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Lai ITOUR Answer to Bomba be BONDSI Hot Deienae Bonds ant ' inmpi TOPAV Contrtbat te tha atrength of your nation. Start Something If there ! a demand for arthlnj roa bar for eale, tha Want Ada wtll nnd a buyer aulcalt and at amall rot. Why not lira them a trliir Then Medford Tribune la no better nay Start aorofr- ming -do it now. Full AasocUted Press Cnl' an Thirty -seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942. NO. 20. mm o mirtotlam. roar aelf-oro-tectlon. demands thai VOU to year part NOW! 1 mm i I ffl Where Will Japanese Strike Next? I u. s. s.vr 7. TJ aaa X - MONOOIIA V & v - W Jf-"7 mJ r , i VLADIVOSTOK C JT CHINA ; 0 Vj;ocyo n t k? MIDWAY l1NDIA.1)Ufttp,Mk WAKE "V WDIES. 2000 MILES AT EQUATOR a Alliad strategists studied raporti from all front! today f" cluaa a to how Japan will uaa Ita troopa now raleasad from tha Philippine war. Among tha possibilities discussed in Washington wara: (1) A surprise attack on Ruuiai (2) grand acala thruit at Hawaii) (3) invasion of Australia) (4) an at tempt to claan up tha China war quickly (5) or reinforcad drive into Burma and India. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, April 14 A cer tain sluggishness within the Nazi military is now visible to the eye. General Rom mell's drive In Libya should have been started weeks before if the Nazi war ma chine was still clicking at its old-time pace, His prepara tions were not rani Mallon well concealed and lagged behind former Hit ler tempo. Now he has only about six weeks left before sweltering desert heat Joins the side of the British defenders on the near east. The Russians have lately nicked up some German prison- fjrs with no more than five or six weeks' training. It is mur der to send men with no more experience into battle, even to fill out depleted units, as is apparently being done. Certainly the German general staff would not be using them anywhere if manpower was not a pressing problem. THE best balanced estimate here of Hitler's losses to date, mostly in Russia, Is 1.750. 000 killed and about the same number severely wounded. This would mean around 3,500,000 Nazis out of action These are the best trained German troops, specialized shock troops, sappers, engineers, parachutists (the flower of the German army as Berlin would call It). O They cannot be replaced. They were especially selected for their superior talents and physical stamina (Continued on Pa -a fllx) INDIAN GAS LOW New Delhi. April 14 India's basic gasoline ration which permits fuel for 100 miles of driving a month, was reduced one-third effective May 1 by government order today, SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Clarence Wimer turning soup Into good old Irish stew. "Bill "Sqeaky" Saunby Rose avenue s glamour baby, winning tarts right and left with his smile. Earl Newbry around town sawing wood for the construc tion of ha political fence. 'GUAM ..rV . w ::::: AUSTRALIA; Knockout Blow For China Jap Aim In Burma Drive Is Belief of MacKenzie BY DeWITT MACKENZIE Wide World War Analyst With the compass being boxed by speculation as to where the Japanese are likely to strike next; attention has been di verted from one of the great allied danger spots in which the Nipponese already are achieving success, and that is in their fierce drive through the Burmese back-door to China. There are, of course, several offensives which the Japanese might undertake against In dia, Australia, Russian Siberia but there's one thing about which we can be dead sure that they intend to conquer Chi na. After al, China is the key stone of their grandiose expan sionist program. Hence their as sault on Burma, which is a mat ter of anxiety for the allies. Famed Burma Road Already Blocked Already the Japs have over run lower Burma, blocking the famous Burma road over which China was getting all her mili tary supplies from the outside world; they have fought their way up the Irrawaddi river into the oil fields upon which the Chinese have been depending for their vital oil supply; and unless the invaders can be held there, they may stagger the world by putting an army into Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's capital of Chungking and over running all the rest of southern China. , China certainly would be hard hit by such a triple trag edy loss of her lifeline to the outside world, loss of the oil which Is essential to war, and loss of the rich southern terri tory upon which she depends so much for food and minerals. Yet those losses surely repre sent the goal of the Japanese, who today are reported to have made still further gains in Bur ma. British Premier Churchill's disclosure in the house of com' mons that the Nipponese are operating a great naval and air fleet in the Bay of Bengal, be tween Burma and India, fits in perfectly with Japan's designs on China. Of course, it s quite possible that this fleet presages an attempted invasion of India, but it certainly means that the Japanese intend to cut the American and British sea com munications, since that helps consolidate the invaders posi tion In Burma. Aim to Cut Allied Lanes to Mid-East Undoubtedly, the Japs also are bent on more extensive nav al and air operations, reaching throughout the Indian ocean and calculated to cut allied shipping lanes with the whole Middle East. Recognition of this likely is the explanation of to day's news that Iran (Persia) has broken off relations with Japan. The allies