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Thirty seventh Year.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, June 18. The
Anglo-American threat to invade
Europe has caused Hitler to keeD
nan a minion
troops in Fran
ce and the low
lands, and sta
tion a million
more in central
jermany as
ready reserves.
As soon as
Britain is able
to put a thou
sand planes
Paul Mallon
over the Fren
ch coast pvprv
night the promised blow is
likely to fall.
The logical military way to go
about it is to blast the nazi
coastal defenses continuously
each night until they are soft
enough for invasion, and then to
turn the bombers upon the Ger
man railroads before those mil
lion reserves can be brought up.
Air superiority of some such
overwhelming nature is an ob
vious prerequisite to fulfillment
of the Anglo-American promise
to create such a second front this
year. But this requirement will
not hold if Hitler starts weaken
ing his western defenses to bols-
ter his Russian front. The mo
ment he does that the British
may logically move in on him.
THUS the announced threat
serves its purpose of the great
aid to Russia even now.
Many Americans are asking
why the British have not estab
lished this front before, with the
only large inactive army of this
war concentrated on its small
island for nearly two years. The
London explanation that there is
insufficient shipping is hardly
convincing, as baiges could do
the Job and the British have a
navy.
The answer may be found in
the air, where most of the ans
wers in this war have been sup
plied. The Germans could not
invade Britain after Dunkirk be
cause they were unable to obtain
sufficient mastery of the air.
Up to the bombing of Cologne,
the British had not been able to
how any ability to manipulate
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Astoria Regatta
Casualty of War
Astoria, June 18. (JP) The
annual regatta and salmon
derby has been cancelled by the
Astoria Regatta association be
cause of war conditions.
Radio Highlights
(Pacific War Time)
Tonight: Talks BLU 6 Amer
ica's town meeting from Law
rence, Kas., "Should Draft Age
Be Lowered to 18?"
MBS S Opera Festival Fi
nale, Deems Taylor's "The
King's Henchmen"; 6:30 Amer
icans at the Ramparts; 7:30 Pro
'duction for Victory Finale.
Friday: CBS 12:30 p. m.
British-American music festival.
BLU 10:45 . m. King George
of Greece addressing overseas
press elub.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Friends surprising Ed Pea.-e
with a pink and white showT
t Katherine Satterlee's birth
day party.
Ranson Webster proving he
can score a ball game as well as
the next fan.
Bob Baker deploring the
Phase of the fire shortage whicn
brings a thoughtless autoist into
his neighborhood at 6 a. m. to
Pick up a fellow worker; th
autoist tnnllinn his horn until
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GLOSEJOHARBOR
Hitlerites Also Claim Red
Defenders Driven Back on
Southern Edge of City.
By Roger D. Greene
(Associated Press War Editor)
Grave new threats to the Brit
ish armies in North Africa and
the Russian defenders of Sevas
topol were reported today as
the German high command as
serted that nazi troops had
driven Into Sevastopol's immedi
ate defense ring and had split
the British Libyan armies into
two parts.
A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
field headquarters said the Ger
man siege armies storming Se
vastopol, the last big soviet
stronghold in the Crimea, had
captured Fort Gorky and driven
within two miles of the harbor
entrance.
Strongest Bastion
The communique described
Fort Gorky as "the most modern
and strongest bastion of the
whole fortress."
Besides capturing Fort Gorky
in the main fortifications north
of the city, the axis assault
forces also drove back stubborn
red army troops on the southern
fortifications, the Hitler com
mand said.
The nazi claim of having
knifed into Sevastopol's ring of
fortifications was unconfirmed
elsewhere, the Russians declar
ing they had beaten off a series
of savage new attacks.
In the Libyan desert struggle,
British imperial headquarters
acknowledged that British
troops had withdrawn from two
key defense points at Sidi
Rezegh.and El Adem.
A nazi communique said
strong German and Italian tank
formations were pursuing the
eastbound British column, which
was described as "fleeing" to
ward Bardia, 15 miles from the
Egyptian frontier.
The communique asserted
that several desert forts on the
southern perimeter of Tobruk's
defenses had been captured.
An Italian war bulletin as
serted that aerial reconnaissance
disclosed the British were be
ginning a general withdrawal
toward the Egyptian frontier.
Sidi Rezegh is 25 miles south
east of Tobruk and 50 miles
from the Egyptian frontier; El
Adem is 18 miles due south of
Tobruk.
Dispatches from Cairo saia
the British desert armies had
apparently split Into two forces,
one falling back to fortified
positions near the Egyptian
border, the other remaining to
defend Tobruk.
Last year, the British with
stood eight months of violent
siege at the Mediterranean
coastal fortress until relieved by
a new expeditionary force strik
ing out of Egypt.
