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Let YOUR Answer to Bomb! be BONDSI Bur star Bond an lump TODAY Contribute to tht ir effort of roar natloa. Patriot lira, your Kir-protection. Omanda that VOU do lour part NOWI Da The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Oulck Results t Small Cost Medford Tetbune Pull Associated Praia United Press Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1942. NO. 66. tf BUST m ini 7mw ill ll u News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, June 6 The ar dent liberal campaign to banish 11 so-called Isolationists from public life in the midst of war was start ed by the New Republic mag' azine for rea sons not clear at the time. The implica tion was that they were un patriotic. But an inspection Paul Mallon of their voting records In con gress since December 7 showed they generally supported every war measure and were not talk ing much. Actually they were no obstacle to the war effort. When that reason thus fell down, the publications which took up the campaign, turned to the point that the isolationists should be exterminated because they opposed getting into the war before we got into the war. The liberals hammered that reason for a while, but it left matters Just as much in the dark as ever, because Mr. Roosevelt opposed getting into the war be fore we got in. His speeches and statements show this to have been his an nounced policy in his pre-election. If that is the measure of isolationism, then the president was an Isolationist and so were most of the people of the country. 0A NY real reason for the cam paign continued to be unex plained until the New Repub lics June B issue came out tms week.' Then it offered a good reason. It said it was not soaking iso lationists because they were iso lationists, but because most of them were against the New Deal, quote: "The enemies of the New Deal art the very ones who could keep us from winning the peace. This is an issue which must be fought and won on the domestic front, and it must be won while the war is being waged. That clarifies the matter. The attack, it now appears, was timed all along for the primaries and the congressional elections, (Continued on Pa-- OU) .6 Allied headquarters, Australia. June 6 (P) A Japanese sub marine was believed sunk off New South Wales by an Allied plane after the undersea raider had destroyed a small Australian freighter, raising the reported toll of the week to six submar ines certainly sunk and two probably. The latest exchange in Japan's stabs at the vital Aus tralian lifelines was announced at about the same time that Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communique told of another fiery raid on the enemy's chief base in the outer islands. Rab laul. New Britain, was attacked 'by Allied bombers which dam aged warehouses, docks and a coaling jetty. COALITION PLAN New York. June 6 IP) Wendell L. Willkie. said today that a suggestion that all three partips Republican, Democrat : achutps or bobbed on the sur and American labor loin in the face of the sea In rubber boats. nomination of the same Indi- viduals for various New York! Mate offices obviously was "both Impossible of accomplish ment and would be unwise if It could be brought about. Willkie's remarks were made In answer to questions by News kmen regarding a movement started by Sydney S. Baron, New York publicist, for a coal- ltlon slate headed by VtUlkie for, governor ' 13 to 15 Enemy Ships Sunk or Damaged in Sea Battle at Midway Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, June 6 (AP) United States armed forces have sunk or damaged 13 to 15 warship and transports of the repulsed Japanese invasion fleet at Midway island and " momentous victory i" the making." These included the sinking of two, and possibly three, aircraft carriers. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, enumerated enemy losses tonight in his third communique on the great and continuing battle in the Pacific. "Pearl Harbor has now been partially avenged," Admiral Nimitz said. Battle Not Over "Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area," the communique said, "our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making. "It was on a Sunday just six months ago that the Japanese made their peace-time attack on our fleet and army activities on Oahu. At that time they cre-i ated heavy damage, it is true, but their act aroused grim de-1 termination of our citizenry to' avenge such treachery and it raised, not lowered, the morale of our fighting men. "Pearl Harbor has now been: partially avenged. Vengeance will not be complete until Jap-; anese sea power has been re- j duced to impotence. We have made substantial progress :n that direction. Perhaps we will be forgiven if we claim we are about midway to our objective. "The battle is not over. Carriers Destroyed "All returns, have not yet been received. It Is with full confidence however, that foi this phase of the action the fol lowlne enemy losses are claimed: "Two or three carriers and all their aircraft destroyed, in addition to one or two car riers badly