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Let YOUR Answer to Bomb be BONDSI Bay War Bond sad Stamps TOIiAT Contribute to tba ra effort of jour nation. Patriot Urn. your own r-lf-procectloa, drmandi that VOU do your part NOWI Die The MAIL TRIBUHE Want Ad Way Medford TRIBUNE Quick Results at Small Cost Full Associated Proaa Unit ad Prass Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1942. NO. 73. ma ua M WMli News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, June 13 To un derstand just what the Russian agreements mean and particu larly what they do not mean you must read Wash lngton and London texts back Into the mutual aims and the d 1 f f e rences which brought them about. Mr. Roose v e 1 t started with the war aim of the four Paul Malloo freedoms o speech, of religion, from want, from fear. He worked out the tlantic charter with Mr. Church ill Implementing the first two by pledges for self determination of peoples and against seizures of territory, etc. But the Atlantic charter did not specifically mention speech and religion. It did mention want and fear, and suggested econom ic methods of avoiding them by free access to raw materials, dropping trade barriers, etc. In this new Washington-Moscow agreement, there Is no speci fic mention of any of the free doms. Three references are made to the Atlantic charter. The preamble notes that the Russian government accepted "the basic principles of the Atlantic charter" (it adhered in London in September 1941). But the official announcement and the text of the agreement both mention new phrase just "the attainment of the economic ob "jectives" of that charter. w ATtfriTTAfiE of dtolomacy is generally as significant as the wording or a uw. wuviui cial interpretations are uncer tain, but you will find enlight enment explanation in this in stance in the column published June 8. n. nnuiana had been oolite- ly pressing Britain and the Unit ed States tor a po5vw. - v... ion hnundaries. includ ing half of Poland, the Baltic states, parts of rtumania. inn was an untimely request in the midst of war, because it raised, (Continued on Paga four) TWO DIE AS PLANE Can Vronfltcn June 1 5 P) Two army men were killed today as a military plane crasn ed into a hangar at Mills Field m itVi nf hprp. Flames destroyed the hangar and the wrecked plane. An an joining hangar was damaged by fire. The dead were the pilot and .n Anii.tttH man who was in the hangar into which the plane crashed. Radio Highlights (Pacific War Timei More on "The Rubber Prob . lem" is to be discussed in the na tional radio forum on the BLU at 9 tonight, with Sen. Harry S. Truman of Missouri as speaker. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Joe and Elizabeth Rinard hav ing a hard time naming their livestock, acquired when friends had an animal shower for them at their new home in the coun try. Mary Lou Guenther Indulging In a swim at T-sin Plunges. Bill Robinson and Elmer Knight having a good discussion on "war and politics." rishrmen at Dodge bridge quitting in disgust when Mrs. Irl Groves landed a big salmon Sunday afternoon after her hus band had landed two big ones at the same place Sunday morning. BRITISH CONVOYS BADLY BATTERED Two Cruisers, One Destroy er, Four Steamers Sunk; Nine Heavily Damaged. By Clyde A. Farnsworth Associated Press War Editor A great running sea-air battle, which on the face of axis reports the only information available thus far seems to have stem med from a major strategical move of the allies, was being fought today at Italy's Mediter ranean doorstep in the sea be tween Tunis and Sardinia. The location of the battle, the strength and composition given by Rome for the allied naval force and the reckless expendi ture of planes in the attack on it suggested either that Italian territory itself might be under at tack or that the allies were en gaged in a great transfer of strength between Gibraltar and Suez. The Italian high command. In a special communique, claimed that two cruisers, one destroyer and four steamers were sunk out of one of two British convoys. and a battleship, an aircraft car rier, two cruisers, one destroyer and four steamers heavily dam aged. Spotted Saturday The Italians said the convoy attacked was protected by nu merous units of the line and by two aircraft carriers." Spotting the convoy early Saturday, Ital ians said their scout planes later lost sight of it and the first at tack was not delivered until Sun day. "Numerous formations" of tor pedo planes, bombers and fight ers then struck the flotilla, the Italians related. They acknowl edged 20 planes lost themselves and reported shooting IS carrier borne planes down in flames. "The operations were resumed in the early hours of this morn ing against the remaining units," the communique concluded. Naval warfare broke out mean- while in the Black sea where the red fleet, thundering into action to bolster Sevastopol against land assault, laid a curtain of snellfire on the encroaching Cri mean line of the Germans. Reports reaching Moscow said the naval bombardment took a heavy toll among the Germans with their scattering of Ruman ian allies. The warships were not identified. This turn in the battle of Se vastopol after seven months of German siege or active assault, and the veiled Mediterranean movement which provoked the assault followed closely upon the forced landing of four United States army bombers In Turkey after some mysterious mission of destruction One report from Turkey over tne week-end was that the Amer icans had bombed Rumanian oil refineries but there also were various German reports that the bombers had participated In the defense of Sevastopol and had at tacked German bases In Russia. At any rate, considering offic ial secrecy on the affair, there was a general belief in London and elsewhere that the United States had opened a new air front in the eastern Mediter ranean. If the British actually