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Let rOUR Answer to Bombi be BONDSI But Detente Bonos ana Stamp. TODAY Contribute to the strength of your nation. PatrlotUm. your uiri eelf-pro-lection, demands that YOt' o jour part NOW) Thirty-sixth Year New Job For 1 mi m At tha request of the Australian government, G n r I Douglas Mac Arthur has been tramf erred from tha Philippines ha has baan so brilliantly da-fending, to Australia to assume supreme command in that region. The general is shown above (right) conferring in the Philippines with Maj. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, his ranking field commander. Kelly's Comment From Washington, D. C. Rubber Shortage Brings Paralysis Dealer, Driver in Bad Spot Merchant Ship Crewmen Needed Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, March 17. Like creeping paralysis, the rubber shortage is sweeping across the Pacific northwest, and appeals to Leon Hender son, office of price administra tion, are futile. Mr. Henderson (he is always photographed with a big 5-cent cigar) offers no encouragement; no hope for new rubber nor old tires re treaded, and he has declared (between puffs) the time may come when the government may take the tires right off your " llClfli 111. , HEIlutloVll .lll. nu llus statement, although he has been chal eneed bv tne Ameri can Automobile association and called an alarmist. By the time rubber is pro duced from the guayule shrub, which is to be planted in Cali fornia, New Mexico and Ariz ona by the department of agri culture, most people will have accustomed themselves to walk ing or have evolved some other method of going places and Bey s' eral million will have lost in terest in tires and automobiles. That time will be approximate ly five years hence. It will be four years before synthetic rub- (Coounued on Page Four) Radio Highlights ft Pacific War Time lomgni: lams oiue Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Dinner, Under-S'-cretary of War Patterson. Alfred E. Smith. MBS 8 N. Y. Basketball Tournament. Wednesday: The War 8 MBS, 8:15 MBS: 9 CBS MBS; 10 Blue; 10 45 NBC; 11 MBS, 12 15 p. m CBS: 1 MBS: 1:45 CBS MBS; 1:55 Blue; 3:45 CBS Blue. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS supe Ernest Leavitt of Crater ''ke national park greeting f :.nwel Miith. Life photograph r. who snapped pictures of the lke over the week-end. Ruby Webster. Copco ,em-t'-oyee, remarking that ice skat- g was about the same as work L i all night Medford Full Associated Pre Bataan Hero Gil - , - Justice for Aliens Forced to Evacuate Aim of New Offices San Franpisco, March 17. Of) The civil affairs branch of the army, concerned with giving all evacuated aliens a square deal, today announced establish ment of 64 offices in California, Oregon and Washington. These offices will provide necessary information to Japan ese aliens and Japanese-Americans as well as German and Italian aliens who must move out of military zones. Help will be available along social service lines, for family assistance, employment oppor tunities and making of crop leases and the handling of city and farm properties. The army established several branches, the purpose of which will be to insure that all those evacuated will receive Just treatment. These offices will in clude: Oregon: Astoria, Marshfield, Oregon City, Salem and Tilla mook. F. R. TO ASK VAST Washington. March 17 (flV President Rcosevelt announced today that congress would be asked tomorrow to appropriate $17,579,311,253 for planes for the army. The chief executive told a press conference that Budget Director Harold Smith had in formed him that the huge appro priation, together with previous ones for planes, would take care of the procurement of 148,000 aircraft. He had outlined in his annual message to congress a two-year program calling for production of 60 000 planes in 1942 and 125,000 in 1943. Washington. March 17 TP The war department announced today that the Canadian govern ment had given final approval to construction of the new high way to Alaka. This approval, the department said, was the final step in for mal negotiations by the United siotpe nnJ Canadian govern ments on these projects, which had been agreed upon generally by March 6 "Contrarr to published re ports "-the department said, "at nn lima were nrzotiationi ham