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Lei ITOUR Xniwtf to Bomb b BONDSI BU7 DtftBM BOBSS BB Bump TODAV CoBCrtbaM M lb MrB(th of jour natkm. rmtrloilun, yoor on elf-p-tectloa. eemaniM that 'OC So year pat !OWI A Good More D yon a-aae B practise af chaeklBf the Want Ada ease, malBT Toa thonla act aw laok the fact that aunj aew So ara appearlnr dally ana ta ralae a dy ailcst mesa mlaUBf aa oeeartBalty aa a goad aaa. Medford Tribune Full Associated Praee United Pros Thirty-6ixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH. 19, 1942. NO. 309. Hi - (n)MllW iyjyiM BM UUM A I t Kelly's Comment From Washington, D. C Troop' Movement Secrecy LifU Navy Indignant Over Newt Leak Longshore Gangs Unsatisfactory . Br Joha W. Kelly Washington. D. C, March 18. The veil of secrecy which has enveloped war activities lor the past three months is lifting a bit and It Is now proper to say that O American troops are pouring Into the south Pacific, Australia and other points in the battle of the Pacific. The United States is preparing for the offensive and is building up its strength as . nnuibls. Under cen sorship the movements were In augurated and no paper report ed the departure from the west coast of great convoys of ships carrying fighting planes, pilots, technical ground crews; of freighters and erstwhile passen ger liners converted into trans ports and loaded to the Plimsol mark with troops an amphib ian force of cargo carriers with deckloads of. tanks, anti aircraft guns, machine guns and millions of rounds of ammuni tion. No mention was made In the press of the naval escort for the merchant vessels, the le-( stroyers, cruisers, fleet of tank ers, of their constant alertness for enemy, whether In the air, under sea or on tha surface. However, the vessels crossed the Pacific successfully and .em. when needed will be ready for O whatever befalls. It was the greatest transporta tion of troops ever attempted on the Pacific by the United States. It far exceeded the movement to the Philippines In the war with Spain when volunteers from the northwest distinguished them selves. For weeks the armada steamed westward over many thousands of miles of water, fol lowing a very round-about course and this new route to the Far Last was time-killing with a convoy where the slowest ship was the maximum speed for all vessels. The number of troops already In the Far East Is a military secret, but It is no secret that it will be constantly Increased; that additional bombers, fighter planes, pilots, tanks, munitions will be dispatched to where they are most needed. These (Continued on Pa- Sis) Washington, March 19 IP) The senate has confirmed ap pointment of George A. Hart at Vale, Ore., and Henry W. Goff at Waldport, Ore., as postmas ters. Redmond, Ore., March 19 (ip) The deaths of six dogs were being Investigated today J to determine whether the ani mals had been poisoned. Radio Highlights (Pacific War Time) Tonight Talks CBS p. nv. America's Town Meeting, "Open Shop Question;" MBS 7:15 Free dom House banquet, Archibald MacLeish, Wendell Willkle; I Blue 7:45 Rep. Hale Boggs on "War Effort and Small Busi ness." MBS, 8, basketball tourna ment. Friday: The war MBS. 8:15 MBS, 9 CBS MBS, 10 Blue, 10:45 NBC. 11 MBS, 12:15 p. m.. CBS, 1:45 CBS MBS. 1:55 Blue, 8 CS, MBS. 345 CBS. Blue. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Jeanne Halper getting all ex cited about the coming Junior Guild fashion show. Rev. Herald Gardner being the only man present in a flock of women and enjoying it thoroughly. City Mouthpiece Frank Far rell describing colorfuly the "food old days" of Ueditrd SVlStiOft CARD SYSTEM 10 BE ENFORCED IN NORTHWEST, EAST Inauguration Waits Printing Of Coupon Books Ex pected Within Six Weeks. Washington, March 19 VP) Petroleum Coordinator Ickes an nounced today a rigid gasoline coupon rationing system would be Instituted in the east and Pa cific northwest as soon as the cards can be printed which he estimated would be within six weeks. The card rationing would sup plant the curtailment program instituted over the same area today through reduction by 20 per cent in the supplies of gaso line delivered to filling stations. Ickes said he could not say now whether the more rigid system would be severer than the present one-fifth cut in con sumption, but expressed the hope that the card system might be instituted quickly because of the increasing urgency of the supply situation in the