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Let tfOUR Answer to Borobc b BONDSI Bay DefcnM Bond ml tamp TODAY Contribute to tho ttreneth of your nation, patriotism, your own ewlf-pr-trctlon, dmandt that VOL" d jour part NOW! Placet To Live If roe bar km r u partmaat for rnl auk Uw IMS known taronih the Want Ada. Then U a bl( demand (or pterea In whlrh ta llta Ihrw data. Ilrlp Toumlf by belplnf others. Want Ada art your hort rot. lo Medford Tribune full Associated Prw United Press Thirty-seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942. NO. 4. 15)15) Ul IKLHASInl an AW AB MTOffi News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, March 26 Offi cial! were fairly well satisfied with production in February. It was not quite w" up to the pres- f f 5SJ objectives, but r ti It was 17 per I', ? &S cent over Jan- most rapid rise of any month since JL defense start ed. Paul Mallon Total expen diture: $2,300.- 000,000. Lack of sufficient parts, scrap and some materials kept it from being more. The first quarter will thus be thrown behind the president's goals, and added speed the next three quarters will be necessary. ... COME army and navy produc tion officials (assistant secre taries Patterson, Bard, etc.) have met with Labor Secretary Perkins to try to start a state ment of government labor pol icy. They are not getting far. Miss Perkins thought about the only thing she could put In such a statement is that strikes last week involved only one three hundredths of one percent of defense workers (something like 35 men). This is true but ' It so happens these men were making precision parts for bomb and gun sights. One reason why labor discus sion has reached such a high I pitch at this time (aside from the few slowdowns and strikes) Is because many large wage and hour contracts are coming due. ... IT Is the custom of fulminators now to explode daily with fears about what axis propagan da Is doing to us, but a swift analytical look at what is com ing out of Berlin, Rome and Tokyo will show it is mostly rat cheese. Lift your nostrils to these following typical excerpts: Nazis to North America: "The North American continent stands today under the menace of a cataclysm horrendous in its potentialities. The cataclysm is Jewish bolshevism-communism." (Same old stuff). A character calling himself (Continued on Paa Elct) Kearny, N. J., March 26 VP) I The New Jersey mediation board announced late today that a proposed strike at the vast Western Electric Co., plant here had been cancelled as a result of certification of the dispute to the war labor board. Radio Highlights London, March 26 (JP) King George VI will broadcast to the British empire at 9 p. m. (1 p. m., PWT) Saturday in connec tion with the national day of prayer to be observed Sunday. (Pacific war time) Tonight: BLU B:30 Veterans of Foreign Wars annual "Hello America." Friday: The war 7:15 BLU MBS; 8 MBS; 8 15 MBS; 8.30 MBS; 9 CBS MBS; 10 BLU; 1 10:45 NBC; 11 MBS; 12:15 p. m., CBS; 12:30 BLU; 1:45 CBS MBS; 1 55 BLU; 3 CBS MBS; 3:25 NBC: 3:45 CBS BLU. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Harlow Carpenter and Danny Walland calling on valley friends via horse and buggy and having to borrow string to hold the harness together. Edith Nichols of the city supe's office saying she'd lost her speed since her high school days on the cinder path. Royal Clare attending the water meter hearing "Just to listen to both sides of the ques tion." Joe Earley being a little em barrassed upon having to call a garage man to stop a horn on an auto which he accidentally honked and couldn't get stopped. RUHR RECEIVES AS SKIK CLEAR Eleven RAF Bombers Fail to Return Italy Also Given Taste of High Explosives. By the Associated Press London, March 26 Hundreds of British bombers pounded at German war industries in the Ruhr valley last night in one of the heaviest attacks yet un leashed by the RAF against German while other planes, on reconnaissance, reached Into northern Italy. Many of the bombers were flown by Canadian airmen. The air ministry said that the Ruhr industrial area was "again very heavily bombed ' and an indication of the weight of the assault admitted that 11 bomb ers failed to return from this raid and others overnight. The British had not yet re ported on the foray over Italy. leaving it to the Italian high command to classify the action only as reconnaissance. The overnight operations fit ted into a let-up in bad weather which had kept RAF bombers grounded in Britain since the middle of March. A large number of RAF fighters flew over London this afternoon. In formations of 12 each, headed toward the south coast. By the Associated Press On the Russian front, Soviet dispatches told a story today of mounting German slaughter along the vast battle line, while a