly a Converted Carrier Bombers Downed At Manila. Washington, Jan. 13 The navy announced today that a 17,000-ton Japanese merchant liner had been sunk by an American submarine. The vessel was of the fast Yawata class, owned and operat ed by the NYK lines, and prob ably convertible into an aircraft carrier. The communique, untuned, read: "Far east: "A 17,000-ton Japanese mer chant ship of the Yawata class has been sunk by an American submarine. "There is nothing to report from other Pacific areas. The three Yawata class ships are called the "Three Graces of the NYK" and are among the finest and newest ships of the Japanese merchant fleet. Their names are Yawata Maru, Nltta Maru and Kasuga Maru. The first two were constructed in 1939 and the Kasuga was under construction last year and may have been ' the one converted into an aircraft carrier. The ships have a passenger capacity of 300 each and a listed speed of 22 knots although they undoubtedly are faster, as Japan usually conceals such ship sta tistics. Washington. Jan. 15. (flV- The war department announced today that defenders of the Philippine fortifications shot down two heavy Japanese bombers and hit others In flight of nine which attacked Corregldor island in Manila bay. Casualties among the Ameri can and Philippine troops were slight, the department said, and only minor damage was sin tered by the island fortress. The text of the department's communique No. 80, based on reports received here up to 7:30 m, PST today: "1. Philippine theater. "Nine heavy Japanese bomb ers attacked the fortification on Corregidor island on Manila bay. Two were shot down by our anti-aircraft artillery and others were hit. Damage to for tifications and casualties among our troops were slight. 'Aggressive enemy ground activity continues, with attempts at general Infiltration all along the line. Although greatly out numbered, American and Philip pine troops are holding well- prepared positions with courage and determination. "2. There is nothing to report from other areas. ATTACKING MALTA Valetta. Malta, Jan. 15 (TV- German bombers still were at tacking this Mediterranean island fortress tonight during the seventh straight raid of the day. A communique Issued at 0 p. m. while the axis planes ami were roaring overhead said that no casualties thus far had re sulted and only slight property damage because of heavy anti aircraft fire kept the raiders very high. The Germans were dropping parachute flares in an effort to find their targets. CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING Portland, Ore., Jan. IS. (JP) The future of the civilian pilot training program In 12 Oregon and Washington colleges was discussed here yesterday and will be studied again next Tuesday, i War Bulletins London. Jan. 15. (JP) The Chungking radio said tonight that a new Chinese offensive had bean started wast of Can ton. South China, and now is la full swing. Cairo, Egypt Jan. 13 (IP) Britlah imperial and allied Infantry moved forward to new positions againat axis holdout forces In the Halfaya region of Egypt, facing Libya, under cover of a destructive aerial and artillery bombard ment, British middle east headquarters announced to day. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Jan. 13. (JP) Undersecretary of State Bumne.' Wallas of the United States and Foreign Minister Enrique Rula Qui nasu of Argentina consulted for 2S minutes today and sue cess or failure of the Pan American conference at hand may have been bound up In that meeting. The two met In the Argen tine's hotel room and, leaving the plare aeparataly, they withheld precise comment On their talk. SISKIYOU JOINS -TRAINS REMOVAL Claim Two Trains Idle At Division Points All Day- Unity Urged. Yreka, Calif., Jan. 15. VP) Border counties which recently threatened to secede from Ore gon and California and form forty-ninth state because they were neglected, charged today they were discriminated against again. This time they accused the Southern Pacific of needlessly curtailing rail service in Sis kiyou county, California, and Josephine and Jackson counties In Oregon. Local officials charged the railway cut out the service under the pretext of defense, although the army did not sug gest the curtailment and there was no shortage of rolling stock, Two passenger trains were elim inated, which officials said now sit all day long on sidings at Dunsmulr, Calif- and Ashland, Ore. Formal protests asserted the substituted bus - truck service had proven Inadequate for the counties, with a combined popu lation of 90,000. Under the new system, they pointed out, a let ter mailed at Yreka has to travel 200 miles to Redding and most of the way back to get to Gazelle, 17 miles from Yreka. Siskiyou county supervisors sent a strongly worded protest to the California state railroad commission. Mayors of Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass, Ore., and various chambers of com merce, sent similar protests to ine interstate commerce com' mission. Sines the Southern Pacific company yanked off the only two remaining trains connecting California and the Rogue valley last Sunday, sentiment here has crystallized even stronger than it had been against the rail road's action in again making this part of the state suffer from continually decreasing service. Business men here were of the opinion that Yreka and Siskiyou county, Cal were showing a vigor In protesting the train discontinuance that should be folio- ed by united Rogue river vl.ey A telegram received hers today from inter ests in Yreka urged every inter ested person and organization to wire or writs to ths Califor nia State Railroad Commission, Civic Center, San Francisco, protesting th railroad's action and requesting that ths trains be restored Immediate 1. SAFE Second Assault Occurs 73 Miles From New York Navy Warns Shipping. New York, Jan. 15 IIP) Enemy warships for the second time in two days struck at com mercial shipping in New York waters when a tanker was at tacked today within sight of watchers on the south shore of Long Island. The coast guard at Quogue, Long Island, said that survivors were being brought in and that some had landed by mldafter noon. A coast guard plane had dropped food and whisky to about 10 survivors seen in a life boat and on raft. The name of the ship was not Immediately learned. Details of the attack, about miles from shore, also were lacking, but it was believed the attacking ves sel was a submarine. Reports from Hampton Bays, Long Island, about 75 miles from New York City, said on lookers from shore had seen the tanker during or Immediately after the attack. By the Associated Frets Survivors from the ''second ship attacked off ths Long Island coast in two days were being brought in late today by the United States coast guard in an Incident sharply underlin ing earlier warnings by the navy that tha enemy submarine men ace off the east coast "remains substantial." The details of this second aa rult in American waters were not immediately available from the coast guard. New York, Jan. 15W The coast guard station at Quo gue, Long Island, said today that survivors of a ship attacked off the Long Island coast were be ing brought to shore. The duty officer at the Quo gue coast guard station said sur vivors were being brought to Shinnecock inlet which links the Atlantic ocean with Shinne cock bay. It waa not known as once) what vessels made the rescues. Disclosure that an enemy sub marine had deliberately circled a Panamanian tanker Just off Long Island, exploding two tor pedoes in her port side and on in her starboard, waa made to day by navy officials in detail ing the closest approach of ac tual warfare to the nations east coast. Rear Admiral Edward c. Kalbfus, commander of ths Newport naval base, disclosed that the attack by an unidenti fied submarine on the tanker Norness had resulted In ths death of two men revising an earlier rsv estimate. He said 38 officers and men had been rescued and were in "good shape." The Norness was still partial ly afloat today her bow stick ing almost vertically out of ths water and Admiral Kalbfus notified tha navy department that ths vessel constituted a menses to navigation. Ths torpedoing occurred at 1:20 s. m. (EST) on Wednesday Just 60 miles southeast of Mon tauk point. Long island, mui more than 100 miles from Nsw York harbor. Higher Ceppsr Prl&s Protect TT.it Yesr Portland. Jan. 15 High er prices for copper, lead and zinc will bs paid by the metals reserve company in Washing ton, Earl K. Nixon, director of ths Oregon department of geo logy and mineral industries, said today. Ths higher prices will bs paid on ths production of nsw mines or those not producing at all In 1841, and on production in ex cess of 1041 tonnage for those operating tart tar.