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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
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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.
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. 3
H.
7
7
New York.
Hughson and Peacock; Chand
ler, Butland and Dickey.
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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.