two coastal areas caused by .the sinking and war diversion of tanker ships. "We will go on a card ration ing system as soon as Mr. Hen derson, the price administrator, can get around to it," the pet roleum coordinator said. "He will do the rationing." Operations of approximately 100,000 filling stations in the area were limited to a 12-hour day, six-day-week. Supplementing this wartime action, the office of price ad ministration froze the retail gasoline prices in the area at the levels prevailing last Fri day and made violations pun ishable by a maximum $5,000 fine or one year imprisonment. The freezing order, which will be in force for at least 60 days, becomes legally effective on Monday, March 23. Portland, March 19. (JP) Major oil company spokesmen declared here today that cur tailment of deliveries to serv ice stations by 20 percent did not mean that civilians were as sured of 80 percent of usual con sumption. Preferential delivery for five classifications of drivers will cut the amount available for civilians more than a fifth. Classifications ahead of civil ians include vehicles necessary to public health and safety (am bulances, physicians' cars, etc.); vehicles operated by or in serv ice of federal, state or local gov ernment; commercial vehicles, commercial. Industrial and agri cultural machinery; school busses. Medford service station oper ators have reached no agree ment on meeting the rationing requirements, inquiries today revealed. Some plan to close on Sunday while other will shorten weekday hours sufficiently to permit Sunday service for mo torists. TO 20-30 URGE FOR WAR EFFORT Jack M. Hartley, secretary of the Medford 20-30 club, was in receipt of a telegram today from U. S. Senator Charles L. Mc Nary In reply to a telegram sent him Tuesday night pleading for legislation to speed up the war effort and eliminate the bicker ing between capital and labor. The telegram follows: 'There are many bills In con gress to speed up production. They have all had my support. What we need is not more bills but more votes for some of the bills. "We passed the Connally anti- strike bill in the senate months ago, but even as late as Tues day the president states he did not want further legislation af fecting labor. Kindest regards. (Signed) "Cbas. L. KcNary, USS." Nippons Drive Bomber Loads i, r Somewhere In Hawaii pair to a bait of .50 calibre bullets bomber about to take off from XT Plain Folks Demandinc ' ' Washington Waken to War, Publisher Asserts New Orleans, March 19 VP) Charles P. Manship, Bator. Rouge publisher and president Publishers' association, today Issued the following statement to the New Orleans States in response to a query as to "what congress should do regarding strikes, overtime and holidays": "All over the south there is a . growing demand that congress with or without the blessing ot the White House, put an end to strikes in defense plants, put on end to labor union racketeer ing, put an end to war profiteer ing, to 40 hours a week, to boon-doggllng, to 'social gains' as usual. "Plain folks are demanding that Washington wake up and realize that we are fighting an all-out war, upon which our very existence as nation depends, and that up to the present timt we have been losing this war 'They want to stop reading about strikes and lockout in defense plants, when our '. diers and sailors are facing death on land and sea. "They want an end to federal experimentation, boon-doggllng and all sorts of foolishness tha. has been going on in the name of 'national defense.' They are tired of seeing their money reck lessly spent, and precious time carelessly wasted by Washington planners who are pursuing du bious 'social gains' in the name of national defense. They are weary of indecision and cock eyed forms of radicalism. "We say to congress: "Keep your eyes open and face the gravest crisis in history.' "We say to the folks at home: "Keep on writing.' " FOR IIR PAY Richmond, Calif., March 19 (IP) About 1.000 men had quit their Jobs today at the Todd California and Richmond Ship building corporation and com pany officials said they believed they had been lured by pros pects of more money on 10-hour shifts falsely rumored to be on operation at competing ship yards. Union and federal officials said the rumors of longer shifts might have been started by subversive groups seeking to hamper war production. Union leaders condemned the resignations, which began late yesterday