bulletin from Adolf Hitler's field headquarters a c k n o w ledged a fresh wave of Red army assaults. The nazi high command said German night raiders attacked Dover on the southeast English coast, Inflicting "great damage" to military instalations. Murmansk Bombed Soviet dispatches reported that 66 German planes raided the Arctic circle port of Mur mansk, key Soviet base for tbs arrival of United States war supplies, and that more than 100 planes, raiders and defend ers, battled over the city at one time. Eleven German planes were reported shot down. On the Soviet front. Hitler's headquarters reported that the long Russian winter was break ing amid a "continuing thaw and declared that tank-led Red army attacks in the Donets River basin "collapsed in bitter hand-to-hand fighting" with German-Rumanian troops. Elsewhere on the front, the high command said "enemy at tacks were repelled partly in hard fighting. Tass, the Soviet news agency, reported heavy fighting on the Kalinin front, between Lenin grad and Smolensk, where the Russians have been slowly clos ing death trap around the 16th German army in the Star aya Russa sector. Tass said Red army troops beat off three nazi counter at tacks in a day and annihilated more thn 1,500 men. No Auto Tax Stamp, No Ration, Maybe Tacoma. March 26 UP) Mo torists who haven't yet pur chased their government motor vehicle stamp may be barred from obtaining gasoline when rationing cards are issued, Clark Squire, collector of internal rev enue, said today. 'This method of making de linquents buy the federal auto use stamp is under serious con sideration in the national capl- tol, said Squire. LIPPERT TRIAL JURY CALLED FOR MONDAY The circuit court Jury has been directed to report next Monday morning for duty in the trial of Roy Lippert, Pine hurst district, charged with rape. The case has been pending for several months, and Is one of the few criminal cases slated for the present term of court. The girl in the case is 16 years old. Hero Greeted General Douglas MacArthur (left), was greeted by an Aus tralian military leader upon his arrival in Melbourne to take up his duties as supreme commander of the allied forces In the southwest Pacific. Picture radioed from Melbourne to London and cabled from London to New York. MacArthur Pledges Victory Or Death No Canberra, March 26 VP) General Do'uglaa MacArthur pledged tonight that "there can be no compromise; we shall win or we shall die, and to this end I pledge you the full re sources of all the mighty power of my country and all the blood of my countrymen." At the height of a historic. dinner in Parliament House, the first American commander ever to lead united forces of United States and Australian troops de clared his confidence the "un breakable faith of a free man" In ultimate victory. "There is a link that binds our countries together," he de clared. "I have come as a soldier In a great crusade of personal liberty as opposed to perpetual slavery. My faith In our ulti mate victory is invincible. "I bring you tonight the un breakable faith of a free man." Prime Minister John Curtin, who pored over battle plans with MacArthur before the din ner, declared that under the American general's leadership "the war can be fought with dynamic energy and inflexible purpose." Curtin declared that MacAr thur had the fullest confidence of Australia's war council. Curtin said MacArthur "gave us Inspiration for the struggle and his direct and clear think ing In all that is involved have Impressed us deeply." Like to Entertain Some Soldier Boys? 'Phone Mrs. Sanders Local residents who wish to open their homes for entertain inent of young men In the armed forces who are stationed at Med ford are asked to telephone Mrs. L. L. Sanders, 3189, chairnan of the home hospitality commit tee of the Jackson county de fense recreational committee. Mrs. Sanders said an effort is being made to secure IKts of homes where young military men will be entertained for luncheon, dinner or other Infor mal home entertainment such as cards, in order that this infor mation may be available at the armory. Those who are willing to participate In this phase of military entertainment are asked to contact Mrs. Sanders. BLASTED BY JAPS Washington, March 26 VP) The war department reported today that 54 heavy Japanese bombers participated In a six hour attack on the Island forts at the entrance of Manila bay concentrating on Corregldor and that defending anti-aircraft batteries shot down four of the planes. The defending troops suffered only a few casualties, the de rjartment said in a eommuniaue. tnd damage to the fortifications was alight. There were sharp I skirmishes along the entire .front in Bataan, the department 'added. "Down Under" " Compromise 10 HOLD JAPS FOR EVACUATION LATER San Francisco, March 