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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1942.
NO. 32. i
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Comment
From Washington. D. C.
Booze and Vice
Camp Problem
Stimton Sees
Need For Action
Sulphur Supply
May Be Short
Br Joha W. rally
Washington, D. C, April 28
To the governors of Oregon and
Washington have gone commun
ications from Secretary of War
Henry Stlmson, Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox and Paul V.
McNutt, of federal security ad
ministration, requesting cooper-
Qtion with the federal govern
ment in curbing liquor and vice
round military and naval res
ervations in those states. These
high officials make no recom
mendations as to what the gov
ernors should do other than to
ask that local laws be enforced
by the local agencies, which
would be police departments
and sheriffs.
There Is a boom In prostitu
tion and liquor drinking spread'
Ing around every military res
ervation U. the country with
rapid Increasing amount of soc
ial disease. The secretaries of war
nd navy and McNutt, who has
the public health service under
him, are now calling for assis
tance from the civil authorities
to curb the situation.
Senator O'Daniel of Texas,
championing S. B. 860, which Is
designed to suppress most of the
Q vils, has received petitions from
8 communities hi Washington
supporting the measure. No pe
tition has been received by
O'Daniel from Oregon, although
Hep. James W. Mott has been
ent a few. The towns In Wash
ington which are asking passage
of S. B. 660 are . Bellingham,
Bremerton, Brewster Burlington,
Castle Rock, Centralis, Chelan,
Coupeville, Custer, Elma, Ever-
son, Kelso, Kirkland, Longview,
Manette, Mount Vernon, . Port
Orchard, Seattle, Shelton, Sno
homish, Tacoma Vancouver,
Washington and Winlock. Few
ef these communities are near
military or naval reservations.
wiin two cantonments now
under construction in Oregon,
ene at Medford and the other at
Corvallis, where many troops
will be domiciled, the vice prob
lem will soon be in the lap of
local authorities. The problem
Oss already developed with the
tflux of thousands of craftsmen
(Continued on Page Four)
COFFEE DRINKERS
Washington, April 28 VP)
-nere are the keys to the pan
try, Jeeves; I feel like having
ome coffee and sugar with my
cream mis morning.
It's not quite as bad as that.
but a start may have been taken
with the announcement that a
Ti percent cut has been ordered
In the consumption of coffee.
This means that wholesalers
stafom now on will be permitted
Vfo release only enough coffee
to afford the average American
2.1 cups a day, instead of the
It cups to which he has been
accustomed.
"Uncertainties about future
supplies," were blamed by the
war production board for the
order.
Sugar sales stopped at mid
right, preparatory to a half
pound-per-person-per-week ra
tioning program starting May S.
SIDE GLANCES
BT
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Aviation minded Frank le
Handy all In a dither over the
approach of an airplane which
Jumed out to be the wrong one.
" Elsie Sauer enthusing over the
"Victory garden" Hubby Lou
furled and it nursing with the
utmost care.
POSSIBLE AHACK P
ON INDIA SEEN IN
Nippon Columns Threaten
Key Allied Cities of Man
dalay, Lashio in Burma.
(By the Associated Press)
Japanese invasion armadas,
apparently transporting heavy
reinforcements for the battle of
Burma, were reported sighted in
the bay of Bengal today 4s tank-
led Japanese troop columns
sharply theatened the two key
allied cities of Mandalay and
Lashio in northern Burma.
Allied reconnaissance planes
were said to have observed
large amounts of Japanese ship
ping headed toward Burma
caastal ports. Conceivably, they
might also be en route to attack
India.
v Grave New Crisis
British reports said Japanese
vanguards, reinforced by fresh
divisions from Malaya, had ad
vanced to a point 85 miles due
east of Mandalay.
Chungking dispatches said the
Invaders appeared on the verge
of slamming the Burma back
door to China and pinching off
the entire British-Chinese forces
in a grave new crisis.
The main Japanese forces
were said to have thrust within
60 miles of the Mandalay-Lashio
road, imperilling the already
difficult allied , transport be
tween China and India and
threatening the allied -defenders
with disastrous entrapment.
Chinese reports declared es
sential supplies had already
been moved out of Lashio, 130
miles northeast of Mandalay,
and that inhabitants were flee
ing. Lashio Is the northeast gate
way to China on the Burma
road, once the life-line of
China's war supplies.