are getting set for action. As for an Indian Invasion, oc cupation of the eastern part of HAWAIIAN ISLANDS fOUATO IAMOA vf Ut It ' that country would sever allied communications with China via India over the ancient caravan routes, and would perfect the protective ring about the Bur mese conquest. Whether the Japanese would try to overrun the whole of the vast Indian empire is questionable, since they would be spreading them selves most awfuUy thin. Prob ably they would be governed by circumstances after they started the invasion, that is, whether things went easily for them. DRIVE FOR BOOKS TO REACH CLIMAX E There will be no special drive to collect books in Medford next Friday, proclaimed "Victory Book Day" by President Roose velt, Fay E. Woolsey, Medford city librarian, said today. A drive for books to send to army camps has been under way since the first of March and the collection is being made through the agencies of public libraries, Safeway stores, Standard Oil stations and the Boy and Girl Scouts. Friday, April 17, will bring special emphasis to that drive when Americans everywhere will be asked to give all books they can spare to the armed forces. However, according to Miss Woolsey, the drive will not end on that date but will con tinue as long as the nation is at war. Many books are being turned in but many more are needed. About 7S0 books have been turned into the Medford public library and havt been sent to the state library in Salem. Scout headquarters said today that those who had books to contribute could have them picked up by Scouts upon noti fication of headquarters by phone, 2350. BASEBALL National R. . 4 . 2 H. 7 6 Pittsburgh . Cincinnati . Butcher and Lopez; Walters and Hemsley. I LAVAL, DARLAN TO GRANT BE GIVEN SEATS IN NEWJIABINET Riom Trials Also Suspended Stronger Measures Seen Necessary By Allies. Laval Termed Judas Washington, April 14. (AP) An authoritative source said today that the sudden re turn of axis admirer Pierre Laval to power in Vichy "ob viously" called for a complete re-examination of United States relations with the Vichy French government. United States seizure of French possessions was de manded in the house as a re ply to plans of Vichy France for a new government embrac ing axis admirer Pierre Laval. "Today a traitor received his thirty pieces of silver," commented Rep. Poage (D Tex.), who described Laval as "the enemy of all free peo ple." By Taylor Henry Vichy, April 14 ) The Petain government, which once ousted Pierre Laval, made a place today for the return of France's leading exponent of collaboration and, at the same time, suspended the Riom trials of France's republican leaders, to which Hitler himself had ob jected. Marshal Petain, it was an nounced, decided to form a new government with Laval and Ad miral Jean Darlan, who has been vice premier since Laval's ouster from the position on Dec. 13, 1940. Meet Next Thursday The announcement said the three leaders met today and de cided on "the constitution of a government established on new foundations." Their next meet ing was set for Thursday when, presumably, the places of Laval and Darlan will be allotted. On the day that the Riom trials were to have resumed af ter the Easter recess, a special law decreed their indefinite sus pension to permit broadening of their scope to Include political as well as military "mistakes which led to war and defeat" for the, Third Republic. The special law, signed by Petain, was based on a report to me cniei oi state by Darlan and Justice Minister Joseph Bartel my which said in part: ine responsibilities Incurred from the fact of inadequacies in our national defense and of po litical ana military mistakes which led to war and defeat are indivisible because they contri buted to the same disaster." The immediate reaction in London was that the United Na tions had suffered a diplomatic defeat in their attempt to sway France from collaboration with Germany. Both Vichy government decis ions fitted into the nazi scheme, and the feeling was manifest in high diplomatic quarters in Lon don that much stronger meas ures against Vichy are the only answer prooaniy including a tighter blockade and new strength for General Charles de Gaulle's Free French. Some sources predicted that with both Darlan and Laval in the French cabinet, Germany stands better chance than ev er of getting the French fleet for axis operations against Bri tain. Sequel to Pressure Today's steps were the sequel to sharply intensified pressure by the nazis on the Vichy gov ernment in recent day's. Hitler personally disparaged the Riom trials in a speech last March 16, declaring their char acteristic was that "not a single word of guilt of those respon sible for the war is mentioned." The Berlin radio today broad cast DN'B, official German news agency, statement that the Riom decree means "the ques tion of responsibility for the war will be raised." A school slate owned by Ruby Buchanan of Stroud, Okla., wai used by her great grandfather in 1805. It weighs lli pounds. SERVICE TO CAMP IS Action Due to Lack of Pat ronage Ashland Service Stepped Up To 7 Trips. Because of lack of patronage, the Rogue Valley Transit com pany has discontinued its bus service between Grants Pass and Camp White, while at the same time increasing to seven buses daily its service between Ash land and the cantonment to take care of the large number of workmen residing in Ashland. In order to retain Its franchise for Grants Pass-Camp