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The system is working In such an open field and was or ganized with such usual German thoroughness that it has been found difficult to smash. The FBI raided the German seamen's home in Hoboken last Saturday and found again how some news was being sent out. What was described as a "dia thermy machine" was seized, along with 71 inmates. This Is a piece of common electrical apparatus, capable of creating high frequency oscilla tions, which could be heard as far away as Germany if proper reception, through a similar set, had been provided there as it no doubt has. The apparatus which can make intelligible short wave vi brations, under expert handling, .has been sold commercially MrroTJlhouf 'ftifrtountry for ther apeutic treatment of tissues by heat. You could buy them any where. A number of Japs on the Pa cific coast seem to have suffered the same rash as the Nazi sea men. These machines were first discovered in their homes. But the problem would be difficult to meet, even if there were not so many of thesa ma chines in private hands. The maritime commission here oper ates our ships, but the private companies and the hiring halls employ the seamen. The govern ment therefore has no control over who is to be employed. Before a sailor will sign tor a voyage, naturally he must know when and where the ship is go- (Continued on Pago Twelve) Milk Prices Jump J in Coast Region Toledo, April 3 P Milk prices advanced one cent a quart in the Toledo, Newport, Yachats and Waldport area yes terday on authorization of the milk control board. Five per cent milk advanced 2 cents a quart. The new prices are 13 cents for 4 per cent and 13 cents lor 6 per cent. Radio Highlights (Pacific War Time) Tonight: Good Friday pro grams MBS 7:15 "Seven Last Words of Christ" by Brooklyn Philharmonic chorus; NBC 7:30 sermon "The Crucifixion" Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen. A Saturday: NBC 1:45 Tropi cal park racing. CBS 3:15 Call ing Pan-America, tribute to Cecil B. DeMille. BLU 3:15 Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum on "Army Day." SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Carl Von der Hellen appear ing in town after nearly a five month hibernation at Wellen. Lela Rogers enthusiastically revealing the progress being made on her and Daughter Gin ger's Rogue ranch. Bob Spalding Joyfully return ing from a successful mission in Portland. w Vern Pendleton peeking from beneath a truck and saying that there was still enough service station work to get nan dirty. w $ Jf f ii-tiaia IS F Action Would Bring Return Of Prices To Levels Of Several Months Ago. Washington, April S. W) An order freezing prices of all consumer goods not already un der ceiling orders, it was learned today, is under discussion be tween high officials of the office of price administration and the war production board. Such a blanket freezing order, to be applied at both retail and wholesale levels, has been dis cussed for some time, respons ible OPA sources said and "the meetings have been more fre quent recently." A definite de cision has not been reached, it was said. The action, if forthcoming, would take the form of a per manent freezing order, cutting prices back to the levels of some chosen date, probably several months ago, it was reported. Numerous administration of ficials have voiced dissatisfac tion which present price control methods, holding them to be too slow to check an inflationary trend. . This feeling has been accentu ated with the flood of new WPB curtailment and production stop page orders of recent weeks, af fecting radios, phonographs, vacuum cleaners, electrical ap pliances and many other major and minor consumer items. As each curtailment order hav ap peared, a buying rush has oc curred and prices have moved up. resulting in such emergency action as last night's freezing of bicycle sales. Heavy Ship Losses Suffered by Foes Is Claim of Nazis Berlin (from German broad casts) April 3. (iP) The high command said today that during February and March the Ger man navy, operating against the fleets of the United States and Britain, sank one cruiser, eight destroyers, three corvettes, four torpedo boats, 12 motor torpedo boats and motor gunboats, five escort vessels and three subma rine chasers. In addition during the same period, a communique said, the German air force sank two mo tor gunboats and three escort vessels. "Another 37 warships. in eluding 10 cruisers, 11 destroy ers and five submarines were tiamaged In offensive operations by German naval forces and in air attacks by the luftwaffe," it added. By the Associated Prats Three new ship sinkings In the axis submarine campaign against American shipping were announced today by the navy. Seventeen men were missing from their crews. Maritime sources In Havana said a fourth United States ship, a freighter, had been torpedoed and sunk somewhere north of Cuba. ' Tola! War Day Plans Nearing Completion; Parade Is al 7:15 Plans