Race With Rains
British military quarters said
the Japanese were only 60 miles
from Hsipaw, which lies on the
Burma road, 100 miles north
east of Mandalay and 30 miles
southwest of Lashio.
Chinese dispatches said the
Japanese hoped to conquer Bur
ma before start of the monsoon
rains and protect their flank
for a land Invasion of India.
Other military informants,
however, believe Japan may
strike into China from Burma,
in an attempt to wind up the
costly five-year-old war with
China, before invading India.
On the Australian front, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters reported that allied
bombers spreading the United
Nations' aerial offensive on an
ever-widening scale attacked
Japanese shipping at Kavieng,
New Ireland, in the Bismarck
archipelago 700 miles northeast
of Australia, and also bombed
enemy installations at Falsi, in
tne oolomon islands.
A communique said the raid'
ers sank a Japanese transport
at Kavieng.
Allied fighter planes, defend'
ing the Australian mainland,
were officially credited with
shooting down seven more Jap
anese aircraft out of a 26-plane
formation which attacked Dar
win. Eight Japanese bombers
and three fighters had prevl
ously been shot down on Satur
day, raising the three-day total
to is.
Radio Highlights
(Pacific War Tune)
New York, April 28 UP)
President Roosevelt's broadcast
to the nation tonight on the gen
eral theme of the cost of living
has been announced for 7
o'clock on all networks. Pre
viously listed programs for that
time have been cancelled.
CBS 6:30, Report to Nation,
Rationing.
Blue 6:30, NBC Summer
Symphony Series begins.
Wednesday: NBC 10:15 a m
League of Women Voters, Dr.
Hu Shih. MBS Chamber of
Commerce convention, 8:30 m
Roundtable on "Where Do We
Stand Today" and 12:30 p m.,
A. S. Coss on "Farm Organiza
tion Viewpoint"; 1:30 and 3:13,
new baseball summary, daily.
Ten Votes
The 10 children of Peter Welch. World War 1 flier, said ooodby
in Portland, Ore., to their dad (left), one of Portland's bald eagles,
returning to army duty as a major for air corps ground service.
Death Toll Heavy in ;
Boom Town Tornado
Pryor, Okla., April 28 (JP) The toll of known dead in the
savage tornado that ripped down Main street of this war
boom town rose to 70 late today and State Safety Commis
sioner Walter John declared he
went to 125 or 150."
The highway patrol reported
finding 23 more bodies in flat
tened frame houses along high
way 20 near here. It was not
determined immediately if those
23 were included in the known
dead total of 70.
The list of hospitalized in
jured ran between ISO and 300.
the patrol said, and score more
were given only first aid treat
ment. Mayor Thomas J. Harrison
estimated property damage
would be at least $2,000,000.
"We are going to start re
building right now," he said.
"We believe we can get priori
ties for the materials because
we are In a defense area."
This town of 5,000 to 6,000,
next door to the multi-million
dollar Oklahoma ordnance
works, was ordered under mar
tial law.
The martial law was announc
ed by and is being enforced by
the state highway patrol, the
state's national guard having
been mustered Into the army
The booming town has no sher
iff or city marshal force suffic
ient to cope with such an emer
gency. Hundreds of workers and ma
chinery from the ordnance
works, which escaped serious
damaee. were rushed to the
scene. Giant bulldozers shovel
Ml throueh the wreckage in
search of victims.
The tornado struck yesterday
at 4:45 p.m. (Central War Time).
Most of the six block business
district on Main street was re
duced to rubble.
Dryden Becomes
WPA Acting Head
Washington. April 28 WV
F. H. Dryden, deputy commis
sioner of works projects, be
came acting head of the WPA
today, to serve until President
Roosevelt names a successor to
Commissioner Howard O. Hun
ter, who announced his resigna
tion in New Orleans last night.
Hunter gave no reason for his
resignation, in his New Or
leans announcement.
EX-BASEBALL PREXY
DIES OF HEART ILL
Eugene, Ore., April 28. (F
George W. Wilhelm, 60, promin
ent Eugene realtor who for
many years served as president
of the State Baseball league,
died here today of a heart at
tack. Wilhelm was also active In
civic affairs, at the time of his
death serving a chairman of
the Lane county USO drive.