White operations, however, the transit company will run one bus be tween these points each month, according to A. L. Schneider, manager. Seek Lower Fare Ashland's campaign to pro cure a 40-cent round trip bus rate between there and the can tonment, a necessary require ment if Ashland is to be des ignated as a defense housing critical area, was being pushed this week. The transit company's fran chise from Ashland to Camp White is based on the SS-cent round-trip rate now in effect, the same fare that Greyhound charges for round-trip between Ashland and Medford which makes the cantonment run non competitive with Greyhound's Ashland Medford service. Ashland hopes to obtain Grey hound's cooperation in the cam paign to reduce the Ashland- cantonment rate to 40 cents a round trip, and it was stated that if this cooperation cannot be procured the only recourse would be for the transit com pany to petition the P. U. C. for authority to reduce its rate to 40 cents. A petition is also being made to Greyhound to reduce its Ash- land-Medford round trip rate to 40 cents to coincide with the proposed Ashland-Camp White rate of 40 cents. It wns point ed out that this would benefit many persons now con. muting between Ashland and Medford, as well as the general traveling public. The procurement of the 40- cent rate between Ashland and the cantonment, It was believed, would assure the designation of Ashland as a defense housing critical area, which in turn would provide priorities on crit ical building materials for de fense housing projects. CALL JURY FOR Y The circuit court petit Jury has been summoned to report next Monday at 9:30 a. m. to hear the civil suit of Corinthta E. Stal ley against J. B. Thomas, to re cover money. The case has been pending for several months. Judge H. K. Hanna Is hearing cases this week in Grants Pass, but expects to return near the end of the week. The revised Jury list Is as fol lows: L. L. Olsen, Ashland; Edgar J. Brown, Ashland; Nell C. Carlton, Medford; Alice E. Gowland, Ash land; Bernice Ashpole, Medford; Vabel Sims, Medford; Neal Heard, Ashland; Frank Davis, Ashland; C. D. Elhart, Ashland; Donna V. Straus, Gold Hill. Henry C. Galey, Ashland; Ed ward W. Kubli, Applrgate; Ma r'c DAlblni, L. O. Penland, S. T. Shults, Hazel Kincaid, Margaret E. Schuler, Verl G. Walker, Dia mond L. Flynn and Chester Hub bard, Medford. Portland Police Will Join Union Portland, April 14 UP) The Oregon Journal said today charter In the State, County and Municipal Employes union, Local 88, AFL, will be Issued fhortly to an organization of Portland policemen. Outnumbered Americans and Filipinos Put Up Stubborn Resistance RAF Scores. By Roger D. Greene Associated Press War Editor Greatly out-numbered Amer ican and Filipino troops were officially reported putting ud stubborn resistance to Japanese invasion forces today on Cebu island, in the central Philip pines, while Lieut-Gen. Jona than Wainwright's defenders of Corregidor underwent four more assaults b y Japanese bombers. The Japanese force on Cebu, 250 miles south of Manila, was estimated at 12,000. RAF Scores In the battle for tha ap proaches to India, British head quarters reported that RAF planes had destroyed or dam aged 13 Japanese flying boats in a smashing attack on Japan's new bases in the Andaman isl ands, in the Bay of Bengal. A war department bulletin said that communication be tween Cebu and Corregidor had been re-established and that heavy fighting was in progress, with "our troops stubbornly re sisting the advance of the ene my." On Corregidor, tha last major I American-Filipino bastion In the battle of Luzon, tha war de partment said heavy Japanese bombers inflicted soma troop casualties but only alight dam age to military Installations. Enemy batteries shelled Cor regidor and Fort Frank from positions on both sides of Man ila bay, the communique said. "Our guns returned the fire." The war department also re ported sharp skirmishes on Min danao island, 600 miles south of Manila. Many Jap Captives Imperial Tokyo headquarters asserted today that Japan's In vasion armies had captured 40, 000 prisoners, including 15 gen erals, since the beginning of the Bataan offensive in the Philip pines, while on the Burma front British headquarters acknowl edged a dangerous new Japan ese thrust toward the central Burma oil fields. A British communique said Japanese troops driving up the Irrawaddy river had captured the village of Migyaungye which is only 22 miles south of the Minbu oil fields. The British also reported in creasing Japanese pressure be low Taungdwlngyl, 90 miles northeast of Prome, about mid way between the British-defend ed right flank and the Chinese- guarded left flank of the main allied defense Una. "Tex" Oliver Now Officer in Navy Eugene, April 14 UP) Ger ald A. 