for observance of 'Total War Day" Monday In this city are being rapidly completed and those In charge of the parade announced today that it will begin at Sixth and Bartlett streets at 7:15 p. m. Definite line of march will be outlined In the Sunday edition of the Mail Tribune. With Mayor T. S. Wiley's an nouncement of cooperation from Ashland citizens, it is expected that numerous Ashland civic and fraternal organizations will participate in the parade which terminates at the Medford foot ball stadium. A demonstration of practical value concerning Incendiary bombs and first aid will be featured as are talks by Lieut Colonel George C. Ferch. commander of Camp White: Major Theron W. Bean, also of ,Camp White, and other official. Tell How They Downed Nine Jap Planes Lieut. Comm. John S. Thach (right), Fordyca, Ark., squadron commander and Lieut. Edward (Butch) O'Hara (left), St. Louis, Mo., at Pearl Har bor tall how they downed nina Jap bombers ba. twaan them when tha Japs attacked a U. S. fleet unit in force in tha Southwest Pacific recently. Thach was credited with three Japs, O'Hara. six. LA FOLLETTE HAS PLAN TO ASSURE Washington, April 3. (JP) With the assertion that labor needed to be assured that the war emergency would not be used to deprive it of its rights, Senator LaFollette (Prog.-Wis.) ( introduced a bill today fixing criminal penalties for "oppres sive labor practices." LaFollette, chairman of a lab or sub-committee that made a four-year investigation of anti union activities, took cognizance of other pending labor legisla tion, including proposals to sus pend the 40-hour week, when he said: "If the nation has time for consideration of any labor legis lation, then, by all means, this proposed act should be carefully weighed." The measure, an amplified version of an oppressive-labor-practices act which passed the senate In 1940 only to die in the house labor committee, sets maximum penalties of a $10,000 fine or six months imprisonment for proscribed acts. These In clude the use of strike-breakers, private armed guards, the pos session or use of firearms or tear gas during labor disputes, and Intel f erence with peaceful pick eting. In addition, the principle of the wage and hour act is applied so as to make it criminal for an employer who engages in oppres sive labor practices to ship his goods in interstate commerce. LaFollette declared his com mittee had unearthed "sordid violations of the rights of labor" In virtually every state. Byron . Crowell, 604 Plum street, is confined in the Sacred Heart hospital suffering from a hip injury received when the Valley Fuel Co. truck he was driving overturned on North Riverside near the 99 Motel about noon today. Seriousness of the Injury is not yet known, his physician said. According to Charles Hobbs. Perl ambulance driver who was called to the scene, Crowell's, truck upset when he swerved to avoid collision with another vehicle which stopped suddenly In front of him. Identity of occu pants of tha other machine was not given. lb .1' i A "XV f Today's Axis Lie Washington, April 3 UP) Under the heading "To day's Axis Lie," the office of facts and figures released without comment this item from ' tha Berlin-, shortwave radio? , "Further reports from Lis bon state that four to five old cars in the United States will be turned into scrap iron. The total number of cars taken out of traffic on ac count of tire and gasoline shortages is estimated' at twelve million." Chiang Kai-Shek Asks Indian Acceptance of Dominion After War New Delhi, India, April 3. UP) Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, advocate of war collabor ation between 400,000,000 Chi nese and 390,000,000 Indians, was reported today to have In tervened in British-Indian nego tiations, urging acceptance of Britain's proposal of post-war dominion status for India. The generalissimo was said to have conveyed his views through a special messenger to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, a former president of the All India Congress party and a key leader in the Indian politics. The contents of the message were not disclosed. The Congress party's working committee, which replied to the British proposals yesterday with detailed objections, met for an hour and a half today and ad journed until tomorrow. British Bombs Rock Whole Channel Area London, April 3 UP) The RAF, in a daylight continuation of the most extensive two-sided aerial operations in many months, sent squadrons of fight ers and bombers roaring across the English channel late today in blasting attacks on Nazi bases at Boulogne and Calais and other enemy-occupied areas fur ther north. Reverberations from their as sault rocketed back across Dover strait for some time, and the entire area shook from the distant Impact of the British bombs. Vanderbilt Seeks Navy Commission Beverly Hills, Calif.. April 3 (TV-Alfred Gynne Vanderbilt, 29-year-old millionaire turfman id today he has applied for a commission in the navy. At his apartment here he