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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1942.
NO. 271.
News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
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WE
O Washington, Feb. 3. The
British could use a Rommel or
two. No wonder Is expressed
here wai nn
ler has made
his Libyan
e o mmander a
(ield marshal
(second class).
He duped the
British out of
Ben gazi, Im
mediately aft
er getting his
promotion.
The nazi sent
rial Million a feinting force
straight east from his base
couth of Bengazi as If he were
, going on a wide arc, the same
strategem he used when he
(wept around and isolated Tob
ruk last year. The British sent
a strong force out to meet him,
leaving Bengazi lightly defend
ed. But Rommel cut his east-
m
Oward procession, turned his
main force north toward the
city and captured it.
The launching of his whole
counter-drive out of defeat was
just as well screened. Two or
three weeks ago Hitler started
concentrating planes in Sicily
and Sardinia, simultaneously
opening an air attack on Malta
Naturally the British expected a
Cretian blow at their tiny island
fortress, send a good portion of
their Libyan planes to defend
it. The nazis continued their
daily air menacing to keep these
British planes occupied. But in
stead of attacking Malta, they
slipped ten transports (10,000
tons each) loaded with troops
and supplies across to Tripoli to
reinforce Rommel for this drive.
MOTE Both the Nazis and
Japs can get away with these
swift moving deceptions because
they are attacking from the cen
ter of a circle while the united
nations must run around the
outer arc. The shorter radius of
center lines enables the aggres
sors to Shift troops and planes
with great speed. The Japs from
Formosa, for instance, sent their
bombers against MacArthur one
day, Malaya the next. This basic
defect will be met when we are
able to take the offensive, choose
our place of attack and marshal
superiority of force at that point.
00
IX kinds of stories are going
the rounds about agriculture
Secretack Wickard's change of
mind against inflating farm
prices to the limit. One told to
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100,000th Joins
For Navy Service
Washington, Feb. 3 (IP) The
100,000th volunteer to join the
! navy since the Japanese attack
on Pearl harbor December 7
enlisted yesterday.
The navy department said
today that day and night opera
Hons of the navy recruiting
service, on a seven-day week
basis had brought an average
of 1,786 enlistments a day dur
ing the eight weeks period since
the war began.
Clark Gable Coming
On Oregon Vacation
Willows, Calif., Feb. 3. UP)
.Clark Gable, film star whose
wife, Carole Lombard, was
killed In a recent plane crash,
left here yesterday en route to
Oregon for a vacation. Only hit
chauffeur accompanied him.
Radio Highlights
(Time is Pacific Standard)
Tonight: Blue 5:30, Meet
Your Secretaries Knox and Mor
genthau. Wednesday: The war 8 MBS;
8:13 MBS; 9. CBS. MBS; 10
Blue; 10:45 NBC; 11 MBS; 12:15
pm., CBS: 1 MBS; 1:45 CBS,
MS; 3 CBS, MBS; 3:25 NBC;
3:45 CBS, Blue.
SIDE GLANCES
BT
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Eino Hcmmila
agree that it was
refusing to
late Soldier" rather than 'Tanks
a Million" that packed 'em into
the Ria'.to Sunday, he
it w vice versa.
Jack Jewitt being a lit'le
more than surprised when he
sat on a stool in a coffee shop
and ft gave way under his
eight.
GROCERS UPHELD
BY HIGHER COURT
$45,0C0 Already Collected
To Be Held Until People
Decide Issue In November
Salem, Feb. 3. (IP) The
state supreme court today or
dered unanimously the two-cent
cigarette tax law placed on the
ballot at the next general elec
tion in November, and compel
led the state tax commission
to cease collecting the tax im
mediately. Earl B. Day, member of the
tax commission, said the com
mission would stop collecting
the tax at once,
"The commission," Day said,
"won't have any formal state
ment. The decision stops collec
tion of the tax. And I can t ima
gine any cigarette dealer send
ing in any more money to the
commission after he hears about
the decision."
Grocers File
The law was passed by the
1941 legislature, but the State
Retail Grocers association filed
a referendum against it. Attor
ney General 1. H. Van Winkle
then advised Secretary of State
Earl Snell not to accept the ref
erendum. Van Winkle holding
that the association's expense ac
counts in connection with the
referendum movement were in
adequate. Snell then accepted Van Win
kle's advice, and ordered the tax
commission to begin collecting
the tax. Collection began on Jan
uary 8, after which the associa
tion filed the supreme court suit
against Snell.
