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Let YOUR Anawer to Bomb be BONDSI Bay War Bona aa Stamp TODAY CMbtkoM lo tha war ((fort of jew aatloa. ratrlot lua. jour m artf-proteetloB, armandf that TOO ia Tour pan NOW! They Work Ftut Xtrar M Jour araate ire. Jut naort to to. Hist ttt ta tats aeneasae ul an ha qatrki? the? am fntn n aatta. It UI sawprtae J Im taat they awrk ua kn BtUa they aaat try tbn. Medford Tribune Full Atiociated Press Catted Pratt Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942. NO. 29. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Death of a U-Boat; Two Men Escape Washington, April 24 When Mr. Roosevelt tried to push the word "Inflation" out of the dic tionary, as a descriptive term for our current economic pre dicament, he really had a new conception of a remedy, if not of the prob lem. Advance no tices of his In tentions around in the govern ment suggest be has con ceived a new economic freez pa til ftiftiiHit ing apparatus. He would freeze prices first, all prices. Then Instead of trying to freeze union wages to that index he would tie them to a cost of living index, but not directly, nly loosely, through the war labor board. - In other words, he would merely order the war labor board not to grant any more increases In cases brought be fore 11, unless me con 01 uvuig Index rises. The administration figures this would prevent any union wage Increase cases from ever getting to the board, as long as the cost of living remains the same as the base period, between Feb ruary 25 and March 25. Other salaries would not be fixed but the argument for In creasing them generally would be frozen by the action on the cost of living. The cost of living index, of course. Is based on the prices of rent, light, bread, food, cloth ing and some other items, and not upon the general price level which may or may not fluctuate the same. ... ... a PARM prices would likewise be handreeVoo this tie-freeze Ifbasis, without direct action, by the initial step of freezing the price a baker can charge for his bread or a butcher for pork chops, etc. It Is figured that the limita tion on bread will be an auto matic restraint on the price of wheat and the freezing of pork chops will hold corn-hog prices, (Continued on Face Nine) Radio Highlights The place of medicine In the war effort will be discussed tonight In a nation-wide broad cast, "American Medicine and the Final Victory," over MBS network at 7:15. The broadcast is given by the National Physi cian's committee, sponsorers of national legislation and much Jit whose funds are contributed by laymen. (Pacific War Time) Tonight: CBS 7:15, Sen. Pep per on "Patents and Economic Warfare." BLU 8, March of Time, Joe American Soldier; 6:30 Celeb rity Theater, John Vandercook is "Most Dangerous Game." MBS 5:15 What Price Vic tory, Byron Price, guest; 6:45 Anzae day program. Lieut. Gen. Arnold and others. Saturday: Penn relays MBS 7:30 a. m., and 12:30 p. m., NBC 12:15 and 1:30, CBS 1:35, BLU 12:55, 1:15, 1:45 and 2:00. Drake relays MBS 12, 1 and 1:45 . . . NBC 10:30 a. m., St. Louis wel come to Lieut Comm. E. H. O'Hare. BLU 9:30 a. m.. Farm er's Union; 12 Canadian Air k Force band; 3:45 A. A. Berle, Jr., Jon "Inter-American Trade Diffi culties." North Bend, Ore., April 24 UP) Award of a contract for three 104-foot rescue tugs for the government to the Hillstrom Brothers Shipbuilding company was announced today. They will cost $121,000 each. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Spring evidenced In the city school superintendent's office by a myriad of poppy posters. Elmer Wilson finding his Cen tral Point store extremely pop ular with customers just at closing time. George Field proving an ex cellent guide on a short Inspec tion tour of his favorite Rogue river fishing rilfla. Here Is the grim death of a U-boat In the Mediterranean which was hunted down by a destroy of the British Royal Nary and sunk with depth bo mba. The captain and one sailor survived. Ton: the sub ready to go. Circle defines survivors on the dock wash. Bottom (left), sailor hat hold of ladder; captain is held by rope and buoy, ready to be taken aboard destroyer that brought death far their craft and fellow crew members. Bottom right i the captain is pulled in to the destroyer. Censor ship veiled other details of the incident. Plane Which Raided Japan Makes Landing in Russia By Eddie Gilmore. Kuibyshev, April 24 (tPl Russia announced today that a United States bomber which rai ded Japan last Saturday and then lost its way has