'Tex" Oliver today offi cially became a lieutenant com mander in the United States r.avy when he was sworn in here. Vichy Officials Back-Pedal On Sassy Statement to U. S. Vichy, Unoccupied Franca, April 14 (P) The French gov ernment issued a statement to day declaring It had rejected the "injurious" terms of a note of the United States government explaining Its establishment of a consulate-general In Free French Equatorial Africa, but half an hour later urgently re quested correspondents to with draw tha story from publica tion. The French statement was read to the American press rep resentatives only a few hours after a communique had an nounced a change In the govern ment bringing Pierre Laval, ad vocate of collaboration of Ger many, back Into a position of power, and introducing a new period of strain upon United States-French relations. Fought Japs i V J j 5 - Lieut. Jesse H. Hague of Adel la., told of one U. S. squadron which shot down Japs at the rate of two for one in sky-fighting ever the Netherlands East Indies in a dispatch from "somewhere In Australia.? L Salem, April 14. (AP) Gov ernor Spragua today promoted Colonel Ralph P. Cowglll, Port land, state guard commander, to brigadier general. Cowgill now commands one complete infantry regiment, arm ed and uniformed by the govern ment, as well as 26 battalions of guardsmen ' who are providing their own arms and equipment. "The best features of the Brit ish home guard and Russian guerilla plans have been adapt ed to needs of Oregon in the or ganization of the state guard," the governor said. "General Cowgill now has a versatile force which can be utilized to good advantage, either in cooperation with federal troops or operating separately." A captain of engineers during the World war, Cowgill has been an officer of the Oregon National Guard for 18 years. He was com rr ending officer of the 186th in fantry, 41st division, until last December 2, when he was re lieved from active service be cause his age was over the limit set for officers serving wth com bat troops. Brlg.-Gen. Cowgill resided In Medford for many years and held a number of engineering positions here. TOP PRIORITY GIVEN MINING ENTERPRISES Washington, April 14. UP) mining enterprises were granted a top war priority rating by WPB today to assist them in obtaining explosives and ex plosive equipment. Fast on tha heels of the state ment came the urgent official request for its cancellation, which was not immediately ex plained. Tha statement ssld that the American government's note was "couched In injurious terms," and that its presentation nan been under "unusual con ditions. French officials said tha word "insolent" for the French "In- solite" was a poor translation and that the word "unusual was better. (There was no Immediate In dication whether the usa of the word "Insolent" In soma dis patches might have caused of ficials to request that publica tion of the statement ba can celled). DEEP BREACH IN E Timoshenko Scores Near Kharkov Continent In vasion Expected by Nazis. By Associated Press A Stockholm radio broadcast today said Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's Red armies in the Ukraine had forced a "deep breach" in the German lines 25 miles north of the great steel city of Kharkov. German reports also indicated that the Russians had opened big-scale new offensive on tha Moscow front and had pierced Nazi defenses at some points. Meanwhile, reports reaching London from neutral European capitals indicated that Adolf Hit ler's high command was resigned to an impending allied Invasion of the continent and afraid that the attack would strike at an un expected point. The Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm Demograten quoted a Nazi high command spokesman as saying: . Ready. Is Boast "We are expecting an invasion at any time. Let them try it, We are ready." A Rome radio broadcast last night said Canadian troops had been assigned to spearhead tha allied assault, and Stockholm heard that the Germans had pro claimed the Norwegian port of Narvik a forbidden zone, as worst was intensified on defenses along the Norwegian coast. Tha French coast and Italy were also mentioned as logical points of attack. Altogether, London observers) said, Germany now seemed to be suffering an acuta "war of nerves" such as Hitler exploited against his enemlea earlier in the war. Other developments in tha European war theater Included: British Exchange Telegraph Quoted the Berlin radio as an nouncing that six Soviet divis ions (perhaps 90,000 troops), in cluding an entire tank division, succeeded in dislocating German lines at some points and that tha battle was still In progress. Gen. George C. Marshall. U. S. army chief of staff, conferred with one of Britain s top experts oi invasion tactics, Lord Louis Mountbatten, chief of British commandos. Hitler's high command assert ed that German U-boats and planes had sunk 15 more allied merchant ships totalling 120,000 tons, Including two American vessels in a convoy returning from the Russian Arctic port of Murmansk. The high command said 13 ships were sunk in the Atlantic, most of them "directly off tha east coast of America." North Africa Cairo head quarters reported that British ar tillery patrols blasted a column of axis tanks, armored cars and artillery in the Temrad sector, 60 miles across tha desert no man's land from the main British positions at Tobruk. An Italian communique said strong British columns, support ed by armored units and artil lery, were repulsed after fierce fighting. "Tha enemy, which suffered heavy losses in killed and wounded, retreated," tha Italian high command said. OFFICE OPEN LATE The county clerk's office In the court house will be open until 8 o'clock tonight to accom modate last minute registrant for tha May primary election. County Clark George R. Carter reported today that ap proximately 75 registered yes terday but that voters have been slow in protecting their fran chise. Tha county clerk said most of tha registrations wera because of change of precinct and that few new voters wara registering. Registration for the last gen eral election was 16,129. a
