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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1942.
NO. 74.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, June 16 Labor
has had a good chance during
this war to learn how govern
ment owner
ship and oper
ation works
out.
Certain e x
periments In'
socialism have
been thrust
upon the gov
ernment, some
experience has
been acquired
in the kind of
which
Paul Mallan
the British la
bor leftists strangely are coming
to advocate as a post-war sys
tem, and that some unthinking
liberals in this country lean to
ward also.
. The government took over
and operated the Brewster Avi
ation Company, turning it back
about three weeks ago to private
management. Before govern
ment operation and afterward,
the union in that plant had a
closed shop and a check-off.
But while the government
was In control it had nothing,
not even the right to strike.
When the government took over
the plant, labor became the ser
vant of the public and lost all
its rights, which could be re
stored only when those workers
became private employees
gain.
, 0 0
PARLIER In the Kearny ship--
building plant, striking
workers wanted a union of
maintenance shop (practically
the same as closed) and foolish
union leaders urged the govern
ment to take over the plant
when they could not get their
desires by negotiation with the
management.
The government accepted
their Invitation, to their regret.
The navy ran the plant, but
without the union of mainten
ance or any other shop, and
when the plant was turned back
the union was still without its
objective. It would have been
against the law for the govern
ment to have done otherwise.
The workers finally got their
(Continued on Page Pour)
Government to Rule
Over Portland Rents
City Officials Told
Portland, Ore., June 16. (IP)
The federal government and
not the city of Portland will
supervise rent control here.
City officials were so In
formed yesterday by Senator
McNary (R.-Ore.), who tele
graphed that the rent division
of the OPA will appoint a direc
tor for Clark county, Wash., and
Multnomah and Clackamas
counties. Ore., Including Port
land, probably by July 1.
Portland parsed a rent coun
cil ordinance last week, and had
planned its own supervision.
Mayor Earl Riley said he would
not object to federal control.
Rents have been frozen by fed
eral order as of March 1.
Radio Highlights
(Paciwic war time.)
Tonight: CBS, 5:30, Nature
of the Enemy, new drama se
ries; 6:30, Cheers From the
Camps, Ft. Jackson, S. C.
Blu, 3:30, Soldiers of God.
Army Chaplains; 6:30, This Na
tion at War. Bomber Plant.
MBS, 7:30, Rep. Wright Pat
man and Sen. R. L. Owen on
"Bonds, Taxes, National Debt."
ARMY COOKS STUDY
Fort Lewis, June 16 IIP)
The army is assuring itself of
getting well-prepared food at
this big northwest cantonment
Officers announced today that
the school here for bakers and
cooks currently has a record
enrollment of 52 mess sergeants.
398 cooks and seven bakers, to
taling 457 men.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Grorge Green, after much
practice, becoming a fair-to-mid-dlin'
equestrian.
Rassler "prince" Mihalikis
naunung oia naunis ana nnainp
things the same as always.
City Police Judge Bill Allen
sporting a straw hat in antici
pation of funny da) I.
"General
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si
American-built medium tanks, dubbed "General Grants" by the British In Libya, line up to move
into the desert battle. They've given a good account of themselves in fighting around Knightsbridge.
Scrap Rubber Comes in by Tons
To Jackson County Gas Stations
TAX PORTION OF
I
LAGS SAYS F.D.R.
Washington, June 18 (IP)
President Roosevelt remarked
at a press conference today that
the tax portion of his anti-inflation
program was behind sche
dule and that every day which
goes by without action on a new
revenue measure is costing the
treasury considerable money.
He said he did not want to
be temperamental or be put In
the position of unduly criticizing
the House Ways and Means com
mittee, before which tax legis
lation is pending.
But he said it was his view
that we ought to begin getting
more money into the treasury,
and he has not particularly in
terested in specific methods.
The president's discussion of
revenue legislation developed
from a question as to whether
he would rather have a sales
tax than a bill $2,000,000,000
short of his revenue goal, now
that the Ways and Means com
mittee had shelved his sugges
tion for a $25,000 limit on in
comes. He gave no direct answer to
that inquiry.