been interned with its crew in the Russian maritime province on the Sea It appeared to be an already i completed test of the year-old Japanese-Russian neutrality part but United States embassy offi cials here said Ambassador Ad miral William H. Standley had asked Washington for Instruc tions. The plane was said to have carried five men, one captain. The short dispatch announcing the Internment said that the JAPS STILL PUZZLED By the AieoHatea Frets Japan, still puzzled about the "mystery base" from which U. S. bombers raided Tokyo six days ago, asserted today that Washington had not yet issued a communique on the assault because "it has no way of communicating with the American warplanes which attacked Japan." A Japanese spokesman, To mokazu Hori, said this meant that none of the raiders bad returned to their bases. airmen, "losing orientation, com mitted a forced landing on Soviet territory." Loss of "orien tation" was taken to mean that the plane was trying to make landing In China. (The Japanese, identifying the attackers as medium bombers farrvinir rrew of five, had said that apparently some planes flew on to China.) The only official account yet made public was circulated by Tass. official Soviet news agen cy, under the caption: "Forced landing of American plane in maritime province." The full dispatch follows: "Khabarovsk, April 22 On Apwril 18th on the territory of the maritime province there landed an American warpiane. As stated by the plane crew the latter participated on the same day in a raid by the American air force on the Japanese islands and, losing orientation, commit ted a forced landing on Soviet territory. "According to common Inter national regulations, Soviet authorities interned the Amer ican plane and crew." The dateline of the dispatch indicated the general locale of the forced landing, although none was specifically given. Khabarovsk is about 1,000 miles northwest of Tokyo and 400 miles due north of the mam port of the maritime province, Vladi vostok. SMASH TRACK MARS rv. iiaIkm Iavi Anril 24 if) The crack University of Oklahoma quartet smashed the American couegiaie nw the sprint medley of the Drake relays today. Reeling off the distance In 3:23 to clip two tenths of a second off the mark established by the University of Texas is lie 1941 relays, of Japan. RECREATION FOR SERVICE IN IS COMMUNITY DUTY In order to clarify the func tions of and relationship be tween government, private and local agencies dealing with war time recreational programs, I. E. Schuler, public relations chairman of the recreation com mittee of the Jackson Council for Defense, today Issued a statement prepared by Don T. Orput, field recreation represen tative of the Federal Security Agency. Orput, quoting letter from Major General E. S. Adams to all generals and commanding officers of army and air force, explained In his statement that "the Federal Security Agency believes that the primary re sponsibility for meeting local welfare and recreational prob lems having to do with service men rests with the adjacent community, which should meet this responsibility as fully as It can with available resources. Where these resources are In adequate, supplementary facili ties and services should be sought from state, federal and private agencies, but all con tacts with the public must avoid creating the impression that the community has in any degree been relieved of its own pri mary responsibility." Cooperation Sought The Federal Works Adminis tration has allotted $93,000 to Medford for construction of a recreational facility for Camp White troops, the building to be supervised by the Y.W.C.A. Schuler at present is contacting local churches and fraternal or ganizations to secure their co operation with the government facility In providing recreation for the troops. Orput said In his statement that the Federal Security Agen cy, together with the local com munity, it responsible for set ting up and coordinating all leisure-time activities in com munities adjacent to military reservations, including coordi nation of efforts of federal, state and local governmental agencies as well as those of national, pri vate and local social agencies including the United Service organizations. USO Operating Agency The USO, Orput stated, is pri marily responsible for serving service men as Individuals and groups and, with the 110.765. 1 000 raised is i drive to meet the. Fifty Per Gent Gut In Gas Consumption Probable by May 1 Wwhlngton, Aj!.