$45,000 Collected '
The commission has collec'ed
about $45,000, which will be
placed In the state treasury and
kept there until the people de
cide next November whether
they want the tax.
Today's decision, by Justice
Bailey, said that the statute re
quiring filing of expense state
ments by sponsors of referen
dum movements "does not re
quire that the service for which
money is paid be minutely des
cribed or that everything an em
ploye does to earn his stipend
be set forth in the statement of
disbursements. It is our opinion
that the statement of contribu
tions as expenditures filed by
the State Retail Grocers associ
ation is in substantial compli
ance with the provisions ' of that
statute.
BILL APPROVED
IN SENATE VOTE
Washington. Feb. 3.-
The senate passed today a bill
setting up a $1,000,000,000 fund
to insure private property
against damages resulting from
bombing and other enemy at
tacks. On a voice vote, it authorized
the government War Damage
corporation to provide this pro
tection and at the same time
increased the lending and bor
rowing authority of the Recon
struction Finance corporation by
$2,500,000,000.
Senator Vandenberg (R.,
Mich.) demanded that all war
costs, including loans by govern
ment corporations, be listed as
part of the public debt.
Senator Maloney (D.. Conn.),
floor leader for the war dam
age measure, had told Vanden
berg that the pending bill would
raise the total lending author
ity of the RFC, headed by Fed
eral Loan Administrator Jesse
The Choco.H. Jones, to about $10,000,000,
000.
The measure would authorize
arguing free Insurance against war dam
lage up to $15,000. and there
after a "reasonable premium'
would be charged.
The Constitution of the Uni
ted States originally consisted of
a preamble aud seven articles.
Allies in Big Move ; .o Counter Nipponese
MacArthur Scores Again
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MARIVELES
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MILES
Artillery fir laid down br
forces smashed a Japanese mass
near Pilar (arrow). On the opposite side of the Batan Peninsula,
the Invaders were forced back to coast along South China tea and
either destroyed, captured or drowned. MacArtmir said the Jap
anese now occupy aoout nail ot
Farm Produce
Heading for
Washington, Feb. 3 (P The
from headquarters today that the
their products has gone about as far as the agriculture depart
ment and the office of price administration will permit.
Leon Henderson, the price1
administrator, and Secretary of
Agriculture Wickard disclosed
yesterday they were In "com
plete agreement" that the cost
of living should be stabilized.
The agriculture department
will do its part by using government-owned
stocks of grains and
cotton "to supplement private
stocks" and by keeping feed
prices at levels which will en
courage production of meat and
livestock products.
The price administrator will
reciprocate by bearing down on
the prices of things farmers buy.
The joint statement did not
disclose how high they planned
to let farm prices go, but Wick
ard provided clue Saturday
when he told the senate agri
culture committee he thought
"around parity" would be about
right.
Parity Is a price which would
give farm products the same
purchasing power as they had
in a stipulated previous period
--for most crops, the years
1909-14.
Farm prices averaged 102 per
cent of parity as of January 15,
the agriculture department re
ported. Some were much high
er, some much lower.
Portland. Feb. 3 (fl3) Ap
proximately 300 Pacific tiorth
west lumbermen, most of them
from Oregon, attended an auc
tion here today In which the
army let contracts for approxi
mately 60,000.000 board feet of
lumber.
The lumber was for canton
ment conduction in various
sections of the west and mid
west, including some work at
Medford. Originally the auction
was to have Included sufficient
lumber for cantonments at Cor
vallis. Ore., and Maryrville,
Calif., but purchasing for these
projects has been delayed.
100 RAID-SHELTERS
Portland, Feb. .3. OP Port
land has 100 downtown build
ings containing qiartert that
would serve as air raid shelters,
en air raid shelter committee
said today after a survey.
BALANGA
PILAR
ORIOM
LIMAY
LAMAOl
1
4
CORRECIDOR I.
General MacArthur's Philippine
attack at an important junction
tno remniuia (dotted area).
War Boom
Early Ceiling
nation's farmers heard straight
war boom in the market for
COMMUNITY NEEDS
AUSED BY CAN
ARE TALKED HERE
More conferences on various
community needs created by the
army cantonment were held
here today.