26 VP) Lieut. Gen. J. L. DeWitt will sign a new "freezing" order to day, forbidding all Japanese aliens and Japanese Americans in the western portions of Wash ington, Oregon, California, and southern Arizona to leave those areas until evacuated under army supervision. The order is effective Sunday, March 29, in military area No. 1. the western defense command fourth army's civil affairs divis ion announced. The army's new "freezing" or der precedes by a day new curv few regulations, affecting all enemy aliens and Japanese Americans, which are to go into effect at 6 a.m., Friday, March 27. Col. Karl R. Benedetsen, as sistant chief of staff for civil af fairs and head of the wartime civil control administration, in announcing the assembly cen ters said Gen. DeWitt's order prohibiting alien or citizen Jap anese from leaving military area No. 1 was "to Insure an orderly evacuation and partly to protect the Japanese." War Ration Registry May 4-7 in Oregon Officials Announce Portland, March 26. (IP) War ration registration will be held May 4-7 in Oregon despite the fact that about 30 percent of the state's rural schools will be closed by that time, rationing officials said today. Original plans had called for teachers to be In chirge of reg istration which in many cases was to take place at school buildings. If schools are closed and teachers away there is nothing to prevent county school super intendents from deputizing other responsible persons in each community to make the registration. Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public In struction, said after confer ence with O. L. Price, state rationing administrator. PRESSMEN RECALLED Boise. Idaho, March 26 iP Settlement of a pressmen f strike that forced Boise's two dally newspapers to suspend publica tion for two days was reported today. Both the Capital N?ws and the Idaho Statesman called back their staffs after a day of Idleness. FALLS ON RANCH All Seven of Crew Parachute To Safety; Motor Trouble Appears After Takeoff. Pendleton, Ore., March 27 W) A four-engined B-17 Boe ing flying fortress bomber crashed near here today but all seven members of its crew para chuted to safety, . Col. Frank W.! Wright, com manding the Pendleton army air base, said the plane devel oped engine trouble shortly after the take-off from the field here about 9 a. m. today. The plana crashed on the Jack Shafer ranch about six miles northwest of Pendleton. Shafer said he saw the plane flying at about 5,000 feet alti tude. Suddenly, he said, smoke started pouring from the en gines. All Land Safely A few minutes later the mem bers of the crew started to bail out. All landed safely in the neighborhood of the Shafer ranch. The plane went Into a spiral to the left and crashed about one-half mile from the Shafer ranchhouse. It exploded and burned. Wreckage was strewn over half-mile radius. Col. Wright said the bomber was on a routine training flight at the time of the crash. He ordered a board of inquiry im mediately to study the causa of the mishap. The plane was piloted by Lt. W. L. Johnson, Tadd, 111., who was the last man to Jump. Others of the crew were: 2nd Lt. O. A. Buddenbaum, Gieger Field, Atwater, Calif., pilot; 2nd Lt. J. R. Boyd, Pomona, Calif., navigator; Sgt. H. W. Johnson, Boston, Mass., engineer; Pvt. G. W. Brooks, Greenville, N. C, radio operator; Corp. J. F. Tatro, New London, Conn., and Pvt. T. Viers, whose home town In Virginia was not given. Allies Cannot Lose Except by Own Acts Churchill Assures London March 26 VP) Pr'me Minister Churchill declared to day that the allies "cannot lose this war except through our own fault or our own failure to use our combined, overwhelming strength and to use our multi plying opportunities that will present themselves to us. Addressing the annual meet ing of the Central council of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, his political party, the prime min ister said: "I cannot offer any guarantee that we are at the end of our misfortunes. "It would be foolish for us not to be prepared for further heavy blows, but Just as last vear I warned you that we could not have successes uncheckered by reverses, so now In 1942 we need not expect to have re verses unrelieved by successes." The premier declared that Brit ain had preserved free speech, hut added 'there la a limit which I must have respected." "I cannot allow propagai da to disturb the army or weaken the confidence of the country and the armed forces In the qualities and character cf our devoted corps of officers," he said. ALL ABLE-BODIED YOUNG WILL GET SERVICE CALL Baltimore, March 26. VP) Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national director of selective service, said today every able bodied young man "eventually will enter the war." He told luncheon meeting of