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52 PLANES LOST;
IN SINGLE NIGHT
American - Made Lockheed
Hudsons Take Part Low
Country Air Fields Hit.
London. Juno 26. (IP) Re-
sonnalaiance planai flying at
groat hoight over Bramon thii
aitornoon observed firoi still
burning in that Gorman port
city, it waa announced to
night. London, June 26. JP) Great
fire were set by the RAF last
night in the big German port
city of Bremen, principal target
of a devastating assault which
probably was the largest in the
history of aerial warfare.
Indications were that the num
ber of planes participating ex
ceeded the flights of 1,130 and
1,038 bombers which laid Col
ogne and Essen in ruins on May
30 and June 1.
U. S. Pianos Busy
American made Lockheed
Hudson bombers belonging to
the RAF participated in the
Bremen attack, while Douglas
havoc fighter-bombers were used
kn other forays. -
An air ministry communique
told ' of one bomber force . of
"more than 1,000 planes" whose
main target was Bremen and re
ported intensive attacks on air
fields In the low countries by "a
second force of bombers and
fighters."
This force was believed to
have been numbered in the hun
dreds. Fifty-two planes were miss
ing, the highest one-night loss
ever experienced by the RAF,
but Informed sources said this
wai less than five per cent of
those involved.
Aimed at Arsenals '
Each of the three massive air
blows has been aimed at a vital
arsenal supplying war tools for
Adolf Hitler's land, sea and air
forces.
By centering on Bremen, the
RAF evidently was adhering to
policy of making "priority tar-
eta" of U-boats, especially u-
ats under construction. In the
period since the Essen-Cologne
raids, smaller RAF squadrons
presumably of several hundred
planes four times have smash
ed at Emden, a U-boat base 70
miles northwest of Bremen.
It was the second time this
month that Bremen was singled
out by the British for the RAF's
fire bath.
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
k Washington, June 28 The
affiousa banking and currency
committee has been In a state
of stupeflcation since hearing
recent testi.
mony by fed
eral reseree
Chairman Ec
cles. He announ
ced and persis
tently that our
gold reserves
have nothing
whatever to do
with the value
of our curren
cy, that we are
Paal Halloa
completely off
the gold standard.
If there was stupeflcation tn
congress .there must have been
conniption fits around the treas
ury at such a plan official sug
gestion that the gold (and silver?)
buying policy was a flop, that
Ahf value of the dollar is really
Only what the government says
t is.
Rep. Frederick Smith, an Ohio
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Medford
Full Aaso-.'sted Praaa
Coast Guard Rescues
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With a rescued crow aboard, coast guard cutter steams back to protect convoy (left), as
a torpedoed freighter (right), settles by the stern In shoal water where It was towed by the cutter,
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PUBLIC INVITED
T
OF
A gala opening of the United
Service Organization center is
scheduled for Sunday at which
time the public is Invited to be
come, acquainted with the cen
ter, its purpose and how they, as
civilians, can cooperate in the
program of recreational needs
for men in the armed forces.
Open house will be held from 4
to 10 p. m., the center being lo
cated at 234 East Main street.
Extensive remodeling has
been completed in the center
and the room furnished with
comfortable lounging chairs for
the soldiers. Reading facilities
are available, as are writing
desks, information headquarters,
a piano, canteen and other facili
ties. The actual program for enter
tainment of the soldiers begins
Monday at 9 a. m. running until
11 p. m. daily. Under direction
of Mrs. Penny Fontaine, USO
program director, a varied pro
gram is being prepared. She
stated yesterday that during the
summer months activities will
be kept out-of-doors as much as
possible. Through the organi
zation of the junior Hostess
League dances and parties will
be included in the calendar, the
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The Crescent City drum and
bugle corps will parade in Med
ford Saturday evening about
eight o'clock, according to May
or H. S. Deuel who stated he
had received a request from the
California coast town's Chamber
of Commerce for permission to
conduct the parade. Maror
Deuel said Medford city officials
had granted the request but he
did not know the details as to
line of march.