-il 24-AF iovernmeni sources indicated to day that gasoline consumption in the east and probably the Pa cific Northwest would be cut to 50 per cent of normal on May 1 by limiting supplies to filling stations. This compares with the present curtailment of one-third. Such an increased reduction, which might mean 60 per cent less gasoline for non-essential ve hicles, would be effective for two weeks until May 15, when the rigid card rationing program becomes effective in the east by order of Price Administrator Leon Henderson, A 60 per cent cut for passen ger automobiles probably would provide about 25 gallons month ly for each vehicle, oil circles estimated. The paradoxical situation of the oil Industry was outlined to a senate agriculture subcommit tee as being: East coast car own ers face rigid rationing; gulf coast refinery tanks am hrim. ming, with gasoline but there Is a lacx oi transportation to move it to the east: and national Ha. r.iand for gasoline is decreasing aue to the rubber shortage, though production of gasoline is booming" in eonfwtimi with i- ducing by-products needed in the war euort. Herb Grey Speaker At Newspaper Meet Olympia. Aoril 24. CAP! A conference of more than IIS newspaper editors and advertis ing managers of Washington and Oregon nublieatfnna faced here today by a meeting oi tne executive committee of the Allied Daily Newspaper as sociation. General session! nnon at vm p. m. Herb Grey, president of me uregon Publishers associa tion, will lead discussion on ad- venising. needs for personnel for the ap eration of the recreational build ings, will man and operate these government facilities. Field recreation represents tives of the F.S.A. are resDonsi ble for local areas affected by one or more military concentra tions, such as Medford. and these representatives work with local committees, which are sub committees of local defense councils, Orput explained in his statement. Orput made it clear that the program of the USO is to be one segment of the total com munlty program and Incorporat ed as part of this total program. and is not to be a separate par allel or competitive program wiin any oxner service m ut 1 community. BIS ROOSEVELT HINTS NATION'S PUNS MAY BEEXPANDED Ship Output Only Laggard in Program Spending Volume Hits Fast Pace. Washington, April 24. President Roosevelt declared to day that the war production program was working out ex tremely well and hinted that another program might be piled on top of the one which was called fantastic last January. In his annual message to con gress on January 6, the presi dent set forth a schedule call- ng for a production In 1942 and 1943 of 185,000 planes, 120,000 tanks, 55,000 anti-aircraft guns and 18,000,000 tons of commer cial shipping. Spending Speeded New figures on war spending came from Budget Director Har old D. Smith, who reported that the program had been speeded up to an estimated $28,000,000,- 000 this fiscal year and to $70. 000,000,000 in the next fiscal year beginning July 1. Attributing these revised tig- ores to -a better than expected rata of war production. Smith said they compared with previ ous estimates of $26,000,000,000 for the current fiscal year. which ends June 30, and $56, 000,000,000 for the next year. Smith said weekly cash out lays for war already have in creased from $409,000,000 In the week of Pearl Harbor to $690,- 000,000 per week. Billions Per Month This month war will cost $3,- 009,000,000. In June, he said, it will cost $3,300,000,000, and by September, monthly costs will be about $5,000,000,000 per month "and still going up." Considering non-war expendi tures and other factors. Smith pointed out that existing tax laws would fall short of financ ing the treasury In the next fis cal yes by $56,223,000,000. Mr. Roosevelt's intimation that the tremendous goals set last January might be expanded came when he was asked at a press conference whether he thought stel plants now being built or expanded would raise capacity sufficiently to meet all needs. No, he replied, he couldn't say that because there might be an other program by the time the expansions and new plants are completed. The chief executive expressed a personal view that there still was too great civilian use of steel, but that war production board officials had taken a con trary position. He said that this la being checked on now. To an Inquiry as to whether anything was being done to "revitalize shipbuilding." Mr. Roosevelt said that everybody was working on that at the pre sent time. P.eferrlng to tho dif ficulty of obtaining enough steel, he added that