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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1942.
NO. 80
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, June 23 In Libya
this time . it was not "too little
and too late." It was Just "too
bad."
The British
had ul eriority
in the air, a
the sea and on
the lan d in
ships, trc J.
There was
nothing wrong
with their bat
tle strxt e g y
that could be
discerned here,
Paul Mallon yet Rommel
pushed them back.
Official alibis are now pouring
forth in volume, but the overall
alibi is not being stressed. It is
clear that Rommel just out
maneuvered them.
Inferior in overall fighting
strength, he picked specific lim
ited objectives. He searched for
soft spots in the British line,
then hammered these with con
centrations of all he could mus
ter. TOE British tried to hold
everywhere Bir Achem,
Acroma, Sidi Rezegh, after the
nazis had cut narrow lanes
through their defensive mine
fields. They divided their forces,
placing the divisions at these
and other key places.
Rommel went at these key
points one by one. Following
Napoleon's theory, he hit each
point separately, each time mus
tering a superior force at the
chosen spot.
Finally he split the British In
halves, one part remaining in
Tobruk and the other seeking
the natural protection of the
Egyptian border.
. The nazi troops were tougher
and better trained than the
British, particularly better than
the last British reinforcements
from Egypt. Then, too, the Brit
ish were so confident that the
intolerable summer heat would
prevent any extensive nazl oper
ations, they did not throw their
full strength into the battle as
soon as the Germans did.
a
THE troops fought hard and
thought they had Rommel
trapped when they set him back
from Bir Achiem. Having air
(Continued on Paga Threa)
Ford Concern Fighfs
Government's Plan To
Erect "Bomber City"
Detroit, June 23 (P The
Ford Motor Company plans to
fight by "every legal method"
plans of the Federal Public
Housing Authority to erect a
permanent "bomber city" for
workers at the Ford Willow Run
Bomber Plant near Ypsilanti.
Mich., spokesman Harry Ben
nett said today.
In a letter to Coir F. Charles
Starr, Detroit F PHA represen
tative, Bennett said that Henry
Ford has denied a request to
permit federal surveyors to en
ter property owned by him, and
that he would continue to fight
the housing project as "unneces
sary, wasteful and extravagant."
About 100,000 workers are con
templated for the plant at peak
production.
Radio Highlights
King Peter of Yucoslavla Just
arrived in this country and will
speak from the studios of the
Blue Network in Washington at
7:30 Friday night.
Tonight: 5:3(-CBS Nature
of the enemy, Dr. Goebbels. 7:30
talk, Eve Curie.
Wednesday: NBC 10 a. m.
American Library Association.
(Also BLU 11:43 and CBS 1:30).
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Ted Kilman and Max Henne
displaying their ability at
chicken eating as well as push
ing a lawnmower.
Bud Calavan and Joe Rinard
getting n a deep conversation
on guns and target ranges.
Two little tikes working long
and hard to collect 23 pounds ol
scrap metal for national defense,
and believing their efforts worth
more than the dime payment
they received for the scrap.
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Donna Jean Heffling. 3, handed Colonel C. S. Doney a pieca of shall that was fired by an en
emy submarine on the Oregon coast. Her sister. Joan, 9. lookad on. The projectile burst close
to their home near Seaside.
A craft believed to bo a submarine dropped nine shells north of Seaside, Ore., in tho middle
of tho night, but did no damage. Lieut.-CoL P. T. Gregory (extreme left), searched for shell frag
ments in a crater caused by one
F:R: CENTER ON
E
Washington, June 23. (IP)
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill of Britain
centered their attention today
on the vital problem of shipping
as they went ahead with the
mapping of plans for the united
nations war strategy.
They summoned shipping ex
perts of the two governments to
a White House conference "vhlch
was described as one of the most
important of the series the chief
executive and prime minister
have been holding for the last
five days.