The Crescent City corps won
the gold cup awarded by the
American Legion of Humboldt
at the sixth annual musical field
day, held in Eureka, Calif., and
is considered one of the best or
ganizations of the kind in north
em California.
Grants Passjwill be visited by
the ctr,js fur a parade at five
o clock, ta route her.
By Associated Press '
On the Soviet war front, the
Russians conceded a dangerous
German advance below Khar
kov, in the Ukraine, but de
clared today that red army de-
renders still held stoutly in the
22-day-old battle of Sevastopol.
A bulletin from Marshal Sem-
eon Timoshenko's headquarters
said the Germans had captured
Kupyansk, 60 miles southeast of
Kharkov, and added tersely:
"Our troops continued fight
ing against advancing German
fascist troops."
Soviet reserves were reported
racing up to combat the new
German threat as it became ap
parent that Field Marshal Gen.
Fedor von Bock hoped to score
a deep break-through in the
Kuyansk sector to disrupt Soviet
communications to the south
and pave the way for a German
drive against Rostov, northern
gateway to the Caucasus oil
treasures.
Hitler's ' field ' headquarters
said German and Rumanian
troops, executing a familiar "en
circling movement," had cap-
turned .21,827 Russians in the
Kuyansk fighting, as well as 100
tanks, 250 guns and other booty.
Russia's heroic defense of Se
vastopol, the Crimean key to
shortcut route Into the Caucasus,
won acknowledgment from the
Nazi command, which again em
phasized the "hard fighting" but
asserted that axis shock troops
had captured several more forti
fied heights.
Soviet dispatches said the Ger
man onslaught was hitting a
stonewall at a sacrifice of five-to-
one-in manpower.
Parker, ArU., June 28 IIP)
Two men were killed and a third
badly injured when a Santa Fe
train, rushing through the desert
night with a group of army air
corps cadets aboard, plunged
through fire-swept bridge near
here late last night. The south
ern California defense command
announced an Investigation to
determine whether saboteurs
i wert responsible.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1942.
Ml
Crew as Torpedoed
4
Mate Saw Torpedo but
Thought it
A West Coast Canadian Port,
of a Canadian-built merchantman attacked by a submarine off the
west coast saw the torpedo but "thought it was a shark and when
he discovered his mistake it was
all of whom survived the action,
The submarine shelled the
vessel at well as torpedoing it,
the crew said when brought
here aboard a Canadian ship
which picked them up after a
night In open boats, but two 17-
year-old seamen slept through
the attack and heard about it
from the captain, who went
back to the settling ship to rouse
them when their absence was
noted.
The attack, the second on an
allied ship off the west coast in
June, was disclosed officially to
day at Ottawa. In this case the
ship was salvaged and no one
injured, but the earlier attack
sank a United States merchant
man off Neah Bay, Wash., and
resulted In the death of a crew
man from exposure.
Ordered to abandon ship, the
crew circled in lifeboats for 45
minutes, then returned while
the captain, described by one of
the crew as "the bravest man I
ever sailed with," returned to
wake the two youngsters who
were sleeping soundly In an
after compartment.
JULY 4TH IS PLEA
Members of the Volunteer
Women's Bond Sales corps are
cooperating with the theme,
"buy a bond for the Fourth of
July" by making it possible for
Jackson county residents to buy
a bond Saturday night at a Vic.
tory booth. This booth will be
set up on Main street between
Central Avenue and Front
street.
Both Medford banks are coop
erating in the effort and bonds
and stamps will be on sale at
tables in front of the banks be
tween the hours of 6 and 8 p.
m. Bonds will be delivered at
time of purchase along with a
ribbon to the purchaser, stating
that he bought a bond for the
Fourth of July.
882 Avengers To
Enlist in Oregon
Portland, June 26 W The
Portland navy recruiting district
had Its quota of 882 "Oregon
Avengers" today, bringing its
enlistment total for the year to
9,000
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Trailing a tow lino, two coast
fr.igbter while comrades aboard
two men made an Inspection of
guard. s ,
Was Shark
June 28. (IP) Tha third mate
too late," the British crewmen,
related hero.