you can't make bread without flour. He was informed that the ship construction program was re garded generally as tha only portion of his January produc tion plan which was lagging seriously behind. And he was reminded that Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, defense shipping administrator, had testified on Capitol Hill that there was "too damned much loafing" In shipyards on the part of both labor and manage ment. The president commented that was a good burr under the tail of both management and labor. But, responding to fur ther questioning, he advanced the view that probably a short age of steel plates was more re sponsible than slow downs for the lsg In the shipbuilding phase of the war effort. Reno, April 24 JPh-Marri age licenses issued here Included Charles H. Stidham, 49, Ah- una, ana Amy u. item, v. ureal tua, aiooi. PAH LIGHTNING DRIVE ON BURMA FRONT GAINSJO MILES Quick Knockout of Allies In Burma Seen Aim in Fast Move North From Loikaw. By the Associated Fran Japan's invasion armies, seek ing quick knockout of allied forces in Burma, have driven within 100 miles of Mandalay ap parently in a lightning 80-mlle thrust from Loikaw, British headquarters disclosed today. A communique said fresh at tacks were developing In the Taunggyi area, 100 miles south of the allied base at Mandalay, after capturing three key cities In a new headlong offensive. Other attacks were reported near Shwenyaung, 10 miles cast of Taunggyi. Taunggyi Is 80 miles north of Loikaw, the most advanced posi tion previously reported taken by the Japanese In that section of their three-way drive Into up per Burma, Loikaw fell Tuesday night "Reports of both engagements were meager, but matters appear to be progressing satisfactorily,' tha communique said. Japanese bombers again raid ed Mandalay, MORE TIRES FOR MAY RATIONING Washington, April 24. (AP) The office of price administra tion announced today that a to tal of 633,663 new and recapped tires would be made available for rationing next month to pas senger car owners. The allotment compared with an April quota of about 572,000 tires. The May quota, for the first time since rationing began, makes recapping certificates available to "List A" passenger cars and motorcycles. This is in line with provisions of a pending amendment to tire rationing regulations which will require that, after May 1, passenger car eligibles on "List A" must htvt their tires repaired, if possible, before being allowed to purchase new ones. "List A Includes vehicles used In services deemed most es sential In the nation's economy. A secondary list of eligibles, known as "List B," Includes all persons eligible to receive recap ped tires, but not new ones. REJECT FISH OFFER Astoria, Ore., April 24 !JP The fish packers' offer of IS cents a pound for salmon at the opening of the season Hay 1 has been rejected by the AFL Co lumbia River Glllnet Fisher men's union. Secretary Guy Lawrence said today. Girl Intern Amputates Leg Using Borrowed Pen Knife Richmond, Va.. April 24 VP) Tha saga of an attractive girl Intern who crawled beneath locomotive, held a flashlight In her teeth and amputated tht leg of railway workman with a borrowed pocket knife was dis closed hers today, Heroine of tha story was Ma rina Diet Rival, tlenier, young brunette from Puerto Rico, who has been on the night ambulance-riding assignment at the medical college of Virginia hos pital. A call cams from tha rtllrosd yards. Trapped beneath a loco motive, groaning and half-deiirt- ous with pais was t yard n BASEBALL fflT FIRES SET American, Score: New York. Boston R. . . S R. E. IS 1 0 3 Bonham, Branch and Dickey; H, Newsome, Ryba and Peacock. Chicago Detroit Smith and Turner; Benton, Corsica and Tebbetts. SUGAR DEALERS URGED TO HURRY FILING OF FORMS The Jackson county rationing board today Issued the following notation to sugar dealers: "Application forms for regis tration of tha trade can be secured tt any high school In the county Saturday morning and all day Monday. It will be of great assistance not only to the registrars but to the trade outlets themselves If they get their forms and fill to tha data before applying for their sugar purchase certificates on Tuesday and Wednesday, "AU wholesalers, retailers. rests .i rants, boarding ' bouses. bakeries, candy stores, hotels and private clubs will be unable to purchase sugar after registra tion starts unless they receive purchase certificates. "This notice has nothing to do with the Individual sugar purchase stamps which will be distributed