For a Hero i
"wouldn't be surprised if it
NAZIS FLANKED
BY RED SUCCESS
London, April 28 VP) The
Russians appeared to have won
control of the entire region
around Lake Ilmen today except
for German pockets at Novgorod
and Staraya Russa by capturing
Borok, key rail town on the
northwestern front.
The Moscow radio announced
the victory at Borok, confirming
earlier Stockholm reports, and
military experts here said the
advance flanked the German
positions north and south of the
big lake, 120 miles below Lenin
grad. They said German com'
munications to the rear also
were threatened.
Borok Is on the railway from
Novgorod to Staraya Russa,
where the German 16th army
had long been reported trapped.
This railway skirts the western
shore of Lake Ilmen.
German efforts to hammer a
wedge Into Russian lines on the
Smolensk front some 200 miles
west of Moscow were repulsed
with 1,000 Nazi casualties, the
Soviet communique said.
The Germans were using
strong tank forces In this power
drive, the Russians said, Indi
cating the terrain was hardening
after weeks of slush and mud.
On other parts of the long front
from Leningrad to the Crimea,
both great armies appeared to
be sparring for an opening.
Adolf Hitler has cashiered
the 163rd German division's
commandant in exasperation at
Red army gains on the Finnish
front and seeks still more forced
labor for Nazi farms and fac
tories, war dispatches indicated
today.
Legion May Shift
Convention Place
Baton Rouge, La., April 28.
(IP) The national convention of
the American Legion, scheduled
to be held at New Orleans, Sep
tember 21-25, may be shifted to
another site because of the
crowded wartime homing con
ditions there, it was reported
today.
Sen ate
VOTER REGISTRY
640 More Republicans and
772 More Demos Since
'40 Primary Registration.
Total registration In Jackson
county for the May 13 primary
is 17,524 an increase of 1,395
over the 1940 primary registra
tion, when it was 16,129, accord
ing to figures released today by
the county clerk's office.
Both the Republican and
Democratic voters show an in
crease over 1940, and the mis
cellaneous voters a decrease.
The Republican registration
this year is 9,524, an increase of
640 over 1940, when It was
8,884. The Democratic registra
tion this year is 7,813. In 1940
it was 7,041, a gain of 772.
The miscellaneous vote this
year Is 187; in 1940 it was 204,
a drop of 17.
The registration in the 21
Medford precincts totals 3,911
with 3,318 Republicans, 2,343
Democrats, and 60 miscellaneous
voters.
The registration In the
The registration by Medford
precincts is:
Rep Dem Mis
TV
North Maln 237
163
128
100
112
403
South Main, 171
N. Central 106
S. Central. 92
S. Riverside- 73
N. Riverside. 131
303
207
204
66
157
131
133
137
123
123
105
147
102
67
142
151
138
107
94
113
141
294
North ,
109
192
171
197
181
137
187
162
169
242
327
311
320
306
244
335
266
240
305
371
368
297
198
229
Oakdale
Newtown .
King.
Northeast
Cottage
Southeast
Queen Anne.
East
Southwest 161
South - 216
West 229
Kenwood
Northwest ,
Haven
184
100
113
Totals 3318 2543 SO 5911
O.S.C.TRESHMAN
TAKESOWN LIFE
Astoria, Ore, April 28 VP)
Coroner Forrest Ginn today list
ed the death of Dorothy Anne
Wanstrom, 17, Oregon State col
lege freshman, as a suicide.
She was found Saturday In
the basement of her home in
Nehalem valley with .22 cali
ber rifle beside her.
Price Control
Is Awaited From Henderson
Washington, April 28 VP)
On the brink of an historic
plunge Into over-all price con
trols, the capital today awaited
announcement expected momen
tarily on a blanket price ceil
ing on virtually all consumer
goods.
A vertical regulation, preven
ting prices from rising above
the highest levels charted by
each dealer In the n onth of
March, was expected to be dis
closed at a press conference
scheduled for late today by
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson.
Advices accumulating for the
last month indicated the ceiling
would apply to retail, wholesale
and manufacturers' levels.
President Roosevelt's antl-ln
nation message to congress yes
terday gap a clear hint that
rent controls in war-lime boom
areas would be linked with the
proposed lid on prices.