Chungking, June 26 IIP)
The Chinese high command an
nounced tonight a further Jap
anese advance in East Kiangsi
province, but indicated that the
Chinese were exacting a heavy
toll from the Japanese columns
striving to close a pincers on
the Chekiang-Kiangsi railway.
A communique said the Chi
nese abandoned Kwangfeng, 25
miles within Kiangsi on Sunday
after an all-night battle in which
the Japanese, thrusting west
ward along the railway, suf
fered more than 1,000 casual
ties. An army spokesman admitted
that the gap between this invad
ing column and another driving
eastward through Kiangsi had
hwn reduced to 80 miiei.
(The Japanese said their col
umns were only 60 miles apart.)
The communique said the Chi
nese had seized the initiative in
the Mancheng region, some 40
miles south of the railway, and
; were storming the city, whicn
1 . i T Mntuml a few
me i - F ' " - -
ago.
ALASKA TO GIRD
Washington, June 16. 'IP)
Immediate organization of an
Alaskan war council to mobilize
civilian manpower and resources
to support defense of that terri
tory was directed today by In
terior Secretary Ickes.
Grants" Line Up In Libya
12'
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Scrap rubber In an ever-increasing amount tons of It was
being delivered to service stations in Jackson county today as
the nation-wide drive to accumulate worn out rubber articles of
all kinds moved Into its second
R. G. Fowler, head of the
Jackson county salvage pro
gram, said that all service sta
tions in Medford were equipped
to handle the scrap rubber, and
urged that citizens scour their
houses and property for every
bit of rubber they don't need.
The drive here, he said, is
coming along very well, with
persons of all ages swarming in
to the service stations to sell
their scrap rubber for a cent a
pound and at the same time ma
terially aid America in its war
effort.
One service station In Central
Point, up to noon today, had
purchased some four tons of
scrap rubber from patriotic cit
izens, most of It being old tires.
and many other stations report
ed their scrap piles were grow
ing by leaps and bounds.
No figures on the amount of
rubber collected thus far were
available today, but Fowler said
by tomorrow a good idea of the
number of tons would be
known. Persons with scrap rub
ber of any kind were requested
to take it to their nearest service
station.
KICK-BACK PLOT
Albany, N. Y., June 16. f)
A federal district grand Jury
today indicted four Albany men
on a charge of illegally collect
ing more than $50,000 from
workers at the war department's
new receiving and reconsign
ment station at nearby Voorhccs
ville. The Indictment charged the
quartet with conspiracy to vio
late the so-called federal "kick
back" statute prohibiting induce
ment of persons employed on
public buildings or public works
to repay part of their compen
sation by intimidation, threat of
dismissal or other means.
The men included a business
agent of local 106, International
Union of Operating Engineers:
his son, a city employe; a vice
president, financial secretary
and assistant business agent of
the union, and a union steward
Only the latter was employed
on the project.
Dr. R. E. Green was re-elected
to the school board of the Med
ford public schools yesterday
when he received 198 votes of
the 250 cast. He will serve a
five-year term.
Mrs. Zoe Hurd received 81
votes and R. W. Coleman was
named on one ballet. Employes
in the city school superintend
ent's office said the vcte was
considerably heavy for a school
election.
l i i mr
day.
OLD RUBBER PILE
Washington, June 16 (IP)
America's scrap rubber pile
mounted steadily today as de
flated beach alligators, discard
ed tires and punctured football
bladders dropped onto it by un
counted thousands of tons.
Specific reports indicating the
total that might be collected in
the full two weeks of the Pres
ident's drive were lacking, but
the general comment across the
country in the second day of the
campaign was that it was off to
a good start.
One thing that slowed the
collection in many points was
the lack of scales in filling sta
tions to weigh the rubber citi
zens offered. However, filling
station operators reported that
in many cases adults refused to
accept the stipulated penny a
pound.