the Federal Business associa tion that because of limited manpower, war industries will eventually have to get along without men Ideally fitted for armed service, adding that the U. S. "never permitted depend ency as reason for not havlnf enough men in the armed forces." Control Law Might Stir Internecine Fuss Labor Czars Warn Washington, March 26 VP) William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and Philip Murray, CIO chief, Jointly advised congress today against passing labor legis lation which might start an undeclared war among ourselves and divide the nation into groups fighting each other. In statements prepared for. presentation before the house naval committee, they assailed a bill to suspend the closed shop and extra pay for overtime in war plants and said it was dicta ted by labor's enemies. F. R. Labor Target "I charge that the sponsors and supporters of this bill are now waging an undeclared war against President Roosevelt and against the Workers of America who believe in the policies of his administration," said Green in his statement. Murray declared the naval committee had the responsibili ty of "correcting misinformation that has been sponsored and fos tered by anti-labor groTips . . . and of rebuking once and for all those in public life and in pri vate life who are attempting to disrupt and divide our nation Into groups." The American Federation of Labor head told the committee that "we cannot afford in the nation's crisis to take time out to fight another and undeclared war among ourselves here in America." Said Murray: 'This is not the time for any patriotic American citizen to malign or spread misinforma tion about labor or to divide this nation into groups fighting each other instead of our com mon axis enemies." L SPURS EFFORTS TO LURE By Roger D. Greene Associated Press War Editor Japan's capture of the strate gic Adaman islands, sending a tongue of flame leaping toward India, spurred negotiations for the mobilization of India's 390, 000,000 on the side of the allies today as the situation In the bat tle of Burma grew ever more critical. Burma is the eastern gateway to India. A Tokyo broadcast emphasiz ed the importance of the And aman group as a naval and air base for attacks on the sea lanes linking India with Britain, and declared the seizure put Japan "within dangerous striking dis tance of vital British military bases at Calcutta, Madras and Ceylon." The Islands, In the Bay of Ben gal, are 650 miles from Calcutta 850 from Madras and 800 from Ceylon. While Japan thus aimed a di rect threat at India, Sir Staf ford Crlpps, special British en voy, sped a series of conferences with Indian leaders in an at tempt to iron out India's long- smoldering Internal friction and weld the dominion s vast man power into a united fighting force for the allies. Standard Oil Blamed for Present Rubber Shortage Washington, March 26 VP) Thurman Arnold, assistant at torney general, testified today that the Standard Oil company of New Jersey had developed a synthetic rubber that was cheap er, better and more plentiful than any the nazls had and had turned it over to German inter ests before the United States en tered the war. Arnold told the senate defense Investigating committee that until a consent decree entered Into yesterday, Standard had "held back even In this rubber shortage" in making the patents on the synthetic product avail able to American rubber com panies. When Arnold read documents he said showed Standard had "stilled" the production el syn TERRIFIC BLAST KILLS AT LEAST 31 AT IK PIT Easton, Pa., March 26 (IP) Hundreds of pounds of dyna mite exploded prematurely at a limestone quarry of the Lehigh Portland Cement company four miles north of Easton today. killing at least 31 men. The explosive was stacked on trucks and on the ground around the rim of the pit. Most of those killed were eating a mid-morning lunch nearby when the blast let go with devastat ing force. Sixteen other men were at work in the bottom of the pit and escaped injury. The blast was felt as far away as 50 miles. Windows were shat tered in homes and buildings in an 18-mlle area. Company officials discounted the possibility of sabotage. Fourteen children in grade school half a mile from the scene were injured slightly by flying glass from broken win dows. Together with 66 class mates the children marched calmly from the building under the supervision of two teachers, who gave first aid to the injured in the school yard. Leonard Sabatlno, owner of a coal company just across a highway from the cement plant, said "bodies" were strewn all over the place. It was terrible sight" L T Petitions for the nomination of Walter J. Looker of this city as a Republican candidate for state senator at the May prim ary were in circulation today. Earl