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r Lt YOUR Answer to Bombi b B0NDS1 Bat War Bonds aal lUmp. TO DAT Contribute, to th var effort of yoor nation. Patriot Um. your own otlf-protection, demand! that XOV do oar part NOW t Dm Th Tribune MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Result t Sm4U Coit FORD rail Associated Press United Pru Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1942. V JVL BHAESOV Med v NO. 65. 1 WBBWE News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, May 25 That unidentified "high Washington official who warned some blows as well as victories must be ex p e c t e d was high enough to know what he was talking about. He had more in mind than the law of averages. Certain spe cific spots to L '-1U aroundthe I II Si world are be M 1,.41 ing watched Paul Mallon closely from here, as we j 3a si the turning point of our own preparation into the phase of aggressive action, to-wit: Russian front All expect the Russians to hold through the summer, but the spring fighting has not started too well for our side. Kerch was a red thorn In the side of the Nazis. Its complete loss would mean a clear flank for Hitler in the Crimea, Russian loss of the sea of Azov and as sumption of an onerous duty of defending the Kerch strait. Moscow admits several thousand casualties there; Germans claim 150,000; real figure lies some where between. This annoyance could have been offset by swift capture of Kharkov, but Just as the Rus sians were ready to march in a few days back. Von Beck, the Nazi general, attacked aiid out f tanked them. Discomforting, but hardly dis astrous news, is possible from Russia. CHINA their spot Is really tightening to a pin point. The Japanese drive should not crush their armies, but lot more valuable territory may be lost. The situation can best be told this way: The Jap Idea of where those Doolittle bombers came from (not my Idea, or yours) is cir cumscribed by an arc from Tokyo running through Chang Sha in central China. Inside that arc are hidden air fields, in the opinion of Tokyo, which remain (Continued oo Pat Four) AIR LINE QUITS 0 SPOKANE FLIGHTS Seattle, May 25. (AP) The United Air Lines announced to day that lack of equipment and flying personnel had forced can cellation of the Spokane-Portland and Spokanc-WMla Walla Walla-Pendleton service, with tomorrow night's flight the last. Radio Highlights (Pacific War Time) Tonight: Talks BLU 6 Radio forum, "Progress of Govern ment's Nutrition Program": MBS 7:30 American Palestine koommittee dinner, Sen. Wagner land others; CBS 8:15 Talk on rationing. Tuesday: CBS 1 p. m. Nor thern Baptist convention; BLU 2 Broadcast from Iceland. MBS 1:15 Belmont Park race. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Orchids galore at the Junior prom at the high school. Frank Hughes passing out smokes and a big smile in honor of the arrival yesterday of huky 7' .4 -pound Frank Rich ard Hughes III. Carl von der Hellen greeting an old friend in a manner remi- liscent of more gallant periods. Warlow Purdin indulging In cups of coffee between showers nd talking tennis HITLERITE WEDGE Moscow Claims Russians Driving Forward Again in Uth Day of Battle. By Clyde A. Farnsworth Associated Press War Editor Russia's Kharkov offensive, major factor in strategical plan ning on both sides of the world conflict, was pictured today to be rolling forward once again, the red army having wiped out the best the Germans could of fer in the way of flank diver sion. The wedge which the Ger mans had driven into the Rus sian salient curving past Khar kov on the south had been shat tered with "enormous losses" to the enemy, Moscow dispatches said, and the Russians had driv en ahead once more after con solidating newly won ground. 14th Day of Battle This was the 14th day of bat tle on the Kharkov front, per haps the most valuable of all German positions in Russia for it buttresses the Taganrog threat of the Germans to invade the Caucasus when and if they can get their own major drive under way. The German high command, not retreating from previous claims that considerable Russian forces had been cut off in the salient flanking Kharkov, said today that the fighting south of the big Ukrainian manufactur ing city had developed into a battle of encirclement. "The bulk of three Soviet armies, including strong tank forces, has been encircled," the German communique said. "All attempts to break out have failed with heavy losses for the enemy." Obviously both the Germans and Russians could not