25 DAYS IN JAIL
Daniel Ruiz Mazon was given
a sentence of $50 fine or 25
days in the city Jail in the city
police court today on a charge
of molesting women on the
street. Mazon, 32, of Camp
White, who was unable to pay
the fine, was arrested by city
police last evening after molest
ing two unidentified girls on
North Bartlctt street, according
to city police reports.
Mazon was arrested May 17
and May 28 on charges of being
drunk, police reports show.
Japs Lose 8 Planes
In Raid On Darwin
Allied Headquarters, Austra
lia, June 18 Ki The Japanese
in their third attack in as many
days on Darwin lost nearly 15
per cent of their raiding planes.
General Douglas MacArthur's
hendquarters announced today
The raid was carried out yes
terday by 27 heavy bombers
escorted by 15 zero-type fight
ers, an allied communique said
and allied interceptors shot
down six of the fighters. Two
of the defense craft were lost.
Dependents Aid Bill
Waits Roosevelt Pen
Washington, June 16 IIP
The house completed legislative
action today on a bill providing
for financial aid to dependents
of service men through deduc
tions from army and navy pay
checks and supplementary al
lowanccs from the government.
U. S. Air ien Join RAF
In Blading Italian Fleet;
Axis Claims Libyan Win
E
No Report of U. S. Losses as
Third Attack Pressed
Against Invasion Ships.
(By Associated Press)
U. S. army and navy fliers
pressed home a third great
victory over Japanese Invasion
forces in the Aleutian islands
off Alaska today. The Amer
ican fliers were credited with
having already sunk or dam
aged eight enemy ships.
The score:
Japanese losses
Sunk 1 cruiser.
Damaged 1 aircraft carrier.
at least 3 cruisers, 1 destroyer.
1 gunboat, 1 transport.
American losses
None reported.
A navy communique, break
ing a three-day silence on the
Japanese landings In the bleak,
fog-bound island chain, said
both U. S. army and navy fliers
were continuing the attack in
a smashing sequel to the earlier
American victories In the bat
tles of Midway and the Coral
sea.
''Except for these continuing
air attacks upon the enemy
landing parties and their sup
porting naval contingents, the
general situation in the Aleu
tian islands appears unchanged,"
the navy said.
Ho New Landings -This
was interpreted to mean
that the enemy had failed to
make any new landings over
the weekend after the original
thrust into Attu island, at the
westernmost tip of the Aleu
tians. Authoritative quarters
said Japanese ships which had
entered the harbor of Kiska, In
the nearby Rat islands, had
been driven out.
Combined with the Coral sea
and Midway results, the Aleu
tian operations to date made a
total of 19 Japanese ships sunk,
three probably sunk, and at
least 35 damaged.
Summing up the three ac
tions, military strategists said
Japan's far-flung invasion forces
had been defeated in three ma
ior efforts:
1. To cut the U. S. supply
line through the Coral sea, as
a prelude to invasion of Aus
tralia. 2. To capture Midway island
as a springboard for a grand
assault on Pearl Harbor.
3. To establish bases in the
far north for an Invasion of the
American continent.
DRAFT REGISTRY
SET FOR JUNE 30
A representative of the local
Selective Service boards an
nounced today that President
Roosevelt has declared Tuesday
June 30, between the hours of
7 a. m. and 9 p. m. as the fifth
registration day. All men born on
or after January 1, 1922, and on
or before June 30, 1924, are re
quired to register.
This. In effect, means reg
istration of all men between the
ages of 18 and 20. The Selec
tive Service headquarters also
announced that the registration
will be approximately 50 per
cent of the number registered in
the third registration and it was
stated that places of registration
and volunteer registrars would
be listed in the near future.
DAMAGES DENIED
Salem, June 16 IIP) The
state supreme court upheld to
day a Union county circuit
court decision which refused to
award damages to Mrs. Iva M
Sine for the death of her hus
band, Curtis W. Sine, who was
killed Jan. 18. 1941, in an auto
accident on the Oregon Trail
highway near Telocaset, Union
coun'y.