damaged and most of their aircraft lost. "Three battleships dam gad, two heavily. "Three transports damaged. "It is possible some of these wounded ships will not be able to reach their bases. "One of our carriers was hit an some planes were lost. Our personnel casualties were light. This is the balance sheet that the army, navy and mar ine forces of this area offer their country this morning." Major Disaster Near in his communique Friday Admiral Nimitz said it was too onriv to claim a major Japan ese disaster. His statement to night that "substantial pro gress" had been made in the di rection of reducing Japanese sea power to "impotence" indicated that the reDUlse of the powerful enemy task force was fast re solving Itself into a disaster for the enemy, tv,. octanlt on Midway, re- Janan's first ma- i tn occuDy the Hawai- -- - - , ... inn Tclanrt. crurapicu ...w. ....w riamaeo and casualties - L,l- to the troop convoy uu fleet than the Japanese uum. ed in their peace-talk cloaked attack on Pearl Haroor. The Japanese invasion force, far from surprising the defend ers of Midway, was engaged in battle before its advance raid ing force could soften the de fenses of the tiny westermost bastion in the Hawaiian group, and before its troopships could come close enough to even atr tempt a landing. Threat To Hawaii Just as in the battle of the Coral Sea, this Invasion force u-a . hit more than 1.000 miles from its probable ultimate ob jective Oahu Isiana. On the face of official reports on the first three days of bat- j tie, the conflict appear so far to have been a spectacularly ana fiercely-fought series of engage ments with Japanese airmen fighting like savages and ma- chine-gunning American airmen as they floated downward in par- Admiral Nimitz gave no indi cation how the battle was pro gressing tonight. (That the smashing blows dealt by United States forces was regarded in Washington as a complete victory for America was indicated in a message sent to Admiral Nimitz by Admiral Ernest J. King, commander In chief of the United States fleet, The message read: ('The navy, marine corps and Admiral Smiles Pearl Harbor, June 8 (IP) In the midst of recounting the first thrilling details of one of the greatest naval battles in history, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, command er-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, found a spot for a smile. In his third communique on the continuing batle off Midway island, the admiral said: "Perhaps we will be for given if we claim we are about midway to our objective." coast guard Join in admiration for the American naval, marine and army forces, who have so gallantly and effectively repel led the enemy advance on Mid way and are confident that their comrades in arms will continue to make the enemy realize the war is hell.") Greatest Naval Battle One of the most revealing points in Admiral Nimitz' third communique was his statement that "perhaps we will be for given if we claim we are about midway of our objective." He was referring to his assertion that Pearl Harbor-will not have been fully avenged until "Jap anese sea power has been re duced to impotence. AH Indications were that the engagement at Midway may be come the most significant naval battle of modern history. Obser vers here agreed that it at least was one of the most notable demonstrations of the coordi nated power of the three Amer ican services Navy, Army and Marines in its virtually com plete destruction of the Invading fleet s aircraft. Vivid Picture Drawn The first day Admiral Nimitz reported that "our attacks on the enemy are continuing." The next day: "The enemy appears to be withdrawing but we are continuing the battle." Then today the more triumphant, but still conservative, statement: "A momentous victory is in the making. the battie is not over. It is possible some of these wounded ships will not be able to reach their bases. This draws a vivid picture of the destruction of the enemy's air arm and relentless pursuit of the routed assault force. Apparently American forces quickly took command of the air when the enemy appeared This was indicated by Admiral Nimitz' heartening statement that "our personnel casualties were light." 1 Hawaii Jubilantly received the news of the great battle. One of the most frequently heard comments tonight was: "The Japs must really have believed their own reports that they had annihilated the Amer ican fleet." Judging from official reports made public from various quar ters, the Japanese force that attacked Midway appears to have been the most powerful ever sent into action against the allied nations. And, by the same token, the defeat suffered may have been the most serious set back the Japanese navy ever received. The full effect of the battle In relation to the Pacific war cannot be estimated until final reports come In, however. Ad miral Nimitz Indicated as much when he said: "The battle is not over. All returns have not yet been received." Portland, Ore., June 6 Produce prices steady, unchanged. E REPORT NIPS BEATEN IN CHUHSIEN DRIVE Tokyo Claims Walled City Taken