said he had "no idea whether the application will be accepted or not, but I hope It is, and soon." "X ..w&aftr.! By the Associated Press 1 A heavy battle of tanks and men, with the combat tempo "rising with every hour that passes," was reported raging on the Leningrad front today, and the Russians declared 25,000 German troops had been killed and huge war supplies captured in 13 days of fighting around the old czarist capital and at neighboring Staraya Russa. It was not immediately clear whether the Russians were making a major att lpt to break out of the long oesieged northern metropolis, or whether the Germans were on the offen sive, hoping to knock out that long and stubbornly defended barrier. The Leningrad radio, how ever, reported that red army troops had captured a fortified settlement which served as the center for several German-held villages. Soviet dispatches said 13,000 Nazis had been slain in the Len ingrad fighting and 10,000 at Staraya Russa, where the Ger man 16th army has been trap ped for weeks. Portland. April 3 UP) Crown Prince Olav of Norway will visit Portland April 20 on a lecture tour, Emll P. Slovarp, Norwe gian consul here announced to day. Americans Reported Well Treated by Japs . By Walter R. Boattcher Washington, April 3. UP) The 368 United States prisoners of war, who were captured on Gilbert, Wake and Guam Islands by the Japanese and Interned at ZenumiJI. Island of Shlkoku. are being well treated, the In ternational Red Cross reported in a cablegram made public to day by Rep. White CD., Idaho). However, the men want more entertainment, fancier food and mail from the folks back home. This was the most detailed account received through neu tral sources to date on the wel fare of men who fell Into enemy hands. Rep. White was chosen to re lease the report, presumably be cause many of the soldiers and civilians captured in the Amer ican outposts were residents of Idaho, Oregon and Washington Civilians from these and other western states were engaged in military construction work on tha captured bland, Allies Suffer New Reverses In Effort ROAD JOBS ! ON FEDERAL Contracts To Be Awarded On Basis of Bids Opened Yesterday If Funds Found Portland, April 3. (P)1t the federal government Increases its allocation for highway improve ment in the Medford cantonment area, contracts will be awarded on the basis of bids opened yes terday by the State Highway commission. Casts have increased since the original allotment was made, the commission was advised, and the Public Roads administration is seeking additional money. Berke Bros., Portland, was low at $252,908 for paving and grading 3.4 miles of the south unit of the Antelope creek-Med- ford section of the Crater Lake and Pacific highways. Jacobsen- Jensen, Portland, bid low at $123,278 for grading and paving 1.4 miles of the same highway. The Tru-Mix Concrete company Medford, submitted low bid of $19,980 for structures on the route. Wagelnereases for all commis sion employes receiving less than $230 monthly were approved. The Increases, ranging from ' flat $10 a month for those on salary, to eight cents an hour or $14.72 monthly for those on an hourly basis, affect about 2,320 employes. The new scale, R. H. Baldcock, engineer, said was Imperative to meet advanced living costs. F. L. Somers, one of the pro prietors of the Tru-Mix Concrete company of Medford said today the company's bid called for the construction of culverts, a bridge over Bear creek near the present railroad bridge and culverts, curbs and traffic dividers on the five-highway Cloverleaf intersec tion near the Big Y it arket. Construction will start as soon as the government Increases its allocation for the highway im ment, Mr. Somers stated. Crosbys Reconcile Account Children Los Angeles, April 3 fl For the sake of their 2-year-old daughter Cathleen, and for an other child expected in July, the Bob Crosbys have become recon ciled. Mrs. Jane Crosby yesterday withdrew her divorce suit against the orchestra leader. She had charged cruelty. Bob is a brother of Crooner Blng Crosby. Captured on Islands The cablegram from an agent of the International Red Cross was transmitted to the navy de partment here and then turned over to White. Ha made it pub lic as follows: "Visited camp for prisoners of war at ZenUuiJl March 12. Camp on large island of Shl koku in the north near Inland sea on fertile plain - between hills covered with pines; good climate; no endemical diseases. "Market town of ZentsuiJI with 23,000 Inhabitant nearby. Camp covers six acres sur rounded by barbed wire and a wooden fence. Two army bar racks, two stories high, well ventilated, 12,000 cubic meters In all. Capacity 500; present number 374. One Englishman from Shanghai, two Dutchmen, five Australians and rest Amer leans of whom eight are from Gilbert Island, 20 from Wake and the rest from Guam. Forty five officers, 10 doctors, two vugglits, one dentist to Defend Burma 1 . Objector Law Arras, film star, was photographed In Portland en route to a conscientious object ors' camp at Wyath. He said "ideallstie principles" caused him to shun an army uniform in favor of swinging an axe while the country is at war. LOCAL MAN HOME F Indication that he would not care to re-live his Midway island experience was given by Clarence Edwards In an Inter view this morning. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edwards, 1103 West 4th street, Edwards was a carry-all driver on the Island at the time of tha Japanese attack in De cember. He arrived In San Fran cisco on March 22 after a three weeks evacuation trip from Mid way via Honolulu and has been visiting friends and relatives in southern Oregon for the past week. Edwards, who was ordered to divulge little Information, stat ed, however, that dangers were most apparent at sea during the evacuation. Workers scoffed, Edwards said,' at the false rumors con cerning them that came by radio from the United States. He served a full year on the isle, leaving Portland in March of last year. Commenting upon his Job, he said, "It was a good Job before the war." Edwards has no plans con cerning work at present and is waiting word from his Klamath Falls draft board. "Barracks recently divided Into rooms of from one to 14 camp beds, each having five blankets, a pillow and mattress for officers, heating by modern stoves, "Daily rations 300 grams of bread, 300 rice, 160 wheat plus potatoes, sweet potatoes, green vegetables, fish, eggs, etc. Total 3,200 calories. Meat, sugared food and in this season, fruits are rather rare. Young and act ive prisoners arc losing weight: old and idle prisoners gain weight. "Cooks chosen from prison ers work In separate kitchens which are large and clean. "Tobacco ration is 10 cigar ettes per one to three days ac cording to rank. "Clothing sufficient for the moment but 120 pairs of shoes requested as soon as possible. Dally laundering; good hygiene; large hot Japanese bath daily for workers and weekly for others. Latrines clean and iso- Hated " my BRITISH FALL BP E JAPANESE E SECTOR News From Long-Besieged Bataan More Heartening Mop Up Pocketed Japs, By Roger D.Greene Associated Press War Editor' Grave new reverses marked the allied defense of Burma to day as British headquarters acknowledged that the Japanese had cracked the right wing an chor at Prome, key to Burma'a vital oil fields, but the newa from the Philippines was mora heartening. On long-besieged Bataan pe ninsula, Lieut.-Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright's American and Fill pino fighters were officially re ported mopping up pocketed Jap anese units which yesterday burst through the main line in two heavy assaults, Japs Trapped Tha war department said " "considerable" number of Japan ese got through, only to be trap ped as U. S. troops counter-attacked fiercely and sealed the bf- . u, In Burma, the situation was critical at both ends of the British-Chinese defense line guard ing the Burmese oil fields, a ma jor source of China's gasoline and oil suppllef, and the road to Mandalay, ' The British acknowledged that they had been forced to re tire to the north of Prome, less than 100 miles south of the Ye nangyaung oil fields, falling; back after night-long fighting in the Jungles south of the Irra. waddy river town. However, British headquar ters denied reports of a landing by Japanese sea-borne troops at the west Burma port of Akyab, only 100 miles from tha Indian frontier, which would have been an even greater setback. A Chinese spokesman at Chungking said yesterday tha Japanese had landed under cover of cruisers and destroyers, but the British declared officially they had "been in direct contact with Akyab this morning" and no landing had been attempted. simultaneously, a V 1 e h broadcast reported that Chinese forces In the east, commanded by Lieut.-Gen. Joseph W. Stll- well, were retreating farther north from enemy-occupied Toungoo. The broadcast said Jananeaa advance, guards pursuing the (.ninese had pushed almost 43 miles north of Toungoo on the road to Mandalay. A British communique, however, declared the invaders' spearheads had only reached a point southwest of Yedashe, 15 miles north of Toungoo, On the right flank, around Prome, a British communiaue said strong Japanese forces cap- lurea neignis soutn of the town in an attack from the cover of Jungles east of the Prome-Ran-goon road. "Our forces moved back to fresh covering positions north of the town early yesterday morn ing," it said. Whites asd Negress Battle at Fort Dix Fort Dix. N. J April 3 W) White and negro soldiers fought a bloody 15-mlnute bat tle on the darkened plains of Fort Dix last night in which three men were shot to death and five others felled in a furi ous exchange of bullets. The sudden, bitter outburst ended when negro and white officers appeared on the scene and ordered the embattled white military police and negro enlisted men to cease firing. BUTTERFAT Sacramento, April 3. VP) Churning cream butterfat: First grade, 41c; second grade, 9o- ,