BASEBALL
National
Pittsburgh 16 0
Philadelphia 5 12 0
Hamlin, Lanning, Wilke and
Lopez, Phelps; Podajny and Liv
ingston. I Cincinnati
I Boston .
8 7 0
0 7 2
Vandermeer and Hemsley;
Javery, Erickson and Kluttz.
American
First game.
New York 6 10 1
Detroit 7 9 3
Donald, Branch, Llndell and
Dickey; Benton, Henshaw and
Tebbetts.
IN 3-DAY EFFORT
TO CROSS RIVER
Moscow, June 16 (P) A
three-day German assault in an
attempt to cross an important
river in the Kharkov sector has
been balked by Russian hill-top
defenses and the nazis now have
been forced back to the defen
sive, front-line Soviet dispatches
declared today.
The Germans claimed today
they had expanded a bridgehead
which . they won across the Don
ets river In the Kharkov aqea
yesterday.)
Around Sevastopol, the other
major scene of current fighting
on the eastern front, the Ger
mans have massed seven artil
lery regiments on their main
line of assault in an effort to
batter down the Russian fortifi
cations of that besieged Crimean
city, the Russians said.
The German cannon Include
one of the Big Berthas like those
with which the Kaiser's troops
shelled Paris during the last
World War, the dispatches said,
but despite this weight of artil
lery the Red army forces are
holding firmly to their rock-
bound positions.
In repulsing the repeated hea
vy German assaults, the agency
said, the Sevastopol garrison in
a single day destroyed 40 tanks
and killed three regiments of in
fantry, while Soviet planes
burned 10 tanks, knocked out
12 more and smashed 13 trucks
loaded with infantry.
"The approaches to our ad
vance line were littered with the
bodies of fascist officers and
men," Tass said, with 950 count
ed in one small sector.
HALT GAS DELIVERY
Washington, June 16. IIP)
Price Administrator Leon Hend
erson suspended gasoline deliv
eries to eight filling stations In
New York City and six In Phila
delphia today, on grounds of
"flagrant violations" of gasoline
rationing regulations.
Break-up of German Reich
Gerard's Recipe for Peace
New York, June 16 (Wide
World) Down in the canyon of
Wall street slight, gray-haired
James G. GerarJ is looking
ahead to the day when war will
end, and this Is his formula for
a lasting peace:
1. Break up the German relch
Into Impotent atoms which
never can coalesce Into another
dangerous union,
2. Crush the sp'rit of con
quest so completely that it
never can rise again.
3. Maintain world peace with
an international police force.
The 74-year-old former am
bassador to Germany during the
first World war has fighting
spirit undlmmed by the passing
years. To him, peace Is some
thing not only to be won but
to be guarded Jealously by force
of arms so that no nation can
wage war on another.
"The only possible solution
to lasting peace," said Gerard
In an interview, "is an Inter
national army made up of the
victorious nations, chiefly the
United States, Great Britain
Russia and China. ,
Information Head
4 ,-'14
President Roosevelt has cre
ated an office of war informa
tion in Washington, which will
be headed by Elmer Davis
(aboya), writer and news com
mentator.
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Navy Expansion Bill
Has Committee Okeh;
Will Hurry Carriers
. Washington, June 16.
An $8,550,000,000 ship construc
tion measure an unprecedented
program designed ultimately to
double the size of the United
States fleet was approved to
day by the house naval
mittee.
The measure, demonstrating
tho navy's Increasing emphasis
on plane carrier and pointedly
omitting any provision for new
battleships, will provide for
more than 1,400" ships of all
types, including more than 400
combatant craft in the carrier
cruiser-destroyer category.
Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.) said
construction of the carriers
would be started this year and
the rest of the big boat program
next year. He said the keels for
the carriers would be laid "im
mediately."
MINELAYER LAUNCHED
Portland, June 18 IIP) The
minelayer Ozark was launched
in the Willamette river yester
day and within a few minutes
keels were being laid for four
smaller naval vessels on the
same way at the Willamette
Iron and Steel corporation.