Here fur a late afternoon
conference with the cantonment
civilian coordinating board's
housing committee were L. E,
Srarbrough, Seattle, regional co
ordinator for the federal office
for defense housing coordina
tion, Folger Johnson, Portland,
state director of the federal
housing agency, W. G. Craw
ford, Salem, executive director
of the Oregon Economic council,
and Fred Cuthbert, Portland
consultant of the Northwest
Regional Planning board.
Executives of the farm secur
ity administration were here
also to confer with representa
tives of Medford Trailer Camps,
Inc., incorporated yesterday by
local men to help solve the ex
pected housing problem.
Conferences on cantonment
community problems, with the
idea of receiving government
help on housing, water service
enlargement, sewer and sewage
plant expansion, and hosDltal
and school extension, have been
a regular feature here and else
where since last May.
Physician Held in
Abortion Fatality
Centralis, Wash., Feb. 3. (IP)
Dr. J, G. Sargent. Centralis
physician, was still In the Lewis
county jail today unable 1o
raise $2,000 bail after his arrest
on charges of manslaughter and
performing an abortion.
He pleaded Innocent when ar
raigned In justice court, and was
bound over to the higher court
for trial during the next jury
term.
New York, Feb. 3. AP
Two gunmen robbed Berthold
d'AIesandre of $7 In Central
I park -and then shot him in the
'right foot so he couldn't chase
I them
REGISTRY PLACES
SET FOR COUNTY
BY DRAFT BOARD
A.M. To 9 P.M. Will Be
Hours For Feb. 16 Regis
tration; Name Registrars.
Headquarters of Jackson
county selective service boards
today announced the following
as places of the new registra
tion to be held February 16:
City and Place
Medford, Courthouse Auditor
ium.
Ashland, City Hall or Arm
ory.
Butte Falls, Town Hall.
Eagle Point, Brown's Hall.
Central Point, Old City Hall.
Gold Hill, City Hall.
Jacksonville, Old Courthouse.
Applegate, Community Hall.
Prospect, Prospect Gymnas
ium.
Talent, City Hall.
Trail, Engineer's Office.
All registration places will be
open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Although registration on days
prior to February 16 Is permis
sible, there will be only the one
day of registration in Jackson
county, it was announced by
Ernest L. Scott, in charge of
publicity for the two selective
service boards here. Mr. Scott
explained that the services of
the registrars are entirely gratis
and voluntary and that there
fore it was unfair to ask them
to give unnecessary time to this
work.
Mr. Scott said the following
had been appointed chief regis
trars under the American Le
gion volunteer plan of which
Frank H. Ray Is chairman:
Butte Falls, Clyde Smith; Eagle
Point, Dale Ensminger; Central
Point, Elmer Wilson; Gold Hill
Cleo Gilchrist; Jacksonville, Ray
Wilson; Applegate, Ed Kubli;
Trail, Dr. John H. Mallory;
Prospect, Dewey Hill; Ashland,
Harry D. McNair; Talent, Bert
F. Simmons; Medford, board No.
1, Walter J. Looker and board
No. 2, Lyle B. Thurman.
Required by law to register
February 16 are all men not
previously registered for select
ive service who were born on
or after February 17, 1897, and
or before December 31,
1921, or, in other words, those
who attained their 20th birth
day on or before Dwember 31,
1941, and who will not have at
tained their 45th birthday, on
or before February 16, 1942.
Both boards will hold a meet
ing at 7:30 p. m, February 13
in the county courthouse audi
torlum for all chief registrars
and any other citizens who have
the time and are willing to vol
unteer their service to help In
the registration February 16,
Mr. Scott said. At thU meeting
all necessary supplies and In
structions will be given and
oath of office administered, he
stated. As the registration job is
a big one, he asked all who can
help as registrars to attend the
meeting February 13.
California D. A.'s
Favor Alien Ouster
San Francisco, Feb. 3. (IP)
Strict enforcement of Califor
nia's alien land act through civil
suits for state seizure of land
held Illegally by Japanese has
been endorsed by nearly 100 dis
trict attorneys and sheriffs.
Where the alien land Uw hat
been violated in a flagrant man
ner or near military establish
ments, criminal prosecutions al
so will be undertaken, the law
enforcement officers decided at
a conference with State Attor
ney General Earl Warren.