be cor rect in their descriptions of the battle but since communiques and the belligerents' own front line reports were the only sources of news, corroboration for either side must await ftnal outcome of the encounter. The Hitler command said that its forces had captured 30 vil lages in a "central sector" but whether it mean the Kharkov front or the whole front was not clear. If the whole vast Russian front were meant, the claim signified new action opposite Moscow. The emphasis put upon the battle of Russia by American high strategy was newly illus trated by a dispatch from an Associated Press correspondent, Henry C. Cassidy, from a red air force station which said that an elite Russian pursuit squadron defending the bomber approach es to Moscow was flying American-made planes exclusively and asking for more. The Russian airmen were elaborate In their praise of the fighters especially the Bell Airacobra, which name they have meaningfully shortened to cobra. Cassldy's dispatch coincided with that of a colleague, Roy P. Porter, from Buffalo, N. Y, home of the Airacobras, carry ing the significant disclosure by the concern's president. Law re nee D. Bell, that these ordi narily short-range planes now are being flown not shipped to their ultimate stations in many parts of the world. Shonbrun Confesses ; Murdering Refugee i New York. May 25 m Eli ' Shonbrun testified today that his 28-year-old lover, Madeline Webb, had no knowledge cr part in the slaying of Mrs. Su san Flora Reich but that he and his uncle, Murray Hirschl "murdered a woman entirely alone." Shonbrun, who earlier had proclaimed his love for Miss Webb, blurted out shortly after he had taken the stand In his fight for life that "Murray and I murdered a woman entirely alone," adding that he and his uncle were alone in the Hotel Sutton suite Sl afev-Ji i when the well-to-do Polish refugee called I Jap Spearheads Point At China Heart V U,,, 1 , .- i ACSKOREA JAPAN cnXf sfeEA " NvV A HANKOW SHANGHAI 3 A BURMA. lT V HANGCHOW J MN0O9!r j PHILIPPINE J .ANlSl MAN, ISLANDS Apparently intent on knocking China out of the war, Japan aimed several spearheads at the heart of China. The Burma drive (1) was turned toward the Burma Road and Chungking. To the east (2). Japs were said to have landed troops at Foochow. supplementing an offensive between Hangchow and Ningpo in a move apparently designed to forestall United Nations' use of forward areas for an attack on Japan itself. At the same time the invaders were said to be massing near Hankow for a drive on the Changsha (3) to Canton railroad. Shaded area represents territory controlled by Japan. Japs Claim Successes In Two Crucial Areas 26 BODIES LEFT BY FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE HEAVY Honesdale, Pa., May 25 UP) Confronted with the threat of disease, every able-bodied per son in this devastated town was enlisted today in the task of removing debris of week-end flash floods that took 28 lives in eastern Pennsylvania and left 10 others missing and feared dead. Receding waters brought to light property damage running into the millions of dollars in the watersheds of the Lacka waxen, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Delaware rivers. In Honesdale alone the loss was unofficially estimated at between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. More than 30 homeless fam ilies still were being fed and cared for by the Red Cross today in this resort town of 5,687, hardest hit of any in the flooded area. Seventeen per sons perished here and in the nearby Wayne county commu nities and Hawley and White Mills. Tons of chloride of lime were spread over mud-lined cellars. Town officials called upon all able-bodied men to help clean up. State sanitation experts continued a check of drinking water, which was found safe yesterday. Rivers and tributaries, fed by torrential rains, surged over their banks early Saturday. Homes and automobiles were washed away, gas and electric service was shut off. Traffic was paralyzed. British Laborites Favor Continuance London, May 25 0P Advo cates of continued participation by the labor party in the Churchill government, won an easy victory today in the first test of sentiment favoring a withdrawal, a course suggested earlier by Lord Strabolgl. By a vote of 2,319,000 to 184.000 the party's annual con ference defeated an amendment condemning labor's role in the government. PERFECT CHURCHGOER Baltimore, May 25 lff" An extra-attendance medal was pin ned on Charles C. Russell at West Baltimore