Th Reuters (British news
agency) correspondent at Cairo,
headquarters of Gen. Sir Claude
Auchinleck's imperial command,
said Tobruk was "practically
surrounded," with the coastal
road the only route left open to
the east.
Despite axis armored supre
macy, the British 'declared they
still maintained superiority in
the air.
On the Kharkov front, soviet
dispatches said new attacks In
Field Marshal Fedor Von Boch's
week-old offensive were bloodily
repulsed.
"The enemy left 600 men
killed on the battlefield, nine
damaged tanks and a large
quantity of arms," a soviet com
munique reported. An earlier
communique listed 1,500 Ger
man casualties and 15 tanks de
stroyed. Moro, Ore., June 18 ',?)
Moro's "rubber commandos"
three 10-year-old boys, came up
with 288 pounds oi scrap rupoci
yesterday after raids on Junk
piles, vacant buildings and lots.'
War Bulletins
Bogota, Colombia, June 18
OP) Newspapers here print
ed reports today that cannon
ading was heard last night off
the Colombian coast and they
expressed belief that United
States destroyers were bat
tling axis submarines.
London, June 18. (JP)
The assailants of Reinhard
Heydrich, assassinated Gesta
po executioner, were discov
ered early today and "shot
while resisting arrest," the
Prague radio officially an
nounced tonight.
Washington, June 18. (JP)
The navy announced today
that a small Norwegian mer
chant vessel had been tor
pedoed and sunk by enemy
submarine action In the Gulf
of Mexico and that survivors
had been landed at a gulf
port
VIA SAMS VALLEY
TO CLOSE AUG. 15
Tha Sami Valley secondary
highway, which runs from Gold
Hill to Dodge btidge via Sams
Valley and is within the Camp
White army cantonment, will be
closed August 15 for the dura
tion of the war, according to an.
Associated Press report quoting
the state highway commission.
The road has been the most
direct route between Grants
Pass and Crater Lake, and will
increase the distance between
the two points by several miles.
Although having no official
Information concerning what
road will be used as an alter
nate, Paul B. Rynning, county
engineer and surveyor, said the
most logical and shortest from
the north would be the Central
Point market road, which starts
at Central Point and connects
with the Crater Lake highway
at Four Corners.
No Added Rationing
Seen Before Aug. 15
Cleveland, June 18 (JP)
Except for possible nation-wide
restrictions on gasoline, no fur
ther items will be placed on the
general public's rationed list
before August 15, the OPA's
senior deputy director declared
today.
The Washington official, John
Hamm, also told a press confer
ence proposed stabilization of
farm prices and wages "are not
dead issues," but declined to
elaborate.
Washington, June 17 (JP)
Card rationing of coffee is un
likely in the immediate future
but grocers will have to keep
a close rein on the amounts sold
to customers under the quota
system, Harold B. Rowe, direc
tor of food rationing. Indicated
today.
Lexington Crew Like
Kids Swimming Party
Seattle, June 18. UP)
Whooping and hollering, the
crew of the aircraft carrier Lex
ington were like a gang of kids
on a swimming party after they
took to the water from their
doomed ship In the Coral sea,
19-year-old Donald Bcdclson,
seaman, first class, recalled to
day. "Everyone was hollering and
laughing and yelling, 'come on
in, the water's fine,' and cutting
up like they were on a picnic,"
young Bodelson, with big grin
on his face, told an Interviewer.
"I was only in the water about
15 minutes, but it was pretty
hard to swim in that sea so I
took off my clothes to make
better time."
Bodelson, an only ion, arrived
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1942.
IN WPB TO SPUR
Abolition of Some Jobs In
evitable Says Spokesman;
$1-Year Men Not Target.
Washington, June 18 (JP)- A
War Production board spokes
man today predicted an "exten
sive organization realignment"
of WPB within a month, which
"inevitably will bring the abo
lition of some Jobs."
At the same time, he empha
sized that the changes probably
would not be based on the latest
congressional criticism of $l-a
year men, released today by
Chairman Truman (D., Mo.) of
the special senate defense inves
tigating committee.
Nelson Silent
WPB Chairman Donald M.
Nelson declined to comment on
Truman's demand for changes
in men and methods at WPB,
but sources close to Nelson indi
cated that the realignment might
effect some of the changes Tru
man asked. .. . .
The committee criticized "dam
aging delay" in conversion of
major civilian industries to war
work, and Truman declared that
the WPB has not fully meas
ured up to this responsibility."
The WPB spokesman pointed
out that a special office of
organizational planning, headed
by Dr. Luther Gulick, director
of the Columbia university insti
tute of public administration,
was established within WPB last
May 14 to work out the new
setup.