'To keep the cost of living
from spirallng upward, we must
fix ceilings on the prices whlrh
consumers, retailers, wholcsal
ers, and manufacturers pay for
Shelves
Tl
GIVEN WEEK TO
Evacuation of Entire City
Decreed 2,000 Required
Leave Multnomah Area.
San Francisco, April 28. (P)
Japanese today were ordered
removed from the entire city of
Portland by next Tuesday in the
first order evacuating enemy
aliens and American-Japanese
from Oregon.
Portland will be the first
major Pacific coast city to be
entirely cleared of persons of
Japanese descent. Previous
orders have directed the re
moval of Japanese from sections
of the other principal west coast
ports Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Seattle and San Diego
and a 400 mile strip on the cen
tral California coast.
The two orders issued today
by Lieut. General J. L. DeWitt,
commanding general of the west
ern defense command and the
fourth army, provide for evacu
ating nearly 2,000 Japanese.
A new assembly center re
cently constructed at the Pacific
International Livestock Expos!
tlon grounds near Portland will
be used for the first time.
"These first orders for move
ment of Oregon Japanese, are
another step in the swiftly mov
ing program of the army to re
move all Japanese from Import
ant Pacific coast areas," said
Col. Karl R. Bendetsen, head of
the western defense command's
civil affairs division. "With the
completion of other assembly
centers the program will con
tinue to move even more swift
ly." To be ready for the speeded
up program, army officers urged
Japanese throughout military
area No. 1, comprising the west
ern portions of California, Ore
gon, Washington ana southern
Arizona, to complete plans
quickly for selling or storing
their property.
ROOSEVELfTALK
AT 7 PJ. TODAY
Washington, April 28 VP)
The radio address In which
President Roosevelt will discuss
with the American people his
plan to control the cost of liv
ing will be delivered at 7
o'clock tonight, PWT. White
House officials said the chief
executive planned to speak for
half an hour and It Is expected
that all major networks will
carry the speech.
Announcement
the things they buy; and cell
ings on rents for dwellings In
all areas affected by war indus
tries," Mr. Roosevelt said.
Official sources had indica
ted previously that announce
ment of the sweeping office of
price administration action was
awaiting only on the president s
presentation to congress of an
omnibus anti-inflation program
Rent controls can be set up
In any community merely by
designating it as a defense rent
al area. A score of communi
ties were so designated on
March 12.
In this connection, Hender
son gave notice last night that
OPA would take stern steps to
enforce rent reductions In these
20 areas as prescribed by OPA.
The communities are given 60
days to reduce rents by local
action, and after that time the
government may move in if
necessary to compel compliance
The price chief said tha 20 com
munities would be surveyed im
mediately and that federal reg
ltln UfftiiM afar with Jlina
rents It any have failed to com -
ply.
Labor Control
BASEBALL
American League
Detroit 114
Boston 6 7 0
White, Newhouse and Teb-
betts; Wagner and Conroy, Pea
cock.
St. Louis
New York 1 fl 0
Auker and Swift; Ruffing and
Dickey.
National
Score:
R. H. E
Brooklyn
7 8 2
8 6 0
and Sullivan;
Cincinnati
Wyatt, Casey
Riddle, Beggs and Lamanno.
FULL WAR DUTY
Ottawa, April 28 (P) Cana
dian citizens authorized the use
of Canadian conscripts any
where in the world by vote
approaching two-to-one In
plebiscite yesterday.
From Dominion ballot boxes
came an affirmative answer to
the question submitted by the
regime of Prime Minister W, L.
MacKenzie King: "Are you In
favor of releasing the govern
ment from any obligation aris
ing out of any past commit
ments restricting the method of
raising men for military serv
ice?" Returns from 23,481 of the
31,203 polls showed 2,233,113
voted yes and 1,306,782 no.
Pre-election pledges had pre
vented the King government
from sending any but volun
teers to Britain and the Orient.
The only province to vote ad
versely was French-Canadian
Quebec, where the cry "a baa
conscription" (down with con
scription) had been raised fre
quently In recent demonstra
tions reminiscent of its draft
riots during the World war.
Returns from 7,437 of Que
bec province's 7,973 polls gave:
367,361 yes, 909,833 no.