VOTED BY SENATE
Washington, June 28 (IP)
Vice President Wallace broke
tie vote today to give senate ap
proval of a $76,529,000 appropri
ation to continue operation of
the Civilian Conservation Corps.
When a roll call vote showed
32 aye and 32 no votes on an
amendment by Senator McCar
ran (D-N'ev) to supply that
amount, Wallace, presiding at
the session, announced he was
voting "yes."
By the margin of his vote,
the senate thus took an opposite
position from the house which
had declined to make a further
appropriation for the operation
of the CCC, providing only a
small amount of money in the
regular labor-security bill for
liquidation of the depression
born agency.
Corvallis, Ore., June 28 (IP)
Charles Mortimer, superinten
dent of the Arboretum CCC
camp north of Corvallis, was
killed yesterday afternoon in a
collision of two trucks five miles
north of here.
Mortimer, whose home was at
Rogue River, was riding in a
truck driven by Otto Brake of
the camp who had stopped the
machine at the side of the high
way. Deputy Sheriff Walter Hurd
said the second machine, driven
by Joseph A. Edwards of Shedd,
construction company employe
from Camp Adair, struck the
parked truck.
HELD IN SLAYING
Hermiston, Ore., June 28 (IP)
Johnnie Lucas Wallace, 49,
was arrested an hour and 10
minutes after the fatal shooting
of John Patterson, 23, here yes
terday, Police Chief B. J, Nation
said last night
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United
Freighter Goes Down
guardsmen la a small rubber beat paddle toward tha stricken
tha cutter pay out the lino. Besides taking tha lino over, the
tha damage and salvage pontlbUities. Photos from U. -8. coast
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OFFICERS LISTED
FOR PROMOTIONS
Washington, June 2ft. (IP)
President Roosevelt nominated
nine brigadier generals for pro
motion to the temporary grade
of major general today and at
the same time advanced 44 col
onels and one lieutenant colonel
to the temporary grade of briga
dier general.
The promotions were explain
ed by officials as required to
meet the needs of the Increasing
army.
Colonels promoted to briga
dier general included Samuel L.
McCroskey, coast artillery, Col
fax, Wash.; Alan W. Jones, In
fantry, Seattle; Desmond D.
Baler, field artillery, Pullman,
Wash.; Robert C. Candee, air
corps, Spokane.
Among brigadier generals ad
vanced to major general were
J. L. Bradley and Charles H.
Gerhardt.
Last month Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson announced
that Gen. Gerhardt would com
mand the 01st division at Camp
White, near Medford, Ore., and
Gen. Bradley would command
the 86th division at Camp Adair,
Corvallis, Ore. These are
among nine new Infantry divi
sions to be organized by August
31, the secretary said at that
time.
1
The public hearing en the
Jackson county budget for the
tax year starting July 1, will be
held at the auditorium in the
court house next Monday morn
ing, starting at ten o'clock. H.
A. (Bert) Thlerolf, chairman of
the budget committee will pre
side, with other members and
the county court In attendance.
Among matters scheduled for
discussion is the proposed reso
lution to the next legislature,
asking that county commission
ers be placed on a flat salary of
12,000 per year, with no mile
age fees allowed as now. Com
mlssioners receive per diem pay
and mileage at present. Under
the proposed change the pay
would be about the tamo as
i now.
Pra
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SHOWN IN FIRST
REPORT BY F.D.R.
Washington, June 28. (JPy
President Roosevelt disclosed to
day that America's mighty war
effort, in the single month of
May, had turned out nearly 4,.
000 planes and more than 1,800
tanks.
Releasing official war produc
tion figures for tha first time
since Pearl Harbor, the chief
executive asserted in a state
ment that this country also
turned out nearly 2,000 artillery
and anti-tank guns in May, and
these were exclusive of anti
aircraft guns and those to be
mounted in tanks.