Methodist church for missing only one service in the last 43 years. Rus sell explained his only failure was on the morning of the great Baltimore fire In 1904, when a fire hose broke, drenching the churchgoer and sending him home instead of to services. By Tne Associated Press Japanese dispatches claimed Important successes today in southeastern and southwestern which have become the most Pacific. In southwestern Province of Hunnan, Japanese forces were reported to have surged across the upper Salween river in the face of fierce Chinese fire, oc cupying hills from which to shield their bridgehead along the Burma road to Paoshan, 55 miles beyond. Despite the handicaps of the rainy season in Burma, which are generaly counted on to fore stall any major offensive against India, the Japanese conquerors of Burma still were a sharp threat to China though terrific odds of terrain lay between them and Kumning, eastern ter minus of the Burma road, 375 miles from their Salween foot hold. The other front, where the en emy was In perhaps more de cisive position to gain a major victory, lies in Chekiang Prov ince, across China from Yunnan. Furthering the successes of last week in the face of a Chin ese resistance which could check or turn the enemy back in only isolated actions, the Japanese in Chekiang Province had carried their drive dangerously near io the important communications center and provincial capital, Kinhwa. The Chinese, estimating the enemy's strength, at 100.000 men, acknowledged his proxim ity to Kinhwa and a Tokyo re port said that the Japanese ac tually were storming the city. The Chekiang drive, carried to its logical end, would impair the long-range prospect of set ting up forward bases in China for a direct air offensive against Japan by the United Nations. The Japanese offensive also bore the earmarks of an all-out at tempt to force the Chungking government to its knees. Japan's strategical position had been tremendously improv ed by the success In Burma, at the Chinese back door, through which supplies had moved to Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek's forces. Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stll- well, Chiang's American chief of staff, arriving In India, was typi cally blunt about the Battle of Burma, In which he led Chinese forces cooperating with the Brit ish Imperials in the defense. "I claim we got a hell of a beating." said this tough 59-year-old fighting man In an In terview." We got run out of Burma. It is humiliating as hell. I think we ought to find out what caused it, go back and retake it. (- J) the Japanese are not supermen. l we go back properly proportioned and prop erly equipped we can throw them out." Portland, May 25 (tfV-Parades and the traditional drum corps contest will be eliminated from the state American Legion convention this year. Command er Joseph K. Carson Jr. an nounced today. China, areas 1,500 miles apart crucial sectors of war in the far Cclumtia Electricity Going to Waste Says Oregon's Sen. Holman Washington, May 25. (P Senator Holman (R-Ore.) said at hearings on the 1943 interior de partment appropriation bill (HR 6845) that a study he caused to be made found nearly 60.000 average kilowatts of Columbia river power was wasted, as far as the war effort was concerned, in 1941 and more than 150,000 kilowatts would be wasted this year. The committee was question ing J. A. Krug, chief of the power division of the war pro duction board when Holman made his charge. "I know that today In this country there is some Idle power plant capacity," the witness re plied. "That doesn't mean there will be any idle capacity late in 1942 when the full production load comes on. We have some thing like 50,000,000 kilowatts power capacity, all of which is needed during the peak montns, We are doing what we can to iron out these seasonal fluctua tions in the load curve to make sure the power is used the year around. In the case of Bonne ville, the answer Is that the war plants haven't been going ahead as speedily as we hoped which is something I regret as mucn as you." Holman said his studies show ed that lack of construction was causing the waste in power. Knights Columbus To Buy War Bonds Pendleton. May 25 W) The Oregon Knights of Columbus or dered purchase yesterday of war bonds with surplus funds of the state council. Resolutions at the close of the annual state convention support ed the government In efforts for an early war victory. Otto . Smith of Klamath rails was elected state deputy. All