pered by 1-tck of cooperation by the Canadian government. PLANE TRANSFERS CHIEF AND FAMILY Assignment Comes As Jap anese threaten Invasion Arrival Heartens Allies. By Roger D. Greene (Associated Press War Editor) Gen. Douglas MacArthur, hero of the three-months-old battle of the Philippines, has arrived in Australia to take over the supreme united nations com mand in the far Pacific, the war department announced to day. The war department said Gen. MacArthur's assignment to the critical Australian theater, now imminently threatened with in vasion by Japan, was requested by the Australian government. His command will also in clude the Philippines, where American and Filipino troops are still valiantly defending the tiny Bataan peninsula against numerically superior Japanese forces. Arrives By Plan Gen. MacArthur arrived by plane today. accompanied by Mrs. MacArthur and his chief of staff, Brig-Gen. Richard K. Sutherland. Direct command of the forces In the Philippines passes to Ma jor General Jonathan M. Wain wright, the senior officer re maining in Bataan. A cavalry man, Wainwright, now 58, has been in the Philippines since October 1940, when he was as signed to command the Philip pine division. At the same time, unconfirm ed British dispatches reported that a Japanese invasion ar mada of cruisers, airplane car riers and scores of destroyers was moving southward on Aus tralia. London newspapers printed dispatches saying the Japanese were expected to launch their attack first against the eastern Australian seaboard, the region of Australia's chief cities, in stead of attempting to land on the north coast and fight their way across hundreds of miles of arid desert. Gen. MacArthur's transfer from the shot-torn foxholes of Bataan to the vast plains of Australia came as a heart-warming fillip to the united ntions. Chang Long Bought -Days ago, as Singapore fell and Japan's marauding armies overran the Dutch East Indies. Australian newspapers urged that the American general be called to lead Australia's de fense. The war department said President Roosevelt directed Gen. MacArthur to shift his headquarters to the British com monwealth on February 22 as soon as the necessary arrange ments could be made. More heartening news came. too, in War Secretary Stimson's disclosure last night that United States troops and air corps units in considerable numbers have arrived in Australia. Simultaneously, a British broadcast reported that "most of the royal Australian air force men who have been serving against Japan in Malaya and The Netherlands East Indies are now back in Austrlia."- The veteran Aussie airmen. It was said, "will add greatly to the offensive spirit and fighting power of the .Australian squad rons taking the fight to the en emy." On other fronts: Increased invasion pressure upon British-Chinese defense lines in Burma coincided today with a Tokyo announcement that Japanese submarines had sunk 11 merchant ships totaling 81.500 tons off the Burmese and Indian coasts thus far in th war. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1942. Congress Cheers Mc Arthur Move Washington, March 17 (Jp) News that MacArthur had arrived in Australia as supreme commander of Uni ted Nations forces surprised and cheered members of congress. Senator Hayden (D-Ariz.) said the announcement "ought to be very stimula ting to the moral of all troops. It puts a very brave and capable soldier at their head. He would not have left Bataan unless its defense was in good hands." Chairman Connally (D Tex.) of the senate foreign relations committee, said that "General - MacArthur will give great leadership to the United Nations forces in Australia. It is fortunate for the civilized world that he is there. The democracies are thrilled and will respond gloriously to his general ship". BROUGHT IN BY Pendleton, Ore., March 17-fl") Army salvage crews attempted today to carry crash-shattered sections of two flying fortresses from the mountains on which they smashed early yesterday killing 14 army aviators. Wreckage from one of the four-motortd Boeing bombers, which hit a Blue mountain peak 20 miles south of here while on a flight from the Pendleton air base, was strewn over a mile-wide canyon. All 10 of the crew were killed Instantly. The other bomber, also from the Pendleton field, plowed into a