The White House permitted
the disclosure also that Mr
Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill had
conferred yesterday with Dr. T
V. Soon )?, China's foreign min
ister, who has been in this coun
try for some time. - Presidential
Secretary Stephen Early said
it was "quite an extended con
ference." "The subject was, of course.
China, in a military sense,"
Early said.
GEM. ACCIDENT FATAL
Colfax. Wash., June 23 UP)
Jimmy Davidson, 13-year-old
Colton High School youth, died
in the hospital here today of a
bullet wound suffered Monday.
' Hospital attaches said the boy
i was shot in the abdomen when
a .22 caliber rifle he was exam-
ing accidentally discharged.
BASEBALL
National '
Cincinnati 0 4 3
New York 7 9 1
Derringer, Shoun, Thompson
and Lamanno; Lohrman and
Danning.
American
Boston 6 18 1
Detroit 2 8 2
Judd and Conroy; Trout, Gop
sica and Tcbbe'.U.
of tho shots.
Union Control
Must File
Salem, June 23. (IP) The Oregon supreme court ruled to
day that the organizations and individuals who sponsored the state
union control initiative measure,
must file their expense statements
The decision, by Justice Belt
and upholding Circuit Judge L.
G. Lewelling of Marion county,
held that the corrupt practices
act requires the filing of expense
statements In connection with
campaigns for or against initia
tive measures and referendums,
just as the law requires that
such statements be filed in con
nection with campaigns of can
didates for public office.
The suit was brought by D. E.
Nickerson, executive secretary
of the State Federation of Lab
or, against the Associated Farm
ers of Oregon, the Eastern Ore
gon Wheat league, Horace Meek
lem, Henry L. Corbett, Hamilton
F. Corbett, William Knight.
George L. Baker, Aaron Frank
and the MacWilkins and Cole
corporation.
Nickerson alleged that the de
fendants spent $80,000 in obtain
ing passage of the law at the
1938 general election.
In - answering the defendants'
contention that the corrupt prac
tices act does not apply to initia
tive measures, the court said
that the people, in enacting the
corrupt practices act, "desired
to maintain the purity of the
ballot and to prohibit illegal
practices in elections, whether
a measure or a candidate is in
volved." The court also denied the de
fendants' contentions that Nick
erson's suit was not filed within
the legal time limit, and that
courts do not have jurisdiction
in such matters.
"The purity of the ballot," the
high court said, "can best be
maintained by requiring a full
and complete disclosure to the
public of those Individuals, com
mittees or organizations expend
ing money and the amounts con
tributed in opposition to or in
advocacy of r.-asvrei, affecting
the public welfare."
Efficient manufacturing firms
in Germany are given priority
with respect to labor and materials.
At Seaside
Sponsors
Expense Lists
later declared unconstitutional.
with the secretary of state.
AMERICAN FLIERS
TO SHEK'S FORCES
By The Associated Press
Giant four-motored U. S. army
bombers, winging 500 miles
across one of the world's tough
est flying routes, were reported
bolstering Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek's armies In China to
day amid indications of a slight
ly improved but critical outlook
on the Chinese fighting front.
Dispatches from New Delhi.
India, said huge American army
bombers, medium bombers,
fighters and freighters were
moving now from India to China
despite the increased fury of
the Monsoon rains and the alert
ness of Japanese fighter squad
rons in Burma.
These dispatches said the
planes flying through fog and
storm, lodging Jap fighters,
skirting poorly-charted moun
tain peaks, and skimming jun
gles Infested with tigers and
headhunterr were delivering
supplies and aerial striking
power to the sorely-pressed
Chinese armies, who never had
an adequate air force to combat
the invaders.
"The Japanese have taken a
number of cities from us," a Chi
nese army spokesman said, re
ferring to the campaign In Fast
China.
"But our troops are penetrat
ing the enemy flank and rear
and the battle Is anything but
decisive, despite preposterous
enemy claims.
The sun gives 400.000 times
mora light than the moon.