TO TALK HIGHWAY
Washington, Feb. 3. (IP)
The house public lands commit
tee will take testimony tomor
row from Gov. Ernest H. Omen
ing of Alaska and other terri
torial officials on a bill to con
struct a $25,000,000 highway
from the United States to
Alaska,
FOR WALBERTS IN
COW CREK AREA
Belated Information Gives
Hope of Finding Medford
Couple Missing On Flight.
Roseburg, Ore., Feb. 3. (IP)
Search for the plane in which
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Walbert of
Medford disappeared Nov. 29.
1940, while flying from Med
ford to Portland is to be renew
ed within the next week or ten
days. Sheriff Cliff Thornton an
nounced here today. New infor
mation, belatedly received by
the sheriff, has been transmitted
to Leo G. Devaney, director of
the state aeronautics board, who
advised Thornton in a letter re
ceived today that an aerial
search is being organized and
that a flight is contemplated in
about one week if weather per
mits.
The search will be made
along the Eden ridge, between
the Rogue river and Cow Creek,
about fifteen miles west ot West
fork.
Reports of a plane being
heard In that vicinity were dis
counted at the time the Wal-
berts disappeared, because of
what was regarded as more
credible Information indicating
that the plane had been flown
as far north as Marcola, Lane
county.
Sheriff Thornton said that he
was recently contacted by
Frank Ingram, living about sev
en miles up West Fork creek
from Dothao station, In Cow
creek valley, who reported that
he heard a crash which he esti
mated to be about eight or ten
miles away.
In correspondence with In
gram the time element has been
established fitting closely with
the flight of the Walberts.
The Medford Flying club's of
fer ot a $250 reward for the
finding of the Walberts or their
plane was recently withdrawn.
For many months after they
took off from the local airport
search was carried on, and re
cently when it became certain
they had perished their estate
was settled. Mr. Walbert was
local representative for the
Stubbs Electric company of
Portland.
Mail Tribune's Carriers
Top Defense Stamp Sale
Mall Tribune carriers are far out front In the national av
erage for the sale of defense saving stamps, a tabulation com
piled by the U. S. treasury department shows.
ine treasury department bul-
letln listed figures on 493 of the
900-odd newspapers participa
ting in the stamp-selling plan.
Of the 493 newspapers listed,
107,303 carriers sold 38,265,370
of the ten-cent stamps up to
January 10, the period covered
In the report. This was an aver
age of 356 stamps per carrier.
In the same period the 36 parti
cipating Mail Tribune carriers
sold the equivalent of 60,880
stamps or an average ot- 1,658
stamps per carrier.
The report showed also that
Mail Tribune carriers had sold
more stamps than the carriers
of any newspaper In Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Utah and
Montana. In the northwest area
the Tacoma, Wash., Times was
c!rut to th Mill Tribune, Its
235 carriers having sold 50,500
stamps.
Up to February 1, when the
plan had been In operation here
for seven weeks, Mail Tribune
carriers sold defense bonds and
stamps with a total value of $8,
709.50, the equivalent of 87,093
stamps ot the ten-cent denomin
ation. The ordinal plan was to
sell only the ten-cent stamp but
to many subscribers wanted to
buy bonds through their carriers
that arrangements were made
for this too.
Of the 36 participating Mall
Tribune carriers, 29 have won
War Bulletins
New York, Feb. 3. ?V
The London radio said today
a Moscow broadcast claimed
Soviet forces were "less than
20 miles from Dneprope
trovsk." the site of the big
hydroelectric power dam on
the bend of the Dnieper. The
Russians were last reported
within 37 miles of the city.
The broadcast was heard by
NBC.
REDS DRAG DUNS
E
By the Associated Press
1 Russian troops dragging ma
chine guns and cannon on
sledges at 40 degrees Fahrenheit
below zero were reported surg
ing forward at several points to
day in a drive aimed against
Smolensk, 210 miles west of
Moscow.
At the same time, the British
radio said German generals had
demanded that Hitler send 20
fresh, picked divisions to the
Soviet front Immediately, threat
ening that otherwise it would
be "very difficult if not Impos
sible to prevent a general Rus
sian break-through."
Reds Match Nails
Soviet dispatches said Ger
man air and ' tank reinforce
ments arriving on the southern
(Ukraine) front were being more
than matched by Red army
weanons.
British north African troops, I
. i
thrown back 225 miles in less
than two weeks, were reported
attacking Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel's armies "wherever
found" In western Libya today
in an attempt to check the head
long axis counter-offensive.
