MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1942.
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RED TAPE, HAMPER
Senate Report Also Hits
Dollar-a-Year Men, Labor
And Capital War.
Russian Pincer Attacks I VICTORY GARDEN I VVillkie Gets New Job
SOVIET
RUSSIA
Washington, Jan 15. (IP)
The senate defense investigating
committee charged today that
American war production had
been hampered seriously by
months of official bungling, la-
bor selfishness and management
greed.
In a report covering its
studies during last year the com
mittee accused government
agencies of slowing war output
by a mesh of "bureaucratic red
tape" and declared:
1. That after two years of
frantic effort America has too
few planes to allow adequate
flying time for its pilots and
that many of them are "medi
ocre." 2. That dollar-a-year men on
loan from industry were actu
ally lobbyists for their former
employers and should be elim
inated. 3, That the automobile indus
try had been allowed to con
tinue civilian production virtu
ally unchecked throughout 1941,
with no real conversion to mili
tary production even attempted,
i 4. That a concerted effort
should be made to use all the
facilities of small manufacturers
in defense production.
Made public by Chairman
Truman (D., Mo.), the report
warned that:
"Carelessness and inefficiency
have already cost us a great
deal and, if continued, can cost
us much more, even though in
the long run we will win the
war because of the sheer extent
of our resources."
The committee said prospects
for future airplane production
were "not too good" and added
that radical changes in methods
must be made to meet the mili
tary demand.
"Apparently, there never has
been and is not now any real
planned and coordinated pro
gram for the production of air
craft," the report said.
"Our services (the army and
navy) have merely purchased
what the manufacturers had to
offer instead of planning to use
: available facilities to produce
what they needed at maximum
capacity."
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CorvaUis, Jan. 15 (JP) How
Oregon can do its share in the
nationwide "victory garden
program will be mapped out
here Saturday at the state con
ference to be held here under
the Joint auspices of the Oregon
State college extension service.
the department of agriculture
war board, and the state civilian
defense council.
William A. Schoenfeld, dean
of agriculture, will outline the
victory garden campaign as part
of the general food-for-victory
drive.
Russians bated near Vollchovo (1), were reported attacking Ger
man remnants near Lake Ladoga and striking at Novgorod while
forces based near Kalinin (2), were driving toward Staraya Runa
and westward past Rzhev. Russian troops were reported storming
Orel (3, which had been flanked. British sources said Hitler had
moved his field headquarters from Smolensk (4) to a city in
southern Russia.
ANTI SLACK WAR
Freeport, N. Y., Jan. 15 (IP)
Whatever the relative merits of
skirts or slacks as proper attire
for girls at Freeport high school,
Eddie Yazijian isn't interested
any more.
'Tet 'em wear what they
want," the 19-year-old senior
muttered today in explaining
how some of his fellow slack-
haters slipped him the old
double-cross.
Deciding that they didn't ap
prove of girls wearing slacks to
school, Eddie and his erstwhile
chums agreed to wear skirts,
Just to emphasize their point.
Only Eddie showed up in a
skirt and promptly was suspend
ed. The school principal says he
will talk it over with Eddie to
morrow and probably reinstate
him.
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Two schedule changes effect
ive immediately were an
nounced today by Max C.
Henne, Medford manager of
United Air Lines.
Under the new schedule the
southbound forenoon Mainliner
will arrive at Medford munici
pal airport at 9:47 a. m. and de
port at 9:52 a. m., 55 minutes
earlier than heretofore. The
early evening southbound Main-
liner will arrive at 5:32 p. m.
and depart at 5:37 p. m., five
minutes earlier than heretofore.
Airmails close at the central
postoffice one hour before plane
departure time.
COAST ALIENS TO
APPLY FEB. 2-7
Washington, Jan. 15. (IP)-
Attorney General Biddle today
ordered all German, Italian and
Japanese aliens in eight west
ern states to apply for special
identification certificates be
tween February 2 and Feb
ruary 7.
Nationals of those three en
emy countries residing else
where in the United States must
apply for the identification cer
tificates between February 9
and February 28.
The attorney general said that
dates would be fixed later for
identifying enemy aliens in the
Virgin islands and Puerto Rico.
PROSPERITY HITS
Lawrenceburg, Ind., Jan. 15.