Is Denied High Toll Exacted. Chungking, China, June 6 W) Forcing the Japanese to pay a heavy and bitter price for their Chekiang-Kiansgsi often-1 sive, the Chinese announced officially tonight that they had thrown back repeated Japanese attacks against the walled city of Chuhsien yesterday. (The Japanese news agency Domei reported from the Che kiang front that Japanese sol diers had occupied Chuhsien at 6 p. m. today (Saturday) after a three-day campaign.) As the 59th month of the Chinese-Japanese war ended, the Japanese were driving hard against determined Chinese de fenses in the eastern seaboard provinces; the Chinese reported the recapture of several points in Anhwel province and the Fly ing Tigers of the American vol unteer group announced their planes had killed more than 200 Japanese in attacks along the west bank of the Salween river In Yunnan province and along the Burma road. The main theater of the war now is in the Chekiang-Kiangsi sector, the war reports indi cated. The Chinese said the defend ers of Chuhsien were in 'Ex ceedingly high spirits" and their determined infantry and artil lery attacks crushed Japanese thrusts on Chinese positions. A Japanese column driving southward tried in vain to cross the Chu river and join the fight on Chuhsien, the Chinese com munique said. It announced the column lost 1,000 men killed and wounded, making a total of 11,000 enemy casualties in the last three days. ED HANLEY LOSES SUIT TO CANCEL MOST AGREEMENT Seattle, June 6 (IP) Joseph E. Most emerged victorious to day from the long-drawn litiga- tion in which his business asso ciate for 20 years, E. B. Hanley, Sr., tried to cancel his action in giving most control of the $1 000,000 Copper River Packing Company in which both were Interested. Several years ago Hanley put Most in charge of the cannery by giving him the right to vote Hanley's stock and later sold him enough of his stock to give Most a bare controlling Interest. Three years ago Mrs. Hanley tried to set aside these actions but her husband sided with Most and the courts held against her. In the present litigation Hanley sided with his wife, ask ing that the voting trust agree ment and his sale of the stock be set aside. Superior Judge Hugh C. Todd in a memorandum opinion held that Hanley had competent legal advice when he made the agreements and that they con tained his own ideas. The Hanleys, members of a pioneer Jackson family, former ly resided here and are well known. 11 DIE IN L London, June fl. (AP) At least eleven persons were be lieved killed and many Injured In an explosion tonight In the Elephant and Castle district of southeast London. The blast wrecked a number of buildings and destroyed win dows over a wide area. The scene reminded residents of some of the worst air raids. War Bulletins New York. June 6 (TV The British radio said tonight the United States navy's de feat of the Japanese oii Mid way "obviously adds up to one of the greatest sea vic tories of the war." "The highlights of the story show that the American forces engaged have earned the grat itude of the world," said the BBC commentator, heard here by CBS. "We send thtra con gratulations from London." San Jose. Costa Rica. June 6 (AP) The newspaper La Tribuna said today the United Fruit ship Atenas sank one submarine and eluded another when they attacked her in the Gulf of Mexico while she was en route to Puerto Limon. Allied Headquarters, Aus-. tralia, Sunday, June 7 (P) An allied plane has destroyed another Japanese submarine. General MacArthur's head quarters anounced today. E EYES DRAFT DEFERMENT OF YOUNGJALES Case of 'Mr. X', 21, Boy Ex pert Cited as One of Cap ital Bureau Abuses. . m IJTfi I rfc. Tvrfin. ,rn mJ, ' 7r Chairman Tydings, (D.-Md.), of l c4 1 omm-mded today that the Selec tive Service system check up on draft deferments given 1,000 j young male employes of the government. I Commenting on the results of preliminary investigations, Sen ator Tydings said: 'On the whole the deferment privilege has been judiciously used by most agencies of the na tional government but the abuses we have found stick out like a sore thumb." To illustrate his contention he cited the case of "Mr. X." 21 years old when he was appoint ed a year ago to a $1,620 a year Job In an unidentified depart ment. Nine months later," Tydings said, "He had become such an expert in the field of 'person nel procedure surveys' that he was promoted and his salary raised $1,000 a year. Further, four months after his appoint ment he had become such an in dispensable cog in the adminis tration of his department that it was necessary to have him de ferred, and six months later, not being able to replace this high ly indispensable 21-year-old ex pert, it was necessary to obtain a further deferment. This was the claim of the department for which he worked. "This seems to us clearly an abuse of the deferment privilege He Is not even a college g.aduate, which is unusual; he has never been employed other than a student before entering the government service, Tydings said "Mr. X" was on ly one of 12 personnel officers 1 