and continued until Up In Hawaii . J Y'.; i of sergeants give the once-over as they are loaded into a heavy Hawaii. of the Southern Newspapei .PERRY FILES FOR NOMINATION William Perry, of Eagle Point, filed yesterday for the republic an nomination for county com missioner in the May primary election. He is seeking a second 'em-: and is the fourth candidate to file in this county. The others were Nick S. Young, for con stable In the Medford district, Walter McLean, constable for the Gold Hill district, and Mrs. rie d'Alblni, for preclnct.com- mitteewoman from this city. AU are republicans. According to reports from the Ashland area petitions are being circulated there for the nomin ation on the republican ticket of B. E. Harder, retired Medford banker, for state senator from this district, to succeed Senator George W. Dunn, of Ashland Dunn has announced he will not seek re-election. Earl T. Newbury, Ashland re publican, who has served the past two sessions in the lower house, filed a declaration of can didacy today for state senator according to word from the sec retary of state's office In Salem None of the Harder petitions have been seen in Medford as far as could be learned and Mr. Harder said he knew nothing about their circulation as he had no plans to seek the nomination. SMELT IN SANDY Portland, Ore. March 19 VP) A substantial run of smelt en tered the mouth of the Sandy river, traditional smelt stream, early today. Charles Lock wood assistant game supervisor, said it would compare favorably with any run of the past Venice, Calif.. March 19 VP) Talchl Ishihara, s Japanese, held No. 441, fourth drawn in the new draft lottery. It tops tit lilt la tha VenJca board. Overland for COUNCIL, AIRLINE AGREE ON TERMS FOR PORT LEASE Long Negotiation Over Com pensation For Field Use Wins City Handsome Sum The city council, continuing the adjourned regular meeting of Tuesday evening, last night brought to a close six weeks of negotiations by expressing its approval of and passing a mo tion for adoption of an ordl nance executing a new lease to United Air Lines for use of the municipal airport. After some three hours of discussion with J. Raymond Dyer of Chicago, attorney for United, the council unanimous ly passed the motion. C. H. Her man was absent and M. N. Ho gan left before the vote. The ordinance will come up for adoption at the next council meeting April 7. The lease, to become effec tive June 15, voids the old one which expired last November 1 and was continued under the same terms pending execution ot the new agreement. Leases Site Under terms of the new in strument the city leases to Unit ed a plot of ground 175 by 100 feet near the west end of the new concrete apron Just west of the hangar and agrees to main tain and operate the airport and keep it in a safe and suitable condition for United planes. United, on its part. Is to pay the city $90 per year rent for the plot of ground, on which it plans to construct a $25,000 ad ministration building, and to pay for use of the landing field at the rate ot $1 for each revenue-bearing flight arriving at the airport. The city will have an alterna tive basis of receiving payment for use of the landing field, that of accepting $45 for each of the first three scheduled arrivals a month and $25 for all after these. The lease is to run for 30 years provided such length is found to be legal. II not, it will be for 10 years. Adjustment Periods Under terms of the lease, an adjustment period will occur every five years. At the end of the first year of each adjust ment period, the city will have its choice as to which method of payment for use of the landing field it desires from United for the next tour years. The former lease, which ran for 10 years, provided for a flat fee from United ot $125 month. At present there are 10 scheduled flights daily which, under terms of the new docu ment, would amount to $300 i month for the city, not includ ing the $90 a year ground ren tal. Councilman James C. Collins, chairman of the airport com mittee, brought up the subject of a minimum payment from United, which wasn't Included in the lease, and after much dis cussion Mr. - Dyer agreed .to amend the lease to provide for a $1,500 a year minimum. Another amendment, suggest ed by M. N. Hogan, provided that the city be not obligated to expend for maintenance and operation ot the airport sum exceeding the total amount of revenue obtained from United in the