wooded slope near Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, while cir cling for a landing, and four members of the six-man crew weer killed. , Col. Frank A. Wright, Pendle ton air base commander, listed the dead from the Blue moun tain crash as: Second Lieut. Lawler C. Neigh bors, Goodwater, Ala., pilot; Sec ond Lieut. John L. Bailey, Evansvllle, Ind. co-pilot; Second Lieut. Glenn R. Metsker Jr., St. Helens. Ore.; Staff Sgt. Wei don G. Wilson, Montoursville, Penn., engineer: Sgt. Frank D. Gillis, Beverly, Mass., co-engi neer, Corp James T. Mutchler, Falls City, Texas, radio opera tor; Corp. George R. Hall, Al denbridge, La ; Sgt. Charles C. Parsons, Du Quoin, 111.; Sgt. Rayrrond J. Pavegllo, Concord, N. H.; Corp Frank H. Spooner, III, New Bedford, Mass. MAN WANTED IN OAKLAND WAIVES HEARING HERE Milford D. Baer. 36. indicted by an Oakland, Cal., grand Jury for larceny in interstate com merce from a railroad car, waived preliminary hearing be fore U. S. Commissioner Victor Tengwald here tnis morning and was committed to Jail in lieu of $5 000 bail. He was irres.ed In Klamath Falls and was arraigned on a removal complaint from the northern district in California. War Bulletins Washington. March 17 UP) A sudden renewal of Jap anese attacks against Amer ican forces In the Philippines was reported today by the war department, which said that all of the enemy assaults were unsuccessful. Montevideo, Uruguay. March 17 (4V Announcing that the S, 715-100 Uruguayan merchant, ship Montevidea bad been tor. pedoed eff Haiti with the loss of 17 men, the loeernment to day ordered seisure of the Interned German ship Tacoma In reprisal. TORNADOES LEAVE TRAIL OF DEATH IN SEVEN STATES Southern And Midwestern Areas Suffer Heavy Dam ageRains Follow Winds By the Associated Press Striking through warm spring air, tornadoes tore at seven southern and midwestern states yesterday killing 145- or more, injuring around 1,000 and smashing property worth mil lions. Terrific winds cut across the northwestern section of Missis sippi where at least 65 were known dead, and approximately 620 others injured. High winds also left a trail of death and de struction in western Kentucky and Tennessee, struck south central and north-central Indi ana, and killed at least 20 in east-central Illinois. The lethal winds cut across the northwestern tip of Ala bama, killing two near Flor ence, and severe storms were re ported as far west as Missouri. The toll of dead and estima ted number of injured by states: Dead Injured Mississippi . 69 620 Illinois 20 16 27 2 2 170 20 100 90 Kentucky . Tennessee Alabama Indiana Mississippi, hardest hit, rush ed all available aid to the dis aster zone, covering an area 150 miles wide and about 100 miles deep. The section, mostly rural with only a few scattered cities, was without communica tion for several hours In many places. Torrential rains follow ed the high winds and washed out many roads. Find Contraband in Enemy Alien Homes Washington, March 17 (IP) Attorney General Biddle an nounced today that FBI agents had seized Japanese, German and Italian army and navy uni forms, along with numerous maps and photographs of mili tary areas, in searches of the premises of more than 8,000 na tionals of axis nations. Biddle said that about 2,400 enemy aliens had been arrested for possession of articles forbid den by presidential proclama tion. DIES ON STREET Seattle, March 17. IP) Jos eph Jacobs, 72, widely known consulting engineer, died of a heart attack last night while walking on a financial district street. He investigated and made designs on numerous Irrigation, power, water supply and bridge projects. Draft Lottery Classify Nine Million Men Washington, March 17 (JP) Classification of 9,000,000 more American men for possible mili tary duty will start tonight with the first draft lottery of the war. Beginning at 6 p. m., E.W.T., numbers will be drawn through out the night to fix the order of calling up the 1,650,000 youngsters 20 and 21 years old snd roughly 7,350,000 older men of 36 to 45, who registered Feb ruary 16. The drsw la expected to last at least 12 hours. Local draft boards will be guided by the numbers as drawn In sending out question naires and ordering men induct ed. Under a new system an nounced yesterday when the number of a registrant classi fied for