Dighton, Kas., June 6 (IP) Beginning Monday Dighton res idents will bow their heads a few moments each evening to pray for the safety of the coun try and the safe return of the town's soldiers. By proclamation Mayor S. D. Martin asked the populace to observe one minute of prayer each night at 7:30 when the town sirens sounds the signal. He asked that all business and recreation cease for that minute. ..HEADS DEFWISE COUNCIL. Seattle, June 6 (?) The Washington State Defense Coun cil today elected Irving Smith, Seattle, as its executive director at a meeting to reshape Its ac tivities to meet any emergencies the war may create in the Pad fie northwest PLANES AND BIG Great Daylight Sweep Over Nazi Positions Climaxes Week of Raids. London, Sunday, June 7. (AP) The mighty RAF offen sive thundered into its eighth day with a raid early this morn ing upon the German-held French coast and British coastal guns joined the assault, sending a series of earth-shaking, two gun salvos across the channel. Nazi big gun positions in the Boulogne and Cap Grls Nez areas appeared to be the targets of the post-midnight attack, which followed a third power ful night assault Friday on Ger many's industrialized Ruhr and a Saturday daylight sweep per haps outdoing all others over northern France, The Germans struck back early today, making an hour's attack on the southeast coast with high explosive and fire bombs. The opposing night raiders plunged through stormy weather over the channel and the flashes from British bombs on the French coast were intermingled with lightning dancing across thunder clouds. The daylight raids yesterday over northern France brought to BlliaBlllllK WW-.-THU V 111 J 1 HA ,1 IV war's greatest aerial offensive in . ...... w iiit.ii uiv .inf uuwcvi UBinccii 6,000 and 7,000 planes at the continent L LIBYA AIR, SAND, END SUEZ THREAT Cairo, Egypt, June 6. (AP) The British eighth - army has wrested armored superiority from the Germans in the Libyan desert and with their sky ruling air force Is hammering cease lessly at the foe In a supreme effort to erase the threat to Suez. Already 340 German and Italian tanks had been destroy ed and captured, and the veter ans of Gen. Sir Claude Auch- Inleck appeared determined to shatter as many of the residue as possible before Marshal Er win Rommel's battered army could escape through a gap in the British mine fields between Ain El Gasala and Bir Hacheim. The British, catching their second wind in the furious 12 day battle in the furnace-like heat of the swirling sands, have opened a new drive In the tri angular trap west of Knights bridge, the cross trail 19 miles southwest of Tobrub. Indeed, a military commentator said the British were battering at the axis forces from three sides in a might stroke of attrition which had placed Rommel on the de fensive. Tamar, six mile west of Knlghtsbrldge, was said to have fallen to the driving British, wno urmly held the initiative. LOCAL MAN DIES Redding. Calif.. June 8 VPi- Eugene Edwin Buck, 21-year-old Shasta Dam worker, was struck on the head and killed today by a muck skip, a carriage in which dirt is transported, which was being propelled over the Shasta Dam from a high line. Buck came her from Med ford, Ore., only last week and had worked on the dam but five days. He apsrently did not see the carriage nor hear the warning shouts of other workmen. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Char lotte Buck, who live here. Interpreting The War News By Klrke L. Simpson (Wide World War Analyst) Among other cheering notes on the war for the United Na tions as the first week of June passes without evidence that the Axis in Europe has anywhere regained the initiative is the drastic change that has come over German high command statements. Throughout the whole course of the war those progress bul letins always have dealt some what in exaggeration, but never before to the extent they are now consistently overstating Nazi military successes and un derstating Nazi reverses. Just why this official Ger man appeal to hyperbole is deemed necessary now can only be conjectured. Just when it started, is easier to calculate. It began to be a definite as pect of German high command statements last winter, when Hitler took over supreme army command in Russia and purged, one way or another, highest ranking German professional soldieri. There la now ample evidence from American press observers who were stationed in Berlin before the United States entered the war, that this resort to Hitlerlan fiction was at least one bone of contention between the Nazi egotist and his gener als. It violated their profession al pride and conscience. The change bespeaks growing uneasiness in Hitler's inner cir cle, perhaps in Hitler himself, over German public reception of war news that truthfully pre sented, even within the limits of military requirements, no. long er could show smashing Nazi Victories in every engagement reported. Turning back to the German official bulletins from Scandin avia, the low countries, France and the Balklns as the victory tide swept onward, the striking thing