preceding year. United plans to start construc tion on its administration build ing immediately upon comple tion of drawings by Frank C. Clark, local architect, and the awarding of bids. TAXES SUICIDE POTION Pendleton, March IB UP) Mrs. Lawrence Hemphill, about 35, died at her home here yes terday ot what Coroner J. A. Folsom said was self-sdmlnis tered poison. The body was found by her two step-daughters. She left notes Indicating despondency over 111 health, the coroner said. HITLER ABANDONS!! LONE WOLF ROLE IN WAR PLANNING Fuehrer Calls Back Generals For Help In Spring Offen sive Against Russians. By the Associated Press Climaxing three months of bloody retreat, Adolf Hitler has abandoned his lone-wolf role in guarding the destiny of German arms, it was reported today, and has called back his generals to help plan the Nazi spring offen sive. The Berlin correspondent of the Basel (Switzerland) National Zeitung ' said Hitler has sum moned nearly all the German officers, Including Field Mar shal Walther von Brauchitsch, who were ousted or resigned after the drive against Moscow tailed last December. Intuition Told Him Hitler at that time announced that his "intuition" had led him to take over supreme command of the German armies. The National Zeitung corre spondent said the Nazi spring offensive might be expected soon, with the fuehrer and his generals now mapping strategy at a series of stall conferences. The question of throwing Russia's winter steamroller into reverse still remained to be solved, however, and today's German high command com munique acknowledged that the red armies were attacking re lentlessly and that "heavy de fensive fighting is In progress. Russian appeals for opening of a second front against Ger many were renewed today by the Moscow News, now publish ed in Kuibyshev, with a declara tion that anti-Hitler forces "can and must determine the future progress of the war." Grants Pass, March 19 (P) The bipartisan plan of Demo cratic and Republican parties to distribute the pamphlet, "au ra id instructions", to every uregon nome won the endorse- ment here today of Gov. Charles A. Sprague. Jerrold Owen, state defense coordinator, announced earlier his acceptance of the joint offer made by the two state chairmen. Niel R. Allen of Grants Pan for the Republicans and Charles H. Leach of Portland for the Democrats. "I greatly appreciate the offer ot the chairmen of the two great party organizations in the state to Join hands in helping to carry forward the state's pro gram of civilian defense," the governor said. Governor Sprague arrived in Medford at noon and inspected ump wnita soon after lunch. Following a series of confer ences here he will go to Talent at 6:30 p. m. to address the Ash land Chamber of Commerce at a banquet In the Talent Grange hall. British Blizzard Finally Revealed London, March 19. Ph The worst blizzard in 60 years swept northeast England and eastern Scotland March 8 and 6 in a stormy climax to the most se ver winter in memory. Announcement of the storm wss permitted today by author ities who keep Englsnd's day-to-day weather a wartime sec ret Extreme cold lasted for more than two months and gave way finally to heavy rain March S. Port Moresby war BuiietinTI Lewes. DeL, March IS VP) The S.402 tea Jugoslavian freighter Trepca was torpe doed and sunk off the Atlantis coast March 13 in broad day light, the fourth naval district announced today after 33 sur vivors ware landed here. Four crew members are missing. Cairo. March 19 W The RAF announced today that torpedo-carrying planes had staged a successful attack on enemy shipping in the central Mediterranean on Tuesday night, setting one merchant ship on fire and scoring a hit on a larger vesseL ACCESS ROAD BIDS FOUND TOO HIGH; Portland, March 19 Con struction ot an access road into the Medford army cantonment was complicated hero today by high bids opened by the state highway commission. Two bids on tha south half of the road both were consider ably above highway department estimates, commissioners said, The commission delayed ac tion until later in the day. Low bid on the four miles of grading and paving of the south hslf was entered Jointly by Leonard Slate of Multnomah and Jacobssen-Jensen, Portland, $421,337. McNutt Bros- of Eu gene, bid $443,433. Babler Bros, Portland, was low on the north halt with $312,887 50. Low bidder on the access road to the Albany-Corvallla canton ment was McNutt