from tha grade schools on May 4, 8, 6 and 7." Portland, April M W. S. Dlrker, state sugar ration ing executive, advised Oregon housewives today to purchase sufficient sugar this week end to last through May 8, the day sugar rationing starts. No sugar may be sold the week tuning April St and un til rationing starts on May ." Dlrker said. Consumer registration for su gar rationing will be May 4-7 In elementary schools but the first day of registration no sugar may be purchased with the ration certificates. (More about sugar en Pag 2) Joe Louim' Trainer Succumbs Suddenly Chicago, April 24. (AP) Jack Blackburn, trainer of Heavyweight Champion Joe Levi, died today. Blackburn, S8 years old, was stricken with pneumonia several weeks ago, but had progressed sufficiently to be removed from t hospital to his home. Ha was believed to be on the road to re covery, but death earn suddenly, apparently from a heart attack. KINO INSPECTS Somewhere In England, April 24 1&) King George and Queen Elizabeth Inspected a Canadian armored division to day. The king took a ride on Bren gun carrier. ploye. A big wheel was squarely across his mangled leg. There was only one way to free him amputation and there was only cm way to get at It from underneath tha loco motive. Shivering as tha night wind cut throufh her white uniform, M;it Dies-Rivas crawled tinder Lying fiat on the gravel, grease and ashes, tha went to work by the dim rays of her flashlight with a small hospital scalpel Heavy muscle and tha cramped quarters presented a problem. The scalpel wasn't enough. In desperation aha borrowed a big pocket knifs and finished the Job. Tb patient Is racoverin. SIHK IN NAZI PORT BY BRITISH BOMBERS Site of Helnkel Plane Works and Shipbuilding, Target For Night Air Foray. By Regec D. Crnu (Associated Press War Editor) British air raiders, ryi.en-jvi-cally blasting Germany's war nerve centers, set great fires at the German Baltic port of Ros tock last night and apparently inflicted heavy damage, the London air ministry announced today, while ntii wwrptansi stepped up the tempo of their attacks on England. Described as the noma at th Heinkel aircraft works, Rostock la a shipbuilding center and a major bass for German war supplies flowing to tha Russian Finnish fronts. Heavy Assault A British spokesman said tha assault was "heavy and quite successful," with widespread flames sweeping the busy port aa ma last hat bombers parsed back. 'Four of our aircraft ara i lag," the air ministry Mid. At horns, Britons reacted en thusiastically to Lord Beaver brook's speech In New York last night urging creation of second front In western Europe. in is is a chance to bring the war to an end hers and now, tha British lease-lend coordina tor told American newspaper publishers. "Strike out to help Xnsats, Strike out violently. Strike even recklessly, , ." On tha Russian front, Stock holm dispatch quoted a Berlin spokesman aa asserting that the German 16th army, trapped for many weeks in the bloody Star aya Bussa battle sector 130 miles south, had burst through soviet lines and re-etUbiUhed contact with tha main German forces. Fln&a Neva SeaUs Soviet dispatches reported that Finnish troops, moved south of Leningrad for tha first time. were fighting alongside .rein forced nasi divisions in the gen eral Staraya Rusm area but de clared their counter-atuckt were nnsuccessfuL A red army bulletin tald Rus sian troops In the Leningrad front killed mors ttan 1,460 German officers and men in two days and destroyed 13 nasi blockhouses. In tha Crimean campaign, where German and soviet ar mies have been deadlocked for months, dispatches to the army newspaper Red Star reported that Russian troops hail cap tured "the Golden Rsngs," a key nasi stronghold, after four days of heavy fighting. War Bulletins Cairo, Egypt. AprU 4 P) Btltiah aiUUary dUparaad axis Infaatry aad asstos a klctes moving alone Uts eesi al sector oi tha Ubyaa bartla frost yesterday bat sanaV storms prevented say etht land operations, tha Klddia East command rsperted today, Tha destruction of seven Car man bombers over Malta was announced by RAF head quarters. Berlin (from German Bros- casts), April S4 iPi Toe saat high command ssM ta day that Germaa V-heata prowUss tha Metsaaaaasi bad sunk twa BritUh traaw porta totalltaf U.000 teas aat tars coastal sailteg ships, Washington. AprU J4. (") The navy aald today that small United States merchant vessel had fceaaj ihalM fcy M enemy submarine ff tha A V Untie coast and that asrvtvtM aava beaa landed tt aa aaat coast port.