T. Newbry of Talent, for mer representative, previously filed on the Republican ticket, for the post, held for many years by State Senator George W. Dunn of Ashland. Looker is an attorney and active in Amer ican Legion and orchard affairs. Albert Heckert, of Jackson ville, yesterday filed for con stable in the Jacksonville jus tice of the peace district. Ray Wilson of Jacksonville, filed for committeeman from the south Jacksonville precinct, on the Republican ticket. Georgia Han lln filed for commltteewoman from the Queen Ann district, and Joseph R. Marshall from Medford South precinct Both are Democrats. . thetic rubber in this country, Hugh Fulton, committee coun sel, asked: Then Standard developed synthetic rubber in this country that was cheaper and more plen tiful than Germany hid?" "That's right." Arnold replied. "And turned It over to Ger many?" Fulton Inquired. "That's right," was the reply "And not to our own rubber companies?" Fulton asked. "That's right," Arnold said. The assistant attorney gener al, who Is chief of the Justice department's anti-trust division, previously had testified that car tel arrangements between Stan dard and the I. G. Farben-lndue- trle of Germany "are the princi pal cause of our present short age of synthetic rubber. ITER QUESTION MN AIRING AT PUBLICJEETING Water Commission Cites Lack Of Material As Answer To Alternatives, A public hearing last night before the Medford board of water commissioners on the question of Installing water meters brought forth several suggestions from citizens for alternative solutions in the problem of supplying the army cantonment with a maximum of 5,000,000 gallons of water a day along with providing a sufficient supply for the city. The courthouse auditorium was packed almost to capacity with citizens both In favor of and opposed to the meters, and scores of questions were fired at Paul B. Rynning, chairman of the water board, and other commissioners. Board Has Power Rynning, in explaining that the object of the hearing was to obtain from the public sug gestions for alternative solu tions, said at the close of the meeting the water board would take no action until the matter had been gone Into thoroughly. The board, it was brought out at the hearing, has full author tty to act Most frequently discussed query was why a second pipe line couldn't be constructed, thus eliminating the - claimed need for the meters, but Ryn. ning stated 1 don't think there la a possibility of getting an other pipeline because the water board has been informed that the war production board won't release the necessary material except as a last resort." Durno Offers Plan The alternative plan of Dr. Edwin R Durno, outlined In a prepared statement read by Ken neth G. Denman, local attorney. Involved building of a second pipeline by the city, with the revenue obtained from the sale of the water to the cantonment to apply on the cost of the pipe. line. JJr. Durno, In his state ment, said he was opposed to the meters as a private citizen. Denman, a member of the committee of citizens who peti 1 tloned for the public hearing, supplemented Dr. Durno's state ment by saying, "It la my firm belief that even with the meters a second pipeline will have to be Installed in the future." Denman also said It was his understanding the cantonment ' at Corvallis would obtain Its ' water from the Willamette riv er. Many local citizens have wondered why the Medford camp couldn't do the same from Rogue River, a question Ryn ning answered today by saying it was the water board's under standing the necessary materials to const -uct a pumping and chlorinatlon plant couldn't be obtained because of priorities, and that "the army doesn't want to use Rogue River water." Japs Change Picture Rynning explained that Pearl Harbor changed all previous plans; that before the Jap at tack the army had planned to construct another pipeline, but that after the emergency priori ties were placed on materials to practically eliminate any chance of a new pipeline. Another concrete proposal was by Morris B. Leonard, that of building a second reservoir and filling both of them during the slack period at night portion ing the water by zones in the city and appealing to the patri otism of the citizens to refrain from wasting the water. "With two reservoirs," he said, "1 be lieve we would have enough wa ter to take care of the canton ment and Medford." Gus Newbury, local attorney, told the board that In his opin ion It had no other alternative except to abide by its commit ments to the army to serve the camp with water, and that this could be accomplished In only two ways, by meters or by dis tricting the city into zones for the use of water at different times. Attorney Charles W. Reamea charged that "this is only a jTonUaus oa pan XwiiTl