At that time, Nelson declared
that Gulick would "iron out any
kinks in the administrative
structure" of WPB, to prevent
top-heaviness and to "get this
war Job done in the quickest
and most efficient way."
STAMPS 5 AND 6
Washington, June 18 (JP)
The value of sugar stamps 5 and
8 has been increased to two
pounds each, but each stamp
will cover four weeks instead of
two, so the weekly ration for
each consumer will remain at a
half pound.
Stamp No. 4, now valid for
the purchase of a pound, will
expire at midnight June 27, the
office of price administration,
announced. No. 8, good for two
pounds, may be used at any
time up to July 26, and No. 6
will then be valid until August
22.
Under the new plan grocers
will have fewer stamps to han
dle.
home yesterday to "surprise"
his mother.
Aside from the Lexington's
final battle, young Bodelson said
one of his biggest thrills was on
February 20, when he watched
Edward O'Hare, since promoted
two grades to lieutenant com
mander, shoot down six Japan
ese bombers from his fighter
plane.
"O'Hare was the only man up
at the moment. We'd seen him
start down, and then all of a
sudden one of the bombers
would peel off and fall in
flames. Then back up he'd go
again. When he set his ship
back down, that flock of 'Aire
dales' on the flight deck went
crazy. They whooped and hol
lered and cheered like mad."
VAST NAVY BILL
PASSES HOUSE BY
Construction Measure Call
ing For $8,550,000,000
Speeded Air Power Aim.
Washington, July 18 (JP)
A vast $8,550,000,000 ship con
struction measure was passed by
the house today after naval com
mittee members reported that
completion of the program
would give the United States
unquestioned supremacy on the
seas.
Passage was on a roll call
vote announced as 316 to 0.
The measure, envisioning the
greatest ship building program
in history, would provide for
more than 500 combatant ves
sels, together with 1,000 smaller
craft, including 800 torpedo
boats and subchasers.
Emphasises Carriers
With emphasis on floating
aerial striking strength, the
measure called for 500,000 tons
of plane carriers, 500,000 tons
of cruisers, and 500,000 tons of
destroyers' and destroyer escort
vessels. .-
Rep. Vinson (D-Ga), chairman
of the house naval committee,
flatlv told his colleagues that
the aircraft carrier had replaced
the battleship as the DacKDone
of the fleet."
"Probably when this program
is completed," Vinson said, "the
strength of the United States
fleet will be greater than that of
all the other navies in the
world."
Ren. Mott (R-Ore.). ranking
minority member of the naval
committee, concurred in that
statement, and declared the con
struction program "is the great
est undertaken ever by any
nation."
Converting Many
Vinson disclosed during the
hour-long discussion of the bill
that "a great many mercnant
ships" were being converted
into aircraft carriers.
Ron. Mninuion (D-Wash), a
mmhir nf tha naval committee
nnrl a naval lieutenant common
der Just back from duty in the
Pacific area, declared his exper
ience had convinced him of the
need for "more and more"
plane carriers."
"Thank God." he cried, "that
we are deferring building any
more battleships at this time."
TRAIN HITS TRUCK
Jack T. Morris of Route I,
Box 325, Ashland, was resting
in the Community hospital to
day following an accident about
7:25 o'clock last evening when
the truck he was driving near
the old gas works south of Med
ford was Involved In a collision
with the northbound Southern
Pacific passenger train.
The attending physician to
day said his condition was
slightly Improved but not good
eriounh for x-rays to be taken of
his injuries. He received severe
multiple lacerations around the
face, shoulder and back, and
possible fracture of the Jaw and
neck.
Southern Pacific officials said
that Morris evidentally drove
the truck onto the railroad
crossing In front of the oncom
ing train. The impact demol
ished the truck It was reported.
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First the battle of the Coral Sea. Then Midway. Now cornea word that United States air might
sank a Jap cruiser and damaged seven other ships in the Aleutian Islands (circle).
Threat to Pacific Coast
Reduced by Jap Defeat
Washington, June 18 (JP) Secretary of War Stlmson said
today the losses inflicted on the Japanese In the Pacific had
temporarily but substantially reduced the threat of an attack
on the Pacific coast which he has repeatedly said might ba
expected.
War and navy department In
formation is, he said, that the
Japanese thus far had made
only a "very small landing" in
the Aleutian Islands off Alaska
but he stressed that fog and
unfavorable weather obscured
developments in the north Pa
cific, Information la still Incom
plete, the secretary also told his
press conference, on the earlier
air and sea engagement off
Midway.
"But after three days fighting
the enemy fleet was scattered
all over the Pacific ocean, hus
tling away as fast as it could
in the opposite direction, with
out air protection," he added.
