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Lot rOUH Answer to Bomb be BOND3I Bay Deftnaa Bands tod lump TODAY Contrlbat U tlM rtrraKtb r raer aattoa. ratrtotUm. yoor oira a?ff-pra-tret ion. drmanda that 0V tow pert NOW! Reach The Public raople who arpaa apoa Wast Ado tin It a prontakl wj ad a Btoat ailxartary nr to reach tho poblle qnlrkl; and al tmall coot. Yae ohomld try this awthod. Tboatandi of home aro rearae arery ere alof. Medford Tribune rail Associated Pre United Press Thirty-seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1942. NO. 3. HAST 1.MW AM'il Mil Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. C. Jap Invasion of Canada Expected Raw Soldier in Island Fighting Bonneville Czar Hit Capital Snag St John W. rllT Washington, D. C.,' March 25 Senate committee on military affairs now has the Idea that if Gen. Douglas MacArthur fails to hold the Japanese In Aus 'tralla the enemy will move east ward to Honolulu and Alaska. nnw.u.p Inetanrt nff attarkine and invading the Oregon-Washington coastline (now heavily guarded with foxholes) mem bers of the committee have an Idea or Information that the Japs will undertake a beach head somewhere on the British Columbia shore between Alaska and the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Assuming that they gain a footing on the mainland, over coming whatever force may be defending the terrain, the ob jective of the invaders then would be cot the Pacific north west states Immediately, but a rush to the prairie provinces of Canada with ground troops and a quick dash by fast bombers to the industrial heart of Amer ica. Detroit and Chicago could be reached from the airfields of British Columbia in a matter of hours. British Columbia and adja cent provinces are thinly set- lieu auu wtany ,utv:vv j Canadian troops. Of course, un der the agreement 'with Can ada it is the responsibility of the United States to go to the defense of that country when ever it Is menaced by foreign foe, and American soldiers are expected to welcome the Jap anese at the beach with every thing they have. Providing the Japanese are successful, they would by-pass the Pacific coast and endeavor to cut off the western states from the remainder of the coun try by taking up a line along the Rocky mountains. This picture appears far fetched and impossible, but the sons of heaven are now con ceded to be daring, courageous soldiers knowing exactly what they want and what they in (Conunued on Paga 81x) nnDTi inn uncoiTii c WILL INCREASE RATES Portland, March 25 iJP) All major Portland hospitals will Increase room rates $1 a day May 1. The Portland hospital council said minimum charges will be $3 a day In wards and $7 a day in private rooms. Radio Highlights New York, March 25 m " Roundtable broadcast from Honolulu by four American newspapermen on "the new American naval offensive" is announced for the Blue network at 7:45 (PWT) tonight. They are Jack Rice, Associated Press photographer; Foster Hailey of the New York Times, Keith Wheeler of the Chicago Times and Richard Haller of INS. (Pacific war time) Tonight: MBS 5:13 What Price Victory; 8 basketball tour ney finals. Thursday: Blu 1 Most Rev. J. H. Cockburn of Scotland on "Church Facing the Future." . SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS The Central Point "Dads" amusing themselves with a siren at the city hall last night Frank Perl returning to one of his former haunts after a long absence. Clarence Pankey being Jok ingly accused of breaking his finger intentionally to avoid the draft. WAKE, MARCUS HIT SAVAGE BLOWS IS BELATEDRE PORT Attack On Marcus Takes American Fighting Craft Within 950 Miles Tokyo. By Wendell Webb Pearl Harbor. March 24 (De layed) yp) Two sudden, sav age and "highly successful" at tacks on Wake and Marcus isl andsthe latter only 950 miles from Tokyo were disclosed in first-hand accounts by navy spokesmen today. Severol Japanese were taken prisoner, and coastal and shore Installations at both outposts were battered for hours from the sea and air. The attack on Wake was on February 24 two montns after a small garrison of U. S marines was overwhelmed to end a 14 day stand wuich remains one of the highlights of heroism of this war. Ships Unscathed The raid on Marcus was by flare-light in the early hours of March 4. No United States ships were damaged. Two planes were lost, one In each attack. Anti-aircraft fire the only major opposition downed both of them. The prisoners were picked up at Wake island in debris-laden waters after two Japanese pa trol boats were bombed, shelled and sunk. At Wake, too. the en tire aerial strength found was destroyed thiee four-engined seaplanes. Shore batteries were silenced, fuel baiges and dredges were sunk, and fuel storages, under ground hangars and magazines were demolished. At Marcus a major stepping stone from Japan to many man dated islands in the Pacific the destruction included a ra dio station, hangars, storages, ammunition and fuel. A nearly completed air base was bombed and damaged. No planes were found, . Swift. Clean Blow An official navy spokesman described the attack as "swift and cleanly-completed." Navy spokesmen stressed that Marcus was potentially a highly valuable base for aircraft as well