Bros., Eugene, at $99,913.50. Other low bids opened this morning: Surfacing six mUes. Graves Creek-Jumpoff Joe Creek sec tion, Pacific highway, McNutt Bros., Eugene. $147,818. Central Pt. Appoints Planning Commission For Civle Bettanctsst Mayor P. A. Bonney of Cen tral Point has announced selec tion of seven residents for serv ice on the new planning com mission being formed in accord ance with Ordinance 242 adopt ed by the city council Tuesday mgnt. They are Elmtr Wilson, Ern est E. Scott, Guy Tex, Elmer E Kyle, Mrs. Frank W. Lawrence. Mrs. Hlldegard Pierce and Miss Lois E. Dorland. Mayor Bonney, city attorney, Harry C. Skyr man, automatically members, end city engineer, Paul Ryn- nlng, ex-offlclo consultant round out the commission of ten. Purpose of the new organiza tion, as explained by the ordi nance, is to recommend and make suggestions concerning listed number of proposals and problems relating to civic bet- terment. Consideration of these matters is to be msde by the commission before action is taken by the city council. Registration of Oldsters For War Duty Due April 27 Washington, March 19 VP) President Roosevelt set April 27 today for the registration of men aged 43 to 64 inclusive. It will be the fourth registra tion during the current war emergency and the second since the war actually engulfed the United State. The chief executive issued a proclamation, under terms of th selective service act, which provides that: 'Th registration ot male citizens of th United State and other male persons who were born on or liter April 28, 1877, NAZI MISSIONARIES SAY AUSTRALIANS Jap Planes Step Up Tempo Of Attacks On Northern Australia And Solomons By Roger D. Greene (Associated Press War Editor) Japan's invasion forces, sav agely battered in sea-borne thrusts toward Australia, were reported moving overland en route to Port Moresby in south ern New Guinea today while Japanese warplanes stepped up the tempo of attacks on north ern Australia and tha Solomon islands. " Dispatches from Port Mores. by said German missionaries and their nazified native pupils were guiding tha Japanese land columns down the Markham valley from Lae, 180 miles air line north of Port Moresby. Airfields Taken A Berlin radio broadcast said. the Invaders had captured 10 airfields in southern New Guinea and put them Into "working order for operations against the Australian main land." .- It seemed clear that the Jap anese were hoping for quick knockout of lower Hew Guinea before launching their' direct sssault on Australia. Following up aerial smashes which have already taken toil of . 23 Japanese ships sunk or damaged off New Guinea, al lied bombers were officially credited with battering another Japanese heavy cruiser and at tacking enemy-occupied Ko pang, on Dutch - Timor island next door to Java. - The cruiser was hit en th stern and left billowing smoke. it was announced. Japanese warplanes again raided Port Darwin, on tha Australian northwest coast, and struck anew at Port Moresby, New Guinea, dropping 40 bombs on harbor shippinc In 30-mln-ute attack. Port Moresby, only 300 miles from the Australian mainland, would be a likely jumptng-off point for Japanese invasion forces. New Zealand Girds Strategically located off thai southeast coast of Australia, New Zealand Itself was girding to combat any invasion attempt. Defense Minister F. Jones an nounced that strong reinforce ments were being mobilized for the dominion, including United States and British planes and equipment. General Douglas MaeArthur made it plain that, as supreme commander in the southwest Pacific, he Intended to build a striking fores as soon as pos sible to smash Japan and at th same Urns relieve his beleag uered troops In tha Philippines. Thousands of soldiers and tons of supplies moved from th United States by heavily-laden convoys and sun-bronzed veter ans ot th battle of Java war established in bases about th commonwealth for this Joint endeavor with Australia's ed forces. and on or before February la, 1897, shall take place In th United States and th territories ot Alaska and Hawaii, and in Puerto Rico on Monday, April 27, between th hours of 7 sun. and p. m. Th usual exceptions war mad for persons already In th armed forces and for registra tion in exceptional cases to or after th prescribed date. Th man registering April 27 will not be liable to compulsory military duty nor will another group men ot II and 19 Still to b ruUttred. ,' i