military service Is reached b will receive orders Tribune United Labor Would Avoid Law Restrictions . By Strike Holiday Washington, March 17 (JP) The leaders of organized lab or Indicated today that labor had ing the war as a more satisfactory answer to the problems of production and national unity than restrictive legislative enact ments by congress, William Green, president of I the American federation of la bor, and Philip Murray, chair man of the CIO, who called at the White House with members of the labor-war board, disclos ed after an hours conference with the president that it was agreed wage rates and stand ards would be fixed, without resort to strikes, or interruption to production, through these three methods: " Collective bargaining, concili ation or mediation, or opera tions of the national war labor board. The two top men In organiz ed labor, discussing by turns the parley with the chief execu tive, gave a picture of satisfac tory production of war mater ials with labor devoting every force and effort to turning out war supplies. "It was agreed," Green said, "that continuous operation has been thoroughly approved and recommended by labor. All these steps will make it possible to work 24 hours a day. We urged that management make it possible, as rapidly as pos sible, to operate on a 24-hour basis." 14 E AT STATEN ISLAND New York, March 17. (IP) Fourteen survivors of an Amer- icant merchant ship, torpedoed last Saturday off Atlantic City. N. J., have landed at Staten Island. Twenty men werj re ported missing. The third naval district said that six of the men were hos pitalized for bruises, exposure and shock. Capt. Gardner D. Clark, 57, of Machias, Me., said he was In his cabin when the New Eng land steamer was attacked with out warning at 1:45 a. m. The first of three torpedoes struck midships wrecking the lifeboat on the starboard side, he said. As the crew was lowering the port lifeboat, he said, he reach ed the deck and after they had pulled away - and others hsd Jumped to life rafts, a second torpedo hit almost directly be neath him and the force of the explosion literally "blew off my shoes and left me in my stock ing feet." He said he then jumped into the Ice water and swam to a life raft. Tonight To for Immediate Induction and physical examinations will be given after the selectees are in the army. From the numbers, local draft boards will determine the order of sending out question naires and having registrants examined physically before clas sifying them. Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey selective service director, said none of the men affected by tonight's drawing Would receive questionnaires before mid-May. However, some of them may be inducted the following month, he added. Some 17,500,000 men are reg istered in the peace-time draft calls of 1940 and 1941. Many of the eligible from this group, between 21 and 35 years old, already have been Inducted. Pre yielded its right to strike dur 40-HOUR REPEAL, LIMIT ON PROFIT Washington, March 17 fP) President Roosevelt Indica ted today that he thought there should be no legislation immediately on the 40-hour week Issue because he said, things are going pretty well now. Washington, March 17 P Senators George (D-Ga.) and Vandenberg (R-Mich.) warned the senate today that the United States might lose the war as they Joined in a demand for re peal of the 40-hour week law and a limit on both profits and wage increases. They spoke as the senate took up legislation Increasing the federal debt limit from the pres ent $65,000,000,000 to $130,000, 000,000 in order to help finance mounting war costs. "Congress will soon realize that we can no more win this war with a 40-hour week in the arsenal of democracy than we could with a 40-hour week In the foxholes of Bataan," Van denberg boomed, as he demand ed that lawmakers quit trying "to fool ourselves and the pub lic.'