as for surface patrol units operating in the defense of Jap an Itself The island roughly is 1,000 miles northwest of Wake and 3,000 miles from Pearl harbor and is in the same general area as the island of Guam which he Japanese seized last Decem ber. JAPANESE INVADE By Roger D. Greene (Associated Press War Editor) Japanese invasion forces striking toward India were of ficially reported today to have occupied the strategic Andaman islands in the Bay of Bengal, 650 miles southeast of Calcutta. It was the westernmost Jap anese penetration of the war and the first seizure of Indian territory by the enemy. Other swift-breaking develop ments In the far Pacific theater included: 1. In the Philippines, a war department bulletin reported that Japanese aerial bombard ment of harbor defenses of Man ila bay and American-Filipino positions on Bataan peninsula was resumed, and arrival of fresh Japanese reinforcements is indicated. On Mindanao Island, 600 miles south of Manila, the army reported local skirmishes near Digos in which "our troops were successful." 2. In the Dutch Indies, re ports reaching Australia said Dutch forces were continuing to resist the Japanese In cen tral Borneo, central Sumatra and parts cf Celebes island, driving the invaders back at j some places. . In Burma, Chinese head- NAZIS Tillamook ft Part of the 1.000 Tillamook. Ore., guerillas who assembled there for a mass meeting wave their guns. This group was organised for the protection of the Oregon coast. They probably would not appear so happy were they to meet up with enemy invaders. "Write to Congress" Drive Held Originated. Fanned by vU. S. Commerce Chamber Washington, March 25 fJP) The United States chamber of commerce was accused by Senator Thomas (D-Utah) today of organizing a write-to-congress campaign which he said would disrupt what he called a voluntary agreement between indus try and labor to continue the 40 -hour week. BLADE PER WEEK IS I Washington, March 25 (P) The war production board ord ered production of safety razors, straight razor and razor blades curtailed today, under a limita tion program which WPB said would allow an average of one blade a week to each shaver. Electric razors were not in cluded under the restrictions, but WPB officials cautioned that "they will be taken care of in another order to be issued soon." During the next 90 days, the board directed, manufacturers may produce 70 per cent of their average 1940 monthly out put of safety razors. Production of straight razors and razor blades Is limited to the monthly average in 1940. Despite the one week aver age on blades hitting hard at the man with a tough beard WPB officials predicted the or der would make "ample" sup plies of blades as well as razors available. 6 YEARS FOR TIRES Portland, Ore., March 25 UP) Circuit Judge E. C. Latour ette of Clackamas county sent Clayton K. Neer of the Silver ton district to state prison for six years yesterday for stealing two truck tires, worth $180. quarters acknowledged that the situation on the Toungoo front, allied left wing anchor, was "serious," with a heavy battle In progress as Chinese troops sought to dislodge enemy forces which captured an airdrome north of Toungoo. Chinese reports said Japanese cavalry and infantry In civilian dress the latter possibly trait erous Burmese had been beat en off after cutting the storied road to Mandalay 20 miles north of Toungoo yesterday. 4. London military quarters forecast the possibility that Japan, with her drive toward Australia stalled by fiery allied counter blows, may attack Rus sia from the east even before Adolf Hitler launches the Ger man spring offensive In the west IN RUSSIAN Guerillas Hold " .1 jr--." 3 Thomas, asserting he was "unhappy" to have to lay the information before the senate, declared the national chamber sent out letters to all local and state groups on March 20 urging them to become "aggressive" in bringing widespread opinion to bear on congress. Likening it to the recent "bundles for congress" move ment, Thomas !.clared that "the ill which will be done will be even worse." The CIO and the AFL last night professed readiness to modify their overtime pay scales In response to administra tion efforts but a house drive for legislation to suspend the 40-hour week was still being pressed. In another governmental quarter. Attorney General Bid die said that Thurman Arnold, assistant attorney general in charge of the anti-trust division, did not express the views of the Justice department when he ac cused labor of "injuring and destroying" business. Biddle said he thought Arnold's "com ment was pretty unfortunate at this time." As Thomas was telling the senate about the United States chamber of commerce. Rep. Rankin (D-Miss) told the house he was "getting tired of Insinua tions" that people who have been writing their congressmen about the 40-hour week are prompted "by ulterior motives." The people who have been writing him about the subject, Rankin told the house, "are patriotic Americans whose boys are bleeding and dying because of the lack of materials "foi which "labor racketeers" are re sponsible. "The American people have a right to be heard," he added. Strike Shuts Down Boise Newspapers Boise, Idaho, March 25. UP) For