"And I suggest that Franklin
D. Roosevelt be made its com
mander-in-chief."
Gerard warned the world for
years of Germany's growing
military might. Soon after Hit
ler came to power he sensed
the war that was to come and
shouted alarms that went un
heeded.
And then when his predic
tions came true, he advocated
that the United States hWp wipe
out the Nazi menace. Speaking
before a Brooklyn Sunday
school union assembly In 1940,
Gerard urged immediate U. S.
entry into the war, and added:
"If eventually, why not now?
We ought to be in this war.
If not, we're cooked."
"What must be done with
Germany? That is the greatest
problem," he said. 'The Ocr-
mans must be rendered impo
tent as a military threat, but
you can't assassinate 80,000,000
people even though they have
Slavs, Greeks, and Jews ana
hold a million and half
Frenchmen in slavery."
IT1 BATTLESHIPS
FIRED BY BOMBS;
IS
resence of Americans
Clears Picture of 4-Day
Mediterranean Conflict.
By Roger D. Green
(Associated Press War Editor)
The United States army air
force, in action for the first time
alongside the RAF in the cen
tral and eastern Mediterranean,
was credited officially with a
part in a smashing air and sea
assault in which two Italian
battleships were set afire, 10,-
000-ton cruiser was sunk, and a
smaller cruiser and destroyer
were damaged.
The RAF announcement In a
special communique from Cairo
that American fliers had been
in the Mediterranean fight for
the last four days began to bring
into fqcus tha picture of the
thundering sea-air fight in tha
straits between Italy and Africa
which the axis previously had
sought to pass off as their own
success.
Liberators Busy
Taking part in the attack, said
the communique, were "a fore
of Liberator aircraft the ma
jority of which were American-
manned by the United State -
army air fori." ,
The consolidated Libera tore
are powerful four-motorea
United States bombers akin to
the big flying fortresses which,
helped shower destruction upon
the Japanese in the battles of
the Coral sea and Midway.
Altogether, two strong Italian
naval formations were attacked,
the RAF announced.
A German version of the spec
tacular sea-air battle, entirely
different from the Italian ac
count, said nazl air and navat
forces sank four cruisers and
destroyers, probably sank an
other destroyer and damaged
six other warships in attacks on
British Mediterranean convoys.
Germans Differ
The Germans also asserted
that six merchant ships were
sunk, eight others probably sunk
and six damaged, and implied
that these losses were Inflicted
on a west-bound convoy and
were in addition to those re
ported by the Italians.
The fascist version said three
British warships were sunk and
17 other ships sunk, set afire
or damaged.
The whole battle or series of
battles revolved about an ap
parent axis attempt to smash
British supply lines to Malta
and to North Africa, where the
flaming desert struggle between
weary British and axis forces
appeared to be nearlng a finale.
Adolf Hitler's high command
asserted broadly that axis troops
had already won the latest
battle o: Libya which started
May 28.
"The battle in Libya to tha
west of Tobruk has ended in
favor of German and Italian
troops," a nazi communique said.
"After destroyinc enemy de
fensive forces near Acroma in a
pursuit to the north, our troops
crossed the Via Balbo and
reached the coast.
"British and South African
troops at Ain El Gazaia (coastal
anchor of the British defensa
line) were cut off from Tobruk.
"The extent of the victory
cannot yet be estimated."
Imperial British headquarter
acknowledged that British
troops had withdrawn from posi
tions below Ain El Gazaia, 40
miles west of Tobruk, as Mar
shal Erwln Rommel's armored
columns attempted to cut off the
key British stronghold.
Uaay la Oregon of
Gennasie Dssesd
Washington, June 16 (IP)
Washington state had 67,060
residents at the 1940 census
who claimed German as their
mother tongue, of which 24.580
were foreign-born, tha bureau
of census reported today. Tha
similar figures for Oregon were:
48,980 and 16,700.