(IP) One of the nation's few
remaining buggy manufacturers
today viewed the tire and auto
mobile pinch with 'pardonable
equanimity.
Owner Edward Knapp of the
Standard Vehicle company,
went so far as to say: "The
horse and buggy days are com
ing again."
He has orders for more than
500 buggies and his payroll is
the largest since 1919 ten
men.
Knapp has Just returned from
Barnesville, Ga., where he
bought the stock of the Smith
Buggy company, which quit af
ter 50 years in the business.
Knapp kept going during the
depression years on orders from
South America and occasional
special Jobs for Hollywood
movie producers.
E FIRE SEEN
SIGN AGREEMENT
Tnnrinn. Jan. 15. UP) King
George of Greece and King
Petar of Yugoslavia signea an
tndav unitine the two
countries of which they are
rulers-in-exile in defense, for
eign policy and foreign trade.
Yiicnslavia and Greece de
clared the agreement "presents
the general foundations tor ine
organization of a Balkan union"
and added that "tney envisage
with satisfaction the future ad
hesion to this agreement of
other Balkan states ruiea oy
governments freely and legally
constituted."
POLE SUB SINKS
FIVE AXIS CRAFT
London, Jan. 15. (IP) A
Polish communique issued in
London announced today that
the Polish submarine Sokol tor
pedoed an axis armed cruiser
and a destroyer and three sup
ply ships in October and Novem
ber. .
The communique, one of the
few issued by the refugee gov
ernment since Poland fell in
1939, said that the prowling
submarine had been attacked
unsuccessfully several times by
depth charges.
FRUIT STRIKE AT
YAKIMA GOES UP
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After talking with President Roosevelt about his new job as
umpire to help the new war labor board. Wendell Willkie was in
terviewed almost on the run as White House reporters escorted
him down the front drive from the executive mansion, shown in
background.
MUTUAL SUICIDE
PACT DISCOVERED
Yakima, Jan. 15 (IP) Vic
tims of a suicide pact, Marvin
Lum, 30, and Miss Madaline
Grove, 24, ended their lives as
they sat in Lum's car parked
near the Yakima Country club.
Dr. W. H. Banks, coroner, re
ported today. The bodies were
found this morning by the ditch
rider for the Roza canal whose
attention had been directed to
the car by rabbit hunters.
Letters mailed to their fam
ilies and a message left in the
car stated their intentions of
taking their lives by mutual
agreement but gave no motive.
The letters to the families were
postmarked January 12.
Obituary
The Grange
MRS. REINHART F. KRUGGEL
Mrs. Reinhart F. Kruggel of
728 Summit avenue died this
forenoon in a local hospital.
A complete obituary was to be
prepared for publication tomor
row. Funeral arrangements were
in charge of Perl's.
The mountain playgrounds In
the Colorado Rockies are five
times larger than all Switzerland.
London, Jan. 15 (IP) The
air ministry announced today
the RAF bombed Hamburg last
night In force and left very
large fires burning in docks and
shipyards.
Emden and other ports of
northwestern Germany also
were bombed in widespread at
tacks but Hamburg was de
scribed as '"the main objective."
"Attacks were also made on
the docks at Rotterdam and on
enemy airdromes in Holland,"
the air ministry said.
"Five of our aircraft are
missing from these operations."
ANTI-PUNCTURE DRIVE
St. Louis, Jan. 15 (IP) Tires
have become so precious that
the department of streets and
sewers has taken steps to assure
their conservation.
A tire conservation patrol
has been formed to patrol the
city's streets daily to pick up
nails, glass and ether material
which might injure tires.
Washington, Jan. 15. (IP)
Labor Secretary Frances Perk-
ins today certified to the war
labor board the strike of 5,000
AFL workers against the Yaki
ma (Wash.) Fruit Growers as
sociation. The strike started last
October 13, and involved union
security and wage increases for
fruit, vegetable and produce
workers, teamsters and steam
and operating engineers.
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulslon re lieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to hrlD loosen and ex Del
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to sootne ana neai raw, tenaer, in
flamed branchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your drufnjlst to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you axe
to nave your money dock.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Central Point Grange
The entertainment committee
for Friday night's meeting will
put on their program before the
business session of grange, and
the lecture hour will be open to
the public.
The program committee in
cludes the C.D.E. and F. with
Eula Foley as chairman.