the first time In 78 years the Morning Idaho Statesman missed publication today shut down by a pressmen's strike which yesterday closed the Boise Capital News. The strike was precipitated by a dispute over a new wage 1 contract demand of the Print Assistants' . Ing Pressmen and union (AFL). The pressmen have been working for 11.187 per hour for nlcht work at the Statesman and arc asking 11.268. Meeting & SM&t'Jv Ralph Moody Urges Racket Law Change To Control Unions Washington, March-. SSi-fJP) Ralph B. Moody, attorney of Salem, Ore., urged a senate judiciary subcommittee today to recommend the federal anti- racketeering law be amended so that union labor would coi under its provisions. He told the committee the courts had held the law could not be applied to union mem bers who were bonafide employ ers. He also suggested elimina tion of a section of the law re quiring that district attorneys can start prosecutions under it only with the consent of the attorney general. Moody said he had partlclpat- ea several years ago in prosecu tions in Oregon In which a num ber of persons were sent to pris on for violation of state laws against vioilence in enforcing union demands. Senator Holman (R-Ore.) who Introduced a bill (S 2347) to amend the law, told the com mittee certain organizations had "superceded constituted authorities" In several states In seeking to enforce their de mands. Attorney Moody, prior to his successful projection of up-state union goons, was chief prosecu tor in cleaning up the Jackson county turmoil fomented by L. A. Banks and Earl H. Fehl. Aircraft 4 7 f a. m Slice Big Salaries, Bonuses Cleveland, March 23 UP) Jack & Heintz, Inc., aircraft parts producer accused in a con gressional hearing of making excess war profits, today cut its profits to six per cent, promised further reductions in prices and slashed executives' incomes, but continued bonuses and free lunches for workers. President William S. Jack, returning from the house nf.val affairs committee hearirs, was welcomed by employes' cheers and the banging of their tools. He gave this outline of future policy for the concern, which has about $58,000,000 in war contracts for airplane motor starters and automatic pilots: Profits All profits on pres ent and future contracts will be limited voluntarily to six pet cent for the duration of the war, any excess to be returned to the army and navy at the end of each year. Salaries Jack, his son Wil liam fussell Jack and Ralph M. Heintz, vice presidents, will re- 'MEAT GRINDER' TO EXPANDJERVICE Ashland and Grants Pass To Be Added To Run; Expect To Start In Coming Week Expansion of bus service to the cantonment to lnckide Ash land and Grants Pass nas been authorized by the Public Utili ties Commission as a result of a P. U. C. hearing here Friday on the application of the Rogue Valley Transit company for this additional service, and the first stages between the camp and Ashland and Grants Pass are ex pected to be in operation early next week. A spokesman for the company said It was planned to run one bus dally between the canton ment and each town for the pres ent, with possible additional ser vice later on as the number of workmen at the camp increased. More Buses Coming The company, which now has five buses in operation between Camp White and Medford and Central Point, has ordered 10 new vehicles, but these are tied up temporarily at the factory, due to the last government order "freezing" the sale of new buses. The company also has two new buses in Medford which aren't yet In operation because of the same order, but these are expected to be released in time to start the new service next week. The P. U. C. permit author izes the common carrier trans portation of persons and their baggage between the canton ment and Ashland and Grants Pass, but not between either of those towns and any other point In short, it was explained, the buses would pick up passengers for the camp at those towns or intermediate points, but would not provide service from Ash land or Grants Pass to inter mediary points. PORTLAND JAPANESE GO IN FAMILY UNITS Portland, March 23. UP) Portland police said today Jap anese are moving out of this area, family by family, and that most Jpanese-operated b u s I nesses in the city have closed. A deadline for evacuation has not been set Seattle, March 25. P The state patrol asked Seattle police today to aid in the search for Mary Mc El wain, 18-year-old Fort Lewis hostess, who was re ported to have disappeared near midnight Sunday night on her way to her Olympia home from the fort. Parts Concern To r ; Mist Adelaide Bowman (above), testified before a house naval affairs investigating com mittee, that she received 139, 338 ia salary and bonuses In 1941 as secretary to the presi dent of a Cleveland firm mak ing airplane parts for the gov ernment celve 113.000 a year each for the duration, instead of 1100,- War Bulletins 1 London. March 23. UPy RAF bombers and fighters attacked shipyards at Le Trait on the Seine In northern France, the British announced tonight Le Trait is eait of Le Havre near the mouth of the Seine. London. March tit (IP) The Moscow radio said to night that a Red army ski unit made a rapid 30-mlle ad vance across Lake Ilmen la the sector south of Leningrad, broke through the outskirts of encircled Staraya. Russia, and liberated several hundred persons from a prison camp. FIGHT OFF HEAVY ITALIAN FLOTILLA London, March 23 UP) Light British forces set fire to an Italian battleship of the 33. 