Fear Gen .axis Preparing
Mass Pv rachute Descent
Behind British in Egypt
DESPERATELY 10
Reinforcements Reaching
Sevastopol Defenders By
Sea Nazis Claim Gains.
By The Associated Press.
On the Soviet fighting front
Russia's armies fought desper
ately today to hold the battered
ramparts of Sevastopol, key
Black Sea naval base in the Cri
mea, and a series of new attacks
by Gen. Fedor Von Bock's for
ces on the Kharkov front.
Soviet front-line dispatches
said Red army reinforcements
were reaching Sevastopol by sea
and declared the Russian Garri
son had pinched off a German
salient thrust into the city's
northern defense system.
Red Star, the Soviet army
newspaper, said the German
siege forces had reached "a for
ward position" but had "not
"pentrated into the depth of the
defene.
Hitler's field headquarters re
ported deeper gains into the
great Crimean fortress, asserting
that nazt shock troops had cap
tured "numerous bunkers in
heavy hand-to-hand fighting un
der the most difficult terrain
conditions."
Nasi Losses Heavy
As the campaign thundered
into its second year, Russia de
clared Hitler's invasion armies
had suffered 10,000,000 casual
ties (3,500,000 killed) against
4,500,000 Red army losses.
A Soviet war review said the
Russians had "bled the enemy
to death," and listed these me
chanical losses:
Guns: Germany, 30,500; Rus
sia, 22,000.
Tanks: Germany, 24,000; Rus
sia, 13,000 planes; Germany,
20,000; Russia, 9.000.
Berlin claimed last Nov. 21
that the Russians had lost 10,
000,000 men and said on March
8 that German losses totalled
1,500,000.
Better Protection
For West Coast Is
McNary Assurance
Washington, June 23. (P)
Senator McNary (R.-Ore.) said
today that he had been assured
by Navy Secretary Knox that
protection of the western coast
line would "immediately be
strengthened and enlarged."
Expressing concern about Jap
anese inroads in the Aleutians
and shelling along the Oregon
and British Columbia coasts, the
Oregon senator said he urged
upon Knox the necessity for the
protection of Pacific coast states
and Alaska against further Jap
anese aggression.
McNary told the secretary
that unless the Japs were driven
out of the Aleutians and north
western 'coastal waters prompt
ly, "we might cancel the advant
ages we gained from the Mid
way victory."
PLANS DISCLOSED
Washington, June 23 OP)
Amid mounting concern over
the approach of Japanese forces
to Alaska, tha army disclosed
today that it' was considering
construction of a railroad link
Ing that rich territory with the
United States.
Approval by the house appro
priations committee of the 1943
army supply bill covered an al
lotment for the engineers corps
to survey the project as
method of getting supplies to
Alaska swiftly.
49TH STATE
Washington, June 23 (IP)
Senator Langer (R.-N. D ),
drafting legislation to bring Al
aska Into the United States as
the 49th state.
Wholesale
In War Contracts Is
Found by Committee
Washington, June 23. (IP) The house military committee
reported today it had uncovered evidence revealing "a sordid
picture of excessive commissions by brokers, profits by vendors,
exorbitant salaries, bonuses and huge fees for management and
related services in many war department contracts."
REGISTRY PLACES
FOR NEXT DRAFT
SET FOR COUNTY
Jackson county's selective ser
vice boards 1 and 2 announced
today 15 places of registration
for male citizens born on or
after January 1, 1922 and on or
before June 30, 1924, who must
register for selective service on
June 30 between 7 a. m. and 9
p. m.
Following are the places of
registration and the chief regis
trars:
Butte Falls. Town hall, Clyde
Smith.
Eagle Point, Brown's hall,
Dale Ensminger. ... .
Central Point, old city hall,
Elmer Wilson, '- '
Gold Hill, city hall, Cleo Gil
Christ.
Jacksonville, old city hall,
Ray Wilson.
Applegate, Community hall,
Edward Kubll.
Prospect, gymnasium, Dewey
Hill.
Trail, engineers' office, Dr. J.