were moving convoys eastward from the Atlantic into the Mediter ranean, as the Italians reported they might have been carrying sizeable reinforcements for the battle of Libya. Hungarian Pantries Raided by Romanians Bern, Switzerland. June 1 (jP) Dispatches from Budapest saia today that Rumanian auth orities had suddenly confiscated all the food stocks of Hungarian families living in numerous vil lages in that part of Transylvania still remaining under Rumanian sovereignty. Moreover, It was reported, the Hungarian minority had been notified that those deprived of food stocks would not be given food ration cards on July 10. Many of the Hungarians were said to have been forced from their land and homes. JSP CmiSer Slink, T Carrier Damaged Off Aleutian Isles Baltimore. June 15 (JP) United States torpedo planes sank a Japanese cruiser and scored a direct hit on an aircraft carrier of the main Japanese task force off the Aleutian Islands, a tele gram from Lieut. Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the army air force, to Glenn L. Martin, aircraft manufacturer, disclosed today. In Washington, the war department declined immediate comment, although its public relations department approved use of the telegram. General Arnold s message, congratulating the Martins Com pany on successful use of Martin three attacks had been made in main Japanese force. Washington, June IS UP) expand their landings in the Aleutian islands was expected by military authorities today, but knockout blows against important American bases was con sidered debatable. Any large-scale operations well over into the waters of the western hemisphere, it was said, would certainly bring a swarm of United States army and navy bombers down upon invading ships. Short of desperation, the Japanese might well wish to avoid such attacks at this time, so soon after their bitter exper iences with American airpower in the Coral sea and Midway battles. This would not. however, pre clude further action of the kind which last week put a small Jap force on remote Attu island, and the penetration of Jap ships in Kiska harbor in the Rat island group. Kiska Is 560 miles west of Dutch Harbor and Attu is 770 miles west, locations which place thum at the extreme end of the Aleutian and relatively, close to Japan. FIGHTER PAY BILL HAS SENATE OKEH; IS SENT TO HOUSE Washington. June 15. (AP) The senate approved and sent to the house today a military pay allotment bill authorizing the se lective service to consider family relationships in calling men for duty with the armed forces. Under the basic section of the measure, details of which were revised last week by a joint con ference committee, the govern ment would help the four lowest ranks of soldiers, sailors, marines and coast guardsmen support their derjendents. Deductions taken from the men's pay would be supplement ed by federal allowances wnicn in some cases would be consider ably larger than the fighting men's contributions. The second section of the bill revises the selective service act by requiring local draft boards to first exhaust supplies of single men, or those without bona fide family ties, before calling up hus bands and lathers. POLLS CLOSE ATI Polls for the election of a school director will be open at Medford high school until o'clock foment. Only name ap pearing on the ballot will be that of Dr. R. E. Green who has been named a candidate to suc ceed himself. Those who have resided In the sohool district for 30 days, the state of Oregon for six months and who are of voting age may cast a ballot. Other members of the school board are N. H Franklin, Marc Jarrain, Eugene Thorndike and John Moffat, 25,000 Jews Slain In Latvia, Charge Lcndon, June 15 UP) The Federation of Jewish Relief or ffanizAtinna aald tndav that ref- jugee reports showed 25.000 Lat I vian Jews were slain by local fascists In four-day interval be. tween the evacuation of that Baltic country by the Russians and the occupation by the Ger mans last year- craft as torpedo planes, said the Aleutian Islands on the An effort by the Japanese to whether tney will try tor MOTORISTS TOLD BY CALIFORNIANS Klamath Falls, June 15 (IP) Southern Oregon motor camp operators report that north bound motorists, fearing a gaso line shortage in Oregon, arc carrying extra fuel in their cars, it was learned here today. Many of these motorists report they have been advised by California pump attendants that gasoline is rationed in Oregon and is ob tainable-only in small quantities if at all. Camp owners said this situa tion created a problem for them as gasoline thus stored violated city storage ordinance, and also probably invalidates insurance policies carried by the camp owners It creates a special hazard for car owners they point out, as the summer heat builds up gas pressure inside the cans and if there Is any leakage it escapes into the car and may be Ignited by a spark from the exhaust. Medford auto camp operators today confirmed that many mo torists from California, told by northern California service sta tion men that gasoline was al most unobtainable in southern Oregon, were carrying five-gallon cans of extra fuel In their cars. One auto camp owner quoted a customer as saying he was told that there was absolutely no gasoline available in Med ford, and was urged to fill his tank and carry an extra five gallons in a can before leaving California. The local office of the Oregon State Motor association report ed a number of recent tourists from California carried cans of gasoline in their cars. They pointed out that this was en tirely unnecessary as the fuel situation In Medford and vicin ity is excellent at the present time, with gasoline enough for everybody. SCENEJF RIOTS London, June 15 (IP) Re ports from Stockholm, publish ed In London today said that seven policemen were killed and 25 German dock workers later executed as a result of rioting over coffee in