A British spokesman, empha
sizing the prime necessity of de
stroying the enemy's forces In
desert warfare, declared:
"Area is not. important.
Tanks, men and trucks are."
Cairo headquarters indicated
that Gen. Rommel'i vanguards
had reached the vicinity of
Slonta, 105 miles northeast of
Bengasi and 225 miles northeast
of El Agheila, hlghwater mark
ot the British January offensive.
While the British said they
now were taking the initiative,
the German high command gave
this version:
About $250,C03 Is
Pledged in County
Earl Newbry. county general
chairman, said today that about
$250,000 a year was pledged in
the recent savings bond canvass
in which each person with a
steady Income was asked to
indicate voluntarily how much
in bonds or stamps he would
be able to buy for duration.
The exact figure awaits confir
mation from Portland Mr. New
bry stated. He said the canvass
throughout th county was com
pleted and he again thanked all
the solicitors.
Portland, Feb. 3. (IP Rny
Conway, acting state administra
tor for the defense bond cm-
paign, predicted today that 225.
000 Oregon residents will have
pledged purchases of bonds and
stamps by the end of the week.
The average yearly pledge is
for $100, a total to date ot $17
500,000, he added.
the bronze shield awarded by
the treasury department on the
basis of sales.
The carrier-selling plan here
Is in direct charge of Gerald T.
Latham, circulation manager of
the Mall Tribune.
BATAN DEFENDERS
BEAT OFF FRESH
JAP ONSLAUGHTS
MacArthur's Force Takes
Bloody Toll When Japs
Attempt Shore Landings,
By Roger D. Greene
Associated Press War Editor.
Australian Army Minister
Francis M. Forde declared today
that "a big movement by the
allies is under way" to counter
Japan's sweep in the far Pacific,
even as Japanese dive-bombers
struck violently at Singapore
and a Tokyo military spokesman
said that a direct assault on the
island stronghold was imminent.
In a broadcast to the Aus
tralian imperial force at Singa
pore, Forde declared that each
hour Japan's siege armies were -held
at bay permitted the mass
ing and deployment of more
reinforcements and the accumu
lation of more weapons.
Move Not Specified
"It does not need my words
to Impel you, therefore, to hold
on, he said.
Forde did not specify the
nature or direction of the allied
movement.
In the Philippines, Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's American-Filipino,
defenders . wrotea -harolo
new chapter In the battle of
Batan peninsula, beating off
two fresh Japanese attempts to
land on the Batan west coast,
on the night of Feb. 2. and suc
cessfully counter-attacking the
Japanese right flank.
Three lines of enemy trenches
were overrun, a war department
bulletin said, a large amount of
Japanese equipment fell into
American hands.
Gen. MacArthur reported that
picked shock troops first at
tempted to land on the west
coast, only to be driven off by
artillery fire.
"A second and more serious
attempt was made at midnight,"
the communique said. "A large
number of barges under naval
escort approached the coast. The
raid was discovered by a few of
our night-flying pursuit planes
which Immediately attacked the
convoy with light bombs and
machine-gun fire."
Bloody Reception
American troops and artillery
gunners waited on the beach as
the Japanese approached, in
flicting bloody casualties with
their deadly tire.
"None of the Invading group
reached shore." Gen. MacArthur
reported, adding that In the
morning a number of shot-smash-
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East Indies Ratbsr
Still Coming; to U. S.
Secy. Jones Reveals
Washington. Feb. 3 VP) Sec
retary of Commerce Jones de
clared today the United States
still was receiving practically
the entire rubber output ot the
Dutch East Indies and that 114,
000 tons had arrived In this
country from the western Pa
cific and other sources since the
war began.
Jones told the house banking
and currency committee that
rubber was arriving at an aver
age rate of 33,000 to 40.000 tons
month. During January, he
said, 76.000 tons was received
and 70,000 tons allocated "so
that the stock pile actually waj
Increased."
Jones said he doubted If rub
ber Imports would 'each normal
bv next year "but I believe we'll
have enough to get along if
we're careful."
London, Feb. 3 (IPh-An ar
rangement between Britain and
the United States for develop
ment In the latter country of
synthetic rubber "on an Im
mense scale" was disclosed with
out details In commons today.
Yankee, meaning an Ameri
can, was originally Dutch
word.