H. Mellery.
Ashland, city hall, H. H. Gil
lette. Talent, city hall, Bert F. Sim
mons.
Phoenix, Grange hall, Flet
cher Fish.
Rogue River, Scout's hall,
Harry Hill.
Prescott and South Fork, CCC
camps.
Medford, courthouse auditor-
orium, Walter J. Looker.
Listed below, according to the
hours they will work, are the
registrars for the courthouse:
From 7:00 a. m. to 12 noon
H. L. Alford, P. B. Blgelow, F,
L. Brewer, Arthur Cannon, Mrs.
Cleo Ca noose, Mrs. Margaret
Ingling, E. L, Lenox, J. E. Mor
an, Frank Newman, Mrs. Clara
Orr. W. F. Quisenberry, A S.
Rosenbaum, Victor u. aemer.
Bren Starcher, F. B, Sweeney,
E. H. Thomas, Ray E. Wright
and Harry A. Young.
From 12 noon to 8:00 p. m.
Mrs. Emma Blgelow, Miss uer
nice Cameron, A. R. Clement,
W. P. Dunlap, Mrs. Ruth Freed,
Mra. Nettie Fry. V. w. nam
mond, Mrs. Sarah R. Janney,
Mra. Minnie W. Leavltt, Mrs.
Corrine Murphy, Grant Nelson.
Milton Ottoman. Frank H. Ray,
Mm. Lena Roseberry. v. n.
Runyard.
Frnm R'OO n m. to 9 D. m,
Virgil Ballantyne, Maynard
Bush, Mrs. Olga Bush, Wm.
Catey. R. W. Dean, Mrs. Agnes
F. Evanaon. Mrs. Grace Kresse.
J. E. Russell, Stanley Sherwood,
Eugene Thorndike, Lee wauon,
C. D. Wood, Mrs. Loraine Thonv
as. Etha Wall and Mrs. Harry
Young.
Army Supply Bill'
Largest On Record
Now Before Honse
Washington, Juno 23 OP)
A (42,820,003,608 army supply
bill largest In history was
sent to the house by Its appro
priations committer today to
finance an army with strength
of 4,500,000 by July 1, 1942
and to send war material to
other United Nations.
Tha measure amounted in It
self to mora than this country's
direct outlay for the World war
and would boost to 1205.141,-
039. .537 the total authorized or
appropriated for defenso and
war In the last three years.
Chiseling
The report, prepared by
Chairman Andrew J. May (D.
Ky ), after a year of investi
gation, recommended that a
curb be put on contracts award
ed on a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee
basis.
Extravagant Waste
'Nearly every conceivable
type of extravagant waste has
been reflected by these investi
gations," the committee said,
adding that "the time has come
when the contractors honey
moon at the expense of the tax
payers of the nation must end."
Promising a continuance of
its inquiry, the committee com
mented that "unbelievable red
tape, top heavy organization and
a lack of orientation to a state
of war still lead the parade in
wartime Washington."
The report found fault with
virtually every branch of the
war department, especially the
air corps.
The committee said It felt
the time has come to call a halt
to the further use of cost-plus-
a-fixed-fee contracts and recom
mends that they be banned ex
cept In unique cases." , , ...
Millions Wastsd
Under this type of contract.
It said, "the Incentive towards
extravagance and disregard for
economy appears to have been
the rule rather than the excep
tion. There has been evidence
of widespread and inexcusable
waste of public funds amount
ing to millions of dollars.
"This type of contract per
mitted excessive personnel, ex
orbitant salaries and led to the
refusal on the part of contract
ors to sublet specialty contracts
when they were totally unpre
pared either to plan or execute
them. Evidence of reckless ex
penditures under fixed-fee con
tracts, particularly in the air
corps branch, continues to In
crease In committee files.
BLAZE DESTROYS
The Prospect Fir Mill, about
three and half miles south of
Prospect on the Crater Lake
highway, was completely des
troyed early this morning by
fire apparently caused by a
spark from a slab fire near th
mill. No immediate estimate of
the loss was available.