LEFT IN FLAMES
By the Associated Press
Britain's great aerial offens
ive pounded Cologne In the
Ruhr Industrial valley before
dawn today In the fifth succes
sive night foray Into Germany,
an RAF communique announc
ed, while German night talders
heavily attacked Norwich, 100
miles northeast of London.
Huge fires were left burning
In Cologne, tha British said.
Other RAF planes struck In
force at the German-occupied
naval base of Trondhelm, Nor
way, where the Germans are
building an Atlantic battle fleet
base, and bombed the docks at
Dunkerque and nazi airdromes.
Eighteen planes were acknow
led Bed missing.
By daylight, swarms of RAF
warplanes roared back across
tha channel to oiasi tna nazi-
occupied French "invasion
coast."
Small, early flights which be
gan at dawn were followed by
a giant formation covering a
square mile of sky. Described as
"the largest single unit ever to
attack occupied France," the
raiders disappeared In tha di
rection of Calais,
The magnitude of the RAFs
around-the-clock assaults was
Indicated by a German high
command assertion that 38 Brit
ish planes had been destroyed
In 24 hours.
Chrome Plant it
Plan At Bandon
' Coqullle. Ore., April 28. VP)
Construction of a 1000-ton
dally ore capacity chroma con'
centrating plant near Bandon by
tha Krnm, rnl-TOTmtinn.
Fort
1 Worth, Texas, was announced
I today by tha Coot county court.
CONNALLY BALKS
AT CONTROVERSY
T
Texan Withdraws Motion
For Consideration of Bill
Granting Plant Seizure.
Washington, April 28 VP)
Consideration of labor legisla
tion was postponed indefinitely
in the senate today after Sena
tor Connelly (Ex-Tex.) withdrew
a motion to bring up a war
plant seizure bill, saying that
he did not desire to press the
matter and be in "apparent con
troversy with the president of
the United States."
Asserting that Connally'i ac
tion "means the death of the
Connelly bill and perhaps any
other labor legislation." Sena
tor Byrd (D-Va.) sought unsuc
cessfully to obtain an agreement
to delay consideration for a
single day or for, at most, a
week.
Byrd told his colleagues that
some senators had prepared
amendments to the Connelly
measure which would suspend
operation of the 40-hour week
and restrict certain union activi
ties. The Connelly bill would
authorize the government to
take over strike-bound war
plants, freezing working condi
tions In such firms but permit
ting the adjustment of wages. '
Byrd. Connelly Argue
Connelly and Byrd engaged
In a lengthy argument In which
Byrd demanded to know wheth
er Connally could give assur
ance that President Roosevelt
would outline a war labor pol
icy In a radio address sched
uled tonight.
Byrd said the president's cost
of living message to congress
yesterday had "practically noth
ing In it about a labor pro
sram." The president recom
mended wage controls by exec
utive agencies and opposed en
actment of legislation which
would suspend tha 40-hour
Connally aald ha didn't know
what tha president Intended to
y- .
"Tha senator wants me xo wu
him what kind of message tha
president is going to deliver to
night," he saia, wavin m
arms. "Why aoesns ne tu i
tha White Housel"
CAA SEEKS FUNDS
FOR IMPROVEMENT
OF PUBLIC PORTS
whlneton. Anrll 28. APV
The senate received from Presi
dent Roosevelt today a requeis
that $203,451,885 be appropri
ated for a huge civilian aviation
improvement program. Including
construction and repairs at hun
dreds of public alrporU over tha
country.
The money would be used by
the civil aeronautics administra
tion during the fiscal year Begin
ning July 1 for projects of mili
tary value, according to a letter
from tha budget bureau to tha
president.
Largest single Item proposed
was $199,740,000 for continua
tion of the CAA program of con
struction, improvement and re
pair of public airports and other
public landing areas in tha
United States and territories.
It is proposed to develop an ad
ditional 164 new airport loca
tions. Improve existing airports,
provide additional landing facul
ties for use of the army ferrying
command, all within tha conti
nental United States, and to com
plete the development of certain
landing fields in Alaska.
Other expenditures contem
plated with tha appropriation In
cludes: Emergency project for tha
training of soma 2,000 aviation
instructors and speclal-servlca
' pilots, 12,000,000.
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