In the Aleutians, Stimson
said, the American and Jap
anese forces thus far had only
fleeting glimpses of each other
through the eyes of airmen.
He promised thot the govern
ment would make available
"every bit of Information we
can." about the Aleutians as
well as the earlier engagements
off Midway island In the Pacific
and in the Coral sea near Aus
tralia.
Stimson wai asked whether
the air and naval losses Inflicted
on the foe In the last several
weeks had diminished tha threat
to the Pacific coast.
"Temporarily, I should say
the threat was much less," he
replied.
One reason tha report was
still Incomplete on the Midway
fight, the secretary said, was
that many naval fliers were
still at sea on aircraft carriers
which were prohibited by radio
silence orders from forwarding
reports.
"Of the fighting In the Aleu
tians, we have not been able
thus far to get even the general
picture we had of Midway.
"I think I can speak for the
navy as well as the war depart
ment in saying what we give
you is our best Judgment based
on the mass of conflicting data."
June Tire Quotas
Already Exhausted,
Portland, June 18. (JP)
June quotas for tires and recaps
already are exhausted In all
Oregon counties said tha state
reserve pool, and there is little
hope of additional allotments,
Carl B. Cadwell, state rationing
executive, warned today.
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Canadian Air Force
Helping U. S. Pilots
In Alaska Defense
Victoria, B. C, June 18. (JP)
Squadrons of the royal Cana
dian air force are operating with
United States forces In Alaska,
It became known last night as
Lieut. Gen. Kenneth Stuart,
chief of th Canadian general
staff, assumed temporary com
mand of Canada'i Pacific
forces.
Canadian anti-aircraft units
are also on duty in Alaska, Gen.
Stuart revealed.
This was the first public an
nouncement that Canadian
forces were participating In
operations with tha United
States army.
Gen. Stuart said ha attached
"considerable significance" to
the Japanese action In the Aleu
tian islands, describing It as "ob
vious defensive attempt to neu
tralize, destroy or occupy such
air bases In the Aleutians as can
be used for 'Jumplng-off points'
for raids on Japan by shore
based aircraft."
LABOR FEDERATION
Marshfleld, Ore., June 18 -(JP)
The Oregon Federation of Labor,
habitually concerned over the
wages of workers, focused at
tention today on the pay of Its
officers and gave them a boost.
The annual salary of Execu
tive Secretary Dell Nlckerson
of Portland was hoisted from
$4,200 to $5,400. The vote was
230 for and 23 against.
The pay of executive board
members was Increased from
$10 to $15 daily when on duty.
It was Indicated either Med
ford or Eugene would be chosen
for next year's sessions.
Delegates last night acted on
a sheaf of resolutions.
Those adopted Included:
Dropping the old age pension
limit to 80 years but the resolu
tion did not take up linancing
tha Increased coat, .
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By The Associated Press
A picture of tremendously
growing American strength In
the Battle of the Pacific, where
U. S. airmen have already ex
acted a 10 to 1 toll In Japanese
men and planes, was drawn by
Admiral Chester W. NlmlU to
day along with a hint that new
sledge hammer blows against
Japan are In the offing.
"We are greatly increasing
our battle strength," Admiral
Nlmltz declared.
"Our ships, planes and pilots
are being added In constantly
Increasing numbers."
The commander In chief of
the U. S. fleet told veterans of
the two great air-sea battles of
Midway Island and the Coral
Sea that while American air
craft carrier personnel had suf
fered hard losses since the war
began, with little rest or re
lief, "It will soon be possible to
organize additional carrier
grouns and rotate them."
"We can take satisfaction m
the knowledge that In every
meeting with the enemy sine
Dec. 7, his tosses have greatly
exceeded ours in the Coral
Sea and Midway actions, his
personnel losses were at least
ten times greater than ours, and
his plane losses in almost the
same ratio."
Meanwhile, American bomb
ers were prenarlng to help Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Sheks'
hard-driven armies In China.
Announcement that Col. Cal
eb V. Ha,ynes, of North Carolina,
veteran of the Battle of Burma,
had been appointed chief of the
U. S. bomber command In China
Indicated that the new Amer
ican force would soon go into
action.
The news from the China
fighting front again was dark.
Chinese headquarters ac
knowledged that Japan's Inva
sion armies now had seized all
but 80 miles of the 450 ml. Che-klang-Klangsl
Railways which 1
feeds supplies Into the heart of
China.
This offensive Is an import
ant part of the Japanese cam-
oalen to tighten their cordon
around the still free regions of
southern China and hereby
strangle Gen. Chiang' rer-time
capital at Chungking.