State forest patrol headquar
ters here said the blaze was dis
covered about 4:30, and that by
the time Bruce Grieve, fire war
den In the Prospect district, ar
rived at the scene with an elec
tric pumper and other fire-fighting
equipment the fire had made
such headway that it was Impos
sible to check it.
Owned and operated by James
Dole, the mill had daily capa
city of between 20,000 and 23.-
000 board feet. It had been
closed down for the past three
days while new carriage was
being installed and, according to
forest patrol headquarters, had
recently been equipped through
out with electric motors and
saws.
All this equipment was des
troyed In the mill, as well as
some lumber In the yard. How
ever, as most of the fir lumber
tho mill cut had been hauled to
Medford almoal as fast as it was
ready, the yard loss was not be
lieved to have been so great as It
could have been.
DENTIST DIES
Pendleton, Ore., June 23 (IP)
Dr. Fred E. Farrlor, 51, Pen
dleton dentist, died of a heart
attack Monday. He came here in
1929 from Heppner where he
had practiced for 10 years.
BO. S. BOMBERS
JOIN RAF PLANES
Rommel's Next Move To
Synchronize With Air In
vasion Is Military View.
By Roger D. Groans
(Associated Press War Editor)
Britain's desert armies have
already been reinforced since
the jolting defeat In Libya, It
was announced officially today,
but at the same time fears were
expressed that the Germans
were preparing a mass para
chute descent behind the Brit
ish lines in Egypt.
While the crisis remained
acute and the Egyptian govern
ment began recruiting 50,000
volunteers for air-raid precau
tions, the British ambassador.
Sir Miles Lamson declared con
fidentially In Cairo:
"The situation is satisfactory.
"We shall beat the enemy de
cisively. The population should
remain calm. We have confi
dence. Last year the situation
was much worse, and in spite of
that we won."
Flying Fortresses Join
An RAF communique dis
closed that big four-motored U.
S. army consolidated bombers
had joined in tho developing
battle of Egypt, attacking the)
axis supply base at Bengasi In
western Libya.
The American fliers and RAF
planes started many fires and
inflicted damage on piers and
railway sidings, a communique
said.
London military quarters aald
they expected Marshal Erwin
Rommel's next move would ba
synchronized with an Invasion
of the ancient land of tho Nilst
by thousands of nazl paratroops
and glider-borne Infantry.
An Italian communique said
axis vanguards had now reached
the Egyptian frontier.
'The position is difficult but
the fight for Libya still con
tinues," Deputy Prime Minister
Clement R. Attlee told parlia.
ment in London.
"We still have strong forcee
in the field, and substantial land
and air reinforcements have
been arriving and others are on
the way.
"Any further advance by the
enemy, who has also had heavy
losses, will be stoutly opposed."
Chute Throat Formidable .
Informed London auartert
said the menace of a nazl para
chute thrust from Crete Into
Egypt was "formidable" but dis
counted reports that 250,000
German air troops were await
ing the signal for such an as
sault. Crete lies 150 miles
across the Mediterranean from
Egypt.
Best estimates placed the
number of nazl 'chutists In Crete
at about 5,000.
SEEN AUGUST 15
Washington, June 23 OP)
Representative Case (R-SD) said
today that Leon Henderson,
price administrator, had In
formed a house appropriations
subcommittee that nationwide
rationing of gasoline was unlike
ly before Aug. 15.
Henderson told the committee.
Case said in a statement, that
nationwide rationing would be
necessary to conserve rubber
since synthetic rubber was still
In the "talk" stage.
"However, he did not see how
a rationing system could be es
tablished for the country before
Aug. 15, If then," the western
congressman reported.
CLEAN-UP WEEK
Salem, June 23. Acting
Governor Dean H. Walker ls
sued a statement today directing
the attention of Oregon citizens
to Clean-up Week June 1047,
sponsored by the Oregon Road
side council.