000-ton Llttorio class with gun fire, rammed her with a torpedo amidships and damaged two Italian cruisers in a three-day running fight in the Mediterran ean, the admit alty announced to night. The admiralty acknowledged damage to one British cruiser and three destroyer and light casualties among their crew in their successful escort of a con voy to the embattled island base of Malta. The Roma radio said the Llt torio herself took part in the battle, admitted one of her tur rets was grated by a medium- caliber shell, hut denied that she or any other Italian warship waa hit." 40 M.P.H. EDICT Salem March 23 (JP) Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague, acting on a request by President Roose velt, proclaimed today that the maximum highway speed in Oregon be 40 miles per hour. and that motorists check their tires frequently for needed re pairs. The proclamation sets no pen alty for violating the 40-mile limit, but the governor said he has directed state and local po lice to warn all drivers found violating the new limit. Governor Sprague said the purpose of tne proclamation Is to conserve gasoline and rubber. Wild pigs in Crlna produce the best bristles for paint brushes. 000, and will receive no bonuses. They are the sole stockholders, No member of the organization will receive more than $23,000 a year. Miss Adelaide Bowman, Jack's secretary, volunteered to have her salary cut from $23,000 to 38,000 a year. Workers' bonuses and benefits the company will continue its present policy "of dealing with our associates,'' as all employes are termed. Last Christmas the firm gave each of 800 employes a $600 bonus, a turkey arid a wrist watch. Emp'oyet "will continue to get 13 per cent of the company's earnings," divid ed equally among them as Christmas bonuses. Prices Referring to motor starters. Jack said the firm vol untarily reduced prices last Jan 19 to the army, by 28 per cent under previous contract prices. and on navy contracts embrac ing "10 per cent of our produc tion" Prices on all future busi ness have been cut about 23 per cent. H promised further cut. 140,000 KILLED FEB. 5 IS 61,700 Casualties On Ka linin Front Alone Is Claim Broadcast From Moscow By the Associated Press Soviet front-line dispatches declared today that Adolf Hit ler's Invasion armies, reported reinforced by 600.000 troops. re "going through a meat grinder" and that Russian at tacks had cost the Germans 140.- 000 men In killed alone tinea Feb. 5. On the Kalinin front between Leningrad and Moscow, where the German 16th army has been trapped (or weeks, the invader were said to have suffered 01j 700 casualties up to March 21. Balkan Battle At the same time, the Moscow radio reported that lone-smoul dering friction between Ruman ia and Hungary, both vassal states of the reich, had broken out in open fighting between army units on the Transylvania. frontier of the two Balkan na tions Hitler gave the northwestern part of Rumania's Transylvania province to Hungary in 1040, The broadcast said there were. casualties on both sides. Russian dispatches said that in addition to 61.700 casualties on the Kalinin front, the Ger mans had suifercd these losses; Central (Moscow) front 40,- 000 killed Feb. 6-March S. Leningrad front 16,000 killed March 9 22. Northwest front 14,000 kill ed Feb. 22-March 10. South and southwest fronts 10.000 killed March 7-12. Hitler's field headquarters against stressed defensive ac tions, acknowledging strong new Russian attacks on the Kerch peninsula in the Crimea, in the Donets river basin of tha Ukraine, and on the northwest front The high command said nazt troops Inflicted heavy losses on Russian forces east of Kharkov, the Soviet "Pittsburgh," 400 miles below Moscow. Offensive Wait Still no hint was forthcoming that Hitler had launched or was about to begin hit heralded, spring offensive. Russian front-line dispatches said vlo.ent battles were devel oping In Smolensk province, west of Moscow, with Red army troops recapturing 12 "districts" similar to United States coun ties and challenging tha Ger mans in 10 others. In aerial warfare, Premier Mussolini's high command said British planes bombed Athens, the axis-occupied capital of con quered Greece, destroying su burban houses and killing on civilian. German bombers attacked Portland and Weymouth, on tha English south coast, and raided the Soviet Arctic supply port of Murmansk. In North Africa, British head quarters reported that twirling dust storms over the whole front restricted activity in the Libyan desert campaign. LINDBERGH JOB Detroit March 23 UP) Henry Ford, it was learned today, hat offered Charles A. Lindbergh a position in the rapidly growing Willow Run bomber plant and Lindbergh ia conaidering th offer. The offer wat mad at Ford. Lindbergh and a group of other Inspected th bomber plant and airport yesterday. Lindbergh, ret led to Washington follow ing an all-day visit with Ford. The exact nature of the posi tion to be offered Lindbergh wai not disclosed.