Hamburg. The ministry of information aid it had no confirmation of the report. The published account said stevedores loading freight cars with coffee for the troops started the outbreak by tossing packages of coffee into the street where a crowd began fighting for them. The Gestapo was said to have been stoned by the crowd when it attempted to break up the fight. COL PERRIN NOMINATED AS BRIGADIER GENERAL Washington, June 15. AP) Colonel Edwin S. Pen-in was nominated today to be a briga dier general and will, at the age of 36, become the army's young est general officer. U-S- Planes"? Work On . ' ' ' id f ' " if V ' - V The Japanese aircraft carrier Ryukaku is shown above burn ing furiously in the battle of the Coral sea as two U. S. navy tor pedo planes (arrows) circled their prey, banking for another shot. The repeated hits scored on the big carrier sent up plumes of smoke and spray, lower picture. (Official U. b. Navy photos). PARIS CITY HALL Vichy, Unoccupied France, June 15. (AP) The Paris city hall was shaken by the explosion of a small bomb In an under ground passage yesterday in the latest violence aimed at occupy ing Germans and their French collaborators. The explosion smashed through the floor of offices above, doing some damage, but no Injuries were reported here. Charles Magny, who was ap pointed governor of Paris and prefect of the Seine department in October, 1940, has his offices in the building. He is a former director of the Surete National, the French secret police. 10,800 JAPANESE TO San Francisco, June 15 (JP) Removal of 10,800 Japanese evacues from California assem bly centers to relocation centers at Tule Lake, Calif., on the California-Oregon boundary and Pcston, Ariz., was started today. The movement, ordered by Lieut. Gen. J. L. DeWitt, com manding general of the western defense command, inaugurates on a large scale the resettlement phase of the evacuation pro gram growing out of the re moval of nearly 100,000 Japa nese from their homes in west coast military zones. Rose Show Marked By Big Bond Sales Portland, June 15 (P) The war-curtailed Rose festival clos ed yetserday, boasting war bond sales of $750,000. The annual parade was can celled and the festival was lim ited to war bond sales promo tions and Indoor programs. Film stars Mary Brian, Mar- jorle Weaver and Edmund Lowe helped boost tales Saturday to 1305,000. k2 ) ffr w .1 T1T-. ".' IWI 4 . arffin ?'l ."I 'I 1 " J """ """"Ml Citizens Search Homes To Aid Country's War Medford service stations to day were collecting scrap rub ber of ell varieties and descrip tions as the nation-wide drive to accumulate worn-out rubber ar ticles got under way. One filling station operator said that up to noon citizens had brought in a total of 150 pounds of scrap rubber, including such articles as hot water bottles, rubDcr gloves and overshoes, balls, rubber horseshoes, rubber buttons, pieces of hose, rubber toys and other odds and ends. Two elderly ladies delivered two worn-out tires to this station. Other stations reported vary ing amounts of scrap rubber be ing delivered, while a few said none had been received. The stations pay 1 cent a pound for the scrap. Washington, June 15 P With the results to be measured In more machines for victory, and possibly delay or fore- stallment of nation-wide gaso line rationing, millions of Amer icans today began a search of attics, cellars, backyards and other places of discard for old rubber. The campaign bersn by direc tion of President Roosevelt, who called upon every citizen to turn In "every bit of rubber you can possibly spare." Each person was requested to take all discarded or spare rub ber to the nearest of the 400,000 Japanese Plane Carrier gasoline filling stations scattered throughout the country. The needed elastic may be donated or sold to the station operator for a penny pound. The oil Industry announced Its entire work force, number ing over 1,000,000 men and women, and its automotive equipment would handle the Job of receiving the rubber and assembling it at central points for delivery to the government. Although officials had made no flat statement that a deci sion on nation-wide gasoline rationing would hinge on the campaign, William R. Boyd, Jr., chairman of the petroleum In dustry war council, said that whether automobiles could be kept rolling "depends entirely on the total tonnage of rubber scrap there Is." Country-wide gas rationing has been consid ered as a means of conserving tires. Boyd emphasized that "any and all profit'" accruing to the oil companies In the scrap trans actions between the cent-- pound for scrap delivered at the service stations and the S25 a ton the government will pay for it would go to the United Service (Jrganlzatlons, the Army and Navy Relief and the Red Cross. He listed acceptable scrap rubber as follows: Tires, crepe rubber soles, tennis shoes, rubber aheeUng, for Rubber Production rubber heels, plumbers suction cups, tubes, boots and over shoes, rubber belting, pads and matting, bathing caps, sample tire sections, hard rubber tires. hot water bottles, rubber gloves. raincoats. Jar rings, rubber ash tray tires "and hundreds of other articles made of rubber." However, he said, coliertors should not accept hard rubber battery boxes and should see that metal, wood and leather was removed from articles con taining rubber, when delivered at the filling stations. Gas Ration Blanks Sent County Clsrk To Wait Necessity The county clerk's office now has gasoline rationing blanks) and other material for gasoline rationing, when and if the r striction la ordered by Wash lngton, D. C, agencies. The authorities reported yes terday was the busiest da7 la many weeks on the highway! and byways of Jackson county. The trips were short for- the most part, though number of motorists from distant points) were In the city and velley. Traffic was particularly heavy on the Pacific highway in th late afternoon.