The first meeting of the year
was well attended with all new
officers present.
A good program was put on
by the B's, with Eudora Bohnert
as chairman and consisted of
songs, contests, a tableaux, musi
cal selections and a recreation
number.
Refreshments were served by
the new officers with Rogue
River valley pears prominent on
the menu.
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SIXTH AND
RIVERSIDI
Engineers voted to purchase a
$100 national defense savings
bond. The chapter received a
$15 check from national head
quarters for showing the great
est membership percentage gain
in 1941.
F
SALE
Portland, Jan. 15 (IP) The
scrapiron America sold to Jap
an will cause a drop of some 3.-
000,000 tons in U. S. steel pro
duction this year. Dr. Bradley
Stoughton said today.
Dr. Stoughton. president of
the American Society for Met
als, here for a visit to the Ore
gon section of the organization,
asserted that American produc
tion would drop despite addition
of 10,000,000 tons of production
capacity.
"We sold the Japs enough
scrap from 1935 on to triple
their production of steel." he
said. "The scrap . . . would have
been sufficient to keep our mills
operating for six months, even
at our present rate," he said.
He said some American steel
mills are shutting down now
briefly because they cannot get
sufficient scrap.
woodIUppLy of
Portland, Jan. 15, (IP) The
shortage of fuel wood in Port
land resulting from last week's
low temperatures, caused tem
porary suspension of license fees
for wood sales in the city.
Acting Mayor William J.
Bowes appealed to farmers to
bring in wood. Supplies in the
city were seriously depleted, he
said, and there was m atrnn
demand for all types of fuel.
QUINTUPLETS
relieve misery of
CHEST COLDS
this good old reliable way
At tht first iijrn of tha Dioime Quirt
tupleU ctchin cold their cheats ud
throats art rubbed with Mustrol
product made peially to promptly
rchtve distress of colds and resulting
bronchial and croupy cough.
Ths Quints havs always had xpT
care, to mother h assured of oiina
just about the BEST product mad
when you as Musterole. It'a wurm
than an ordinary 'ialve" MasteroU
helps break up local congestion!
IN 3 STRENGTHS: Children's MM
Musterole. Alo Kmlar and Extra
Strength for trrown-upa who prefer
stronger product. All drugstores.
REP. FISH'S AIDE
IS FOUND GUILTY
BUY BONDS
Meeting in regular session
last night at the Medford Ice &
Storage company, the local
chapter of the National Associa
tion of Practical Refrigerating
Washington, Jan. IS
George Hill, second secretary to
Rep. Fish (R-NY), was convicted
in district court today on two
charges of perjury.
The Indictments grew out of
Hill's appearance before a dis
trict grand jury investigating
alleged Nazi propaganda activ
ities.
Hill was specifically charged
with falsely denying that he
knew George Sylvester Viereck,
a registered German agent, and
with falsely denying that he
ordered eight mailbags contain
ing franked congressional mat
ter placed In a storeroom assign-
I ed the New York representative.
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IS OUR BATTLE CRY!
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Simplified Requirements New Opportunities
Today we are swiftly building an Ameri
can Air Force that will have no equal
in plane or in personnel. The U. S.
Army needs thousands of young men
to apply each month for the world's
finest aviation training as Aviation Cadets
to become bombardiers, navigators
and pilots. Commissions as Second
Lieutenants are waiting for these men
at the end of their seven-and-one-half.
month training period.
II TO U-MARIIID OR SINtll
If yon have pasted your 18th birthday
and are not yet 27, you are eligible under
the new regulations for Aviation Cadet
training. Good physical condition ia
necessary, of course. Married men are
now eligible.
SIMrll'IID IDUCATIONAl HQUIMMINTS
New, simplified teats determine the
applicant's ability to complete the Avia.
lion Cadet Course successfully. Diplo.
ma or credit from educational inttU
rutions are nor required for training
a bombardiers, navigator anil pilots,
"The Three Musketeer' of the Army
Air Corp.. Examination board have
been set up In key cities where you can
take your mental and physical exam
ination the him day yon apply, mod
be enlisted immediately.
It's time for action. Call at the near
est Army recruiting station today. You
will be given full information on how
you can serve your country and become
Flying Officer In the Army Air Corps.
U. S. ARMY RECRIITIRB SERVICE
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