other officers were re-elected. DENY RUSTLER'S PLEA Washington. May 25 m The supreme court refused to day to act on the appeal of Mrs. Myrtle A. Garner, 62-year-old Curry county ranch owner, who sought freedom from a four-year prison term on the grounds that there were no women on the jury. She was convicted of lar ceny of livestock in October, 1939. Cleveland, May 25 WP) Street car traffic on eight west side lines was halted for more than an hour today by a walk out of city transit employes pro testing against their failure to get paychecks on time from the city treasury. nniinnrnn r CALLED UPON FOR President Camacho Makes Formal Presentation Plan Emergency Defense Melco City, May 23. AP) President Manuel Avila Cama cho formally called upon con gress today to meet In extraordi nary session to declare war on the axis powers and to approve emergency measures to defend the nation against totalitarian aggression. The chief executive moved to place Mexico at war with Ger many, Italy and Japan Just 11 days after the first two torpedo sinkings of Mexican vessels and a subsequent axis rejection of the government's demand for "com plete satisfaction. The permanent congressional commission, which functions while congress is not in session, quickly and unanimously ap proved the presidential message. which asked for a war declara tion, emergency war powers and suspension of constitutional guar anties. Claim 56 Survivors From U. S. Battleship Found by Argentinan Buenos Aires, May ?5 UPl . Rear Admiral Mario Flncati, na vy minister, confirmed today an announcement by the state mer chant fleet that the Argentine freighter Rio Iguazu had rescued 58 survivors of an unidentified vessel at sea. But he said he was unable to confirm a home radio report that the rescued men were part of a crew of a United States bat tleship of the Maryland class which the Italians assert was sunk by one of their submarines. According to one report, pub lished by the newspaper. Not! cias Graficas, they were from a United States warship. Identi fied in axis cUlms as a battle ship of the Maryland class. LOOKElNEWBRY LIST EXPENSES Salem, May 25. (AP) Pro bate Judge George Tazwell of Multnomah county spent $600 in his successful campaign for re nomination, he reported to the state department today. Other campaign expense state ments filed todav Include: Tazwell committee, In behalf Of Judge Tazwell, $454.13. Walter J. Looker, Medford re publican, for state senator from Jackson county, $83.48. Looker for senator committee, $83.50. Earl T. Newbry, Ashland Re publican, for state senator from Jackson county, $68.36. Newbry for senate committee, $73. Oregon State Federation of Labor, in behalf of various can didates, $162. SIGN GLIDER PILOTS Salt Lake City, May 25 P) Ninth corps area headquarters today authorized the enlistment of 333 qualified glider pilots for military service. Glider pilots will be rated as staff sergeants with flying status. 19 Australia First Fronters Arrested as Fifth Columnists Sydney, Australia, May 231 P Army minister Francis M. Forde, announced today the ar rest of 19 men and women, be lieved to have been associated with the to called Australia first front, on charges of treasonable conspiracy to aid the Japanese if they Invaded Australia. Forde said documents which were seized gave plans for the assassination of leading Austral ians and for sabotaging vulner able points. 'These documents indicate fifth column activity et the BASEBALL American Score: Boston R. . 1 . 3 H. 7 7 New York. Hughson and Peacock; Chand ler, Butland and Dickey. E RATIONING PLANS Washington, May 25. (JP) Senator McNary (R-Ore.) an nounced today he had been in formed the OPA's gas rationing program for Oregon had been dropped because of an improve ment in the gasoline situation there. The senator said he had been Informed formal announcement of the dropping of the gas ra tioning plans for Oregon would be made by the office of price administration soon. The Improved situation also has prevented a decrease in gas oline deliveries to the state's gas oline stations after June, Mc Nary said. ., When the gasoline deliveries in the east were cut to 50 per cent. Oregon was ordered to take a similar cut on June 1. The supplies had been cut 33 1-3 per cent previously. The improved situation re ported by Petroleum Coordina tor Ickes will keep in force the 33 1-3 per cent cut to Oregon stations, it was learned. T At the opening of the May term of the circuit court today, a new grand jury was drawn as follows: Fred