." George, chairman of the sen ate finance committee, added that unless both Industry and labor were "willing to take less not more," this country would not win the war. "The Germans and Japs are fighting with a fevor of rellg ious zealots." George said, his voice ringing as he demanded that this country show some of this "same fervor. FROST OBSERVER Roy J. Rogers, frost observer for this section for a number of years, arrived over the week end for his annual work, and has set up his equipment. Orch- ardists are urged to bring in their thermometers for testing, as soon as possible. Forecasts this season will be limited. Observer Rogers said, due to war conditions. Only the low temperatures will be broad cast, with no comment on sky or wind conditions. The fore casts will be started within the week, it was expected. County Horticulturist Cordy said the pear buds were now at the delayed dormant stage, and it would take a severe frost, to do any damage. Rogers has set up his office on the basement floor of the courthouse in the space form erly occupied by the state in come tax aide, mar the rear door. Rogers has been stationed at Pomona, Calif., the past nine months. ADMIRAL ANDREWS NEW EAST FRONT CHIEFTAIN Washington, March 17. P) The navy announced today that Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews had been assigned to "exclusive duty" as commander of the eastern sea frontier being replaced as commandant of the third naval district at New York by Rear Admiral Edward Marquart Do A Fine Job' Olee the Want Ads an oppor tunity ta work for yon. No matter what yo Mara to Ad tertlae three Ada will do a fin Job for you and do It qolrklr. Thouaanda of homea reached every etenlnf at email coat. NO. 307. am NEW NAZI THREAT SEEN IN CLOSING N0RWAYP0RTS ossible Attack On Iceland Or U. S. Supply Lines To Russia Feared By British, By the Associated Press London quarters today saw tha threat of a possible German at tack against Iceland or upon American-British supply lines to Russia as a result of Nazi orders closing all Norwegian ports from North Cape to Aalesund, and at the same time it was disclosed that Germany's mightiest battle ship, the new 35,000-ton Tlrpltz, may be loose on the high seas. The Norwegian coast would mair-i likrlv iumnlnf-off point for any Nazi assault on Iceland, now guarded by united aiaiea and British forces. Order Ominous A nmnmlhlt London source. declaring the German order was "ominous," cited these other evi dences that a major new cam paign In the .north may oe immi nent: ... i Authoritative renorts that the Germans have sent strong re inforcements to their Norwegian garrisons. 2. Today's German high com mand announcement of intensi fied fighting in Lapland, whose r. nnrth frontier la only BO miles from the vital Russian Arc tic supply base at Murmansk. 3. Massing of Nazi warsnips at Trondhelm. The source declared Germany. was now believed to have be tween 150,000 and 200,000 troops in Norway, compared with the 100,000 reported there lasr sum mer. A nrltleh annkesman said that the powerful Tirpltz, sistershlp of the battlesmp eismarcs;, ap pears to have avoided" an attack by British aerial torpedoes off the Norwegian port of Narvik riav, man e.n4 that Informa tion was lacking on the present whereabouts oi me nuge sea raider. i Reds Take Key Point On the Soviet fighting front: . H,,inn trnnnl hattllnS tO froiah remnants of the traDDed German 16th army in the Star- aya Russa sector, soutn oi Lenin grad, were reported tooay uj have seized a key point on heights overlooking the battle field and further tightened tne noose around tha beleaguered Nazis. Soviet front-line dispatches, identifying the point only as "N," said it had been one of tha strongest centers of German re sistance. Thla mav have been tha an cient walled city of Novgorod, on the nortn snore or use w men. one of the main anchors of German defense. On the Ukraine front. Russian dispatches said th Germans were surrendering in mounting numbers as Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's Red armies batter ed at the gates of Kharkov, th Soviet "Pittsburgh." in tne Crimea, a Duiieiin irons Adolf Hitler's field headquarters that Russian attacks on the Kerch peninsula, gateway to tho Caucasian oil fields, had col lapsed against German-Rumanian resistance. On the north African battle front, British headquarters re ported increased activity by Field Marshal Erwln Rommel's axis forces but declared that a strong, tank-led enemy column which advanced in the Cherima area withdrew in th face of British mobile units. ROUTINE MATTERS ON CITY COUNCIL DOCKET Mostly routine matters were scheduled to come before th semi-monthly meeting of th city council on th third floor of cir hall tonight at 7:30.