The May output of machine
guns exceeded 80,000 weapons
of all types, including Infantry,
aircraft and anti-aircraft. If
sub-machine guns are added on,
the total passes 100,000.
Mr. Roosevelt released these
figures because, he said, they are
going to give the axis just the
opposite of aid and comfort,
"We aro well on our way," he
declared, "towards achieving
the rate of production which will
bring us to our goals."
The last announced objectives
of the war production program.
told of In the president s annual
message to congress last Janu
ary, were 185,000 planes in
1842 and 1843, 120,000 tanks,
55,000 anti-aircraft guns.
The chief executive, in citing
the May figures, warned against
over confidence. He said:
"While these figures give you
some idea of our production ac
complishments, this is no time
for the American people to get
over confident. We can't rest
on our oars. We need more and
more, and we will make more
and more."
Driver's Left Foot
Cut Off in Smashup
Portland, June 28 (JP) An
automobile sideswlped a bridge
guardrail near here last night
and was impaled on a heavy
plank which sheared off the left
foot of the driver, Ellis Hughes,
21, sailor, believed to be based
at San Francisco.
Hughes remained in critical
and semi-conscious condition to
day. Mary Giacobbe of Sandy,
Ore., passenger, was uninjured
Oil-heating equipment In all
public buildings in British Co
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Armored Nazi Force Now
100 Miles In Egypt U,
S. Bombers Aid British,
Cairo, Juno 28 (IP) Tha
main armored force of Nazi Mar
shal Erwin Rommel had driven
at least 100 miles into Egypt
to confront the British eighth)
army today with a challenge to
aecisive battle.
Latest word from the desert
was that tha Germans and Ital
ians, advancing despite bitter
resistance of British covering
units, had not yet smacked into
ino principal British force.
which is expected to make its
stand somewhere before Am-
truh, 130 miles within Egypt
ine united States army ait
force, now an integral cog in
the aerial counter-offensive)
with which tho British hope to
curb Rommels' rush, struck last
night at the harbor of Tobruk,
Libya, which only few day
ago waa the anchor of British
position in Libya,
Supported- by mobile Infatw
try, tha axis heavy armor is
rumbling along wide natural
avenue) about midway between
the sea and a desert plateau 23
to 30 miles Inland.
Smaller enemy forces were
operating along tha coast
While the swiftness of tha
axis advance mad it virtually
certain that tha main bodies of
tha two forces soon would be)
locked in decisive battle. United
Nations sources said there was
very reason to believe tha
enemy would be held.
Rommel, throwing everything
ha possesses into the advance, is
operating on a shoestring fully
as much as the British are. Thus
far he has manipulated his
string mors skillfully, but as he
progresses hU problems become
mora difficult in many respects
while those on tha British be
come simpler.
Radio Highlights
(Pacific War Time)
Maw Vnrlr Jims 1A rWMa
WnrMl Alhart I. Warner, head
of tha CBS Washington news
staff, is to become principal war
communique writer for tha
army, with a commission as
major, July 1. Before becoming
mmmntitop. Warner had
been in active newspaper work
since 1824.
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Machines, Victory; 7:30, tain.
King of Yugoslavia.
MBS: 8:19, Fight Against In
flatlon. Secretary Perkins.
Saturday: NBC, 11:30, 12:10,
1:30, professional tennis tourna
ment; 1, Pan-American holiday.
CBS, 11:49, discussion, 'Teach
ers and tha war;" iz:ia, uon
cresational and Christian
churchea convention; 3:15, Pan
America concert from Rio.
SIDE GLAIXES
BY
TBI BONE REPORTERS
T m MrKanila. Vifm
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In i- Mammrtfijf. Ruth Anarows
and Babe Wilbur hitching rid
to Neysa Wall's home to help
her with tha farm work.
Valeria Whitney absorbing
southern Oregon sunshine and
catching up on her reading.
George Green pouring over
heap of maps in an attempt to
locate Shangri-La.
The A. "w. Walkers, tha
town's youngest-looking great
grandparents, enjoying a visit
from grandson, Michael John
Bex bar. aaad three aaoolna,
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