Heselgrave, Central Point; W. E. Kerr, Ashland; Neil H. Franklin, Medford; Sumner Parker, Ashland; G. F. Brlttsan, Medford; Chester Wendt, Jack sonville, and J. Ludo Grieve, Prospect No matter! were reported pending to be called to the at tention of the grand jury, A special venire of 15 Jurors was ordered drawn by the court to make up the petit Jury list. A number were excused from service. Plane Sinks U-Boat Off Brazilian Coast Fortaleza, Brazil, May 25 vn a -norm American patrol plane" discovered and sank submarine off the northeast coast of Brazil May 23, author ized sources announced today. "There has been great activ ity along the coast," these sour ces added. Gordon Warner Now in Capital School Gordub Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. W Wapm rio South Oakdale avenue, has' been transferred from Camp Crowd- er, mo., to tne Capital Radio Institute, In Washington, D. C, for a three-months technical course, according to word re ceived here today. Warner, who enlisted April 8, had been at Camp Crowder for three weeks taking a technical course. His new address is 3315 Northwest 16th street, Wash ington, D. C. worst kind to be very small and by a small band of people," Forde said. The arrests wer made by mil ltary authorities. Ford said three other men and a woman were arrested at Perth, West Australia, on charges of con spiring to assist the Japanese, Leaders of the Australia first movement said they were aston ished at Forde't allegations. On member said the accusations were "silly and ridiculous." All those arrested wer com' mitted for trial on heavy balL NATION'S STORES TO HALT BUSINESS FOR BOWLING Period on July 1 Will B Devoted to War Bond, Stamp Sales Exclusively. Washington, May 25 WV Every retail store In America will suspend sale of its regular merchandise or services for a period on July 1 to aeli war bonds and stamps exclusively. This was announced today by Benjamin H. Namm of Brook lyn, chairman of the retailers advisory committee of the treas ury. He displayed thousands of telegrams pledging the stores to carry out this and numerous f other projects designed to help the treasury reach its war bond sale goal of $1,000,000,000 in July. Namm and G. Rly Schaetfer of Chicago, chairman of th July campaign for retailers, de tailed some of these activities, which will Include public rallies, advertising of all kinds, window displays, speeches, and sal of patriotic insignia. Unheaid-of Procedure Explaining th plan to atop business temporarily to tell bonds and stamps, Schaetfer said, "at exactly noon on July 1, with whistles and bells sound ing, all stores will suspend busi ness for at least 15 minute ana sell war bonds and stamps. This la an unheard of procedure in retailing." In each state th governor will speak by radio and hi words will be amplified over special loudspeaker in the) stores. Namm said that through spe cial booths, through constant suggestions from sale clerk to customers, and through solici tation mailed with monthly bills, th retailer hoped to sell an amount of war bonds ana stamps equal to 4 per cent ot all other sales during July. DRUNKEN DRIVER Cecil W. Nichols was given a fin of $100 in th city police court today on charge of oper ating an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Nichols driver' Ucenta was revoked for year. Paul Kan, Harry Fisher, Louis L. Koup and George B. Olley, each forfeited $10 bail in the city police court on a charge of being drunk in a public place. Fined $10 on a similar charge were Charles E. Mitchell, Charle H. Whitcomb and J. F. Regan, Emery T. Garrison, A. M. Tow ler. Forest Smith and Dell Par ker, also charged with being drunk in a public place, war sentenced to five days in tb city Jail. Traffic violation Included R. O. Welty, $5 fin, no operator' license; Lethair Call, $3 fin, failure to stop at a atop light; Daniel E. Koenlg, $3 fine, fail ure to stop at a stop street. LOCALlPlESE REGISTER MAY 27, All Japanese in Jackson coun ty, both alien and American born, must register Wednesday, May 27, at th Oregon Stat Em ployment Service office, 45 North Fir street, in connection with the evacuation program, a ordered by Lleut.-Gen. John L. DeWltt, chief of the western de fense command, it was an nounced today by Lewi O. Ul rich, manager of th employment service. Ulrica emphasized that not only alien Japanese but those holding American citizenship through birth in this country are required to register. He esti mated there wer about 43 alien nd American Japan la th county.