about them was that they rarely proved Inaccurate. The strategic battle keys reported taken Invariably were already captured or so cut off that they soon fell to German armies. They were always specific, not general. They mentioned cities, forts, important river lines. While the comment that enemy resistance on a given front had been broken frequent ly proved premature, all too often even that prediction was promptly verified By contrast, since Hitler took personal command In Russia none of the flamboyant claims that Russian resistance was wholly shattered have ever been realized. While his armies still were on tee march east ward last year, the geograph ical data Included in his bulle tins later usually proved well founded, but not the claimed ef fect of the victory on Russian morale. Now even the pretense of doc umenting a sweeping victory claim with names of cities or towns taken or river defense lines breached has been aband oned. It is such generalities in German official claims of a smashing victory over the Rus sians on the Kharkov front that. considered with Russian re ports, warrant suspicion that Hitler received a Jarrying body blow at Kharkov which he dares not reveal to his people. New York, June 6 (IP) Myr na Loy, film star, and John D. Hertz Jr., advertising executive, were married here tonight. The recently divorced wife of Arthur Hornblow Jr., film pro ducer, and Hertz, were married at the home of the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Robert Leylan, by Supreme Court Justice Ferdi-j nana recora wun oniy memoers of the Immediate family present. Following a reception the couple left on honeymoon to an unannounced destination. Miss Loy was granted her di vorce from Hornblow on June 1 In Reno, Nev. She charged extreme mental cruelty. They were married in 1036 and for several years were considered one of Hollywood's most Ideally married couples. The bride has been in the movie sine 1823.. MYRNA LOY WEDS ADVERTISING MAN SEA WIN CHEERS ALLIED NATIONS Pearl Harbor Treachery Avenged on Anniversary Tokyo Silent on Crush ing Victory. (By The Associated Press) The smashing United States victory in the continuing Pacific naval battle with the Japanese provided a triumphant note to day (Sunday) for the American people entering their second six months at war. The word flashed by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz that 13 to IS Japanese warships and trans ports already had be?n sunk or damaged off Midway was a thrilling six-months anniversary ?"nf " PP,e Ju" 1 " lnt thelr wsr trlde' present for a people Just swing- In the admiral's own words It went far toward settling ac counts for the treachery of Pearl Harbor, exactly six months ago today. On that dark Dec. 7 the Blkado's men got In their stab in the back; today they were reaping the whirlwind of their own making. The news was good indeed this Sunday for aU the Allied world. New York, Sunday, June 7 (IP) Japanese broadcasts heard in New York up to midnight (1 p. m, Sunday, Tokyo time) had made no mention of the battle for Midway island or the Dutch Harbor raid. Instead, the Tokyo radio con tinued to pour forth glossy ac count of what Japanese sub marine had done to Sydney har bor and the Diego Suarez naval base on Madagascar. But all these words appar ently beamed around the globe to cover up the five-day silence on the Midway and Dutch har bor operations failed to square with the fact. Wherea the Japanese told of enormous destruction at Syd ney, they torpedoed only one worn out ferry boat at a cost of four of their midget submarines, while the British Admiralty hag put the He to Tokyo' claim that a battleship and cruiser were hit at Diego Suarez. (By The Associated Press) Washington, June 6 (JPK half-year of war was closing for the United Suites tonight much as it began, with major battle in the mid-Pacific. There was. however, one striking and im portant difference which in a measure expresses what six months of fighting have done for America's service and it people as welL The attack on Pearl Harbor caught American forces with their guard down. The result was disaster. An Admiral and a General were set down be cause they had failed to coor dinate their efforts, because they had not ordered . their forces to be on the alert But when the Japanese struck at Midway Island the other day they met a hot reception. The alert garrison there beat them off. Between Pearl Harbor and the Battle off Midway lay near ly tlx months of disheartening defeats. Illuminated occasional ly by brilliant victories, and ev erywhere made notable by proof of the man-for-man fight ing superiority or. American sol diers and sailors over the Jap anese. DODSON JR. SIGNS Portland, June 6AP Navy enlistments announced here today Included: Alfred K. Dodson Jr Medford. BULLETIN Sacramento, Calif, June 6 (JP) Hal Turpln turned in hie ninth victory of the season here tonight when he defeated Sac ramento 5 to 1 for the third Seattle win of the series. The Solons lead the ten game aerie 3 to 3. Seattle 8 1 Sacraments T1T7T1 Turpln and Collins; Kempe, Plntar (3) and Mueller. -;
